The 13in MacBook Pro with Retina display will now run on Intel's latest chip, the fourth generation dual-core Core i5 processor (up to 2.6GHz).
It is also lighter (1.5kg) and thinner (18mm) and will use Thunderbolt 2 connection ports which Apple says is 2x faster than the original.
The base model will have 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD for storage with the price now starting at$1,299 (RM4,125), which is US$200 (RM635) cheaper than the older model.
The 15in MacBook Pro, on the other hand, will be powered by a fourth generation quad-core Core i7 processor (up to 2.3GHz), and comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.
In the graphics department it has Intel Iris Pro and nVidia GeForce GT750M chips. The 15in model has a rated battery life of up to eight hours.
It also received a US$200 (RM635) price cut and now starts at US$1,999 (RM6,345).
The updated MacBook Pros will ship with Apple's new OS X called Mavericks which is the 10th version, and both models are expected to be available in US stores today.
Enter the Mac Pro
Earlier this year Apple gave the world a sneak peek of the Mac Pro at WWDC. Now the wraps are finally off the new model which has a compact cylindrical design with a thermal core which Apple says will allow the system to efficiently and quietly.
The hardware specs are impressive – it runs on the latest Intel Xeon processor with up to 12 cores. And it has dual workstation-class AMD FirePro graphics cards which have seven teraflops of computing power and eight times the performance of older Mac Pro.
It also features PCIe-based Flash storage which has a read speed of up to 1.2GBps which is 10x faster than conventional desktop hard drives.
Apple says the hardware is good enough for editing 4K videos.
The entry level model starts at a whopping US$2,999 (RM9,525) and will be available in December in the United States.
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