What’s new from the Apple iPad Media Event 10/22/2013

Here is what Apple announced at its media event today:

iPad Retina name change – to “iPad air”
– thinner and lighter, smaller bezels
– new 64 bit a7 chip from iPhone 5s and motion processor
– twice as fast
– same price, starting at $500
– will keep iPad 2 for $399
– available Nov 1

iPad Mini
– added retina display
– a7 64 bit chip– 4-8x faster
– moving to $399
– lowering non-retina mini cost to $300
– Available “Before the holidays”, later in novemeber

New retina macbook pros, lighter and thinner, haswell processor, ship today
13″
— 90% faster graphics
— 9 hr battery life
– $100 less, $1300
15″
– quad core, processor 8 hours battery life
– better graphincs ext
– $200 less at 1999

New Mac Pros
– badass processor and memory
– tons of misc bad ass updates
– assembled in the US

iLife Suite update
– movie, garage band, iPhone all updated
– giving all apps for free with purchase of iOS