The week is passing between event and event of different companies, and if we start last Tuesday with the presentation of the new Xiaomi Mi Note 2 and Xiaomi Mi Mix, on Wednesday we meet him powerful and interesting Microsoft Surface Studio. Yesterday Apple put the icing on the cake with a new Keynote in which the big star was the new MacBook Pro, although we could also see other news and know other news that is less interesting.
Before the great star appeared on the scene, Tim Cook's boys announced some data, among which they drew attention that in the Apple TV App Store there are already more than 8.000 applications and almost 2.000 games. The figures heralded an interesting first for all owners of this device.
Minecraft is coming to Apple TV 4
As happened in the event last September, in which Apple announced the arrival of the popular Mario Bros to the iPhone, yesterday the new Macs did not arrive alone and the guys from Tim Cook announced the arrival of Minecraft to our living room through the Apple TV 4.
If Minecraft does not tell you absolutely anything, it is one of the most popular games of the moment in which we can create our own world. Since 2011 it is possible to enjoy this game, which is now making its landing on the fourth generation Apple TV. Unfortunately, as happened with Mario Bros, there is still no official date for the arrival of the game to the Apple device.
For now and for reference It seems that Minecraft could arrive at the end of this 2016 if the initial plans of those of Cupertino go as planned.
TV, an application to manage Apple TV content
Another novelty that Apple officially presented is the TV app, for Apple TV and that according to the Cupertino company itself "will be the first place you go when you turn on the device." At the moment it will only be available in the United States, although it will end up being available globally, hopefully sooner rather than later.
With it we can manage and organize all the content of the Apple TV, something that everyone who has one of these devices has been crying out for Apple for a long time.
The new MacBook Pros, the stars of Keynote
The new version of the laptop MacBook Pro was undoubtedly the great star of Apple's Keynote and that incorporates as main novelties, a new slimmer and lighter design, a new OLED touch screen on the keyboard, a fingerprint reader and also two USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports on each side of the device.
Also despite the fact that the news is more than interesting, we are also going to miss many things in this new MacBook Pro that will no longer have any standard USB Type A, nor SD card reader, HDMI port and neither MagSafe power adapter since from now on we will use a USB-C to power it.
The main novelty or at least one of the most important is the Touch Bar, which is still a small OLED touch screen located above the keyboard. In it we can see information and customization controls, depending on the software we are using. For most users it can be very useful and a way to have many useful commands at hand in a quick way.
Also to the right of this bar we will find a fingerprint scanner with Touch ID built into the power button. Surely you have already noticed but it is very similar to the one that incorporates the iPhone and the iPad, and that now lands on the MacBook Pro.
Of course the power will not be a problem and it is that you will be their main specifications;
- 13-inch 0.88-millimeter thick Retina display with a brightness level of 500 nits
- Intel i5 or i7 processor with an integrated Intel Iris 550 graphics chip
- RAM memory of 8GB
- 256GB internal storage
- Autonomy of up to 10 hours
And these will be Prices of the new MacBook Pros;
- MacBook Pro 13? - with Touch Bar
- MacBook Pro at 2 Ghz and 256 GB of storage: $1.699
- MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID at 2,9 Ghz and 256 GB: $1.999
- MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID at 2,9 Ghz and 512 GB: $2.199
- MacBook Pro 15?
- MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID at 2,6 Ghz and 256 GB: $2.699
- MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID at 2,7 Ghz and 512 GB: $3.199
Goodbye to the Thunderbolt Display and hello to a collaboration with LG
Finally, we cannot close this article without telling you one of the latest important news that we could see yesterday in Apple's Keynote. This is none other than the full stop of Thunderbolt Display, the Apple monitor that has not received any update for more than five years.
Apparently, or at least because of the words spoken by Phill Schiller, Apple has decided to start a collaboration with LG to offer a high-quality monitor for Macs. LG Ultra Fine 5K According to those from Cupertino, this is the best monitor that we can use with our MacBook Pro that will support up to two monitors running at the same time.
The LG monkeys available for the MacBook Pro will be two different, the UltraFine 4K and the UltraFine 5K that will have a price of 750 and 1.400 euros respectively, although at the moment neither of them is available to purchase.
See the full Keynote again
We have already told you all the news that Apple officially presented yesterday at its expected event, but for If you could not follow the event live, or want to see it again, those from Cupertino have already posted the full video on their official website, which you can enjoy HERE.
Did you expect something more from Apple's Keynote yesterday and what left us the MacBook Pro as the main novelty?