Apple Macbooks
If you've been dreaming of a newly updated MacBook family, all glistening with newly milled metal and amazing new features, then prepare to be slightly crestfallen.
Apple, ever the tease, has given its daintiest laptops – the MacBook and MacBook Air – a minor specification bump.
In a game of spot the difference, you'd need a keen eye to spot what's changed in the new, improved Apple MacBook.
In fact, you'd need X-ray vision as the big difference is that the MacBook's processors have now been upgraded to the latest Skylake generation of Intel's Core M processors.
To round off the upgrade, Apple has bumped up the RAM speeds to 1,866MHz and given the PCI Express flash storage a speed boost, too.
The arrival of a new CPU is more exciting than it sounds.
At the time of their release, Intel was claiming between 10 and 20% performance increases for the Skylake generation of Core M, and around a 40% improvement to graphics performance thanks to the Intel HD Graphics 515 GPU.
Apple Macbook in Pink
Given that Intel announced the updated Skylake Core M family in 2015, however, there's every chance that Apple has gone straight to the refreshed version of Skylake – codenamed Kaby Lake – for its latest MacBook generation.
As Kaby Lake makes various tweaks to the processor architecture, it's likely to provide further performance improvements across the board.
Roses are gold
If all this sounds outrageously dull and boring, then fear not for there is a much, much more exciting development in MacBook world: it is now available in Rose Gold. Yes, finally you can buy a MacBook that matches your iPhone and iPad. Jobs be praised.
Not to be left out, the 13in MacBook Air also gets a little upgrade – 8GB of RAM is now supplied as standard.
If you're tempted to rush out and buy a new MacBook right now, then you'll just have to wait patiently. Apple's UK site hasn't yet been updated to reflect the latest changes.
Source: Alphar
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