Heaviest of Apple notebooks; display is prone to glare

The MacBook Pro with Retina display is more akin to the Air than the other Pro models. Of course, the requisite features are there: backlit keyboard, large glass trackpad, latch-less instant sleep/wake, MagSafe 2 power connector, Thunderbolt, and HD FaceTime camera. Like the Air, the Retina MacBook Pro has a thin design at the expense of the optical drive. Worth noting: wireless networking support is the only out-of-the-box networking supported; if you need wired connection, that will cost you extra.

The entry price for the two standard Retina display MacBook Pro models isn't cheap: the low end machine starts at $2,299, while the high end starts at $2799.

Like the Air, this machine features flash-based storage and memory; and, like the Air, the amount of RAM is not upgradable down the line. By default, the two models ship with 256GB and 512GB of storage, respectively, but customization options allows up to 768GB. This MacBook features a quad-core Intel Core i7, clocked at 2.3GHz on the low end, 2.6GHz on the high end. 8GB of memory (customizable to 16GB) round out the basic feature set and the results are spectacular: this machine is fast. This machine is speed wrapped in a .71", 4.7lbs aluminum chassis, and that's not even the best part: