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Apple Intros the New 17” MacBook Pro

This introduction is really no surprise.  Given that Apple has moved to this type of unibody construction across their entire laptop line.  I personally have the 15” and love it.  While I suspected the 17” would be announced at MacWorld when I purchased this a few months ago, I couldn’t wait.

• 1920 x 1200 display
• 700:1 contrast ratio
• 60% greater color gamut
• Matte display
• $50 anti glare option

Inside we have a new generation of C2D CPUs—up to 8GB of RAM… new NVIDIA graphics options, discrete graphics onboard….You can upgrade to a 256GB SDD.”

the Battery

There was rumor that the battery in this bad boy would be non-removable.  The rumors were correct. 

“We’ve designed a battery that will last 8 hours on a charge, and can be charged 1000 times…The key to building a longer battery is making it bigger… the challenge is where to find the space to put it… in a removable battery there’s a lot of wasted space.”

“It comes in one config—$2799.” 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB hard drive… it starts shipping at the end of this month.

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