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Apple has just presented its first important update to the MacBook Pro laptop during last 3-years. The company added a comparatively larger screen to the top-end model. It will offer improved speakers, a better keyboard, and faster processors from Intel Corp. The new computer has a 16-inch screen, bigger than the 15.4-inch screen on the previous version. It may not be alone enough to spur upgrades or elicit switchers from Windows PCs. But, the new offered Magic Keyboard is designed to address a pain point that professional users have complained for years. The company also indicated that the new models start at 2,399 U.S dollars.

The company announced the Mac Pro desktop computer in June and it will go on sale in the month of December. The Mac Pro starts at 5,999 USD and its optional screen and stands costs another 5,999 USD. It would make the set one of the most expensive computer systems on the market. The Mac continues to be a steady seller for Apple and generating at least 26 billion U.S dollars in fiscal 2019 or 10% of Apple’s total revenue. Apple pushes more portable devices such as the iPad and iPad Pro. The MacBook Pro laptop is Apple’s highest-end portable computer and it is differentiated by its faster processor and larger screen that are ideal for video editors, software developers, and gamers.

The device experienced its last major update in 2016. This update added improved displays, a larger track-pad, and a new improved design. The new models include main processors from Intel to add to at least some computers as early as next year. Apple switched to a keyboard with what is known as a butterfly mechanism in 2015. Apple said the new keyboard on the latest model is less prone to breaking than the current ones. It was due to a number of issues with the keyboards on current and earlier models of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.