Apple rolls out new Retina MacBook Pros, Maverick OS
So you've seen the . And you've caught a glimpse of the new .听
But even if it is the iPads that are stealing the spotlight, today's big Apple event, which took place at the聽Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 鈥� USA Today the whole thing "a聽finely tuned stage show" 鈥� was about more than tablets. It was also about a new operating system; a new desktop machine; and a new line of lighter, faster, and cheaper Apple laptops.听
The desktop first: The Mac Pro, which is expected to launch later this year, is a cylindrical machine that has already been to a trash can. But the Pro, with its聽Xeon E5 chipset, will be twice as fast as the current-model Apple desktop, according to Apple. Very, very fast, in other words. As Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet , it's also extremely small:聽6.6-inches in diameter and 9.9-inches high.
Next up, the Retina MacBook Pros. Apple's high-end isn't completely overhauled, but it is refreshed, with Intel processors. You can expect a machine that takes up than last year's model 鈥� the 2013 Retina MacBook Pros are聽0.71 inches thick and 3.46 pounds 鈥� and cheaper, too. Beginning this week, $1,299 will get you the entry-level 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro; the 15-inch models start at $1999.
Finally, the operating system. The聽Mavericks OS, which is a departure from the "big cat" monikers of yore, is named for聽聽in the north of California. And unlike the other products unveiled by Apple, you don't have to pay for Mavericks; you don't have to wait for it either. Just navigate over to the Mac App Store (link ) and start downloading.听
"If your Mac聽can run OS X Mountain Lion聽then it should run Mavericks, and in its announcement today Apple reiterated this includes the mid-2007聽, MacBook Airs from late-2008, and the聽Mac Mini聽from early 2009," writes Topher Kessler of CNET. "Also keep in mind the App Store will check for system compatibility, so if you can download it to your system without error, then it should install just fine."聽
