Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15" Quad Core i7 2.3GHz ME294LL/A

The different specifications for this model make it an affordable and portable powerhouse for students, business, and personal use. This machine is great for those who need a machine to work from home, work remotely, require a machine for distance learning, and/or take online classes - with the ability to use low resource activities like blogging, enjoying streaming online content, and document creation without bogging down the system. Ideal for photography, photo editing, graphic design and illustration, and podcasting.

The MacBook Pro 15" is the perfect mobile workstation for users looking for more power and screen space.  The high-resolution (2880 x 1800), LED-backlit LCD screen provides vivid and clear picture, but is also equipped with a 720p FaceTime HD front-facing camera so you can FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom with friends, family, co-workers - anyone!  It has an integrated Intel graphics chip and is is capable of top of the line WiFi wireless internet connection and includes Bluetooth, which allows you to connect your favorite wireless devices such as printers, mice, keyboards, speakers, and other Bluetooth-capable accessories. This machine has two USB 3.0 ports for wired peripherals, but also two Thunderbolt ports (which are backwards-compatible with mini DisplayPort) and a HDMI port for connecting external monitors or TVs.  It also has a single Audio In/Out port for connection to speakers and other audio equipment, but the system itself has an on-board microphone and speakers. 

The MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.3 15-Inch features a "Haswell/Crystalwell" 2.3 GHz Intel "Core i7" quad core processor, up to 16 GB of onboard 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM, 512 GB of solid state flash storage, an integrated Intel Iris 5200 Pro graphics processor with 128 MB of "Crystalwell" embedded DRAM (and shared system memory), an integrated 720p FaceTime HD webcam, a high-resolution LED-backlit 15.4" widescreen 2880x1800 (220 ppi) "Retina" display, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, two USB 3.0 ports, two "Thunderbolt 2" ports, an HDMI port, an audio in/out port, an SDXC card slot, a backlit keyboard, a "no button" glass "inertial" multi-touch trackpad, a "MagSafe 2" power adapter, and an internal, sealed battery - in a case that weighs just less than 4.5 pounds (2.02 kg).