Geek Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/macbook-pro-2011-refresh-mockup.jpg" alt="macbook-pro-2011-refresh-mockup" title="macbook-pro-2011-refresh-mockup" width="619" height="357" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12985" /></p> <p>Every day there’s a new set of rumors around Apple products, yesterday it was about the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/18/cheaper-iphone-wireless-syncing-coming/">new cheaper iPhone with wireless syncing</a> and today it’s about the MacBook Pro 2011 refresh and iPad 3.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">MacBook Pro 2011 refresh prices, launch due on Thursday, February 24?</h2> <p>Up until now the rumors of a MacBook Pro refresh have been mostly speculation, much based on the recent <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/16/new-macbook-pro-design-leaked-intel/">Intel ad that showed</a> a nice looking Mac-like laptop. Now several rumor sites are claiming that the Thursday February 24 will be the release date (which just so happens to be Apple CEO Steve Jobs birthday). </p> <p>Adding some credibility to this claim is that BestBuy is apparently showing the following new MacBook Pro SKU’s and prices in their inventory:</p> <ul> <li>MC724LL/A-SKU# 9755395 – $1499 – 13 inch</li> <li>MC700LL/A-SKU# 9755322 – $1199 – 13 inch </li> <li>MC725LL/A-SKU# 1535918 – $2499 – 17 inch </li> <li>MC723LL/A-SKU# 1535845 – $2199 – 15 inch</li> <li>MC721LL/A-SKU# 1535836 – $1799 – 15 inch</li> </ul> <p>Assuming these numbers are accurate, the pricing for the 2011 MacBook Pro’s will be the same as existing models. Some have took this to suggest the 2011 refresh may not feature the dramatic redesign that has been hotly speculated about (including the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/17/macbook-pro-liquidmetal-mockup/">cool mockup shown above</a> out of Italy). <span id="more-12984"></span> These SKU’s were supplied to <a href="http://www.9to5mac.com/52640/new-macbook-pros-thursday-february-24th">9to5Mac</a>, who likely has a source inside Best Buy, which is an Apple Authorized Reseller. The big question now is if Apple just stuffs new CPU’s into the existing MacBook Pro chasis, will people be disappointed? </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">iPad 3 will have a retina display at 2048×1536 resolution</h2> <p>Initial <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad-2/">iPad 2</a> rumors suggested that the nextgen iPad would get the retina display, but this was later supposedly dispelled now that the device is <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/09/ipad-2-in-production-camera-faster-cpu-gpu-more-ram-thinner-lighter/">rumored to be in production</a>. Now, according to an analyst <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/19/ipad_3_with_retina_display_new_device_sized_between_ipad_and_ipod_in_apples_pipeline.html">cited by</a> AppleInsider, the high resolution retina display will come to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad-3/">iPad 3</a> in the form of a whopping 2048×1536 resolution display. If this happens, you’d expect similar displays to come to the Mac platform so that developers can accurately produce and test apps for the ultrahigh resolution.</p> <p>Yea, we initially <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/10/ipad-2-rumors-lead-to-ipad-3-rumors/">joked about the iPad 3 rumors</a> considering iPad 2 isn’t even out, but continued discussion of the unreleased product(s) suggests there could be some truth in the hot air.</p> <p>The same AppleInsider article also claims there may be an iPad Mini or larger iPod touch coming too alongside the supposedly larger screen on <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a>, but who knows about that one…</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuI7RwTIzb5_EU6MxiTQA8-E1pM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuI7RwTIzb5_EU6MxiTQA8-E1pM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuI7RwTIzb5_EU6MxiTQA8-E1pM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuI7RwTIzb5_EU6MxiTQA8-E1pM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=_QTsZCezv2c:QqHjiDMYQys:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=_QTsZCezv2c:QqHjiDMYQys:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=_QTsZCezv2c:QqHjiDMYQys:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=_QTsZCezv2c:QqHjiDMYQys:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=_QTsZCezv2c:QqHjiDMYQys:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=_QTsZCezv2c:QqHjiDMYQys:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=_QTsZCezv2c:QqHjiDMYQys:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/_QTsZCezv2c" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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