The first Geekbench 6 benchmark result for the new Mac Pro surfaced today, providing a closer look at the M2 Ultra chip's CPU performance in the desktop tower. The result lists a single-core score of 2,794 and a multi-core score of 21,453, compared to 1,378 and 10,390 for the highest-end Intel-based Mac Pro with a 28-core Xeon W processor, a configuration that started at $12,999. This means the new Mac Pro is over twice as fast as the fastest Intel-based model, and given that all configurations include the M2 Ultra chip, this performance can be had for a much lower $6,999. Mac14,8 = 2023 Mac Pro Unsurprisingly, these scores are virtually identical to those that surfaced for the Mac Studio…

Sony, which is supplying the panel used for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computer, has a capacity of 900,000 units of these panels per year, TheElec reports Monday. Apple Vision Pro features an ultra-high-resolution display system that packs 23 million pixels across two displays — more than a 4K TV for each eye — and the brand-new R1 chip, for a virtually lag-free, real-time view of the world. Gijong Lee for The Elec: Sony manufactures the OLED on silicon, or OLEDoS, which uses silicon as a substrate to make a high-resolution micro OLED display panel, being used by Cupertino for its new MR device unveiled last week at WWDC 2023. Sources said Sony’s capacity means Apple will only be able…

It's the week of the iPads as Amazon slashes prices on virtually every iPad on the site. Take home an 11-inch iPad Pro with an M2 chip for the lowest price we've seen in the last month at $999.Save on Apple Watch, iPad & Mac at Amazon. More great deals include a 30-day low price of $749 for the Apple Watch Ultra, featuring several band options to choose from. Also, shoppers looking for a new computer can grab a 14-inch MacBook Pro with either 512GB of storage or 1TB at up to $300 off retail price. Read more...

It's the week of the iPads as Amazon slashes prices on virtually every iPad on the site. Take home an 11-inch iPad Pro with an M2 chip for the lowest price we've seen in the last month at $999.Save on Apple Watch, iPad & Mac at Amazon. More great deals include a 30-day low price of $749 for the Apple Watch Ultra, featuring several band options to choose from. Also, shoppers looking for a new computer can grab a 14-inch MacBook Pro with either 512GB of storage or 1TB at up to $300 off retail price. Read more...

It's the week of the iPads as Amazon slashes prices on virtually every iPad on the site. Take home an 11-inch iPad Pro with an M2 chip for the lowest price we've seen in the last month at $999.Save on Apple Watch, iPad & Mac at Amazon. More great deals include a 30-day low price of $749 for the Apple Watch Ultra, featuring several band options to choose from. Also, shoppers looking for a new computer can grab a 14-inch MacBook Pro with either 512GB of storage or 1TB at up to $300 off retail price. Read more...

Macworld Apple has announced the long-rumored headset, which will be called Vision Pro. That suggests that one day in the not-so-distant future we will see a cheaper Vision headset, rumored to arrive in 2025. Apple isn’t calling Vision Pro a VR headset. Rather it’s referring to the headset as its “first spatial computer” with a big emphasis on how a user will be able to stay present in the physical world while wearing it. Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke about how the Vision Pro ushers in “the beginning of a new era for computing.” Here’s everything we know about the Vision Pro headset so far. Want to know what it’s like to wear a Vision Pro? Macworld’s Roman Loyola has…