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Apple Releases New 15-Inch MacBook Pro With Force Touch and $1,999 27-Inch iMac With Retina Display

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Apple today announced updates to its 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display lineup and a new $1,999 configuration of the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K Display, confirming a recent rumor that said new models of the computers would be released as early as Wednesday. The refreshed MacBook Pro and iMac models are available through the Apple Store, Apple Online Store and authorized resellers beginning today.

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The new 15-inch MacBook Pro gained all the expected updates similar to its 13-inch sibling: a Force Touch trackpad, faster flash storage, longer battery life, and better graphics. The new MacBook Pro comes in 2.2GHz and 2.5GHz configurations for $1,999 and $2,499 respectively. Both configurations come with a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB memory, and Intel Iris Pro Graphics cards, with the higher-end 2.5GHz model gaining expected boosts in flash storage and memory.

Given that the necessary Broadwell chips are not yet available, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro and 27-inch iMac still have Intel's fourth-generation Haswell processors. Based on the average product cycle for the MacBook Pro and iMac, Apple may choose to skip Broadwell processors and use next-generation Skylake processors for the next versions of the notebook and all-in-one desktop computer respectively. Those models are unlikely to be released until late 2015 at the earliest.
"The response to the new MacBook and updated 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display has been amazing, and today we are thrilled to bring the new Force Touch trackpad, faster flash storage and longer battery life to the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "Customers love the groundbreaking iMac with Retina 5K display, and now with a new lower starting price, even more people can experience the best desktop we've ever made."
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The iMac line that received an update today was a new $1,999 configuration of the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display. The new model is a 3.3GHz configuration with a quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of memory, and 1TB hard drive. Both the 15-inch MacBook Pro and 27-inch iMac are available to purchase right now from Apple's online store, with most of the models sitting at an estimated shipping time of between 1 and 3 business days as of announcement time.

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thekeyring

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Still not on the UK store?

Edit: My bad, they are there. Was thrown by the MacBook Pro landing page not being updated.
 
dumastudetto

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These are the most powerful MacBook Pros yet. Force Touch is truly incredible and that alone makes it worth buying a new laptop and selling your old one.

I ordered already!

Glad I didn't rush in and buy that new 12" MacBook now.
 
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crsh1976

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Just to make sure, the 15-inch rMBP got Broadwell chips and not a 3rd remix of Haswell, correct?
 
mattopotamus

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wow! was anyone expecting a silent release of these? I definitely thought it would be part of WWDC. IMO, this is good news and hopefully means there are some surprises :)
 
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Tux Kapono

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Has Apple ever issued a press statement at 5 in the morning their time? They REALLY didn't want any press on this :) Which to me at least, means Skylake is coming relatively soon.
 
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crsh1976 said:
Just to make sure, the 15-inch rMBP got Broadwell chips and not a 3rd remix of Haswell, correct?
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From Apple's website (BTO options):

Enjoy incredible performance from the fourth-generation quad-core Intel Core i7 processor. Your 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display comes standard with a 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor. You can upgrade the processor up to a 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7.

Intel’s fourth-generation quad-core processors house the processor, L3 cache, Intel Iris Pro Graphics, and fast 1600MHz memory controller on a single chip. These processors feature Turbo Boost technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload, giving you extra processing power when you need it. And Hyper-Threading technology allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core. This enables the processor to deliver faster performance by spreading tasks more evenly across a greater number of cores.
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Still not Broadwell.
 
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Yixian

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What the hell is an R9 M370X and is it worse than the 950/960M everyone was predicting?

EDIT: still Haswell?! Ok so this is a non-upgrade filler until Skylake later this year rather than next.
 
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crsh1976

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Very interesting bit for external monitors on the M370X model (from the product specs page):

Support for up to 5120 by 2160 resolution at 60Hz on a single external display (model with AMD Radeon R9 M370X only)
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Very cool.
 
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Support for up to 5120-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz on a single external display (model with AMD Radeon R9 M370X only)

Not bad.
 
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