Apple announced today an upgrade to its line of MacBook Pro laptops. The highlights? New faster processors, more powerful graphics processors, an HD camcorder and a new port for a technology that Apple is calling Thunderbolt.
Aesthetically, the new professionals seem very similar to their predecessors. There are still 13-, 15 and 17 inches (starting at $ 1,199, $ 1799 and $ 2499, respectively), and still have the same unibody aluminum construction and full-width glass screen. Look, you'll see a lot that is different.
Is under the hood where things change. The new Intel Core i5, and Core i7, dual-core and quad-core chip that promise up to twice the performance of the chips in earlier models.
One of the new features of the Intel chip has an integrated graphics processor. But in 15-and 17-inch MacBook Pro, Apple doubled down on the graphics by the addition of a graphics chip from AMD Radeon discrete. Models with both chips perfectly and automatically switch between the two processors, depending on desired performance.
There's also a new camera, which can transmit FaceTime videos in 720 p resolution and display it in a new widescreen format.
The new port of Thunderbolt on MacBook Pro.
Is the latest addition to the line MacBook Pro which is perhaps the most intriguing: the Thunderbolt. Apple has worked with Intel on its light peak project to create a new high-speed data and display the port that would be adaptable to existing rules on the connection. The MacBook Pro are the first computer to feature the technology, but it will roll out across the builders of the next year.
Thunderbolt performance specifications are surprising: at 10 Gbps, is twice as fast as USB 3.0, 12 times as fast as FireWire 800 and 20 times faster than USB 2.0. As Intel calculated in their press release, a Thunderbolt connection can transfer a full-length high-definition movies in 30 seconds.
Thunderbolt is also a Mini DisplayPort native, so that any display with that connection can connect easily. HDMI, DisplayPort and VGA, DVI display may use tabs. Thunderbolt also provides up to 10 Watts of power to peripheral devices and can be daisy chained up to six devices.
The new MacBook Pro are now available.
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