Apple adds new 15″ 8-Core MacBook Pro to lineup, drops prices on 2.6GHz 6-Core models

Apple has added a new 15″ MacBook Pro to its lineup featuring a 9th generation 2.3GHz 8-Core Intel i9 processor, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a Radeon Pro 560X with 4GB of GDDR5 memory for $2799. This is Apple’s first MacBook featuring an 8-Core CPU. At the same time, Apple has dropped their price on the 2.6GHz 6-Core MacBook Pro by $400 to $2399 (the 2.6GHz CPU is also 9th generation). The 2.2GHz model was dropped. No other changes were made to the 15″ lineup.

13″ Quad-Core Touch Bar MacBook Pros were updated with 8th generation 2.4GHz i5 CPUs, up from 2.3GHz.