![]() ![]() The 15-inch MacBook Pros have been available with the more eco-friendly, lower-powered LED backlit screen since the last MacBook Pro update eight months ago, but now the 17-inch models get this option too, though you need to pay extra for it. We think the colour range is better with the glossies, but we recommend that you visit a store to see both display in action before buying. ![]() The reflectiveness of these screens is less of an issue than it is on the iMac range, because the glare is easier to reposition with a laptop. Glossy screens are optional on all the MacBook Pros at no extra cost. The display options, in contrast, are wider than they have been before. The brushed-aluminium finish, optical drive, port allocation, wireless standard (802.11n), and most other specs remain the same. Why the drop occurred is a mystery to us, but the usual benchmark tester in the Mac community seems sure that the drop hasn't affected performance too badly. It has dropped to 3MB (from 4MB) on the entry-level 2.4GHz MacBook Pro, while being raised to 6MB on the other two models. The Penryn chips can carry a larger L2 cache, circuitry that speeds access to commonly used data, and this has changed. The 2.5GHz 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pros ship with 512MB of video memory and the same NVIDIA graphics cards. The entry-level 2.4GHz MacBook Pro, still a very fine workhorse, ships with a 200GB hard drive, up from 120GB, and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors with 256MB of video memory. The only hardware upgrade you can make after purchase that doesn't void your warranty is to install more RAM.Īll MacBook Pros ship with 2GB of memory (667MHz DDR2) and can expand to 4GB. Plenty of upgrade options are available at the point of sale, and chief among these options is an upgrade to 2.6GHz chips on either the 15-inch or 17-inch models, and of course more memory, some screen options and bigger drives. Three MacBook Pros are available: 15-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 15-inch 2.5GHz and a 17-inch 2.5GHz. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the price has stayed the same, though admittedly the Apple Remote is now an optional extra (£15), whereas before it was bundled for free.Ĭompared to the slinky MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro seems like quite a chunky laptop, though it's still less than an inch thick and this 15-inch model weighs just 2.5 kilos. ![]()
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