On Monday, Apple refreshed its 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop. The key configuration of the laptop includes a TrueTone display, New Magic Keyboard with Touch Bar, up to 16GB RAM and up to 10th Intel Core i5 CPU.
The latest MacBook can be configured with up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD. The refreshed MacBook Pro has 4 new models based on the configuration:
- 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD with 8th Gen Intel Core i5
- 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD with 8th Gen Intel Core i5
- 16GB RAM, 512SSD with 10th Gen Intel Core i5
- 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD with 10th Gen Intel Core i5
Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro: Price in India, Sale Date
- 13-inch MacBook Pro price in India starts at Rs. 1,22,990 for the base model.
- 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD with 8th Gen Intel Core i5 – Rs. 1,22,990
- 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD with 8th Gen Intel Core i5 – Rs. 1,42,990
- 16GB RAM, 512SSD with 10th Gen Intel Core i5 – Rs. 1,74,900
- 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD with 10th Gen Intel Core i5 – Rs. 1,94,990
- It comes in Silver and Space Grey colour options.
- 13-inch MacBook Pro (base model) price in the US starts at $1,299 (approx. Rs. 98,300) and goes up to $1,999 (approx. Rs. 1,51,300). For education customer, $100 (approx. Rs. 7,600) discount is available in the US.
- Availability in India is yet to be announced.
Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro: Specifications and Features
Now coming to the specifications, the refreshed MacBook Pro sports a 13.3-inch Retina TrueTone LED-backlit IPS Display with 2560×1600 pixels resolution and 500 nits of brightness. It runs on macOS Catalina operating system. The laptop has a total of 4 models based on different configuration:
- 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD with 8th Gen Intel Core i5 – It comes with 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 RAM, 1.4GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i5 CPU with Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz, 128MB of eDRAM and Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) ports.
- 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD with 8th Gen Intel Core i5 – It comes with 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 RAM, 1.4GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i5 CPU with Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz, 128MB of eDRAM and Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) ports.
- 16GB RAM, 512SSD with 10th Gen Intel Core i5 – It comes with 16GB of 3733MHz LPDDR4X RAM, 2.0GHz quad‑core 10th‑generation Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz, with 6MB shared L3 cache and Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) ports.
- 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD with 10th Gen Intel Core i5 – It comes with 16GB of 3733MHz LPDDR4X RAM, 2.0GHz quad‑core 10th‑generation Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz, with 6MB shared L3 cache and Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) ports.
Talking about graphics, it comes with integrated Intel Iris Plus Graphics which is 80 percent faster than the previous 13-inch MacBook Pro model. This graphics also enables 4K video editing and it provides a smoother gameplay experience as well. The new MacBook Pro can be connected to 6K display such as Apple’s Pro Display XDR via four Thunderbolt 3 ports.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro model comes with the new Magic Keyboard which Apple introduced last November to the 16-inch MacBook Pro. It’s the same keyboard on the refreshed Macbook Air, which was released in March. The latest keyboard is an improved form of butterfly keyboard and includes a revised scissor mechanism with 1 mm key travel. The inverted T-arrangement for arrow keys also exists. In addition, for touch controls, you will get a Touch Bar.
Apple has also introduced Touch ID support to provide improved security experience in combination with the embedded Apple T2 security chip.
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