This morning at the WWDC, Phil Schiller took the stage and announced updates to the popular MacBook Pro lineup. What are we getting? Let’s look!
The MacBook Pro 13-inch Specifications and pricing shown below:
13-inch 2.5GHz – $1,199.00
- 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
- Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz
- 4GB 1600MHz memory
- 500GB 5400-rpm hard drive
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Built-in battery (7 hours)
13-inch 2.9GHz – $1,499.00
- 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
- Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
- 8GB 1600MHz memory
- 750GB 5400-rpm hard drive
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Built-in battery (7 hours)
The MacBook Pro 15-inch Specifications and pricing shown below:
15-inch 2.3GHz – $1,799.00
- 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
- Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
- 4GB 1600MHz memory
- 500GB 5400-rpm hard drive
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory
- Built-in battery (7 hours)
15-inch 2.6GHz – $2,199.00
- 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
- Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
- 8GB 1600MHz memory
- 750GB 5400-rpm hard drive
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
- Built-in battery (7 hours)
Details
Processors: Apple says: “The 15-inch MacBook Pro features the new 2.3GHz and 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processors with 6MB of shared L3 cache and Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.6GHz. And you can configure it to be even faster. Choose the 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 with 8MB of cache and Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.7GHz.”
The 13-inch model offers either the 2.5GHz Intel Core i5 or the 2.9GHz Intel Core i7. With Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.6GHz.
Graphics: Apple says the integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 processor boosts performance by up to 60 percent. And adds, “That extra power gives you a smoother, more fluid experience than before. It’s still highly efficient, too, so you get long battery life when you’re out and about. For graphics-intensive applications, the 15-inch MacBook Pro automatically switches to the new NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M discrete processor with up to 1GB of video memory. It’s also up to 60 percent faster than the previous generation, so you see more frames per second in 3D games and get greater speed and responsiveness for your HD video projects.”
Ports include 2 USB 3.0 ports, a Thunderbolt port, SDXC card slot, Gigabit Ethernet, and a Firewire 800 port. The Pro still includes the 8X SuperDrive, which, it had been rumored, was being dropped.
