Apple launches new MacBook Pro lineup

Apple decided to kick off this year’s Keynote Event with the introduction of the new breed MacBook Pro computers.

Apart from the usual upgrades, the Cupertino-based tech giant boasts that the new model can provides faster performance and longer battery life which is brought by the newly announced OS X Mavericks, as well as the 4th Generation Intel Core processors under its hood.

MBP 2013

The base model of the Haswell-powered 13-inch MBP is now being sold for USD1,299 – $200 cheaper compared to its predecessor. The base model of the 15-inch MacBook Pro, on the other hand, starts at USD1,999. Shipping date will start today.

Another surprise that the company announced was that every Mac users can jump in on the Mavericks bandwagon without the added cost. The Mavericks update will be seeded starting today, the same time as the shipping date of the two new MacBook Pros.

MacBook Pro 13-inch 2013 specs:

13-inch 2560×1600 screen
Intel Core i5 Haswell 2.4GHz dual-core processor
Iris 5100 GPU
4GB DDR3 RAM
128GB SSD
2 x USB 3.0 ports
Thunderbolt
1080p Facetime camera
WiFi 802.11 a/c
Bluetooth 4.0
Mac OS X Mavericks

MacBook Pro 15-inch 2013 specs:

15-inch 2880×1800 screen
Intel Core i7 Haswell 2.4GHz quad-core processor
Iris 5100 GPU
GeForce GT 750M, 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
8GB DDR3 RAM
128GB SSD
2 x USB 3.0 ports
2x Thunderbolt
1080p Facetime camera
WiFi 802.11 a/c
Bluetooth 4.0
Mac OS X Mavericks

Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

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4 Comments

bern says:

11 years ago

Mac OS X Mavericks without added cost? Does it mean we can upgrade old MacbookAir free?

Luckily I didn’t upgrade to mountain lion.
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CopyCat-droid says:

11 years ago

Hi bern,

OS X Mavericks is now absolutely free, even if your OS X is in SNOW LEOPARD. Just launch the software update. Compare that to those licensed Windows XP/Vista users, trying to upgrade for licensed Windows 8. Licensed Win8 costs thousands of pesos.

:)
iOS7 says:

11 years ago

Mavericks is now free. Try to download the update on the App Store. To see if your MacBook Air is compatible, try going to the system requirements page.

kami says:

11 years ago

whoa! no bit of love for the non retina versions?

the new iterations are great except for the SSD storage. ang mahal maxado ng higher storage capacities kaya i prefer sana yung non-SSD.

will they finally remove it? i mean the non retina?
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