New Apple MacBook Pro goes on sale in India

Apple at the WWDC 2017 had announced a few hardware products as an upgrade to the older series apart from the usual software update line. Apple unveiled two new iPad Pro tablets, new MacBook laptops and iMac desktop series, with improved hardware for faster computing. Apple has now finally announced the new series of hardware in India, starting July 10, 2017.

The new MacBook has gotten even more powerful, even thinner and lighter — sporting a 12-inch Retina display (2304x1440 pixels), it packs a 10-hour battery life in a 13.1-mm thin, 920g body. The new lappie is now able to deliver 20 per cent faster performance with its new 7^th-gen Intel Core M3, i5 and i7 processors along with an SSD storage that is 50 per cent faster than older models. Available in rose gold, gold, space grey and silver colours, the new laptops are equipped with a second-generation butterfly mechanism on its keyboard to give you better comfort and higher response. The new MacBooks will be highly compatible with the new macOS operating system Sierra that now introduces Siri within.

The new MacBook starts from Rs 104,800, and sports a 1.2GHz dual-core Intel Core m3 or 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz, up to 512GB of SSD, Force Touchpad and a 10-hour battery life.

The new MacBook Air 13-inch is available from Rs 77,200 onwards and sports a 13.3-inch LED backlit display and powered by a 1.8GHz dual core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost of up to 2.9GHz, 512GB SSD and a 12 hour battery life.

Lastly, the MacBook Pro 15-inch starts from Rs 154,900 and sports a 2.2GHz Intel Core i7 processor with turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz, 1TB of SSd and up to 9 hours of battery life.

This article was first published on Deccan Chronicle.