![]() Just like the iMac, the MacBook Pro comes with Front Row. And there’s a round spot on the front, a receiver that works with Apple’s remote. There’s a black square above the display for the iSight webcam. There are two other visual clues that this ‘Book is different. It is a bit larger and thinner than the 15″ PowerBook G4. The new MacBook Pro looks a lot like the old 15″ PowerBook G4 at first glance, but its 15.4″ 1440 x 900 display (up from 15.2″ and down from 1440 x 960) is the brightest Apple has ever used on a notebook. The Intel-based pro laptop is known as the MacBook Pro, a name that met with a less-than-enthusiastic reception at the Expo keynote.īuilt around Intel’s Core Duo CPU, the new ‘Book offers up to 4x the performance of the old one. ![]() This is the first time in Apple history that a computer has been released with a faster CPU than originally announced, and it’s also the first time Apple has offered a faster CPU as a build-to-order option in a notebook.Īpple marked the transition to Intel by discontinuing the well-known, long-respected PowerBook name. ![]() The US$1,999 MBP ships with a 1.83 GHz CPU instead of 1.67 GHz, and the US$2,499 MBP has a 2.0 GHz CPU instead of 1.83 GHz.įor those clamoring for even more speed, there’s a 2.16 GHz build-to-order option at a US$300 premium. To the pleasant surprise of the Mac community, Apple began shipping the MacBook Pro (MBP) the week of 2006.02.14 – and with faster CPUs than originally announced. ![]()
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