Apple Inc.'s MacBook Pro 2013 comes with Retina
display with a fourth generation Intel Core processors, the latest graphics,
longer battery life, faster flash storage and next generation Wi-Fi. Starting
at a new lower price of $1,299 (US), the updated MacBook Pro with Retina
display features a stunning high-resolution display, an amazing thin and light
design, and the latest technology to power through the most demanding projects.
Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide
Marketing, Philip Schiller said, “We’ve made the world’s best pro notebook even
better by adding more performance and even longer battery life. MacBook Pro
with Retina display continues to redefine the pro notebook.”
The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display features
fourth generation dual-core Intel Core i5 processors up to 2.6 GHz with Turbo
Boost speeds up to 3.1 GHz. New integrated Intel Iris graphics deliver up to 90
percent faster performance than the previous generation MacBook Pro with Retina
display. The 13-inch model can be configured with faster dual-core Intel Core
i7 processors up to 2.8 GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.3 GHz.
The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display features
fourth generation quad-core Intel Core i7 processors up to 2.3 GHz with Turbo
Boost speeds up to 3.5 GHz. The 15-inch model includes Intel Iris Pro graphics
for unprecedented levels of integrated graphics performance, or Iris Pro and
GeForce GT 750M discrete graphics with 2GB of video memory for the ultimate in
performance. The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display can be configured with
faster quad-core Intel Core i7 processors up to 2.6 GHz with Turbo Boost speeds
up to 3.8 GHz.
The updated MacBook Pro with Retina display features
incredible pixel-pushing power while still delivering amazing battery life. The
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display delivers up to nine hours of battery
life, two hours more than the previous generation, and up to nine hours of
iTunes movie playback. The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display delivers up
to eight hours of battery life, one hour more than the previous generation, and
up to eight hours of iTunes movie playback. As Phill Schiller said in the
keynote, on the 13-inch, you'll be able to watch all the "Black
Knight" films in one sitting.
Both models are lightning fast, editing video in a
flash and also opening multiple windows simultaneously and slicing through
editing and viewing the new updated iLife and iWork apps, more on those later.