MacBook Pro 2012 Release Date, Specs and Retina Display Confirmed
Apple opened its World Developers Conference Monday and immediately unveiled what everyone's been waiting to hear from the company the past few weeks; the new MacBook Pro.
Apple's Phil Schiller took to the stage to introduce the world to the highest resolution notebook in the world, confirming that the new MacBook Pro will have a Retina display as expected. Upon announcing the Retina display and revealing the new laptop will have four times the pixels than the current version, WWDC delegates gave a huge round of applause to Schiller.
The new MacBook Pro will be 25 percent thinner than the older version, which means it will be just 0.7 inches thick, weighing only 4.46 pounds – making it the lightest MacBook Pro ever released.
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Specs for the new Pro are it will feature a powerful Ivy Bridge processor, 2.7 GHz Quadcore i7, up to 8GB 1600MHz memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GPU with up to 1 GB of memory.
The 15-inch version will have up to 2.6GHz quadcore Core i7, up to 16GB of RAM, and Kepler GT 650M graphics.
The upgraded laptops will come with the fastest RAM, fastest graphics, and will be built around flash storage - up to 768 GB. Schiller unveiled that it will also have up to 30 days of stand-by time.
The new MacBook Pro will come with two high speed 3.0 USB ports, with the 13-inch starting at $1199 with 4GB Ram, 2.5 GHz dual-core i5, and a 7hr battery.
The 15-inch will also come with the super quadcore processors and have the same price tag as the previous model. It will also have a 7 hour battery life.
Schiller boasted, "Without doubt, it's the best computer we've ever built."
Apple's new MacBook Pro has been made available for shipping immediately, and will be sure to see huge demand in the coming weeks.
