The MacBook Pro 16-inch has received a pretty big update from Apple, debuting an entirely new GPU option. This is a big deal for creators and professionals, and could be the graphics performance booster jet that gives the MacBook Pro an edge over the Dell XPS 15.

Here are the details: the 16-inch MacBook Pro can now be equipped with the recently released AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU with 8GB of HBM2 memory. This GPU is rated to offer up to 75% faster performance than the 4GB Radeon Pro 5500 GPU, which costs $700 more than that GPU.

If you waited even longer to upgrade (as I did), you will see even more noticeable improvements, up to 3.5x faster than the previous generation 15-inch MacBook Pro. These improvements will be seen in applications for creators, such as rendering 3D models, building and designing games, and working with video.

Hopefully, this graphics performance will be enough to challenge or even surpass the performance of the Dell XPS 15 (2020), which maxes out at the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (4GB GDDR6 memory) on our review unit. The XPS 15 outperformed the 16-inch MacBook Pro in our Shadow of the Tomb Raider test, clocking 29 fps versus the MacBook's 27.2 fps. should give the MacBook Pro the extra boost it needs to compete.

For the Mac Pro (2019), Apple has added a new SSD customization option, allowing users to upgrade their internal storage with the Mac Pro SSD Upgrade Kit. Two SSD modules are offered per kit, with the following options: 1TB ($600), 2TB ($1,000), 4TB ($1,600), and 8TB ($2,800).

This was an important change for the Mac Pro, whose modular design made ultimate upgradeability appealing. Instructions and more information can be found here, but the kit has not yet arrived at Apple, probably later today (June 15).

As mentioned earlier, these upgrades and updates will take place while we wait for the online-only developer conference, where Apple is expected to reveal that it will soon be moving its laptops and desktops to Apple processors. [MacBook ARM and Apple's use of ARM chips throughout its hardware has shaken up the way Macs operate, and we have heard complaints from the developer and professional world that the Mac could suffer major growing pains if application changes are not made in time for the final release. I have heard.