We've been talking about them for a few days and now Apple has them released finally. Dedicated official page MacBook sites on the Apple website has been updated and the new 13-, 15- and 17-inch versions of the MacBook Pro are now available for purchase. The new Macs have i5 and i7 processors running on the Sandy Bridge platform, but also a new Thunderbolt port that we already discussed yesterday. Apple is promoting the possibility of making HD video calls using the FaceTime HD application that has just been launched in the Mac AppStore. Prices remain unchanged, meaning the new Macs will cost:
- 13-inch MacBook Pro : $1199, $1499;
- 15-inch MacBook Pro : $1799, $2199;
- 17-inch MacBook Pro : $2499;
Here are the hardware characteristics of the new MacBook Pros:
MacBook Pro 13-inch
- Dimensions: 32.5 x 22.7 x 2.41 cm to 2.04 kg
- CPU: Intel dual-core i5/i7 0 2.3 or 2.7 GHz 3 MB cache
- RAM: 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz
- Hard Drive: 320GB 5400rpm
- Screen: glossy 1280 x 800 pixels
- Graphics card: Intel HD 3000 GPU with 384 MB of shared RAM
- Webcam: HD FaceTime
- SuperDrive 8x
- doors: Thunderbolt, SDXC Card slot, 2 USB 2.0 and Firewire 800
MacBook Pro 15-inch
- Dimensions: 36.4 x 24.9 x 2.41 to 2.54 kg
- CPU: Intel quad-core i7 2.0 or 2.2 Ghz 6MB cache
- RAM: 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz
- Hard Drive: 500GB 5400rpm
- Display: 1440 × 900
- Khedive S Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6490M with 256MB of GDDR5 memory configuration at 2.0 GHz, AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory configuration to 2.2 + GHz Intel HD 3000 graphics with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with the main memory
- Webcams: HD FaceTime
- SuperDrive 8x
- doors: Thunderbolt, SDXC Card slot, 2 USB 2.0 and Firewire 800
MacBook Pro 17-inch
- Dimensions: 39.3 x 27.7 x 2.50 to 2.9 kg
- CPU: Intel quad-core i7 2.2 GHz with 6MB of L3 cache shared
- RAM: 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz
- Hard Drive: 500 GB 5400 rpm, with an option to install a solid-state drive 128GB, 256GB or 512GB
- Display: 1920 × 1200 glossy or antiglare
- Khedive S Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 Graphics + Intel HD 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
- Webcams: HD FaceTime
- SuperDrive 8x
- doors: Thunderbolt, SDXC Card slot, 2 USB 2.0 and Firewire 800
Of course, the prices in Europe are expressed in euros and these new models will be available in Romania only when the official resellers bring them.
