Apple’s Spring Forward Event Summarized

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Apple’s Spring Forward Event Summarized

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At their ‘Spring Forward’ event on Monday, Apple announced details about the much anticipated Apple Watch, HBO Now for Apple TV and introduced new MacBooks.

Apple Watch will be available to preorder on April 10th and will ship April 24th. Apple CEO Time Cook called the watch “the most personal device we have ever created” and “the most advanced timepiece ever created” according to CBS News. Pricing starts at $349 for the 38mm Sport version and $399 for the 42mm Sport version, between $549 and $1,049 for the midrange stainless steel version and can go up to $10,000 for the limited quantity high-end Apple Watch edition.

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The next thing Apple announced was HBO Now for Apple TV. HBO Now allows Apple TV users to stream the channel for $14.99 a month. The Verge also reported that Apple will be lowering the cost of Apple TV from $99 to $69. Apple TV users will be the first and only ones to have access to HBO Now where they will be able to watch original shows and many feature films.

The last big news Apple announced was the release of the new MacBook. At 12 inches with Retina display the new model only weighs 2 pounds making it the lightest and thinnest MacBook. The complete redesign has a “Force Touch” trackpad. Force Touch “means you can either tap the touchpad or give it a harder press in order to bring up the functions that were usually associated with the right-click” said John Briggs from TechCrunch. The MacBook has a full size keyboard but is much thinner than previous models. ”The keys themselves are 17% wider than older MacBook keys, but 40% thinner” according to Forbes. Apple also announced that this MacBook will be available in gold, which has previously never been an option. A new feature on the MacBook is the single USB-C port. Mashable said that this port is, “one-third smaller than a standard USB and just a little larger than a micro USB and Lightning port, but it pulls triple duty: It can charge the new MacBook, output video and transfer data.” An adapter will be needed in order to use the multi-functions of this port. “Apple’s online store lists a variety of adapters from a USB-C to USB adapter ($19) to a USB-C VGA Multiport adapter ($79) and a few others” according to Mashable.

The new MacBook will start shipping April 10th with prices between $1299 for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of flash storage and $1599 for 512GB of flash storage. Costs may vary based on other configure to order options.