2016 MacBook Pro release date, specs & rumors: 15-inch MacBook Pro takes off $700 as Apple releases updated El Capitan; early release on the horizon?

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Apple recently released OS X 10.11.1, an update for the El Capitan operating system. An authorized Apple reseller releases a deal to take $700 off the 15" MacBook Pro.

According to the Apple Insider, the 15" MacBook Pro with specs  (2.5GHz, 16GB, 512GB, 750M) model MGXC2LL/A can be bought for a limited time at $1,799 or at $2,009.99 via AppleCare. Adorama, an authorized Apple devices reseller gave the deal which knocks the original price by $700. Links to the deals and the promo code from the website are instrumental to getting the deal.

The El Capitan OS X was launched ast Sept. 30 and the newly released update includes bug fixes and security updates for the first version.

As the discounts on older models roll in, it is expected that the 2016 MacBook Pro will be released soon by next year. According to Venture Capital Post, the newest MacBook will have longer battery life, bigger RAM and improved security. Additionally, it will also be built with a Touch ID fingerprint sensor for additional security and will rumoredly be powered by Intel's Skylake-U processors, Christian Today reports.

The OS X 10.11.1 update was highly detailed in Apple's website where they emphasized the investigation of security issues regarding the OS X. According to PC World, many malwares have been detected in OS X this year than in the last several years combined. The outlet states that there have 948 unique malwares detected in comparison to just 180 malwares since 2010 until 2014.  The malwares mostly involve adwares where it displays advertisements for other apps, products or services. The adwares are mostly caused by the user downloading unknown apps.

However, the Apple's malwares pales in comparison to the ones in Windows.

"If you put all of the Mac malware that we've seen, and you combine those numbers for the history of OS X, basically it is less by a significant amount than the amount of Windows malware you will see in an hour," an analyst told the website.

The key to the malwares' entrance to the App Store is Apple's Gatekeeper. Basically, the Gatekeeper disables unknown or unapproved apps from installing. Apple patched the security issue this year but an expert was able to by pass it and saying that the Apple's security team "ind of did just what was the bare minimum" which was "a little worrisome."

Apple has been notified after the security lapses were presented at a security conference in Prague.