Earlier this morning Apple announced a combination of price cuts and spec updates to its MacBook Pro with Retina Display lineup. The price cuts impact the 13-inch rMBP, while the spec bumps extend across almost all models. The good news is the price of the base and upgraded 13-inch rMBPs have dropped to $1499 and $1699, respectively. The 15-inch model remains untouched. The upgraded 13-inch rMBP configuration has a slightly faster Core i5 CPU (2.6GHz base clock instead of 2.5GHz, I believe this is a Core i5-3230M). The faster CPUs are nice to see, especially since that's really the only way to improve UI performance at this point until Apple brings some more software tweaks to OS X. On the 15-inch side, both configurations get a...
Apple's 2009 MacBook Pro: Battery Life to Die For
Apple's latest MacBook Pro breaks 8 hours in one of our battery life tests. The new MacBook Pro is the best Apple notebook I've ever tested.
113 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/12/2009
Apple's Redesigned MacBook and MacBook Pro: Thoroughly Reviewed
Apple introduced significant aesthetic changes to its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines, in addition to completely revamping the hardware platform. When the smoke cleared we looked at battery...
65 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/22/2008
Apple's MacBook/MacBook Pro Redesign: A Discussion of Specifications
Apple introduced some beautiful new notebooks today, but beneath the beauty are both new features and spec reductions. We look at potentials for decrease in power consumption but...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on 10/14/2008
Apple's MacBook Pro with 128GB SSD: Performance and Battery Life Investigated
We know what a $999 SSD can do for a MacBook Air, but what about a $4,000 SSD in a MacBook Pro? Armed with Apple's latest Penryn based...
39 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/15/2008
Apple’s 45nm Refresh: New MacBook & MacBook Pro
Apple's latest notebooks see improved battery life thanks to Intel's 45nm Penryn core. But how do they perform?
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2008
Apple's New Penryn MacBook Pro: Dissected
Today Apple introduced its first MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks based on Intel's 45nm mobile Penryn CPU. Of course we took ours apart.
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/26/2008
The MacBook Air: Thoroughly Reviewed
We've taken the past couple of weeks to thoroughly review the MacBook Air. Curious about how Apple's latest notebook really measures up? Read on and don't worry...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/13/2008
The Truth about MacBook Air Battery Life
Confused about how long the MacBook Air's battery actually lasts? As you'd expect, it really depends on what you're doing. We created some tests to help set expectations.
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/7/2008
The Other Office: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Review
The latest Office has shipped, brining an Intel-native version of the popular Mac Office suite to the market. What's new in Office 2008? We take a look.
13 by Ryan Smith on 2/5/2008
Inside Apple's MacBook Air
We just got our MacBook Air and wasted no time, we've already taken it apart and answered a couple of questions before moving on to the review itself. ...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/4/2008
The MacBook Air CPU Mystery: More Details Revealed
It turns out that the CPU in the MacBook Air is a little more custom than we thought. It's not a Low Voltage Merom, it's not a standard...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/17/2008
Apple's MacBook Air: Uncovering Intel's Custom CPU for Apple
The MacBook Air just got announced and hidden in the announcement was a revelation of exactly how far Intel would go for Apple. The CPU inside the MacBook...
54 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/15/2008Apple TV - Part 2: Apple Enters the Digital Home
Last week we showed you what made Apple TV tick, now we find out how well Apple did with its first digital media extender.
47 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/26/2007Apple TV - Part 1: Unboxed and Dissected
Apple's first TV entry has finally started shipping. Before our final review, take a look at what powers the Apple TV. Here's a hint: it's more than...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/22/2007Apple's Mac Pro - Upgrading CPUs, Memory & Running XP
In our final part of our Mac Pro coverage we look at its upgradability and performance under Windows XP.
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2006Apple's Mac Pro - A True PowerMac Successor
Tempted by the new Mac Pro? Read on and find out why you'll want to replace your PowerMac G5.
94 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/16/2006Apple's Mac Pro: A Discussion of Specifications
We're still a couple of weeks away from our review of the new Mac Pro, but for those of you ordering systems today you will not want to miss...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/9/2006Apple's MacBook Pro: Using it as a Mac and a PC
We take Apple's MacBook Pro for a spin and compare against the PowerBook G4 in OS X as well as its PC competitors in Windows XP. We also...
48 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/13/2006Apple Makes the Switch: iMac G5 vs. iMac Core Duo
Seven months ago, Apple announced that they would be adopting Intel processors, thanks to superior performance per watt. With Intel based Mac hardware now, we are finally able...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/30/2006No More Apple Mysteries, Part Two
What happens if we install Linux on both Apple’s G5 platform and the x86 platform? Can Linux solve the server performance problems that we had discovered in our...
48 by Johan De Gelas on 9/1/2005