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But the new MacBook Pro does raise the bar for laptop specs, and that challenge will be felt throughout the industry.Īre you planning to buy a new MacBook Pro? Post your comment or question below. Its high price puts it in a relatively small niche, and it will be competing with Windows-based Ultrabooks selling for under $1000. It may well be "the best computer Apple has ever made," but it's also one of the most expensive laptops on the market. The new MacBook Pro looks like an awesome laptop, especially for business travelers. The irony here is directed at those same experts who last week were predicting that tablets would take over the world, leaving desktop and laptop computers in the dustbin of history. Some pundits are already predicting the demise of the UltraBook, which I find a bit silly. This is accompanied by weeping, gnashing of teeth and ominous prognostications of the demise of all other forms of computing. Of course, when any Apple product is announced, there is the requisite rejoicing, singing and dancing in the streets. The $2,799 version bumps the processor up to 2.6GHz and increases flash storage to 512GB. The new MacBook Pro starts at $2,199 that includes a 2.3 GHz CPU overclocked to 3.3 GHz, 8 GB of 1600 MHz RAM, 256 GB of SSD storage, and Nvidia GeForce GT 650M graphics with 1GB DDR5 memory. That means you can't play music or movies from a CD or DVD disc, or burn a CD for data storage. Also notable is the lack of an optical drive. There is no Ethernet or Firewire port however, either can be purchased in dongle form. The system includes Nvidia GeForce GT 650M graphics, a FaceTime HD camera, and two microphones.Īpple added more ports to the MacBook Pro, including an SD card slot, HDMI, twin USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt ports, and a headphone port. The base CPU runs at 2.3 GHz and can be ramped up to 3.3 GHz. Quad-core Intel i7 Ivy Bridge processors join the MacBook Pro for the first time, putting this laptop on a level with many high-end gaming systems. The weight of the new MacBook Pro is just under 4.5 pounds, making it a quarter-inch thinner and a pound lighter than the older model. The new MacBook Pro looks more like the Air model now, with a finger-width thickness of 0.7 inches. Apple's iDrive cloud storage service is now standard with every laptop the company makes.Īnd thin is in, for all Apple laptops now. The MacBook Air already used SSDs exclusively maximum capacity of Air SSDs was doubled to 512 GB. Mass storage is now 100 percent solid-state drive, with a capacity up to 768 GB. Incidentally, the name "Retina" is derived from the idea that the screen resolution is so high, that the human eye is not able to notice any pixelation, or ragged edges on the display.Īnother big change is that traditional magnetic hard drives are gone from the MacBook Pro. The Retina screen boasts higher contrast ratios, IPS technology, and 75 per cent less glare despite its glassy screen finish.
The Retina display even beats an iPad's pixel count in 16:10 aspect ratio. Its resolution is a staggering 2880 x 1800 pixels, or about 2 million more pixels than you'll find on an HDTV screen. The new MacBook Pro comes with an amazingly crisp Retina display - the same type that comes with the latest iPads.
Is it the best computer ever? Or just another laptop? Let's take a look at what's new and exciting in the 2012 MacBook Pro announcement. The new MacBook Pro is here, announced by Apple on June 11th.