Apple offers new and improved MacBook Pro laptops

Apple updated its line of MacBook Pro laptops on Tuesday, extending battery life, adding faster processors and more powerful graphic chips from Nvidia.Apple said the new Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics processor in the 13-inch MacBook Pro gives it up to 80 percent faster graphics.The 13-inch models feature Intel Core 2 Duo processors and 10 hours of battery life, the Cupertino, California, company said in a statement.The 13-inch MacBook Pro ranges in price from 1,199 dollars to 1,499 dollars.

With Windows laptops, the recent trend has been for manufacturers to go cheaper, offering thin and light devices for $1,000 or less.  Toshiba is taking a different approach with a new premium line of products it calls Kira. And it starts with a series of Windows 8 laptops called KiraBooks.

Yesterday Google released a new laptop, the Chromebook Pixel. 

By Ashraf Eassa:Apple (AAPL) made an interesting move a couple of weeks ago when the company announced that it would be cutting prices on a number of its MacBook models. In particular, Apple reduced the price on the 13" Retina MacBook Pro from $1699 to $1499, and cut the price of the 13" MacBook Air from $1499 to $1399.

Apple Inc cut the price on the base version of its iconic 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop with "retina" display by $200 as it revamped its top-end range of laptops.

CEO Tim Cook may like to talk about the post-PC world, but the company isn't ready to give up on its Macintosh product line. At the Worldwide Developers Conference today, announced faster new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks, as well as a new high-end MacBook Pro that includes the high-resolution Retina Display found in ...