Thursday, February 24, 2011
Apple Refreshes The MacBook Pro Line-Up With Faster Processors And ‘Thunderbolt’ Port
It was just a few hours ago that we reported about the leaked specs of the upcoming 13-inch MacBook Pro. Now, Apple has updated its online store with the next generation MacBook Pros.
As rumored, the new MacBook Pros sport a faster Core i5 or Core i7 Sandy Bridge processor from Intel. While the 13” MacBook Pro sports an Intel 3000HD graphics card, the 15” and the 17” MBPs sport an AMD 6490M or a HD6750M graphics card, depending on the configuration you pick.
The hard disk storage capacity has been bumped across the range with SSDs of varying capacities being optional. Sadly, the number of USB ports remain the same as found on the older MBPs – 2, and no they are not USB 3.0 ports. Apple lists the battery life of the new MacBook Pros at 7 hours. The ‘iSight’ camera has been renamed to Facetime HD’ as well.
As reported earlier, the new MacBook Pros sport a ‘Thunderbolt’ I/O port, which is Apple’s implementation of Intel’s Light Peak technology.The new Thunderbolt port incorporates a Native Mini DisplayPort and can output videos to DVI or VGA using the suitable adapter. The port can also be used to hook up the MacBook Pro(s) to an HDMI monitor/LCD.
Along with the new MacBook Pros, Apple also released a developer preview of the next version of OS X – Lion. Users can have a look at all the new features OS X ‘Lion’ will bring here. OS X ‘Lion’ is expected to be released sometime in summer 2011.
As rumored, the new MacBook Pros sport a faster Core i5 or Core i7 Sandy Bridge processor from Intel. While the 13” MacBook Pro sports an Intel 3000HD graphics card, the 15” and the 17” MBPs sport an AMD 6490M or a HD6750M graphics card, depending on the configuration you pick.
The hard disk storage capacity has been bumped across the range with SSDs of varying capacities being optional. Sadly, the number of USB ports remain the same as found on the older MBPs – 2, and no they are not USB 3.0 ports. Apple lists the battery life of the new MacBook Pros at 7 hours. The ‘iSight’ camera has been renamed to Facetime HD’ as well.
As reported earlier, the new MacBook Pros sport a ‘Thunderbolt’ I/O port, which is Apple’s implementation of Intel’s Light Peak technology.The new Thunderbolt port incorporates a Native Mini DisplayPort and can output videos to DVI or VGA using the suitable adapter. The port can also be used to hook up the MacBook Pro(s) to an HDMI monitor/LCD.
Along with the new MacBook Pros, Apple also released a developer preview of the next version of OS X – Lion. Users can have a look at all the new features OS X ‘Lion’ will bring here. OS X ‘Lion’ is expected to be released sometime in summer 2011.
