The new iPod touch is much quicker than its predecessor [Table]

Time to market the next model of media player iPod touch has taken place, so it is logical to expect that he first gets on the table to enthusiasts of iFixit, who will try to take it apart to screw in search of discovery, and then take part in all kinds of benchmarks that determine the speed of the device.

As it turned out in a recent study, iPod touch 5G features dual-core A5, which is based on the architecture of ARM Cortex-A9 and clocked at 800 MHz. At the disposal of the program cover the player is also a graphics chip PowerVR SGX543, which provides unrivaled graphics performance other mobile devices Apple.

However, the wait for the device cost $ 299 for a 32-gigabyte version, performance, top models of the iPhone and iPad do not have to - these devices are primarily designed to play music, and then to run games and applications. According Primatelabs, iPod touch fifth generation is slower than the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S.

Based on the results of benchmark tests, the publication claims that iPod touch 5G significantly performance last modification of the iPad and iPhone, slightly less than the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, but it works a third faster than the iPad 1 and almost two times faster than the performance of its predecessor - iPod touch 4G.

As mentioned above, the processor in the new iPod touch is exactly the same as the iPhone 4S: Dual 800 MHz. Apparently, the difference in performance "eats" the image processing with greater than a smartphone, a resolution of 1136 × 640 pixels.

Apple will introduce a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display in combination with iPad mini

Together with the hotly debated in the press tablet iPad mini 23 October Apple will also introduce the younger, 13-inch version of MacBook Pro display Retina. It is reported by 9to5Mac, citing a source in one of U.S. retailers. The new notebook is even thinner debuted in July the 15-inch MacBook Pro with a modified Retina-display.

Earlier it was reported that, similar to the 15-inch version of the MacBook Pro will be deprived of a new model of the DVD-ROM drive, and the resolution of its screen was 2560 × 1600 pixels (at present "poppy" equivalent setting - 2880 × 1800 pixels). Computer graphics subsystem will only integrated.

New on sale in two configurations, differing processor and internal drive. The prices on the MacBook Pro with a 13.3-inch Retina will be higher than the usual options, and will go on sale machines soon after the announcement. The old model of the MacBook Pro product line will remain in the ranks.

Currently, Apple sells only one laptop with a display Retina - 15,4-inch MacBook Pro. The cost of the compact version with ultra-slim screen starts at $ 2200.

According to analysts, Samsung, LG Display and Sharp supply 13-inch panels in the amount that exceeds the one that took place in the case of a modification of the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro, presented in June at WWDC 2012, at the initial stage. It is assumed that Apple failed to show a 13.3-inch version of the computer at the same time the older model because of production problems.