Apple Launches New Macbook Pro With 9th-gen Core i9 CPU, Fixed Keyboards

Apple has unveiled its next-gen Macbook Pro with faster 8th- and 9th-generation Intel Core processors and what the company says are better, more reliable keyboards. While Apple is sticking with 8th-gen chips for the 13-inch models, the 15-inch Macbook pros are getting the 9th-gen CPUs.

The overhaul brings octa-core processors to MacBook Pro for the first time, delivering "two times faster performance than a quad-core MacBook Pro and 40 percent more performance than a 6-core MacBook Pro, making it the fastest Mac notebook ever", the company said in a press release.

While  13-inch Macbook Pros have been priced starting at $1,799 in the US, the 15-inch models come with a starting price of $2,399. They're already available from apple's web-store, and will be up for sale in select Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Resellers later this week.