Apple introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

Apple introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

Apple is introducing a new 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop that has a Retina display, with four times the resolution of the previous model. The new model follows a 15-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display introduced this summer, and will start at $1,699.

Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller said it will go on sale immediately. The old MacBook Pro will still be sold, starting at $1,199.

The new model dispenses with an optical drive and a traditional hard drive. Instead, it uses solid-state flash memory. This makes it 20 per cent thinner and at 3.75 pounds, nearly a pound lighter than the previous model.

Apple revealed the new computer at an event in San Jose, California, where it also revealed two new models of the iPad tablet computer - the iPad Mini and the 4th generation iPad.