MacBook Pro 2012 gets the Intel Ivy Bridge treatment

Apple has announced a refreshed line of MacBook Pros with Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processors that go up to 2.7GHz quad core i7s or turbo boosted to 3.7GHz.

These new powerful laptops come with up to 8GB RAM at 1600MHz and 60 percent faster integrated graphics. The 15in model comes with Kepler GeForce GT 650M graphics, also a 60 percent increase on the older 15in model.

Both models come packing USB 3.0 and last 7 hours on battery. But there’s no sign of the 17in version which now appears to be dead. The 13in MacBook Pro starts at US$1200 (£770) for 2.3GHz dual core and 4GB RAM and goes up to US$1500 (£970) for the 2.9GHz dual core i7 with 8GB RAM. The 15in model is US$1800 (£1200) for the 2.3GHZ i7 quad core and 4GB RAM or US$2200 (£1400) for the 2.6GHz quad core and 8GB RAM.

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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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