Apple launches new Macbook Pro & iOS 6

Apple shared news at the launch of the company's annual developer conference in San Francisco, announcing about new Macbook models and updated versions of its Mac OS X and iOS operating systems.

As expected, chief executive Tim Cook announced two new top-of-the-line MacBook Pro notebooks. Both come with 15in high resolution IPS displays at a resolution of 2,880x1,880 pixels. At 220 pixels per inch, Apple claims it is the highest pixel density of any readily available portable computer. The notebooks also come with an Intel 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge quad-core processor, 8GB of memory and a 256GB Flash drive, as well as graphics built into the CPU coupled with a separate NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M adapter The models' thin structure feature comes at the cost of an internal CD or DVD drive, which users must now buy separately. The cheapest new MacBook Pro is priced at $2,199 for US residents; Australians however will pay more slightly more at $2,499. Apple has removed the previous 17-inch screen model from the product range.

iOS 6
Apple's mobile operating system will also be refreshed as iOS 6 in August 2012. A demo of the software at the conference focused on the new Maps application, which replaces the Google-made application available previously, and integration with social media networks, including Facebook. Siri, Apple's voice recognition software, will make it to the new iPad and is also receiving further improvements for sports and restaurants. iOS software chief Scott Forstall told the conference that Apple had sold 365 million iOS devices to date, with 80 percent of these using iOS 5. The company counted some 140 million iMessage SMS replacement users sending, on average, about a billion messages a day. 
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