Friday, June 8, 2007

Apple UPDATES MacBook Pro

Apple has today announced an update to their high-end Apple MacBook Pro notebook. The 15-inch inch version will also offer an LED backlit screen for even backlighting and lower power consumption.

Both the 15-inch and the 17-inch version will offer new versions of Intel's processor platform -- codename Santa Rosa. The Santa Rosa platform offers an 800MHz front side bus and 4MB L2 Cache in addition to faster clock speed options. The 15-inch version will offer the 2.2GHz or 2.4GHz Intel processor and the the 17-inch version will simply offer the 2.4GHz Intel processor.

The specs on the 15.4" MacBook Pro are as follows:

  • 15.4" 1440 x 900 resolution display with LED backlighting technology
  • 2.2GHz or 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor
  • Weight: 5.4lbs
  • 8 x double layer-burning Super Drive
  • Ports: Two USB, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, ExpressCard/34, Gigabit Ethernet
  • Graphics: NVidia 8600M GT graphics (128MB or 256MB)
  • Hard Drive: 160GB with 5400RPM
  • Memory: 2GB, up to 4GB

The specs on the 17-inch MacBook Pro are as follows:

  • 17" 1680 x 1050 resolution display (not LED), 1920 x 1200 display option
  • 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Weight: 6.8lbs
  • 8 x double layer-burning Super Drive
  • Ports: Three USB, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, ExpressCard/34, Gigabit Ethernet
  • Graphics: NVidia 8600M GT graphics 256MB
  • Hard Drive: Up to 250GB
  • Memory: 2GB, up to 4GB

You of course still get things such as the slot loading optical drive, 802.11n wireless and MagSafe Power Adapter.


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