Friday, February 25, 2011

APPLE UNVEILS NEW SANDY BRIDGE MACBOOK PRO FAMILY

We all knew this was coming, and boy are the updates better than the previous refresh cycle! At first glance, the Macbook Pro's haven't ditched their unibody case in favour of a liquidmetal replacement, which is a bummer, but what they stuffed into the machines makes this latest round of Macbook Pros that much more desirable.


Firstly we all know that all the models across the board have been upgraded with Core i5 and i7 Sandy Bridge processors as well AMD treatment in the graphics department (all except the 13incher, which has the Intel HD3000 integrated graphics), with the introduction of the Radeon HD 6000M graphics cards. All the models have also been outfitted with a new "FaceTime HD camera" (Apple dropping the iSight naming) which has 3x the resolution of the previous Macbook Pro iSights and come with full HD video calling functionality.




Last but not least is the buzzword of the night, Thunderbolt. Other than the fact that it's Intel's Light Peak technology which enables super fast I/O speeds of 10Gb/s both ways little is known on the real world performance of this new technology. Over time, we'll see how well this technology is taken up and if it really is all that it's hyped up to be.


The new Macbook Pro's are available today from the Apple Store (7-10 day shipping time) and start at RM3699 for the 13inch, RM5499 for the 15inch and RM7699 for the 17inch. Of course you can customise the machines to your hearts content, with options for 8GB RAM and SSD's available.


(Source: Engadget)
Article From: Lowyat

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