Apple refreshes 12-inch MacBook with Skylake processor

Apple has refreshed its 12-inch MacBook with faster 6th gen Intel Core m processor, improved graphic performance and an additional hour of battery life. It also borrows the Rose Gold color from iPad and iPhone.

The refreshed 12-inch MacBook sports the same slim chassis, edge-to-edge keyboard and the Force Touch trackpad. It comes with 12-inch Retina display and is powered by Intel's 6th gen Core m series (m3, m5) processor, which is based on Skylake architecture. It offers a clock speed of up to 1.7GHz and Turbo Boost speed of 3.1GHz.

The new MacBook is equipped with Intel HD 515 graphics, which delivers up to 25 percent faster graphics performance, 8GB RAM and 512GB storage. It runs OX X El Captian, houses USB Type-C port and promises up to 10 hours of wireless web browsing and up to 11 hours of iTunes movie playback.

Pricing

MacBook with 1.1 GHz dual-core Intel Core m3 processor (Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.2 GHz), 8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 RAM and 256GB of flash storage – Rs. 1,06,900 (MRP)
MacBook with 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Core m5 processor (Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.7 GHz), 8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 RAM and 512GB of flash storage – Rs. 1,29,900 (MRP)

You can also get a higher-end configure-to-order model with a 1.3GHz Intel Core m7 processor with Turbo boost speeds up to 3.1GHz. In addition, Apple has also made 8GB of RAM standard across all models of the 13-inch MacBook Air.

The refreshed MacBook will be available via select Apple authorized re-sellers across India starting tomorrow April 20.

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