Apple Announces Cheaper and Faster MacBook Pro Line

Apple today announced its new MacBook Pro line with Retina display featuring the fourth generation of Intel Core processors, longer battery life, faster flash storage and next generation Wi-Fi.

Starting at $1,299, the MacBook Pro is 0.71 inches thin with option of a 13-inch or 15-inch screen size; a dual-core Intel Core i5 processor up to 2.6 GHz or even better, a quad-core i7 processor up to 2.6 GHz depending on the version.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro delivers up to nine hours of battery life, two more hours than the previous generation; whereas the 15-inch version delivers up to eight hours, one hour more than before and comes with the brand new technology Iris Pro integrated graphics.

All versions include dual Thunderbolt 2 ports delivering up to 20Gbps of bandwidth to each external device and ship with new operative system OS X Mavericks.

On the negative side, Apple halved the amount of RAM in the entry-level model to 4Gb.

As of today, both version are shipping.

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