Apple updated MacBook Pro line with a focus on pro-level performance and features

On the heels of reports that Apple is planning on updating and releasing a whole slew of products come September, we receive news that the MacBook Pro line gets a revamp with more power and performance targeting pro-level users.

As Apple puts it, "The new MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar feature 8th-generation Intel Core processors, with 6-core on the 15-inch model for up to 70 percent faster performance and quad-core on the 13-inch model for up to two times faster performance — ideal for manipulating large data sets, performing complex simulations, creating multi-track audio projects or doing advanced image processing or film editing."

Starting at $2,399 CAD and $3,199 CAD respectively, the updated 13-inch MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar and 15-inch MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar are available today through Apple.com/ca and in select Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers later this week.

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Apple refreshes iMac line, adds a Magic Trackpad

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple updated its iMac line which now sport Intel's Core i3 processor on the low-end and the Intel Core i5 processor on the 27-inch flagship model. Apple also introduced a multi-touch trackpad which it has dubbed the Magic Trackpad. The $70 trackpad brings multi-touch capability to Apple's iMac and Mac Pro desktop lines.

The 21.5 inch  iMac now starts at $1299 and comes with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 processor and 4 GB of RAM. The new Intel processors offer higher performance, energy efficiency and better 64-Bit support.