New 17" MacBook Pro

[David Nahmani]

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The 2.16 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;

 

• 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;

 

• 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB;

 

• 120GB 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 audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;

 

• Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard with ambient light sensor;

 

• the infrared Apple Remote;

 

• 68 watt hour lithium polymer battery; and

 

• 85 watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.

 

• Additional build-to-order options for the 17-inch MacBook Pro include 100GB (7200 rpm) hard drive, up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, Apple USB Modem, and the AppleCare Protection Plan.

 

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

[sondod]

This is sooooooo unfair. I'm tempted. But I just can't make a commitment until all the apps and plugins I need are Universal. I wish they'd put out the iBook versions, so I could just splurge to get one.

[velocipede]

This thing is a relative bargain. I never thought I would consider a 17" laptop, but the specs are great.

 

Also, note this from the Technical overview pdf:

 

Hear the big picture

With twice the number of speakers, larger

speaker enclosures, and increased total power

MacBook Pro delivers double the sound and

plays more low frequencies than the 17-inch

PowerBook G4.

 

Could these speakers actually be useful? Not for mixing, obviously, but for getting down ideas and listening to tracks?

 

I noticed also that the battery life is also longer than the 15.