Apple’s MacBook Pro gets a makeover, including new Intel chips

Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) MacBook Pro has received a makeover, complete with new chips and an improved keyboard.

The 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros now feature Intel Corp’s (NASDAQ:INTC) new eighth-generation processors, including a six-core option on the 15-inch mode, according to a 9to5Mac report.

And MacBook Pro users will also be able to use the “Hey Siri” feature for the first time.

The tech giant’s True Tone display technology, a feature that adjusts the display’s color temperature based on the light of a user’s surrounding, has been introduced to the MacBook Pro.

A third-generation butterfly keyboard, a design with thinner keys for quieter typing, is also featured. In terms of space, the MacBook Pros can be configured with up to 32 GB RAM and up to 4 TB SSD.

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Some of the new features may have had an effect on battery life so the battery capacity has increased by 7.7 watt-hours to make up for that. There is no anticipated change in battery life in the new laptops versus the previous generation.

Shares of the California-based company were up around 1% to US$189.71 in Thursday morning trading.

Baird: Intel/Apple relationship ‘well alive’

Baird analysts were encouraged by Intel’s ongoing partnership with Apple. Tristan Gerra wrote in a research note Thursday that a 100% market share of the new iPhones is a possibility in the second half of the year.

“This reinforces our views the Intel/Apple relationship is well alive and could result into a foundry agreement medium term, while representing a first step toward Intel’s new heterogeneous computing approach,” wrote Gerra.

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The analyst reiterated an Outperform rating with a price target of US$64.

Shares of Intel were up nearly 2% to US$52.04 in morning trade.

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