CNET News - Apple shows latest 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros
CNET News - Apple shows latest 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros
2013-10-22
today we're happy to now turn our
attention to MacBook Pro as you know the
macbook pro is the first personal
computer with a Retina Display a display
with the pixel so small that a normal
working distance your I can't discern
them and the images are gorgeous and now
we've brought out both the 13 inch and a
15 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro and
both are having major updates today
first let's start with a 13-inch MacBook
Pro it is an incredible machine and now
it is even lighter under three and a
half pounds just 3.4 six pounds and the
new 13-inch MacBook Pro is thinner as
well just point 71 inches then beautiful
and thin and light and it's incredibly
fast to new 13-inch MacBook Pro is
powered by an Intel Haswell chip this is
a fourth-generation dual-core chip and
that chip includes intel iris graphics
intimated graphics that are even faster
in fact they're up to ninety percent
faster than the previous generation so
faster performance faster graphics and
it gets better battery life to now up to
9 hours of battery life for all the
things you love to do reading your mail
surfing the web doing productivity and
even watching movies that you've
downloaded from itunes so if you're a
fan of the Black Knight as I am you can
watch the entire trilogy on one charge
yes
sure if you're a closet Batman Finn you
don't have to hide it it's faster to in
terms of the flash storage pcie-based
flash that's sixty percent faster than
the previous generation Wi-Fi is faster
to it as 802 11 AC that delivers up to
three times the performance over 802 11
n at similar distances an expansion is
faster too with the new Thunderbolt 2
it's up to twice as fast it's the
previous generation thunderbolt and all
this performance and battery life comes
in a brand new macbook pro that's
running Mavericks Craig just told you
all about the incredible features and
performance of Mavericks and the work of
hardware and software together to
deliver an incredible notebook
experience the previous generation
13-inch MacBook Pro started at 1499
we're really happy to tell you today
that this new 13-inch MacBook Pro starts
at just 12 99
that's for a configuration with a
13-inch retina display 2.4 gigahertz
dual-core i5 4 gigs of memory iris
graphics 128 gigabyte of storage and
best of all it starts shipping today
next yep next let's talk about the
15-inch MacBook Pro this all new
generation macbook pro is powered by an
Intel crystal well chip this is a fourth
generation quad core processor it
includes iris pro graphics that this is
integrated graphics that for many tasks
that were the same performance as
discrete graphics but it does it at a
quarter less power and for those who do
want discrete graphics there are models
with the new geforce gt750m and this is
a graphics part with two gigs of video
memory twice as much as before so again
faster processing faster graphics and
lauder bit longer battery life as well
up to 8 hours of battery life the new
15-inch MacBook Pro also includes the
faster pcie-based flash it also includes
the faster 802 11 AC Wi-Fi it also
includes new Thunderbolt 2 storage so
it's just better across the entire
system of course it comes with OS 10
Mavericks now the previous generation
15-inch MacBook Pro started at 2199
thinking guess what's coming the new
macbook pro now starts at just 19 99
that's for configuration with a 15-inch
retina display 2 gigahertz quad-core i7
eight gigs of memory iris pro graphics
and a quarter terabyte of flash storage
and best of all it's also shipping today
as you know we work really hard to make
all of our products environmentally
friendly and these are both as well and
you just are six epeat gold arsenic-free
display mercury-free display bfr free
PVC free and highly recyclable with all
that beautiful aluminum and glass so
this is our notebook lineup knock bakare
macbook pro with the retina display to
display sizes on each 11 inch and 13 on
air 13 and 15 on macbook pro starting at
just 999 so by far the best lineup we've
ever had an incredible upgrades across
the whole line and that's our news for
macbook today
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