Apple Introduces 17-Inch Macbook Pro
Posted by Sean Fallon on April 24, 2006
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Today Apple unveiled the new 17-inch Macbook Pro with an Intel Core Duo processor.
According to the official Apple site, the new Macbook is up to 5X the speed of the Powerbook G4 with 8X the graphics bandwith.
Features:
- 15.4- or 17-inch widescreen display
- Up to 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
- 667MHz frontside bus and main memory
- PCI Express architecture
- Up to 120GB Serial ATA hard drive
- ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with up to 256MB memory on 16-lane PCI Express
- ExpressCard/34 slot
- Dual-link DVI, VGA adapter included
- FireWire 400, FireWire 800 (17-inch only), and USB 2.0 ports
- Optical digital and analog audio I/O, built-in microphone and stereo speakers
- Slot-loading SuperDrive
- Illuminated keyboard, Scrolling TrackPad
- Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11g), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and Gigabit Ethernet
- Mac OS X Tiger with iLife ’06 featuring iWeb, iWork ’06 trial, and more
- MagSafe Power Adapter
- Price starts at $1999 (15.4 inch) - $2799 (17 inch)
Click here for full features and specifications.
Click here for the official press release.
17 inch screen, 8X double-layer superdrive, and Firewire 800…nice.
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[...] If you have a 15″ Macbook customized to include the same processor and hard drive of the base 17″ model, the price of both turn out to be $2799. So you would be missing out on the larger screen, 8X double-layer Superdrive, and the Firewire 800. [...]