May the Force be with you: Say hi to Apple's new MacBook Pro ~ lotfi

mardi 19 mai 2015

May the Force be with you: Say hi to Apple's new MacBook Pro

Apple has unveiled a new 15-inch MacBook Pro with a new trackpad that it calls Force Touch. The refreshed model follows the updated 13-inch MacBook Pro and the new MacBook launched just a few weeks ago.

The big sell of the trackpad is its haptic feedback and built in force sensors which Apple says "customise the amount of pressure needed to register each click".

Physically, the new laptop is no different from the old one. However, it will be interesting to see what impact the new trackpad will have on battery life. The new laptop has the same quoted battery life and battery capacity as the 2014 edition.

The vendor is also working with a number of third party developers to support that feature and integrate a new range of gestures.

The updated MacBook Pro still features a Retina Display along with a 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 CPU, a whopping 16GB of RAM, 256GB of flash, Intel iris pro graphics with a starting price of £1,599.

Apple also dropped the price of its top-end iMac with Retina 5K to £1849 while introducing a new 27-inch iMac (with 5K display as well) for £1,599.

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