Macbook Pro’s Improved Battery Life Like the MacBook Air, The MacBook Pro with Retina Display and MacBook Pro currently boasts a 7 hour battery life claim from Apple, which could potentially jump up to 12. Of course there are other factors at play, the new Intel Haswell processors offer dramatically better battery life (70% & 80% Boost for 13 & 11inch models resp.) Better WiFi Speed The MacBook Air brought faster 802.11ac WiFi to Apple’s notebooks, we expect to see this development in both the MacBook Pro Retina and MacBook Pro when they see new updates. The new WiFi delivers better range and performance in general. Faster Storage With Pcie Sources say Apple should be using the PCIe flash storage on the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display to speed things up. They are also expected to retrofit a Fusion drive to the MacBook Pro which currently comes with a hard drive and solid state option. Macbook Pro’s GPU Powers Better Graphics Thanks to the an integrated Intel GPU, the Intel Iris Pro 5200; buyers are expected to find improved integrated graphics. The all new Thunderbolt 2 The new MacBook Pro will be adding the Thunderbolt 2 this fall, a new version of the connection found on all current MacBook notebooks that supports 4k displays.
