Just in time for back-to-school season, Apple has updated its MacBook Pro line with improved specs, including speedier Intel processors and lowered price tags.

Among other notable improvements, Apple doubled the entry-level memory capacity in itsRetina MacBook Pros. This is a welcome move, as we generally recommend Apple notebook buyers max out the RAM on their device at the time of purchase in order to help future-proof it. We suspect the extra RAM may also help run OS X Yosemite extra smoothly when it comes out this fall.

But this may not be the last Mac update we see this year. With aMac, Yosemite, and maybe even iWatch focused event expected later this fall, we could see a redesign of the MacBook Pro chassis, which has remained unchanged since its debut in 2012, or just an additional 12-inch model added to the mix.

As for this update, with the 13-inch Retina Pro you'll get a 2.6 GHz dual-core i5 processor, 128 to 512 GB of flash storage, and a standard 8 GB of RAM, up from 4 GB in the last generation notebook. If that’s not enough, you can upgrade your machine to a 3 GHz i7 processor with 16 GB of memory and up to 1 TB of flash storage.

The larger 15-inch model comes with a 2.2 GHz quad-core i7 processor, 256 GB of flash, and 16 GB of memory standard. It can also be configured with a 2.8 GHz i7 processor and 1 TB of flash storage. Both 13- and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros come with Intel Iris Pro graphics, but the 15-inch model has the option of additional NVIDIA GeForce graphics in a higher end version.

The 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro starts at $1,299, while the 15-inch version starts at $1,999. Apple also dropped the starting price of the 13-inch non-Retina Pro by $100, to $1,099. All are availabletoday on Apple’s website and in its retail stores.