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MacBook Pro Update: Apple Unveils New 15-Inch Laptop With Force Touch Trackpad; Specs, Features, Price Details Revealed!

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(Photo : Reuters) Good news to all gadget enthusiast as Apple unveils its new MacBook Pro laptop with new features, specs and possible price details.

Good news to all gadget enthusiast as Apple unveils its new MacBook Pro laptop with new features, specs and possible price details.

According to MaddApple, Apple showcased a brand new 15-inch MacBook Pro with a new added feature called a "Force Touch trackpad." The website add that the new Force Touch enables users to have a stimulate sensation or feedback in a physical click.

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The Force Touch can detect the amount of pressure the user applies to the surface, which delivers different results. There are several new gestures and features within the new MacBook's operating system that rely on the Force Touch trackpad, while Apple is letting third-party developers to create new features as well.

Business Insider reports that the new MacBook Pro from Apple will have a longer battery life, as they explained that it will last around nine hours of web browsing and local iTunes movie playback. It further adds that users can purchase the new MacBook Pro at $1,999 for basic configuration that is equipped with 256GB of flash storage, 16GB of memory and a 2.2GHz Intel Core i7 processor. Another version of the MacBook Pro is equipped with 512GB flash storage and a faster processor at 2.5 GHz.

Aside from the new feature, Apple revealed its 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro equipped with a PCIe-based flash storage, which is 2.5 times better than its predecessor.

Apple also showcased a 27-inch iMac desktop with 5K Retina display that holds up to 14.7 million pixels. It is also equipped with 3.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of internal memory and 1TB of storage. It has a USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt port with a starting price of $1,999.

Wall Street Journal commented that the 5K iMac is essentially the same desktop computer as any low priced iMac models, with the exception of its impresseive features as mentioned above.

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