--- title: Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13″ (Late 2013) date: 2014-07-02 09:14:50 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/07/02/apple-macbook-pro-retina-13-late-2013/ author: Lester Chan categories: - "Desktop, Laptop & Server" tags: - 13-inch - "2013" - Apple - laptop - MacBook Pro - mig33 - retina --- My current work laptop is a [Apple MacBook Air 13 Inch (Mid 2011)](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2012/03/29/apple-macbook-air-13-inch-mid-2011/). Despite getting it back in March 2012, the laptop itself is a 3-year old model. My company, [migme](http://mig.me), has a policy to change laptop every 3 years and this time round, they bought for me a [13″ MacBook Pro Retina (Late 2013)](http://store.apple.com/sg/buy-mac/macbook-pro). The processor is a 2.4GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz) with 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM and 256GB PCIe-based Flash Storage. This configuration cost **S$2,368**. 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