Apple has announced its refreshed line-up of MacBook laptops, unveiled at its worldwide developer conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.
All the details on Apple's MacBook Pro with Intel Ivy Bridge
Both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have been updated and the latter has a model with Retina quality display. We've collated all the prices and specifications together so you can see the differences and which one suits you.
See also: Apple MacBook Pro Retina UK price and specifications round-up
See also: Apple MacBook Air UK price and specifications round-up
Apple MacBook Pro 2012
The MacBook Pro can be configured to order if you want to tweak some of the hardware. You can choose up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, hard drives up to 1TB and solid state drives (SSD) up to 512GB.
Apple MacBook Pro 15in 2012
Moving to the 15in model of the MacBook Pro gives you a Core i7 Ivy Bridge Processor. It also adds in an nVidia graphics card. It is configurable to order with the option of a 1680x1050 high-resolution glossy or antiglare display, 2.7GHz Core i7, 8GB of RAM and hard drives up to 1TB and solid state drives (SSD) up to 512GB.
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15in MacBook Pro: 2.3GHz |
15in MacBook Pro: 2.6GHz |
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Price |
£1,499 |
£1,799 |
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Processor |
2.3GHz Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache |
2.6GHz Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache |
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Display |
15.4-in LED-backlit display with 1440 x 900 resolution |
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RAM |
4GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM |
8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM |
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Storage |
500GB 5,400rpm hard drive |
750GB 5,400rpm hard drive |
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Graphics |
Intel HD Graphics 4000 and nVidia GeForce 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 |
Intel HD Graphics 4000 and nVidia GeForce 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 |
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Camera |
720p FaceTime HD camera |
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Wireless Optical |
802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 DVD 8x SuperDrive |
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Ports |
MagSafe power port, gigabit ethernet, FireWire 800, Thunderbolt, 2 x USB 3.0, SDXC card slot, audio line in/out, Kensington lock slot |
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Audio |
Stereo speakers with subwoofer, omnidirectional microphone, audio line in/out |
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Battery life |
77.5Wh battery, 7 hours wireless web |
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Dimensions |
364 x 249 x 24mm, 2.56kg |
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Software |
Mac OS X Lion |
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