Apple launches MacBook Air with better battery life, shows off new Mac Pro

Apple revealed a completely redesigned version of the Mac Pro desktop and the new MacBook Air. The desktop will be released later in the year and offers high-spread processing in a rather shocking, cylindrical design.

The new Mac Pro has the Intel Xeon processors, dual workstation-class GPUs for Graphics and is only is 9.9-inches tall.

Key features include:

• Intel Xeon E5 chipset with upto 12 processor cores.

• It has two AMD FirePro workstation-class GPUs.

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• According to Apple, the all-new Mac Pro is up to 2.5 times faster than the current Mac Pro and delivers up to an amazing 7 teraflops of compute power.

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• It has 4 USB 3.0 ports, 6 Thunderbolt ports. Users can connect three 4k displays to the machine.

• The new Mac Pro also features PCIe-based flash storage that is up to 10 times faster than conventional desktop hard drives.

MacBook Air: Apple also upgraded the MacBook Air series with faster processors and better battery life.

The new MacBook Air has fourth-generation Intel 'Haswell' processors with Core i5 and Core i7 versions available. It also comes with New Intel HD Graphics 5000 which according to Apple provide up to 40 percent faster graphics. It also has the faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi and flash storage starting at 128GB.

The 13-inch MacBook Air now comes with up to 12 hours of battery life, while the 11-inch MacBook Air delivers up to 9 hours of battery life.

The 11-inch MacBook Air with a 1.3 GHz processor4GB of memory and 128GB of flash storage starts at $999. The 256GB flash storage storage version starts at $1,199. The 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1.3 GHz processor 4GB of memory and i128GB flash storage starts at $1,099 and 256GB flash storage starts at $1,299.

The MacBook Air is available in US stores today.