Apple Inc. has launched in India the new 17-inch MacBook Pro, it is lightest, thinnest notebook and and new built-in battery that delivers up to eight hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges for more than three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries.
The new 17-inch MacBook Pro has a high resolution LED-backlit display and the same large glass Multi-Touch trackpad introduced with the new MacBook family in October. In addition, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes state-of-the-art Nvidia graphics and the latest generation Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors.
Apple’s most powerful notebook has a thickness of 0.98 inches and weighs in at 6.6 pounds. Base unit costs $2,799 with options to upgrade to a faster processor, a bigger hard drive or to a solid state drive, more RAM, and an anti-glare screen
It has 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB L2 cache, Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics, 512MB RAM, and Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics. Apple offers upgrade option for updating CPU to 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and memory up to 8GB RAM. Storage can be beefed up to 320GB 7200RPM HDD or a 128GB/256GB SSD.