The most expensive MacBook Pro will set you back $6,099

The most expensive MacBook Pro volition set y'all dorsum $6,099

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Apple tree today announced the xiv-inch MacBook Pro and sixteen-inch MacBook Pro featuring new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. As impressive every bit they seem, these two laptops cost a lot of money, especially when you configure them with the goodies Apple really showed at its event.

The starting cost of the fourteen-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD is $1,999, which is a pretty penny and most the average starting place for some workstations. The base of operations 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD will cost you $ii,499.

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The affair is, as a content creator, I want the maxed-out 16-inch MacBook Pro with at least 64GB of RAM and an 8TB SSD. And then I went to Apple tree'due south website and tricked out the new MacBook Pro with my desired pinnacle-tier specs. Unfortunately, the cost soared to a whopping $6,099.

Apple M1 Pro CPU — (Prototype credit: Apple tree)

For that money, you tin can buy a brand new Kawasaki Ninja 400 ($4,999) entry-level motorcycle and a MacBook Air with M1 bit ($929) and withal have a little coin left over.

The good news is that, according to Apple, its new M1 Pro and M1 Max CPUs, on average, are 1.7x faster than Intel Core i9 chips and three.7x faster than Intel Core i7 chips. Both laptops are available with upwards to 64GB of RAM, upwardly to 8TB of SSD storage and feature Thunderbolt 4 support, an SD card slot, and an HDMI port.

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