iStore, the retail arm of Apple’s official distributor in South Africa, has unveiled the pricing for the newly announced Macbook Pro models in the country with the new Apple silicon.
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Prices start at R36,299 for the base 14-inch model with an eight-core M1 Pro CPU and 14-core GPU, 512GB of SSD storage and 16GB of RAM. With the storage upgraded to 1TB, a 10-core M1 Pro CPU and a 16-core GPU, the price is R45,399.
The 16-inch models start at R45 399 for an M1 Pro model with 10-core/16-core CPU/GPU, 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM. A 1TB version will set you back R48,999. A powerful 10-core/32-core M1 Max version, also with 1TB of storage and with 32GB of RAM, costs R63,499, according to the iStore.
| South African iStore pricing for the Apple silicon MacBook Pro models | ||
| Model | Price | |
| 14-inch MacBook Pro | ||
| 8-core M1 Pro, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, space grey only | R36 299 | |
| 10-core M1 Pro, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, space grey or silver | R45 399 | |
| 16-inch MacBook Pro | ||
| 10-core M1 Pro, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, space grey or silver | R45 399 | |
| 10-core M1 Pro, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, space grey or silver | R48 999 | |
| 10-core M1 Max, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, space grey or silver | R63 499 |
All the new Macbook Pro models will start shipping on November 5th.
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