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A few nifty new images of what is purported to be the new 13 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro have appeared on a Chinese Forum Site. The images were found on WeiPhone (via MacRumors) and appears to show the port configuration of the new device as well as some as the internals. Screenshots of the new display are also shown, with one demonstrating that the MacBook will have a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels.

The pictures of the device are pretty small, but the author of the post actually does go some lengths to demonstrate the thin form factor of the 13 inch Retina MacBook Pro to the 13 inch MacBook Air with some comparative pictures. In addition, there are a few photos of the internals of the device showing the battery and the processor unit.
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With the launch of the highly anticipated 13 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro expected to take place at the Apple media event on October 23, many potential buyers will be starting to think about the price of the new Mac and whether they want to go ahead and drop the cash. A new report from 9to5Mac claims to have the wholesale prices for the new 13 inch Retina Display version and the base model will apparently come in at $1699 which is around $100 more than we’d originally predicted and a supplement of $500 over the 13 inch non-retina display MacBook Pro.

Apparently the higher spec model of the Retina Display version will come in at around $2000 which is $300 more than the base model. The report also goes on to say that there may be some initial constraints on the supply of the new devices, but this will obviously be dependent upon demand.
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A new report is suggesting that the iPad mini will not be the only new Apple device that is unveiled at an Apple media event set to take place on October 23. According to 9to5Mac, the company will also be using the opportunity of gathering some enthusiastic media together to take the wraps off a 13 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro to partner up with the well received and highly successful 15 inch model that was released earlier this year.

As with the existing 15 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro, the new report is suggesting that the 13 inch model will launch in two configurations, one as a base model, and a higher end version with faster processor and more storage. Previous rumors have also suggested that Apple was preparing to launch a 13 inch Retina Display version of the new MacBook Pro, but that timelines were fairly fluid regarding production of the new devices.
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A new rumor has emerged today suggesting that a 13 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro will be unleashed upon the public in the coming weeks. Analyst Richard Shim of DisplaySearch is saying that Apple will be engaging in mass production of the 13 inch Retina Display model in Q4 of 2012 (via CNET). The launch of the new Mac is expected to take place shortly after the announcement of the iPad mini which is expected to be in October.

The analyst also suggests that the new MacBook Pro will be in possession of a 2560×1600 pixel resolution which is double that the of the existing 13 inch MacBook Pro models. While no details have yet emerged from Apple regarding any prices or even the existance of such a device, we did some rudimentary calculations and forecast the price of the new MacBook Pro model lying between $1499 and $1599 for the base model.
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A new report has identified that a Retina MacBook Pro is currently being tested by Apple and that it could be released soon. According to MacRumors, some benchmarks for a brand new MacBook Pro coded ’10,2′ have shown up in the Geekbench benchmarking database. The new model, which is as yet unreleased, has a 2.9 GHz Core i7-3520M processor, which co-incidentally is the same processor found in the 13 inch MacBook Pro that does not have a Retina Display.

Ever since the launch of the 15 inch new MacBook Pro with Retina Display, a 13 inch Retina version has been rumored to be in the works, although there has been no evidence as yet that Apple had been working on such a device. While Geekbench results can be faked with Hackintosh systems, the new discovery has a substantial number of consistencies with what could be found in a 13 inch display, that it becomes more convincing.
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