<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With the launch of the 2025 iPhone range now behind them, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/apple" rel="" target="" title="Apple"><span>Apple</span></a><span> doesn't appear to be slowing down as the year winds near to an end. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This week three new products hit the stores - all of them year on year upgrades featuring Apple's newest processor, the M5 Apple Silicon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Built with Artificial Intelligence in mind, the new M5 chip features a new 10-Core GPU architecture in which each core has its own Neural Accelerator. In simple terms, this means the chip can handle AI tasks faster and more efficiently. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/american-airlines-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-nebraska/b3cb4f67-e9af-4bcd-b7a1-910356a2ed88" rel="" target="" title="Plane makes emergency landing after pilot hears 'knocking on the cockpit door'"><span>Plane makes emergency landing after pilot hears 'knocking on the cockpit door'</span></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This, along with enhanced graphics and faster overall memory bandwidth ensures some of the smoothest and instantaneous processing of any device of its kind you might find the M5 in.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Apple launch a new chip they need to launch new products to showcase its usability and features, it wasn't on too many bingo cards that Apple Vision Pro would get an upgrade though. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 18 months after going on-sale in Australia and two years since it's US launch this $5999 immersive augmented reality headset is perceived by many to have been a failure for Apple, however with a tweak to it's head-band design and a more powerful processor it's clear Apple hasn't taken it's foot off the accelerator of development.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/technology/apple-latest-products-updates-its-premium-ipad-macbook-pro-vision-pro/b977171f-a805-4873-a591-a86c10866f1d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vision Pro's new Dual-Knit headband now has a comfortable band across the top of the head when wearing the device, instantly I found this to be far more comfortable, and it's not just because of the new top strap, the rear head strap also has tungsten inserts to counter the weight of the Vision Pro itself. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In typical Apple style the adjustment dial for the straps is innovative and slick with a simple pop out and twist to adjust the top strap or push in and twist for the rear - it was totally intuitive and while simple - it's peak Apple design.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Using the Vision Pro I don't think I really noticed the extra 20Hz frame rate (now up to 120Hz), or the extra 10 per cent pixel rendering. This isn't 10 per cent more pixels, it's about how much of the display directly in your focus zone the device renders to give an experience even closer to reality.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Packing the M5 into Apple Vision Pro is a huge leap forward from the M2 it originally shipped with, and does make responsiveness overall better, however the real story of this upgrade is that Apple is not letting go of this future vision. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Spatial computing" as they call it is also a name for what we might see in the decade ahead with something as simple as glasses providing this style of content interaction - Meta is doing it with their Ray Ban Meta Display glasses, it makes sense that Apple too is heading that way, they're just taking a different path.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The new M5 processor is also now available in the MacBook Pro 14 inch. A powerful portable Pro level laptop.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Having used a thinner and lighter MacBook Air for some time recently, the upgrade to Pro with M5 has been more about the inputs and outputs of Pro (HDMI and SD Card slot) than actual performance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>For me rendering video is noticeably faster on the M5, while day-to-day performance has been excellent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That a MacBook Pro like this can run a graphically intensive game like Cyberpunk 2077 is a testament to the power of the processor. Playing this with the anti-glare Nano-texture display was sensational.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stunning graphics, with beautiful effects like reflections and glare all rendered in real-time - exceptional.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rounding out Apple's week is the new iPad Pro with M5, and while its improvements year-on-year are barely worth noting, this device is aimed at those who do love to work with iPad in both tablet and keyboard format, but own a device that might be four or more years old.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When compared to iPad Pro with M1 processor, the M5 is a dramatic improvement in almost every way.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>I was most impressed to remind myself just how thin this device is for something so powerful - about the same thickness as iPhone Air, and the screen is bright thanks to the MiniLED display and no task is too much for it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Editing video on Davinci Resolve, the Aussie app by Blackmagic felt as smooth as it does on any good PC level edit station. To have this pro level performance in a tablet is still remarkable to me.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>iPad OS' new windowing feature is nifty and slick on the new iPad Pro, but I didn't find myself really wanting to use it, with a screen this big you can split the screen or just swipe between apps just as well, I think that feature is aimed at new to iPad owners who miss the Windows experience.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Overall, all three devices launching this week from Apple are very much incremental upgrades, but that's part of the game, not because Apple expects or markets these products to owners of last year's model, but because those with older devices will always find limitations in the demands of the most modern and processor intensive apps - especially those with AI tasks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>iPad Pro with M5 starts at $1699 for the 11 inch, and $2199 for the 13 inch. MacBook Pro with M5 starts at $2499 while Apple Vision Pro with M5 is still $5999.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All three go on sale today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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