Apple MacBook Pro 15 inch (mid-2012 full spec, details, price

The aluminum unibody chassis offer superb build quality, high torsional rigidity and doesn't give when pressure is applied.offer the same unibody construction, backlit LED screen, lighted keyboard  multi-touch glass trackpad and FaceTime HD webcam.

MacBook Pro 150 sports a 15.4 (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology gives you a wide 178-degree view of everything on the screen, so you'll see difference at practically any angle and offer a native screen resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixel and support for millions of colors. The new Retina display reduces glare while maintaining incredible color and quality. In fact, it has a 29 percent higher contrast ratio than a standard MacBook Pro display. Black are blacker  white are whiter and everything in between is rich and vibrant. This Retina display doesn't sit behind a layer of glass, it is the glass. Which means you get all the benefits of a state-of-the-art display, vibrant colors, high contrast and wide viewing angles with very little glare.Pushed the limits of technology to create a pixel density so high, you can see everything you're doing with perfect clarity and make edits with pinpoint accuracy.

For something so thin and light, the sound is huge with a wide dynamic range, optimal balance and crisp, expressive quality, these speakers might sound too good t be true. Because they labored painstakingly over the design to maximize the quality of every decibel you hear. Built-in dual microphones are great for when you want to be heard. A perfect match making video calls with FaceTime cam, for example the mics reduce background noise from behind the notebook. And when you use Dictation, they create an adaptive audio beam that intelligently adjusts to detect your voice, instead of the noise around.

MacBook Pro 15's connectivity options by upgrading to 2 USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800 and speedy 10Gbps Thunderbolt port that does double the performance as a mini-Display port for connecting an external or bigger monitor and HDMI port giving you the flexibility to connect multiple external display like HDTV and other high-performance devices. A huge advantage when you need to connect to just about anything. An integrated SD card reader lets you snag files off of a memory card (SD/SDHC/SDHXC), headphone and microphone jacks and equipped with 802.11 n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 for wilreess connection.

It measures the same 0.95 x 14.3 x 9.3 inch (h x w x d) and weighs 5.6 lb the sole exception to this is the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, which trims the thickness to 0.71 inch and drop the weight to 4.46 lb. Gives you a 7 hour of battery life in a high performance notebook with an ultra-high resolution display, to-of-the-line processor and graphics, and a super-slim design, it's absolutely remarkable. Built with 95 watt hour lithium-polymer battery gives you up to 1000 full charge and discharge cycles and up to 30 days of instant-on standby time.

Apple MacBook Pro 15 inch (mid-2012) laptop Technical Specifications and Price

Model	Pro 15 (mid-2012)
Processor	2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache
Graphics Card	Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching
Operating System	OS X Mountain Lion
Display	15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 resolution at 220 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
Camera	720p Face Time HD camera
Memory	8GB of 1600MHz DDR3L onboard memory
Storage	256GB flash storage
Keyboard and Trackpad	Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement) with ambient light sensor Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities
Communication	802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Inputs/Output	1 x microphone-in jack 1 x headphone-out jack 2 x USB 3.0 1 x Thunderbolt ports 1 x MagSafe 2 1 x HDMI port 1 x SD card
Multimedia/Audio	Stereo speakers dual microphone Headphone port Support for Apple iPhone headset with remote and microphone Support for audio line out (digital/analog)
Power	Built-in 95-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery 85W MagSafe 2 Power Adapter with cable management system; MagSafe 2 power port
Battery (rated life)	Up to 7 hours wireless web Up to 30 days standby time
Dimension	14.13 x 9.73 x 0.17 inch (W x D x H) 35.89 x 24.71 x 1.8 cm
Weight	4.46 lb 2.02 kg
Price	$2199 – 2799 (apple.com)