After rumors surfaced yesterday about an incoming MacBook Pro refresh, Apple's store went down earlier today, and now, hey presto! New MacBook Pros. The new models haven't changed significantly, but look to be better equipped to handle the next version of OSX due in the fall, Yosemite. All 15-inch MacBook Pro Retinas now have 16GB of RAM as standard instead of 8GB, and the priciest model will get a 1TB hard disk. All the larger Retina models will also get bumped by 200Mhz to the latest 4th Core-i7 CPUs, with the top-liner getting a Core i7-4980HQ, which features a max speed of 4.0GHz. Surprisingly, Apple has stuck with NVIDIA's GeForce GT-750M for its top model with discrete graphics rather than updating to the latest GeForce GT800M series. The upside, however, is that the price for that model, has dropped by $100 to $2,499.
The 13-inch models, meanwhile also got memory and speed boosts. The minimum RAM now available on the entry level model is 8GB instead of 4GB, and has 2.6GHz Intel Core i5 chip instead of the previous 2.4GHz model. Despite the tweaks, Apple has kept the same pricing on all its 13- and 15-inch models apart from the discrete graphics model. All of that should keep MacBook Pro fans happy, particularly those grumbling about the rather meager 4GB of RAM in the base models.
Source: Apple
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