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Should You Upgrade to the M6 MacBook Pro or iMac? · Tech Trends Daily

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  Is Apple's new M6 Mac worth it if you already
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  own an M4 or M5? This is Tech Trends Daily. One
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  useful story, three minutes. Apple's October
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  refresh brings the new M6 chip to the 14 -inch
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  MacBook Pro and the 24 -inch iMac. The MacBook
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  Pro costs $19 .99 and the iMac starts at $14
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  .99. Pre -orders open Wednesday, October 28th
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  and both ship on Friday, November 6th. If you're
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  buying your first Mac or replacing an M1, an
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  M2, or an Intel machine, this is a strong upgrade.
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  If you already own an M4 or M5, the case is much
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  weaker. So what actually changed? The big change
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  is inside. The M6 moves to a 2nm design and adds
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  two cores to both the CPU and the GPU, compared
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  with the M5's 10. Apple says that means up to
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  30 % faster graphics and up to 25 % faster AI
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  work. Both machines also get Apple's N1 chip,
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  which brings Wi -Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. And what
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  didn't change? The look. Same display, same ports,
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  same weight on the MacBook Pro. Tom's Guide calls
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  the two iMac generations identical twins from
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  the outside. Here are three things to know. First...
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  How big is the speed gain, really? Tom's Guide
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  hasn't tested the M6 MacBook Pro yet. It did
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  test the M6 in a Mac Mini, so treat the numbers
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  as a guide, not a laptop result. Against last
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  year's M5, single -core scores were roughly 30
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  % higher, and multi -core, about 22 % higher.
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  But Tom's Guide puts the overall power and efficiency
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  gain at around 10 -15%. Its verdict? Noticeable.
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  but nothing earth -shattering. Second, what you
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  own right now decides almost everything. If it's
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  an M1, an M2, or an Intel Mac, this is your upgrade.
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  Tom's Guide expects a dramatic jump in performance
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  and storage speed for M1 and M2 MacBook Pro owners.
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  Own an M4 or M5 MacBook Pro? Those are still
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  plenty powerful, and a 10 -15 % chip gain is
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  hard to justify at $19 .99. On an M4 iMac. tom's
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  guide says save your money unless your work leans
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  on heavy local ai or big 3d rendering and if
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  you're a first -time buyer the older models now
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  cost the same so there's little reason to pick
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  the older chip third do a quick check before
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  you pre -order name the one task that feels slow
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  today if you can't the upgrade probably won't
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  change your day look at your router too because
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  wi -fi 7 only helps if your home network supports
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  it Remember, the $19 .99 price includes 16GB
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  of RAM and 1TB of storage, and adding more costs
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  more. And if you want a redesign, waiting may
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  suit you, since Apple is reportedly saving that
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  for the M7 model next year. Here's the line to
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  repeat to a friend. If you're on an M1, an M2,
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  or Intel, the M6 is a big step up. But if you
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  already have an M4 or M5, you can probably skip
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  it. with the comparison table, is linked in the
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