new MacBook Pro announced

Oct 19, 2008 Posted by Rizki Akmanda on Oct 19, 2008 in Technology and Internet | 0 comments

new MacBook Pro announced

We all expected some great news for the recent introduction of Apple, and we were right. Company introduced some new laptops, the renewal of its previous models and, of course, the star of the show – the new MacBook Pro, which was the most, anticipated release this time. Without doubt, Apple continued its policy of "leaked" photos days before the final event – the measure increased the forecast of alignment new MacBook. We’re going to approach the news and the novelty of each review separately.

We’ll start from the most anticipated and significant upgrade – new MacBook Pro. It has become much thinner, now its thickness is 2.4 cm (0.9 inches). His body is completely aluminum now; it makes you feel like the MacBook Air and improves its durability. Apart from the hardware changes, which include NVIDIA GeForce 9400M / 9600M GT GPU and optional SSD drive, the new MacBook Pro is a new trackpad glass, which is an evolution of all previous versions trackpad. It is 39% larger than previous models, has multi-touch gestures, and is made of glass silk-smooth trip. Steve Jobs also introduced four new finger gestures that can be used to launch Expose or switching task. New MacBook Pro comes in two versions: a cheaper for 1999 dollars, including 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 250 GB hard drive, 2 GB DDR3 RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GPU with 256MB GDDR3, and a more expensive dollars for 2499, with 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR3 RAM, 320 GB HDD and GeForce 9600M with 512MB of GDDR3 memory. All versions include 15.4-inch LCD display with LED backlighting and 1440 x 900 resolution, iSight camera, AirPort Extreme WiFi capability, a Gigabit Ethernet port and one FireWire 800 port, ExpressCard/34 slot and Bluetooth 2.1. Apple claims that the new MacBook Pro will have 5 hours battery life – if this is true, surprisingly strong for such features.

MacBook line is updated with 13-inched MacBook, its features are similar to the MacBook Pro, and however, is a bit cheaper. As always there will be two versions: a cheaper dollars in 1299 will be equipped with a 2 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and 160 GB HDD, more expensive come with a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo and 250 GB HDD for 1599 U.S. dollars. Both versions have 13.3-inch LCD with LED backlighting, new glass multi-touch trackpad, 2GB of RAM and DDR3 GeForce 9400M. 5 hours of battery life is announced, as it is for the MacBook Pro.

The sensation of last year – MacBook Air, also improved slightly to correspond with their larger brethren. New MacBook Air edition purchased a new GeForce 9400M, 120 GB hard drive / 128 GB SSD. And with HDD Version 1.6 GHz CPU will cost 1799 U.S. dollars, more expensive with a 1.86 GHz CPU and SSD – 2499 dollars.
Not only is updated MacBook line – Line Cinema Display also been updated with new 24-inch LED LCD backlight with iSight camera built. Its resolution is 1920 x 1200, microphone and speakers are also incorporated. USB hub and port MiniDisplay complete list of features. It’ll be sold for 899 U.S. dollars, which is enough for LCD monitor, but this is Apple.

This year’s presentation was aimed at improving fully MacBook, and is quite impressive. While not as revolutionary as the MacBook Air launch, the new MacBook Pro is definitely worth the look. Hope that we will see more interesting news for Apple in the future.