Having left some pricing details ambiguous for its new 12″ MacBooks after last month’s Spring Forward event, Apple today disclosed the prices of its highest-end 1.3GHz models… According to Expercom, an authorized Apple reseller, the 1.3GHz Core M CPU will be offered as a $250 upgrade to the base $1,299 1.1GHz model, for a total price of $1,549 including 256GB of SSD storage. By comparison, the normally $1,599 1.2GHz model with 512GB of storage will be offered with a 1.3GHz CPU for $1,749, a $150 premium.
Apple will launch the 12″ MacBook this Friday in both its online and retail stores, though it has already been unboxed, benchmarked, and featured in a semi-amusing Ukranian video. Both of the 1.3GHz MacBooks will be available as build-to-order models, and thus may not be found in local stores.
(via MacRumors)
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Interesting to see what $1,749 gets you:
A12″ MacBook 512GB PCIe-based flash storage, 1.3GHz dual-core Core M, 8GB RAM
Or a 13″ MBA 512GB flash storage, 2.2GHz dual core i7, 8GB RAM
Or for $50 more a 13″ MBP, 512GB flash storage, 2.9GHz dual core i5, 8GB RAM
Or a 27″ iMac, 1TB HD, 3.2GHz quad-core i5, 8GB RAM.
Or a Mac mini with 512GB flash storage, 3.0GHz dual core i7, 16GB RAM
Wonder how long before the Skylake MBPs come and the Macbook lineup is fully updated?
What is the real world performance gain for spending an extra $250?
Great! Please, can yo sell me this MBP, but please, with the half of weight. Or the MBA with the double of pixels in the screen? Thanks! I would pay 250$ for this upgrade!
Pricing for the upgrades has been public knowledge since the product was announced. Published on Apple’s site http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook
Unless I am missing something on the page, I believe you are confused. This article isn’t talking about 2 different levels of macbook but the customization of CPU options that you can do in addition to those 2 levels.
1.3GHz prices weren’t public until today. Apple only disclosed 1.1GHz and 1.2GHz prices, despite mentioning the 1.3GHz model on stage at the event.
I misread the article. Thanks for clarifying.
The $150 premium to jump to the 1.3GHz from the 1.2GHz (and 2.9GHz Turbo Boost from 2.6GHz) is what I estimated based on their past practice with the MacBook Air and Pro. For the most part the CPU upgrades aren’t worth the extra expense. 9-12 months from now when the Skylake versions are out, the 1.3GHz might sell for $50 more than the 1.1/1.2GHz version. In the meantime, the performance difference won’t be that noticeable.
My problem is that I would at least like the 1.2 with 256gb and that isn’t an option. I don’t need 512 ssd or the cost associated with it. The fact that the 1.3 is $250 vs $150 for what is otherwise identical minus the ssd size is a complete insult to me. I am buying one of these things, but I will be firing off emails expressing my displeasure.
I think you can get 1.2GHz 256gb by customizing the 1.1GHz base product.