Apple Announces New 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard & More Powerful Features

Tech giant Apple has updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard and doubled the storage across all standard configurations, 

The new lineup also offers 10th-generation processors for up to 80 percent faster graphics performance and makes 16GB of faster 3733MHz memory standard on select configurations. 

With powerful quad-core processors, the upgraded MacBook features the standard 13-inch Retina display, Touch Bar and Touch ID, stereo speakers, all-day battery life, 

The new Magic Keyboard, first introduced on the 16-inch MacBook Pro and added to MacBook Air in March features a redesigned scissor mechanism with 1mm of key travel while the new inverted-“T” arrangement for the arrow keys makes them easier to find, whether users are navigating through spreadsheets or playing games. It also features a physical Escape key. 

The 13-inch MacBook Pro now comes with double the storage of the previous generation, with standard storage starting at 256GB all the way up to 1TB and for pro users who need even more storage capacity, the 13-inch MacBook Pro now offers up to a 4TB SSD.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro lineup now offers up to 10th-generation quad-core Intel Core processors with Turbo Boost speeds of up to 4.1GHz. 

Customers who are upgrading from a 13-inch MacBook Pro with a dual-core processor will see up to 2.8 times faster performance. The integrated Intel Iris Plus Graphics deliver up to 80 percent faster performance over the previous generation 13-inch MacBook Pro for 4K video editing, faster rendering, and smoother gameplay. 

The new graphics also enable users to connect to Pro Display XDR at full 6K resolution.

16GB of faster 3733MHz memory is now offered as a standard configuration on select models, and for the first time on a 13-inch Mac notebook, customers can choose a 32GB memory option. 

The 13-inch MacBook Pro comes with the Apple T2 Security Chip which checks that software loaded during the boot process has not been tampered with and provides on-the-fly data encryption for everything stored on the SSD. 

Pricing and Availability

Starting at £1,299 (R 30,140) the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is available to order today on apple.com and in the Apple Store app. It will begin arriving to customers and will be in select Apple Stores and Apple Authorised Resellers later this week.