The holidays linger around the corner. With the coming Christmas season, many holiday treats and discounts have become available. As one of the leading tech manufacturers, people are always on the lookout for Apple discounts and deals.

Below are the best Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro holiday deals. The MacBook Pro remains one of the best ultrabooks around so any discounted offering is definitely a good find. The following rounds up discounted MacBook Pro offerings at selected shops and retailers:

- 13″ 2.6GHz Retina MacBook Pro: $1696.99 $102.01 off at Amazon

- 13″ 2.4GHz/256GB Retina MacBook Pro: $1399.99 $99.01 off at Best Buy Online

- 13″ 2.4GHz/128GB Retina MacBook Pro: $1149 $150 off at Adorama

- 13″ 2.5GHz MacBook Pro: $1049.99 at $149.01 off Best Buy Online

The 13-inch MacBook Pro features a light and compact design that allows people to take it anywhere and anytime. The device features a built-in sensor that can detect ambient light changes and adjust display plus keyboard brightness automatically. This helps users accomplish work even when in the dark.

The product line also features the famous Retina Display that Apple has been known for. Imagine a device packing millions of pixels in a 13-inch screen. This gives off one of the most stunning displays in the market today. The 13-inch MacBook Pro offers a 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology, 2560-by-1600 resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors. As mentioned, it has a native resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels (Retina) and support scaled resolutions: 1680 x 1050, 1440 x 900, and 1024 x 640 pixels.

The text and images are incredibly sharp that users will feel like they are reading straight from the pages of a book or document. Other features of the 13-inch MacBook Pro include:

  • Up to 9 hours (13-inch model) or 8 hours (15-inch model) of battery life
  • Faster flash storage
  • 802.11ac Wi-Fi
  • Two Thunderbolt 2 ports for connecting high-performance devices and transferring data at lightning speed
  • Two USB 3 ports (compatible with USB 2 devices) and HDMI
  • FaceTime HD camera
  • Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand included OSX, the world's most advanced desktop operating system

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