Apple Updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display & MacBook Air

[btarunr]

Apple today updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display with the all-new Force Touch trackpad, fifth generation Intel Core processors and Intel Iris Graphics 6100, two times faster flash and longer battery life, bringing even more performance and capabilities to our pro customers.* Apple also today updated the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air with fifth generation Intel Core processors, Intel HD Graphics 6000, and Thunderbolt 2, and added up to two times faster flash to the 13-inch MacBook Air, making the perfect everyday notebooks even better.

"Today the popular 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, 11-inch MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Air all received significant upgrades," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "The 13-inch MacBook Pro has been updated with the latest processors, more powerful graphics, faster flash, longer battery life and the all-new Force Touch trackpad. We're also bringing the latest processors and graphics, and faster Thunderbolt 2 to the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air, as well as up to two times faster flash to the 13-inch MacBook Air."



The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display features the all-new Force Touch trackpad that brings a new dimension of interactivity to the Mac. The new trackpad features built-in force sensors that allow you to click anywhere and haptic feedback that provides a responsive and uniform feel. You can even customize the feel of the trackpad by changing the amount of pressure needed to register each click. The Force Touch trackpad also enables a new gesture called Force Click, a click followed by a deeper press, for tasks like pulling up the definition of a word, quickly seeing a map or glancing at a preview of a file.

The updated 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display also features fifth generation Intel Core processors up to 3.1 GHz, with Turbo Boost Speeds up to 3.4 GHz, faster integrated Intel Iris Graphics 6100, and flash storage that is up to two times faster, with throughput up to 1.6GBps.* In addition, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now delivers up to 10 hours of battery life and up to 12 hours of iTunes movie playback.**

The updated 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air now feature fifth generation Intel Core processors up to 2.2 GHz, with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.2 GHz, integrated Intel HD Graphics 6000, and Thunderbolt 2, delivering up to 20Gbps, twice the bandwidth of the previous generation. The 13-inch MacBook Air also features faster flash storage that is up to two times faster than the previous generation.***

Every new Mac comes with OS X Yosemite, a powerful new version of OS X, redesigned and refined with a fresh, modern look, powerful new apps and amazing Continuity features that make working across your Mac and iOS devices more fluid than ever.

iMovie, GarageBand, iPhoto, and Pages, Numbers and Keynote come free with every new Mac. iMovie lets you easily create beautiful movies, you can use GarageBand to make new music or learn to play piano or guitar and you can edit and share your best shots with iPhoto. Pages, Numbers and Keynote, make it easy to create, edit and share stunning documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iCloud let you create a document on iPhone or iPad, edit it on your Mac and collaborate with friends, even if they are on a PC. The new Photos for OS X app keeps your growing photo and video collection automatically organized and easy to navigate and will be included in an OS X Yosemite update this spring.

Pricing & Availability
The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is available today through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers with a 2.7 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.1 GHz, 8GB of memory and 128GB of flash storage starting at $1,299 (US); with a 2.7 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.1 GHz, 8GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage starting at $1,499 (US); and with a 2.9 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.3 GHz, 8GB of memory and 512GB of flash storage starting at $1,799 (US). Configure-to-order options include a faster dual-core Intel Core i7 processor up to 3.1 GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.4 GHz, up to 16GB of memory and flash storage up to 1TB.

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[apertotes]

It is really incredible, and sad, that Apple does not offer any 4G/LTE conectivity in any of their laptops. My Dell XPS had it in 2007, and it was one of the most useful features of the computer.

I hope they invent it next year.

 

[SoundChaos]

Apple already had the best trackpad of any laptop I've seen (Its actually the main reason I buy and use apple laptops), I'm really curious to try out this new one... Being able to press down anywhere for a click rather than just the bottom might come in really handy, and I really hope this new design doesn't ruin the best part about the notebooks.

 

[NC37]

Only Apple could announce a new laptop, cut out all the ports but 1, and still charge $1300.

Really...why do idiots keep buying this crap?!

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Only Apple could announce a new laptop, cut out all the ports but 1, and still charge $1300.

Really...why do idiots keep buying this crap?!

capitalism.

 

[DeadSkull]

No upgradability, right?

 

[NC37]

No upgradability, right?

You can thank Jobs for that.

 

[Jermelescu]

It is really incredible, and sad, that Apple does not offer any 4G/LTE conectivity in any of their laptops. My Dell XPS had it in 2007, and it was one of the most useful features of the computer.

I hope they invent it next year.

This is the best thing I've read today, thanks!
As far as these MacBooks are concerned, I'll gladly pass.

 

[Uplink10]

I laughed when I saw Mac OS X Server, be dependant on Apple to sell you the server with their limited hardware configuration.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Still the best laptops in the business. Wish they had retina for the air though.

 

[Aquinus]

Still the best laptops in the business. Wish they had retina for the air though.

All of their products should be Retina. Have to push the industry forward somehow.

 

[Uplink10]

All of their products should be Retina. Have to push the industry forward somehow.

Retina is really a marketing term, Retina just defines lowest ppi which makes a screen "Retina". There should really be some "standard" at which ppi is a screen retina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_Display#Models). Why are not other manufacturers marketing their Retina displays as "Retina"?

 

[Steven B]

Apple already had the best trackpad of any laptop I've seen (Its actually the main reason I buy and use apple laptops), I'm really curious to try out this new one... Being able to press down anywhere for a click rather than just the bottom might come in really handy, and I really hope this new design doesn't ruin the best part about the notebooks.

Its like you have never used another track-pad, your statement is contradictory. Also trackpads are extremely customizable, mine on my ultrabook wasn't so great when i fist got it, if i pressed down my palm it would move the cursor, so i right clicked a few times and changed the settings to make it do everything from zoom or do different things with different types of taps and change all types of sensitivity to customize it for what I want. It's all about knowing how to use the product, and its sad that you can't click where you use your finger, until now of course. We allo have been doing that for ages, all it takes it to change the sensitivity of the pad to other touches so when you type your palms don't cause a false positive. Trackpads are crap though, nothing compared to a real mouse.

 

[micropage7]

Why are not other manufacturers marketing their Retina displays as "Retina"?

coz apple will sue them for that name, and personally i dont give a d#mn about the name as long as it has high dpi
but many people would think that if their screen is retina they gonna have the best of the best

 

[Aquinus]

coz apple will sue them for that name, and personally i dont give a d#mn about the name as long as it has high dpi
but many people would think that if their screen is retina they gonna have the best of the best

It's not as much about the DPI. OS X does an amazing job at scaling on high-DPI displays.