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December 8, 2006
Current state
of the Apple MacBook Pro - December 2006
Rumors indicate a new "ultra-portable" MacBook Pro may be launched at
the San Francisco MacWorld
 There are
of course a lot of rumors and "leaks" flying around at the moment since
we are only about a month away from the 2007 MacWorld in San Francisco.
The main MacBook Pro rumor being the new "ultra-portable" and
"ultra-thin" 12" widescreen display replacement for the old 12"
PowerBook.
This should make photographers very happy because we need a strong and
small portable, to lug around in our camera bags for out in the field
work.
Let's face it all the portable storage devices now available really
suck and the MacBooks (iBooks with a new higher class sounding name)
just don't cut the mustard when it comes to the rough and grueling
everyday life of a commercial photographer, photojournalist, paparazzi,
or even a wildlife and landscape photographer.
All we know at the moment is that they will supposedly be thinner and
lighter but still come fully equipped with optical drives and dual-core
processors. Some rumors say to be prepared for a MacWorld launch, other
point to a little further into 2007.
Taking
another (very serious) look at the Apple MacBook laptop computer, as an
in the field storage and editing device for digital photography.
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The
2.16 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $1,999
(US), includes:
- 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900
LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
- 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
processor;
- 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM,
expandable to 3GB;
- 120GB Serial ATA hard drive
running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
- a slot-load 6x SuperDrive™ with
double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility
Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
- DVI-out port for external
display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold
separately);
- built-in Dual Link support for
driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet port;
- built-in AirPort Extreme
wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
- ExpressCard/34 expansion card
slot;
- two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire
800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
- one audio line in and one
headphone out port, each supporting optical digital audio;
- Scrolling TrackPad and
illuminated keyboard;
- the infrared Apple Remote; and
- 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power
Adapter.
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The
2.33 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,499
(US), includes:
- 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900
LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
- 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2Duo
processor;
- 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM,
expandable to 3GB;
- 120GB Serial ATA hard drive
running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
- a slot-load 6x SuperDrive with
double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility
Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
- DVI-out port for external
display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold
separately);
- built-in Dual Link support for
driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet port;
- built-in Airport Extreme
wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
- ExpressCard/34 expansion card
slot;
- two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire
800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
- one audio line in and one
headphone out port, each supporting optical digital audio;
- Scrolling TrackPad and
illuminated keyboard;
- the infrared Apple Remote; and
- 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power
Adapter.
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The
2.33 GHz, 17-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,799
(US), includes:
- 17-inch widescreen 1680 x 1050
LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
- 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
processor;
- 2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM,
expandable to 3GB;
- 160GB Serial ATA hard drive
running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
- a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with
double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility
Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
- DVI-out port for external
display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold
separately);
- built-in Dual Link support for
driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet port;
- built-in AirPort Extreme
wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
- ExpressCard/34 expansion card
slot;
- three USB 2.0 ports, one
FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
- one audio line in and one
headphone out port, each supporting optical digital audio;
- Scrolling TrackPad and
illuminated keyboard with ambient light sensor;
- the infrared Apple Remote; and
- 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power
Adapter.
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Apple
MacBook Pro Notebooks Now with Intel Core 2 Duo Processors
Up to 39 Percent Faster
CUPERTINO, California—October 24, 2006—Apple® today announced that
its
entire MacBook™ Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2
Duo processor and delivers performance that is up to 39 percent faster
than the previous generation. All MacBook Pro models now offer double
the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation,
as well as a FireWire® 800 port for connecting to high-speed
peripherals. The new MacBook Pro’s stunning, lightweight, aluminum
enclosure is just one-inch thin, available in 15- and 17-inch models,
and features a built-in iSight® video camera for video conferencing
on-the-go.
“With an Intel Core 2 Duo processor,
greater storage capacity and
FireWire 800 connectivity, the new MacBook Pro delivers unprecedented
performance and mobility in an incredibly thin and light design,” said
Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product
Marketing. “We are thrilled that our notebook sales are growing twice
as fast as the overall notebook market, and we hope these new MacBook
Pro models continue that success.”
Every MacBook Pro features the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor with
4MB of shared L2 cache, which is up to 39 percent faster than the
previous 2.16 GHz MacBook Pro and more than seven times faster than the
1.67 GHz PowerBook G4 running industry standard benchmarks.* Apple has
enhanced Mac OS® X to take advantage of the technology advances
from
Intel’s Core 2 Duo processors, resulting in increased performance in
professional applications like Aperture™ 1.5, Final Cut Pro® 5 and
Logic Pro 7.
Ideal for business and creative professionals, MacBook Pro delivers
advanced performance including 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable up
to 3GB, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with up to 256MB of
dedicated GDDR3 graphics memory, and a double-layer SuperDrive™ for
burning professional-quality DVDs. With the latest high-performance
connectivity options, every new MacBook Pro includes built-in
10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, built-in
AirPort Extreme® and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), a
FireWire
800 and a FireWire 400 port, combination analog and optical digital
audio input and output ports, an ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot,
and a DVI video output to connect up to a 30-inch Apple Cinema HD
Display.
MacBook Pro comes with Apple’s MagSafe™ Power Adapter that
magnetically couples the power cord to the MacBook Pro and safely
disconnects when there is strain on the power cord, preventing the
notebook from falling off its work surface. Apple now offers a new
MagSafe Airline Adapter that makes using the MacBook Pro on an airplane
even more convenient by connecting to in-seat power ports for continued
productivity throughout the duration of a flight. MacBook Pro also
includes an illuminated keyboard, Apple’s Sudden Motion Sensor that is
designed to protect the hard drive in case of a fall, and a Scrolling
TrackPad to easily scroll through long web pages or pan across large
photographs.
MacBook Pro comes with iLife® ‘06, the next generation of Apple’s
award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring
iPhoto®, iMovie® HD, iDVD®, GarageBand™ and iWeb™, the
latest iLife
application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with
photos, blogs and podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by
anyone on the Internet with just a single click.** Every MacBook Pro
also comes with the latest release of the world’s most advanced
operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4.8 Tiger including Safari™,
Mail, iCal®, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth, running natively
on
the Intel-based notebook.
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