Wednesday, February 13th 2013
Apple Updates Processors & Prices of MacBook Pro with Retina Display
Apple is making the MacBook Pro with Retina display faster and more affordable with updated processors and lower starting prices. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499 for 128 GB of flash, and $1,699 for a new 2.6 GHz processor and 256 GB of flash. The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now features a faster 2.4 GHz quad-core processor, and the top-of-the-line 15-inch notebook comes with a new 2.7 GHz quad-core processor and 16 GB of memory. Apple today also announced that the 13-inch MacBook Air with 256 GB of flash has a new lower price of $1,399.The MacBook Pro with Retina display features the world's highest resolution notebook display. Whether you're reading emails, writing text, editing home movies in HD or retouching professional photography, everything appears vibrant, detailed and sharp, delivering an unrivaled viewing experience. The MacBook Pro with Retina display features flash storage that is up to four times faster than traditional notebook hard drives, and delivers improved reliability, instant-on responsiveness and up to 30 days of standby time.
Pricing & Availability
The updated MacBook Pro with Retina display and MacBook Air models are available today through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Pricing details, technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at www.apple.com/macbook-pro and www.apple.com/macbookair.
Pricing & Availability
The updated MacBook Pro with Retina display and MacBook Air models are available today through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Pricing details, technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at www.apple.com/macbook-pro and www.apple.com/macbookair.
215 Comments on Apple Updates Processors & Prices of MacBook Pro with Retina Display
I'm posting this again to show you that it is not a gimmick. You eyes can see way more than this display can do. Therefore, this is no gimmick and it is in fact useful for many including me.
www.clarkvision.com/articles/eye-resolution.html
I think you should be posting news (something you havent done in 8 months) instead of acting like you have powers of moderation. :slap:
Onda V972, Chuwi V99, Freelander PD80, Nextway F9X, Ainol Novo9, Window N90FHD, Ployer momo11 Master, Hyundai X900 and the CUBE U9GT V all sell for roughly have the price if not less. Most of them are 1.5ghz ARM quad cores with multi core video that perform very well at that resolution (just under the sammy quad core). I personally purchased the Onda V972 since it seems to have better support than most of the others and features and aluminum case, lighter weight, and smaller dimensions than the Ipad.
The hardware and software are only part of it, to say the warranty and convenience of service hold no value at all is just silly to me. I personally am willing to pay a premium for warranty and good service, I buy Dell monitors for that reason. I had my USB ports go bad on my U2711 last year and after 1 email I had a replacement at my door by noon the next day, with a pre-paid sticker to ship my defective unit back in the same box. Sure I paid like $500 more than an ebay Korean brand, but I can't imagine even if I had a proper warranty on one of those monitors, the cost of shipping my defective unit back to Korea and waiting for a replacement would probably wipe out that saving pretty quickly.
I'm speaking from trying out products at stores and observations from my friends. Their laptops just feel solid, well constructed, hinges are not sloppy, and keyboards doesn't feel sloppy. For longevity, I know ipods and ipads are pretty durable. I drop my ipad on the hardwood floor from my bed damn near every day and it hasn't broken yet. I still have the really old ipod 30GB I bought probably over 6 years ago and it still works. I don't use it anymore since my phone can play mp3 just fine.