Apple’s new MacBook Pro lineup is finally here, announced at the much-anticipated WWDC 2012 event. While Apple has turned the 15-inch MacBook Pro into a very powerful machine by introducing a special edition with a stunning Retina Display, the regular 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro have also been upgraded to include a lot of improvements which are listed below.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro, although will feature no Retina display, will still come with a 1280 x 800 screen which is not bad at all. Moreover, the hardware specifications of the machine have also been improved significantly. These are listed below.
13-inch MacBook Pro specs:
- 1280 x 800 display
- 2.5GHz Core i5 processor (basic specification)
- This processor can be upgraded up to 2.9 GHz Core i7 processor
- The graphics of the 13-inch model won’t get any significant refresh. The machine will come with Intel’s integrated HD graphics 4000.
- The price of the machine starts at $1199
15-inch MacBook Pro specs:
- The machine will pack, again, 1280 x 800 display.
- It will come with quad-core Core i7 chip with either 2.3 GHz or 2.6 GHz as base speed.
- It will also have an impressive Nvidia’s Kepler-based GeForce GT 650 M graphics chip, which will come with either 512 MB or 1 GB VRAM on board.
- Finally, the machine will have a sever-hour battery life and the price will start at $1,799
Image Courtesy: The Verge
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This is one of the exciting things at the WWDC. Damn, the Macbook is thinner now. Plus the upcoming iOS 6. I’ve read some liveblogs about the conference, with Tim Cook saying that apps have definitely change the world. Well, the Macbook did too, in a thinner way. Haha.