Word was that Apple was working to refine the 17-inch MacBook Pro. And they did. During the MacWorld Keynote speech, they announced the world’s thinnest and lightest 17-inch laptop in the world, that should be packing a ultra-thin, widescreen glossy 1920 x 1200 display, runs on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB L2 cache, has 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 memory and allows users to switch between the integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M and the GeForce 9600M GT that has 512MB or RAM.
Other than the goodies above, for $2,799 it also includes a 320GB 5,400 rpm hard drive (320GB 7200 rpm hard drive and 128GB and 256GB solid state drives as options), three USB 2.0 ports, a slot-loading SuperDrive, a FireWire 800 port, an ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot and a much much better battery (95WHr lithium polymer battery) that is expected to “deliver up to eight hours of use on a full charge cycle and up to 1,000 recharges”.
And just in case you were wondering, there are options for a 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor or for the 8GB 1066 MHz DDR 3 memory. All you need is money.
