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Last year's high-end stock configuration 15-inch MacBook Pro came with a 2.7GHz sixth-generation Core i7 and has average single-core and multi-core scores of 4,098 and 13,155, respectively. The $1,299 price point is attractive to power users, as that is the point where you'll start to pay for premium features like all-aluminum clamshells, and higher-than-full-HD screens, as well as more memory, storage, and power than budget and midrange laptops.

Additionally, the new iMacs, which have 21.5- and 27-inch screens, will get more ports for users to attach accessories. SSD storage options are now up to 50 percent faster. Graphics on iMac are much more powerful across the line with the new Radeon Pro 500-series graphics with up to 8GB of vRAM. The regular 27-inch iMac is a dream machine for photo and video editors, designers using CAD software, and other graphics artists with deep pockets.

When Tim Cook finally arrived at the last of the six "important" announcements Apple was due to make at the Worldwide Developers Conference, a collective sigh of relief resounded at the venue. Siri can also be employed to play songs through the company's streaming service Apple Music . The third combatant in this fracas will be the Amazon Echo .

You have to see this insane new iOS 11 feature that turns your iPhone into an Augmented Reality powerhouse. From June 2018, all new apps submitted to the Mac app store will need to support 64-bit, and from June 2018 updates to existing apps must also be 64-bit compatible.

The speaker will be powered by virtual assistant Siri. It comes three years after the unveiling of Echo , which together with Google's assistant have dominated the market for the longest. For example, Apple promises that HomePod will employ Siri voice integration, allowing the device to act as a "home assistant". The Google Home can tell different voices apart and ties in with the company's many helpful online services, like translation.

This year , Apple and Facebook have thrown their hats into the ring. But since then, ongoing development at the company has been comparatively moribund in contrast to the lightning-fast technology evolution from competitors like Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant, and Microsoft's Cortana.

The biggest change visible is the new dock for iPads sourced directly from Apple's very own Mac . iOS 11 will turn your camera into a "smart camera". Having said that, the company also stopped this update for a slew of devices including iPhone 5, iPad 4th generation and 2013's iPhone 5C. " Apple has been warning of this migration to its 64-bit hardware for a number of years, but this news will still undoubtedly blindside a number of its customers, " Ernest Doku, a telecoms expert ...

Inside are 7 tweeters and a 4-inch subwoofer, and HomePod supposedly adjusts its audio performance based on its placement in the home. The HomePod includes Apple's A8 chip , a system-on-chip CPU/GPU that debuted in 2014 with the iPhone 6.

Top U.S. intelligence officials insisted Wednesday that they have never faced pressure to shape intelligence assessments to fit a political goal, amid questions from Democrats about whether President Trump pushed officials to drop a probe into Russia's influence on the election.

Apple also launched a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro and a 12.9-inch iPad Pro feature the world's most advanced display with ProMotion technology and incredible performance with the new A10X Fusion chip. Like the Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod is a speaker that has a voice-controlled digital assistant built in. Amazon is backed by the cloud-based assistant Alexa , and Sonos connects to Wi-Fi and, through the network, to other Sonos speakers, its associated app, and nearly any music service you ...

That nobody has mentioned. The option may be useful to business users by saving the time it would take to manually go through and delete apps to increase storage, which can be a pain, especially if you need to download something for work quickly and do not have the space.