Apple Announces br New Macbook Air, br iPad Pro and Mac Mini Apple's second keynote in br two months took place at br the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The company announced a br completely redesigned br MacBook Air with Retina br display, starting at $1199. The laptop is 25 lighter br than its predecessor and br is now made out of br 100 recycled aluminum. It is designed without br the TouchBar feature, br which was disliked by many users. Tim Cook, via CNN The new iPad Pro is now almost br 6 mm thinner and comes br without a home button. The new iPad Pro uses br facial recognition technology. Since it now br supports USB-C, The new Mac Mini br is five times faster. The new Mac Mini br starts at $799.