Tim Cook and the gang are on stage right now announcing the latest iPad models and raft of other hardware and software updates from Apple. Below is our regular cheat sheet for a quick at-a-glance update on all the new stuff.
iPad
New iPad Air – 9.7 inch Retina display- A7 CPU 64 Bit & M7 Motion co-processor
- Faster WiFi with MIMO for 2x faster 802.11n (no 802.11ac ?)
- Smaller Bezel – 43% thinner
- 20% thinner profile 7.5mm
- Down from 1.4lbs to 1.olbs
- 5 megapixel iSight camera
- 1080p FaceTime camera
- Dual microphones
- 10 Hour Battery
- Silver/White or Space Grey /Back
- Available from 1st November from £399
- (No touch ID finger print sensor)
- New iPad Mini Retina – 7.9 inch Retina display
- same 2048 x 1536 pixel res as the iPad Air
- A7 CPU 64 Bit
- 5 megapixel iSight camera
- 1080p FaceTime camera
- 10 Hour Battery
- Silver/White or Space Grey /Back
- Available from 1st November from £319
- (non-retina Mini stays now from £249)
OS X
- Tenth version of OS X – Mavericks – released today
- Priced at £0.00 (free)
MacBook
- New 13″ MacBook Pro
- 3.46 pounds, 0.71 inches
- Retina Display
- Haswell CPU
- Iris Graphics
- Up to 9 hours of battery life
- PCI-e based flash
- 802.11ac
- Thunderbolt 2
- From £1,099
- New 15″ MacBook Pro
- Retina Display
- Crystalwell Quad Core CPU
- Iris Pro Graphics
- Up to 8 hours of battery life
- PCI-e based flash
- 802.11ac
- Thunderbolt 2
- From £1,699
(Looks like just MacBook Airs and Retina MacBook Pros now – Fat MacBook gone?)
Mac Pro
- As previously announced
- Xeon E5 CPUs – Quad, 6,8 or 12 core versions
- Up to 64GB of RAM
- New version of Final Cut Pro X to take advantage
- Starting at £2,499
- Available “by the end of the year”
iLife
- New iOS versions of iPhoto, iMove and Garage band
- New Mac OS X versions of iPhoto, iMove and Garage band
- Up to 32 tracks in Garage Band on Mac and iOS7
- New iLife free on any new Mac or iOS device
- Updates available today
iWork
- New iOS versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote
- New Mac OS X versions of Pages, Number and Keynote
- “Biggest iWork update ever”
- Collaboration now available for iWork for iCloud
- New iWork free on any new Mac or iOS device
- Updates available today
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