Apple’s big new laptop announcement today may have been about a little laptop. But the company is also updating its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lineup.
New models featuring 5th-gen Intel Core i5 and Core i7 “Broadwell” processors are now available.
The new processors aren’t the only improvements. Here are some of hte other upgrades:
- The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now has the same Force Touch trackpad found in the new 2-pound MacBook.
- That model also has flash storage that’s twice as fast, plus an extra hour of battery life for up to 10 hours of run time.
- The MacBook Air now has Thunderbolt 2.
- The 13 inch MacBook Air also has faster flash storage than its predecessor.
Interestingly it looks like Apple is not upgrading the non-Retina version of the MacBook Pro. That 13 inch laptop still has an Intel Core i5 Haswell processor, Intel HD Graphics 4000, and a $1099 price tag.
Retina models with Intel Broadwell chips featuring Iris 6100 graphics start at $1299, while the new MacBook Air with Broadwell processors and Intel HD Graphics 6000 sell for $899 and up.
Mac book pro non retina is ivy bridge not haswell. For its screen resolution, the graphics remain perfectly adequate (fine up to HD)
If I buy this Macbook Pro in US, can I get the Apple Care Protection plan (additional 2 years) and the warranty here in India?
Ouch, another Macbook Air refresh with a 1440×900 screen. Maybe next time, Apple.
that’s mostly how they get the 13-15 hour battery life, not having their power budget spent on GPU (and of course a 15w CPU vs. the pros’ 28w). I presume many people buy airs just for that longevity so it makes sense to not have it even on a refresh. Just the wrong usage model. I personally can’t fault it for that, even though I did not choose to buy one (got the broadwell pro 13″)
Surprised the Airs didn’t gain a bump in battery life with broadwell.
Same! I wonder why this is.
I presume that the CPU is already a smaller part of the power budget. It may be that it did but just by 10-20 minutes. The increase in the new pros wasn’t just the CPU.. the battery is larger now, too
The whole lineup is looking a lot like a bunch of sad puppies with lousy screens ( no ips poor resolution no touch) compared to windows 8/10 laptops/convertibles 2-1 hybrids… and of course prices are too high, no real value for buyers.
The value is that you don’t have to use windows or mess around with linux 😀
Anyone have benchmarks on Macbook SSD vs non-Apple SSDs?