Stylishly
and intelligently designed for mobile professionals, Apple's MacBook Pro
now includes Apple's Multi-Touch technology (which debuted with the
MacBook Air), allowing you to pinch, swipe, or rotate to enlarge text,
advance through photos, or adjust an image. And it gets a serious speed
bump from Intel's latest 2.4 GHz 45-nanometer Penryn series Core 2 Duo
processor, which also helps to reduce power requirements and save on
battery life. This model (MB133LL/A ) also has a mercury-free,
power-efficient LED-backlit display measuring 15.4 inches and a
state-of-the art NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card with 256 MB of GDDR3
video RAM.
The 15-inch MacBook Pro offers a mercury-free,
power-efficient LED-backlit display with an antiglare finish
that's perfect for color-minded professionals. |
Meticulously designed and encased in sleek and
sturdy aluminum, the MacBook Pro measures just 1 inch thin and weighs 5.4
pounds. Your hands have room to spread out on the full-size keyboard with
crisp, responsive keys, and the MacBook Pro has a built-in ambient light
sensor that adjusts the keyboard and display brightness so it's easy to
work in low-light settings. Other standard Apple "extras"
includes a built-in iSight video camera and Apple's magnetically connected
MagSafe power adapter, which safely disconnects when under strain.
It's pre-loaded with Apple's Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard operating system, which enables easy backup of your most important
data via Time Machine, a redesigned desktop that helps eliminate clutter.
It also comes with the iLife '08 suite of applications--including iPhoto,
iMovie, Garageband, and iTunes--and the newest version of the fast-loading
Safari web browser. Other hardware features include a 200 GB hard drive, 2
GB of installed RAM (which can be upgraded to 4 GB), an 8x combo
Superdrive (for burning dual-layer DVDs as well as CDs), built-in Gigabit
Ethernet for high-speed networking, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data
Rate), FireWire 400 and 800 ports, DVI video output, and an ExpressCard/34
expansion card slot for expansion solutions such as 3G wireless
networking.
Apple Innovations
The MacBook Pro is the culmination of years of refining hardware and
software design to an integrated art, and Apple's Multi-Touch technology
is just the latest innovation to be added to it. The advanced trackpad now
allows you to flip through photos, enlarge text, and adjust an image using
just your fingers. It also comes with a MagSafe power adapter connector,
which offers a magnetic connection instead of a physical one. So, if you
happen to trip over a power cord, you won't send MacBook Pro flying off a
table or desk--the cord simply disconnects, without damage to either the
cord or the system.
The magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter breaks
cleanly away, without damage to either the cord or the MacBook
Pro. |
The MacBook Pro has battery life that rivals
most notebooks in its class. If you'd like to make that battery last even
longer, Mac OS X has a few tricks up its sleeve. Go to System Preferences,
click Energy Saver, and change battery optimization from Normal to Better
Battery Life. Or tell MacBook Pro to reduce its screen brightness and give
yourself a little more time untethered.
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Experience improved energy efficiency, expanded wireless connectivity, and
amazing battery life with the 45nm Penryn series Intel Core 2 Duo T8300
processor, which has a 2.40 GHz processor speed, super-fast 800 MHz
front-side bus (FSB), and a large 3 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary,
cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up
your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM,
and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)
The new hafnium-infused circuitry--which
reduces electrical current leakage in transistors--conserves even more
energy, giving you more time away from the wall outlet. With a substantial
3 MB of shared L2 cache, data and instructions can be kept close to the
two processor cores, greatly increasing performance and allowing the
entire system to work more efficiently. And, because the processor cores
share the L2 cache, either can use the entire amount if the other happens
to be idle.
Your hands have room to spread out on the full-size keyboard
with crisp, responsive keys. |
Hard Drive and Memory
The 200 GB Serial-ATA (SATA) hard drive (5400 RPM) quickens the pace with
a higher speed transfer of data--akin to FireWire and USB 2.0. The 2 GB of
PC5300 DDR2 RAM (two SO-DIMMs of 1024 MB) have an industry-leading 667 MHz
speed, and the RAM capacity can be increased to 4 GB.
Wireless Connectivity
The built-in 802.11n wireless networking provides up to five times the
performance and twice the range of 802.11g, but it's also
backward-compatible with 802.11a/b/g routers, enabling you to communicate
with the a wide variety of Wi-Fi resources. It works seamlessly with the
new AirPort Extreme with 802.11n. Use the built-in Bluetooth wireless
technology to connect to your PDA or cell phone, synchronize addresses, or
download pictures from your cell phone. You can also use a wireless
headset for iChat audio chats and VoIP calls as well as quickly share
files with a colleague.
