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Stylishly and intelligently intended for mobile professionals, Apple’s MacBook Pro gets a serious speed bump with the new, powerful Intel chipset dubbed Santa Rosa, which gives a faster Core two Duo processor, longer battery life, and native support for 802.11n wireless connectivity. This model MA895LL/A also will include a new mercury free, power efficient LED backlit display measuring 15.4 inches and a state of the art NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card for more realistic graphics for animation and gaming. This MacBook Pro is powered by the new 2.2 GHz Core two Duo T7500 processor and two GB of 667 MHz DDR2 memory the fastest movable computer memory now on the market June 2007. But many things haven’t changed: the trademark stunning aluminum enclosure that’s is just one inch thin, fitted iSight video camera, and Apple’s magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter, which carefully disconnects when under strain.

This MacBook Pro measures just one inch thin and weighs 5.4 pounds. Other hardware features are a 120 GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive for burning many disc formats, fitted 10/100/1000 BASE T Gigabit Ethernet for high speed networking, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Enhanced Data Rate, a FireWire and a FireWire 400 port, an ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot for expansion solutions like 3G wireless networking, and a DVI video output. Intel Core two Duo Processor
The Intel Core two Duo T7500 processor has a 2.2 GHz processor speed, super fast MHz front side bus FSB, and an huge four MB of Smart Cache, an L2 cache that may be shared between the cores as needed. An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data, and a bigger L2 cache may help speed up your system’s performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front side bus will deliver better in general performance. The Intel Core two Duo’s 128 bit SSE3 vector engine handles 128 bit computations in a single clock cycle, accelerating data manipulation by at the same time applying a single instruction to many data. And its two execution cores are intended to share resources and conserve power, helping it to accomplish higher levels of performance since it uses fewer watts

The new 15 inch MacBook Pro offers a new mercury free, power efficient LED backlit display with an antiglare finish that’s perfect for color minded professionals. Display and Graphics
The 15.4 inch widescreen TFT non glossy display offers a native resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels and an antiglare widescreen display that’s perfect for color minded professionals. The new MacBook Pro display is backlit by light emitting diodes LEDs, which gives it a lighter weight and more power efficiency than the cold cathode fluorescent lamps CCFLs which most notebooks employ. It’s also better for the environment, thanks to its new mercury free display. Video and graphics are powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT card, which is boosted by 128 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM. GDDR3 Graphics Double Data Rate, variant 3 is a graphics card specific memory technology that’s better able to deliver liquid frame rates for the most advanced games and applications. The GeForce 8600M GT brings a new level of realism to the MacBook Pro with its 16 lane PCI Express architecture, 16x full screen anti aliasing, 128 bit High Dynamic Range generating, and a texture fill rate of up to 8.2 billion per second. Hard Drive and Memory
The 120 GB Serial ATA SATA hard drive 5400 RPM gives more than enough space to store business related papers and presentations, also as offers space for a big audio and video library. This SATA hard drive also quickens the rate with a higher speed move of data akin to FireWire and USB 2.0. The two GB of PC5300 DDR2 RAM two SO DIMMs of one GB have an industry leading 667 MHz speed, and the RAM capacity may be increased to a whopping four GB. Wireless Connectivity
The fitted 802.11n wireless networking gives up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g, but it’s also backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g routers, enabling you to communicate with the a large range of Wi Fi resources. It works seamlessly with the new AirPort Extreme with 802.11n. Use the fitted Bluetooth wireless technology to connect to your PDA or cell phone, synchronize addresses, or download pictures from your cell phone. You may also use a wireless headset for iChat audio chats and VoIP calls also as quickly share files with a colleague. Video Conferencing with fitted iSight
Artfully placed in the display bezel is an iSight camera, which enables easy video conferencing also as lets you to snap pictures of yourself and create video podcasts. Using the iChat AV application, video conferencing is integrated into your iChat friend list, so starting a video conference is a breeze. IChat also allows you to hold audio chats with up to ten people and gives high quality audio compression and full duplex sound so conversation can flow naturally. For video podcasting, you may be able to record a short clip using the iSight camera, then use iWeb to create a video blog entry or post your GarageBand recorded podcast. Apple Innovations

The magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter breaks cleanly away, without damage to either the cord or the MacBook Pro, if you trip over the cord.. The MacBook Pro is the culmination of years of refining hardware and software design to an integrated art. One of Apple’s most celebrated innovations is the MagSafe power adapter connector with offers a magnetic connection instead of a physical one. If you happen to trip over a power cord, you won’t send MacBook Pro flying off a table or desk the cord simply disconnects, without damage to either the cord or the system. As an added nicety, that means less wear on the connectors.

