Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro
Apple Computer Inc. on Monday said a new 17-inch version of its MacBook Pro laptop computer would begin shipping to stores next week. The MacBook Pro, first introduced in January with a 15-inch display, replaces Apple's PowerBook line of laptops and uses Intel Corp.'s (INTC.O) Core Duo computer chip for a processing speed three to four times faster than the PowerBook. 'The 17-inch MacBook Pro weighs 6.8 pounds and is expected to carry a retail price of $2,799, according to Apple. Its features will be similar to those found in the 15-inch MacBook Pro, such as a built-in iSight video camera for mobile video conferencing and iChat AV for recording a video podcast or iMovie. Apple notes that its 17-inch MacBook Pro will feature a 2.16- gigahertz Intel Duo processor, allowing it to run up to five times faster than its PowerBook G4. The notebook will also offer 1 gigabyte of the speedier memory, 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, which can be expanded up to 2GB. '
Specifications:
•17-inch widescreen display
•1680 x 1050 resolution
•2.16GHz Intel Core Duo(1)
•1GB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
•120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
•8x double-layer SuperDrive
•ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
•One FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, and three USB 2.0 ports
Source: News.com