Display and Graphics
The 15.4-inch widescreen TFT display offers a native resolution of 1440 x
900 pixels and an antiglare widescreen display that's perfect for
color-minded professionals. The display is backlit by light emitting
diodes (LEDs), which gives it a lighter weight and more power efficiency
than the cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) which most notebooks
employ. It's also better for the environment, thanks to its new
mercury-free display.
Video and graphics are powered by the
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT card, which is boosted by 256 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM.
GDDR3 (Graphics Double Data Rate, version 3) is a graphics card-specific
memory technology that's better able to deliver fluid frame rates for even
the most advanced games and applications. The GeForce 8600M GT brings a
new level of realism to the MacBook Pro with its 16-lane PCI Express
architecture, 16x full screen anti-aliasing, 128-bit High Dynamic Range
rendering, and a texture fill rate of up to 8.2 billion per second.
Video Conferencing with Built-in iSight
Artfully placed in the display bezel is an iSight camera, which enables
easy video conferencing as well as allows you to snap pictures of yourself
and create video podcasts. Using the iChat AV application, video
conferencing is integrated into your iChat buddy list, so initiating a
video conference is a breeze. iChat also lets you hold audio chats with up
to 10 people and provides high-quality audio compression and full-duplex
sound so conversation can flow naturally. For video podcasting, you can
record a short clip using the iSight camera, then use iWeb to create a
video blog entry or post your GarageBand-recorded podcast.
Connect to your network, a desktop monitor and all your
peripherals with two USB 2.0, one FireWire 400, one FireWire 800,
one DVI video output, and one Gigabit Ethernet. |
Other Features
- Two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400, one
FireWire 800, ExpressCard/34 slot
- DVI output port; VGA output using
included DVI to VGA adapter
- 8x slot-loading SuperDrive with the
following write speeds: 8x DVDR; 4x DVDR DL (double layer); 4x DVDRW;
24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW
- Backlit keyboard with ambient light
sensors for automatic adjustment of keyboard illumination and screen
brightness
- Internal omnidirectional microphone and
built-in speakers
- Combined optical digital
output/headphone out (minijack)
- Combined optical digital input/audio
line in (minijack)
- 60-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
(with integrated charge indicator LEDs) providing up to 6 hours of
battery life
- Kensington cable lock slot
- Measures 14.1 x 9.6 x 1 inches (WxDxH)
and weighs 5.4 pounds (including battery)
Preloaded with Leopard, you'll enjoy enhanced productivity
and a clutter-free desktop (thanks to the redesigned 3-D Dock with
Stacks). |
Preloaded with Leopard and iLife '08
The biggest Mac OS X upgrade ever, the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating
system features over 300 new features, including:
- Time Machine, an effortless way to
automatically back up everything on a Mac
- A redesigned Finder that lets users
quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs
- Quick Look, a new way to instantly see
files without opening an application
- Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to
create groups of applications and instantly switch between them
- A brand new desktop with Stacks, a new
way to easily access files from the Dock
- Major enhancements to Mail and iChat
Leopard's new desktop includes the redesigned
3-D Dock with Stacks, a new way to organize files for quick and easy
access with just one click. Leopard automatically places web, e-mail and
other downloads in a Downloads stack to maintain a clutter-free desktop,
and you can instantly fan the contents of this and other Stacks into an
elegant arc right from the Dock. The updated Finder includes Cover Flow
and a new sidebar with a dramatically simplified way to search for, browse
and copy content from any PC or Mac on a local network.
Time Machine lets you easily back up all of
the data on your Mac, find lost files and even restore all of the software
on their Mac. With just a one-click setup, Time Machine automatically
keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on the Mac. In the event a file is
lost, you can search back through time to find deleted files,
applications, photos and other digital media and then instantly restore
the file.
The MacBook also comes with the iLife '08
suite of applications that make it easy to live the digital life. Use
iPhoto to share entire high-res photo albums with anyone who's got an
e-mail address. Record your own songs and podcasts with GarageBand. Break
into indie filmmaking with iMovie and iDVD. Then take all the stuff you
made on your MacBook and share it on the web in one click with iWeb.
Included Software
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces,
Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal,
DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools); iLife '08
(includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand); Microsoft
Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive; iWork '08 (30-day trial)
What's in the Box
MacBook Pro, 85W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord,
lithium-polymer battery, DVI to VGA adapter, display cleaning cloth,
install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation
