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Retina MacBook Pro Battery Will Cost 54% More To Service – PC World

All MacBook Pro laptops with built-in batteries require a replacement battery two or three years down the line. Since all of Apple’s latest models do not feature a user-serviceable battery slot, you have to take it to the Genius Bar … Continue reading

Apple hikes battery replace fees for MacBook Pro with Retina Display – SlashGear

Apple has increased the cost of replacing the integrated battery in the MacBook Pro with Retina Display by more than 50-percent over its predecessor, increasing the fee to $199. The new model – which features the slimmest casing in a … Continue reading

Microsoft Windows Tablet Challenges iPad Mini, Apple’s Market – gamenguide.com

Microsoft is rumored to take on Apple and its grasp on the tablet market by introducing a Windows tablet device at a media event in Los Angeles on Monday. By entering a highly competitive world of tablets dominated by Apple, … Continue reading

New iMac and Mac Pro skipping 2012 – Product Reviews

You might have been fooled into thinking there had been a new Mac Pro released after WWDC, which is even more confusing considering you can see Mac Pro under the “New to the Store” section on the Apple Store. This … Continue reading

Bye Ethernet port, hello retina: OpenForum talks new MacBook Pros – Ars Technica

and more subtle upgrade to the Mac Pro line. We often bring you highlights from the forums to show you some of the more relevant discussions from the week, and you can register for an account to join in the … Continue reading

Battery Swap in New Retina MacBook Pro to Cost 54% More [VIDEO] – Mashable

For instance, just to swap the batteries in Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina Display will cost you 54% more than it did with previous MacBook Pro models. The MacBook Pro With Retina Display debuted at this week’s Apple WWDC … Continue reading

Apple Bumps Battery Replacement Cost to $199 For Retina Macbooks – PC Magazine

Much has been written about the lack of upgradability and reparability found in Apple’s new Retina MacBook Pro. In fact, it’s widely seen as Apple’s least fixable laptop to date: Pentalobe screws stymie those who lack access to a fancy … Continue reading

Forget Retina, look how much the new MacBook Pro displays! – CNET News

That’s what’s happening with the MacBook Pro Retina. Despite what I keep reading repeatedly in various reviews, there is no 2,880 by 1,800 display resolution. There is a 2,880 by 1,800 pixel density that Apple calls the MacBook Pro Retina’s … Continue reading

Newly unveiled MacBook Pro gets a test drive – Houston Chronicle

On Monday, Apple unveiled its next-generation MacBook Pro, which features the same super-high-resolution, so-called retina display found on its latest iPad. It’s the first time a screen of this quality has found its way onto a notebook computer.

Apple’s strategy of built-in obsolescence – Reuters Blogs

That said, however, Richard Gaywood makes an equally good point about the new Apple machine: it’s much less accessible than anything which has ever carried the “Pro” name in the past. You can’t upgrade the RAM, because it’s soldered to … Continue reading