Apple Announces New 13- and 15-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina Displays

<p>During Apple&&num;8217&semi;s October event&comma; Apple senior vice president of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller revealed refreshes to the 13- and 15-inch <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;techable&period;com&sol;">MacBook Pro<&sol;a> with Retina display lineups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the 13-inch side&comma; the Retina display MacBook Pro now weighs 3&period;46 pounds&comma; from 3&period;57 pounds&comma; and is now 0&period;71 inches thin&comma; compared to the previous model&&num;8217&semi;s 0&period;75 inch thinness&period; The refreshed laptop now features Intel&&num;8217&semi;s Haswell processor&comma; as well as Intel&&num;8217&semi;s Iris integrated chip&period; It now has up to 9 hours of battery life&comma; with full support for 802&period;11ac Wi-Fi and a Thunderbolt 2 port&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display will now retail for &dollar;1&comma;299&comma; with the base configuration including a 2&period;4GHz Intel i5 pricessor&comma; 4GB of RAM&comma; and a 128GB SSD&period; It goes on sale today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not to be outdone&comma; the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display also saw an upgrade&period; It contains Intel&&num;8217&semi;s quad-core Crystalwell processor&comma; combined with Intel&&num;8217&semi;s Iris Pro integrated graphic&period; Customers can opt for a GeForce GT 750M with 2GB of memory&period; It&comma; too&comma; includes 802&period;11ac Wi-Fi and Thunderbolt 2 support&comma; and it will retail for &dollar;1&comma;999&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The base configuration includes a 2&period;0GHz Intel i7 processor&comma; with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD&period; It also goes on sale today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;