Apple announces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, refreshed Mac Mini, new iMac

You know what they say: you come for the iPad Mini, but you stay for the Retina MacBook Pro (or something like that). At today's iPad Mini event in San Jose, Apple pulled back the curtain on a new (smaller) version of its sexiest Mac.

Retina MacBook

The MacBook Pro with Retina Display - previously only available with a 15-inch display - was today released in a 13-inch form factor. Like its big brother, the laptop is thinner than the standard MacBook Pro (which is still around at a cheaper price point), but not as thin as the MacBook Air. Like the Air, it lacks an optical drive, and sports a solid state drive (SSD) in place of a hard drive with moveable parts. The device is 0.75 inch thin, and weighs just 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg).
Its killer feature is its display. The 13.3-inch display packs a resolution of 2560x1600, which gives it a pixel density of 227ppi. Apple heralded the device as the "second highest resolution notebook display," second to its 15-inch cousin.
Like the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro, the 13-inch model ships with a Quad-core 2.5GHz Intel Core i7 processor. Its storage options, however, are a bit different: it adds a smaller 128GB SSD option, in addition to the 256GB and 512GB models. The 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro starts at $1699 for the 128GB base model. It starts shipping today.

Mac mini

The Mac Mini was also updated, to include dual core Ivy Bridge processors. The base model will sport a 2.5GHz dual core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive.

iMac

Apple also pulled back the curtain on a new iMac, which brings its first redesign in years. The big feature is its thinner form factor.
Apple also announced a new storage option for the iMac called Fusion Drive. It combines 128GB SSD with a 500GB or 1TB HDD. What separates Apple's Fusion Drive from other hybrid HDD/SSD PCs is that OS X Mountain Lion intelligently determines (in the background) which drive to use for which applications.
The 21.5-inch iMac - with 2.5GHz quad core i5, 8GB of RAM, and 1TB hard drive - starts at US$1299. It ships next month.

Source : gizmag