Using two fingered scrolling, you may be able to easily scroll around your papers or open contextual menus with one hand. The trackpad can tell if you’ve got one finger on the pedal, or two. With two, you may be able to easily scroll around your papers or open contextual menus. When you need right click functionality, simply open Ò,Keyboard and MouseÓ, in System Preferences and enable the secondary click preference. The MacBook Pro has battery life that competitors most notebooks in its class. If you’d like to make that battery last longer, Mac OS X has some tricks up its sleeve. Go to System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and change battery optimization from Normal to Better Battery Life. Or tell MacBook Pro to decrease its screen light and give yourself a bit more time untethered. And with the included Apple Remote and Front Row software, you may be able to show off your new photos and access your iTunes music and playlists from across the room. You may also use it to watch downloaded movies and TV episodes also as control playback of DVD movies. The Apple Remote features a minimalist six buttons just press the Menu button to activate Front Row and begin to navigate through your media. You may be able to use the remote to control Keynote presentations in iWork ‘06. Other Features
Two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400, one FireWire , ExpressCard/34 slot DVI output port, VGA output using included DVI to VGA adapter 8x slot loading SuperDrive with the following write speeds: 8x DVD R, DVD+R, 4x DVD R DL double layer, DVD+R DL double layer, DVD RW, DVD+RW, 24x CD R, 10x CD RW Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensors for auto modification of keyboard illumination and screen light interior omnidirectional microphone and fitted speakers joint optical digital output/headphone out minijack joint optical digital input/audio line in minijack 60 watt hour lithium polymer battery with integrated charge display LEDs up to six hours of battery life Kensington cable lock slot Measures 14.1 x 9.6 x one inches WxDxH and weighs 5.4 pounds including battery Included Software
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Xcode Developer Tools, iLife ‘06 includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, a 30 day trial of iWork ‘06, Comic Life, FileMaker Pro Trial, OmniOutliner, Photo Booth, and Front Row. What’s in the Box
MacBook Pro 15 inch, 2.2 GHz, 85W MagSafe power adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord, lithium polymer battery, Apple Remote, DVI to VGA adapter, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation. It’s supported by 90 days of telephone support and a one year restricted warranty.

Presenting the world’s most advanced notebook computer. MacBook Pro is built on the new Intel mobile architecture, which features the power of two processing cores on a single chip, with a faster frontside bus, and up to 4GB RAM capacity for unbelievable performance with high end creative applications. The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with up to 256MB of dedicated memory delivers leading edge graphics processing. And AirPort Extreme with 802.11n gives up to five times the performance and up to two times the range of 802.11g, also as compatibility with 802.11a/b/g networks for final Wi Fi access. Still with all of its advances, the sleek aluminum MacBook Pro is just one inch thin. So it’s a delight to manage also as to use. Slot loading optical drive 8x SuperDrive DVD+ R DL/DVD+ RW/CD RW Expansion One FireWire 400, one FireWire , two USB 2.0 ports, and ExpressCard/34 slot Video fitted iSight camera, DVI, VGA DVI to VGA adapter included Audio joint optical digital input/audio line in, joint optical digital output/headphone out, stereo speakers, microphone Ethernet fitted 10/100/1000BASE T Gigabit Wireless fitted AirPort Extreme 802.11n, fitted Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Inputs Apple Remote, full size, illuminated keyboard with ambient light sensor, scrolling trackpad Footprint 14.1 by 9.6 inches / Thickness 1.0 inch / Weight 5.4 pounds Video accessories DVI to VGA adapter included Software Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Xcode Developer Tools , iLife ‘06 includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, and more Hardware accessories 85W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, power cord, 60 watt hour lithium polymer battery up to six hours of battery life per full charge Comes with

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