Featured Post

Steve Jobs Has Some Harsh Words for the Tablet PC Market

Hey, does anybody remember the tablet PC? Yeah, you remember, the device that had the ability to seamlessly transform from a fully portable tablet into a highly functioning desktop PC. Well, as cool an idea as it sounded like, the device became a relatively obscure PC product category that was pretty...

Read More

Apple Refreshing MacBook Pro and Air

Posted by Joel Thompson | Posted in Computer | Posted on 29-04-2013

Tags: , , , , , , ,

0

According to Ming-Chi Kuo KGI Securities analyst, Apple’s MacBook Pro and MacBook Air will include Intel’s latest Haswell processor in its new models. The processor provides a 10 percent increase in processing speed and a 50 percent increase over the original integrated graphics chip.

Unfortunately it appears Apple will not include the expensive new  Retina display on all new models. This coming after Kuo Predicted Apple would move away from non-Retina models in 2013.

“Contrary to our previous projection, we now think Apple will continue to make the MacBook Pro alongside the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro because the 13” MacBook Pro remains the most popular product in the MacBook line. Also, there is still demand in emerging markets, where Internet penetration isn’t advanced, for optical disk drives.” Kuo said.

Both models are to be introduced at Apples Worldwide Developers Conference, and should be available for shipping shortly after.

Source MacRumors