Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro, adding Retina Display, for $1,699
CNET - Apple has announced a 13-inch version of the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, which joins the 15-inch version
introduced in June. The new 13-inch MacBook is thinner, measuring 0.75
inch, and lighter than previous models at 3.57 pounds, with a much
higher screen resolution.
The 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro immediately became the high-end flagship of Apple's laptop line. This left the current 13-inch Pro a bit of an odd man out, with mainstream consumers flocking to the MacBook Air, and power users better served by the Retina and non-Retina 15-inch Pro.
It was getting hard to figure out exactly who the 13-inch MacBook Pro
was aimed at, besides users who still needed an optical drive in a
13-inch OS X laptop.
