Introducing Apple MacBook Pro
Before Macworld, there was a lot of speculation as to what would be the first Mac to sport the new Intel chips. The most-mentioned models were the low end ones, i.e. the Mac mini and iBook. The new MacBook Pro is certainly a surprise in a few ways.
For one, the new name is almost wholely unexpected. Apple portables have sported the Powerbook name since the first Sony-developed model, and have always been acknowledged as the best notebooks in the industry. I don’t really like the name MacBook Pro (it really doesn’t have the same ummph) but it does imply that an iBook replacement is coming, most probably called – the MacBook.
Steve Jobs revealed two models of the MacBook Pro today, both sporting the new Intel Core Duo processor. The Apple MacBook Pro MA090LL/A has a 1.67 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 512 MB RAM and 80 GB Hard Drive. The Apple MacBook Pro MA091LL/A has a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 1 GB RAM, and 100 GB Hard Drive.
Other features include :
- 15.4-inch widescreen display
- 667MHz frontside bus and main memory
- PCI Express architecture
- ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with up to 256MB memory on 16-lane PCI Express
- ExpressCard/34 slot
- Dual-link DVI, VGA adapter included
- One FireWire 400 port, two 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