Apple launches new MacBooks with M5 chips, bigger base storage

FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

March 3 (Reuters) - Apple on Tuesday ⁠unveiled updated MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models, featuring its latest ⁠M5-series chips and bigger base storage, in a bid to lure buyers ‌in a softening PC market squeezed by rising memory costs.

The update includes a new MacBook Air powered by Apple's latest M5 chip and higher-end MacBook Pro models equipped with the new M5 ​Pro and M5 Max processors, which the company ⁠says deliver significant gains in ⁠performance and on-device AI capabilities.