Apple Announces New iPad Air, Retina iPad Mini, and Mac Pro [EVENT RECAP]

Apple Announces New iPad Air, Retina iPad Mini, and Mac Pro [EVENT RECAP]

In an amazing slew of announcements today Apple has taken the market and shook it up again. Releasing some new products along with updating some old and cutting prices significantly across the board. No one could have guessed how Apple was going to surprise us next. Apple has not only once again raised the bar, but they’ve taken that bar into outer spacing doing with other companies could only dream of doing. It was surprising to see what Apple could do to one of their oldest product lines and challenge the rest of the industry to keep up with the quality that Apple has been known for.

Here’s a full rundown of everything that happened today:

Mavericks

  • Available TODAY

  • FREE

 

MacBook Pro 13”

  • 3.46lbs

  • 0.71 inches thick

  • 4th generation Haswell processor

  • Iris Graphics

  • 9 hours iTunes movie playback

  • PCIe-based Flash, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Thunderbolt 2.

  • Starting $1299 (TODAY)

 

MacBook Pro 15”

  • 4th generation Crystalwell

  • Iris Pro Graphics

  • GeForce GT 750M

  • 8 hours battery

  • PCIe Flash, 802.11ac, Thunderbolt 2

  • Starting $1999 (TODAY)

 

Mac Pro

  • Intel Xeon E5

  • 6, 8, or 12 cores

  • 1866MHz DDR3 RAM

  • Dual AMD FirePro GPU

  • Up to 1TB Flash Storage

    • 6 Thunderbolt 2

    • 4 USB 3

    • 2 Ethernet

    • HDMI

    • Dual Audio Out

  • Starting $2999 (DECEMBER)

 

iLife Update

  • New design (iOS & Desktop)

  • All FREE

  • Download TODAY

 

iWork Update

  • New design (iOS & Desktop)

  • Updated features

  • Collaboration via iWork for iCloud

  • All FREE

  • Download TODAY

 

iPad Air

  • 9.7” display

  • 7.5mm thick

  • Smaller bezel

  • 1 pound

  • A7 & M7

  • No Touch ID

  • 5 megapixel iSight, 1080p FaceTime camera. Dual mics

  • 10 hour battery

  • MiMo WiFi

  • Colors: Silver & Space Gray

  • New cases & cover

  • Starting at $499 (wifi) and $629 (LTE)

  • Available November 1

 

iPad Mini

  • Retina display

  • A7

  • 10 hour battery life

  • MiMo WiFi

  • Colors: Silver & Space Gray

  • New cases and cover

  • Starting at $399 (wifi) and $529 (LTE)

  • Available November