While all eyes were on the new iPads at Apple’s autumn keynote, the company also revealed an update to its 13in and 15in MacBook Pro with Retina display models. It heralded the arrival of Intel’s Haswell CPUs, but the big surprise was the price cut, which saw the entry-level MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display tumble to $1599.
The price isn’t the only thing that’s smaller: the MacBook Pro’s weight has dropped from 1.63kg to 1.55kg. It’s lost a millimetre around the waist, too, so it’s now 18mm thick. The whole package,
including the power supply, weighs 1.81kg.
Under the surface, Apple has rung the changes. Gone are the Ivy Bridge CPUs of old, replaced by a trio of Intel Haswell options: two Core i5 parts and a Core i7, the latter being an optional upgrade. There’s also a range of new PCI Express SSD drives, with capacities in the preconfigured models rising from 128GB up to 512GB, with 1TB an optional extra.
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