13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display is official

Apple has unveiled a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display – and it’s the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever.

Apple’s Phil Schiller pulled the wraps off the new MacBook Pro at today’s launch event in San Jose, California. Its 13.3-inch display boasts a resolution of 2560 x 1600, making it the second sharpest screen on a laptop (the first being the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display unveiled earlier this year). And despite that, it’s around 19mm thin and around 1.6kg in weight.

There’s no optical drive on board, but it comes with dual Thunderbolt ports, USB 3.0, an HDMI output and an SD card slot. There are side-mounted speakers which Apple claims are better-sounding than the previous generation’s, despite the thinner body. There’s a 720p HD FaceTime camera too.

Processor options are Intel Core i5 or i7, backed up by a minimum of 8GB RAM, Intel HD 4000 Graphics and 128GB of flash storage (no HDD option at all on this model, but you can go up to 768GB with flash). The battery can last up to seven hours.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display is available today, with prices starting at £1,449. The existing 13-inch MacBook Pro range will continue to be sold, so you don’t have to go totally high-end if you don’t want to.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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