^[1]9to5Mac reports ^[2] that it received pricing information on the forthcoming 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. According to its sources, the entry-level MacBook Pro will cost approximately $1699, $500 more than the corresponding model without Retina display. The report said:

“Based on wholesale prices we’ve received, we believe the entry model 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro will cost roughly $1699 at launch while the higher specc’ed model will cost $300 more making the $2000 price point likely”.

For comparison, the price for the entry-level 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro is $400 higher than for its non-Retina counterpart, while the higher-level model costs $600 more than the corresponding non-Retina model due to the much more expensive 512 GB flash memory used in the machine.