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Posted On June 13, 2012
Apple's MacBook Pro is the first of its kind to offer a high-resolution Retina Display. That's 2880 x 1800 pixels wedged into a 15.4-inch display. By way of comparison, the non-Retina Display MacBook Pro offers a screen resolution of 1440 x 900. But while you'll get plenty of pixels, you won't get a lot of storage (which has led to some griping among professional video editors). The MacBook Pro is offered with 256GB of SSD storage for $2,199. It's upgradeable to 512GB and a faster processor for $2,799.
The MacBook Pro features a Core i7 2.3GHZ quad-core processor with 8GB of RAM, two Thunderbolt ports, two USB 3.0 ports and a seven hour battery. It weighs in at 4.46lbs and is just under an inch thick at .71-inches. Despite the eye-popping price, this notebook is missing a few things: there's no optical drive and no Ethernet and FireWire ports.
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Apple, as always, has done an excellent job of giving users enough reasons to want this thing. There's the display for those who stare at their computers all day, there's the...
This latest flagship is an object to be desired, a powerfully robust laptop in a .71-inch aluminum unibody design that is nearly as thin as Apple's own MacBook Air, though considerably...
With a higher-resolution display, thin chassis, and up-to-date components, the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina Display is the new king of high-end desktop replacement laptops.
The MacBook Pro with Retina Display boasts a breathtakingly gorgeous screen, super-fast performance and long battery life in a slim and portable design.
A "huge leap" in technology? Hardly. Apple's latest is nice to look at, but it's too fragile, too bulky, and too short on battery life.
If you're in the market for a premium OS X laptop right now, it's hard not to recommend the new MacBook Pro with Retina display.
On everything but the price, the MacBook Pro excels.
Is this a laptop that's creating its own new product category? Not exactly. This is a laptop that stands poised to kill an existing one, one that Apple has dominated.
The newly redesigned MacBook Pro with Retina Display combines an amazing screen with just enough of the MacBook Air design to feel like a new animal, and to take its place as the best...
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