Apple on Wednesday launched new MacBook Professional laptops with up to date processors, in what is probably going the corporate’s final main {hardware} announcement of the yr.

The brand new gadgets are outfitted with Apple’s newest chip, the M4. Some fashions have entry to extra highly effective variations, known as the M4 Professional and M4 Max. Apple says the brand new chips are 1.8 instances sooner than the M1, which powered Apple’s 2021 MacBook Professional.

Apple has additionally made a major change throughout its whole Mac lineup to arrange the computer systems for future synthetic intelligence options.

Apple mentioned the brand new fashions, like all gadgets launched this yr, are designed for Apple Intelligence, the corporate’s AI system that may generate textual content, pictures and emojis.

Moreover, all the new MacBook Professional fashions include no less than 16GB of RAM. Till now, low-end Macs usually got here with 8GB of RAM by default. The extra reminiscence a pc has, the extra it’s able to dealing with bigger and extra subtle AI fashions.

Apple’s MacBook Air laptops and iMac desktops are additionally getting an replace to begin with no less than 16GB of RAM on the identical $999 beginning value as earlier than. The M4 additionally has improved AI capabilities. Doubling the RAM on its laptops represents essentially the most important change Apple has made to its lineup of computer systems to raised assist Apple Intelligence.

The 2021 MacBook Professional redesign was praised for a thicker design that allowed the pc to have a number of conventional ports, resembling an HDMI port for connecting the pc to TV screens and projectors. The re-release was a part of a wave of Mac launches in 2021 that revived the product line, alongside Apple’s determination to change from Intel chips to its homegrown M-series.

Apple’s Mac lineup is important for the corporate despite the fact that it contributes much less general income than the iPhone or the wearables enterprise, which incorporates the Apple Watch and AirPods. All apps made for iPhones are written on a Mac, for instance.

Within the quarter that led to June, Apple reported $7 billion in Mac gross sales, up about 2% from the identical interval a yr earlier. Apple studies outcomes for the most recent quarter on Thursday.

The 14-inch Mac begins at $1,599 and the 16-inch mannequin begins at $2,499. The 14-inch mannequin with the extra highly effective M4 Professional chip begins at $1,999. Apple says some fashions of the M4 MacBook Professional can stand up to 24 hours of battery. The brand new MacBook Professional fashions additionally bought an upgraded 12-megapixel videoconferencing digicam.

The brand new laptops hit retailer cabinets Nov. 8.