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Apple announces pricing and availability for 12-inch Retina MacBook, from $1,299

Apple has just announced the pricing and availability for the new 12-inch Retina MacBook. This is the thinnest MacBook to date and offers “all day” battery life. This is the same MacBook we exclusively uncovered back in January and now it has been unveiled along with its pricing…

Apple’s new 12-inch Retina MacBook will start shipping on April 10 starting at $1,299 for the base model. This model includes 256GB of internal storage with a 1.1GHz low-power Intel Core M processor (turbo-charge up to 2.9GHz). The second model will come in at $1,599 with 512GB of storage and a 1.2GHz processor.

Depending on use, this MacBook’s battery life is said to range between 9 and 10 hours. It also has a resolution of 2304×1440 and a single USB-C port that will support everything via adapters including power, USB data, DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA. For full details on the new 12-inch MacBook, check out our full post about it here. Gallery below:

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  1. shantiepc - 9 years ago

    Reblogged this on The EndPoint Business Blog.

  2. taoprophet420 - 9 years ago

    Glad they went with the MacBook name. I just don’t see the point to keep selling the 11″ and 13″ inch Airs.

  3. Oshri Moshe - 9 years ago

    i wondering what if you want to plug it to a screen and to charge it in the same time!?
    someone have an answer/?

  4. That is flat out awesome. A little bummed about Touch ID though.

    • Yeah I didn’t think about that. Although what I’ve been waiting for ever since touch id came out is an app that pings your phone to touch for log in. I think there are apps but are unreliable. This should be built into the operating system. Also you could do the same thing for apple pay. Make it for online shopping.

  5. Nathan Cederlind - 9 years ago

    what a joke over a grand for an intel m

  6. Ahem — what about the 15″ MBP? No love?

  7. Luvkesh Agarwal - 9 years ago

    No standard USB sucks!!
    They intend to remove wire clutter but end up adding more wire and adaptors…

  8. Jason Yap - 9 years ago

    I am in the market for a new laptop. I’m comparing this and the revised entry 13″ MBP w/ Retina. 1 port to rule them all or options with the MBP.

  9. James Logan - 9 years ago

    They should have just put a retina on the the Macbook Airs. That would have given display and power.

  10. golfersal - 9 years ago

    Guys, not one site or article is clueing up in on what USB C is and how it works with this mac.
    We see the end of a cable to goes into the Mac, but we don’t see the other end.
    Does it go to the power adapter?
    Does it go no place and you need some kind of adapter to go to the power supply, USB hard drives, Video out and so forth.
    I also guess you can’t do thunderbolt with this machine.

    We would just like to know how this machine utilizes USB C?????

    Someone please help

  11. scumbolt2014 - 9 years ago

    Really nice. Good for those that need more than an iPad but don’t want a MacPro. Very innovative way to utilize space for batteries. Good specs, except processor speeds, but with no fan Apple probably couldn’t make it unbearable with heat output.

  12. rob nienburg (@robogobo) - 9 years ago

    Waiting to see the benchmarks from the Core M and 5300…

    • poldev - 9 years ago

      Pretty low… Afaik, Broadwell-Y was made mostly for tablets…

      • madmen8 - 9 years ago

        so you’re expecting low performance? I don’t know if I should buy this and am not sure if its going to live up to atlas a macbook airs potential

      • madmen8 - 9 years ago

        at least

  13. Any word on when preorders start?

  14. madmen8 - 9 years ago

    480p Face time camera…. UGH

  15. I’m a little disappointed on the lack of a USB type-A port on it. It means we’re gonna have to buy a $80 separate dongle just to be able to plug a standard USB drive in there. Nice, Tim, very nice. Not to mention the hassle of carrying an extra thingy in our pockets, because we now have an oh-so-thin laptop…

    Also, no mention on how it’s gonna talk to a Thunderbolt display (and charge while at it). I search the Apple site and there’s no mention (but I’m sure a nice $80 dongle is along the way… :/