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Stylishly and intelligently intended for mobile professionals, Apple’s MacBook Pro now will include Apple’s Multi Touch technology which debuted with the MacBook Air, allowing you to pinch, swipe, or rotate to expand text, advance through photos, or change a picture. And it gets a serious speed bump from Intel’s new 2.5 GHz 45 nanometer Penryn series Core two Duo processor with six MB L2 cache, which also helps to decrease power prerequisites and save on battery life. This model MB134LL/A also has a mercury free, power efficient LED backlit display measuring 15.4 inches and a state of the art NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card with 512 MB of GDDR3 video RAM.

The 15 inch MacBook Pro offers a mercury free, power efficient LED backlit display with an antiglare finish that’s perfect for color minded professionals. Meticulously intended and encased in sleek and tough aluminum, the MacBook Pro measures just one inch thin and weighs 5.4 pounds. Your hands have room to spread out on the full size keyboard with crisp, responsive keys, and the MacBook Pro has a fitted ambient light sensor that changes the keyboard and display light so it’,s easy to work in low light settings. Other standard Apple “extras” will include a fitted iSight video camera and Apple’s magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter, which carefully disconnects when under strain. It’s pre loaded with Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, which enables easy backup of your most vital data via Time Machine, a redesigned desktop that assists eliminate clutter. It also comes with the iLife ‘08 suite of applications including iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, and iTunes and the newest variant of the fast loading Safari web browser. Other hardware features are a 250 GB hard drive, two GB of installed RAM which may be upgraded to four GB, an 8x combo Superdrive for burning dual layer DVDs also as CDs, fitted Gigabit Ethernet for high speed networking, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR Enhanced Data Rate, FireWire 400 and ports, DVI video output, and an ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot for expansion solutions like 3G wireless networking. Apple Innovations
The MacBook Pro is the culmination of years of refining hardware and software design to an integrated art, and Apple’s Multi Touch technology is just the new novelty to be added to it. The advanced trackpad now lets you to flip through photos, expand text, and change a picture using just your fingers. It also comes with a MagSafe power adapter connector, which 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.

The magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter breaks cleanly away, without damage to either the cord or the MacBook Pro. 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. Intel Core two Duo Processor
Experience improved energy efficiency, extended wireless connectivity, and amazing battery life with the 45nm Penryn series Intel Core two Duo T9300 processor, which has a 2.50 GHz processor speed, super fast MHz front side bus FSB, and a super sized six MB L2 cache. 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 new hafnium infused circuitry which decreases electrical current leakage in transistors conserves more energy, giving you more time away from the wall outlet. With a whopping six MB of shared L2 cache, data and information may be kept close to the two processor cores, largely rising performance and allowing the complete system to work more proficiently. And, because the processor cores share the L2 cache, either can use the complete total if the other happens to be idle.

Your hands have room to spread out on the full size keyboard with crisp, responsive keys. Hard Drive and Memory
The 250 GB Serial ATA SATA hard drive 5400 RPM 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 1024 MB have an industry leading 667 MHz speed, and the RAM capacity may be increased to 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. Display and Graphics
The 15.4 inch widescreen TFT display offers a native resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels and an antiglare widescreen display that’s perfect for color minded professionals. The 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 512 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. 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.

Connect to your network, a desktop monitor and all your peripherals with two USB 2.0, one FireWire 400, one FireWire , one DVI video output, and one Gigabit Ethernet. 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&plusmn,R, 4x DVD&plusmn,R DL double layer, 4x DVD&plusmn,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

Preloaded with Leopard, you’ll enjoy improved productivity and a clutter free desktop thanks to the redesigned 3 D Dock with Stacks. Preloaded with Leopard and iLife ‘08
The biggest Mac OS X upgrade ever, the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system features over 300 new features, including: Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac A redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between many Macs fast Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them A brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock big improvements to Mail and iChat Leopard’s new desktop will include the redesigned 3 D Dock with Stacks, a new way to manage files for fast and easy access with just one click. Leopard automatically places web, e mail and other downloads in a Downloads stack to preserve a clutter free desktop, and you may be able to instantly fan the contents of this and other Stacks into an elegant arc right from the Dock. The updated Finder will include Cover Flow and a new sidebar with a considerably simplified way to search for, browse and copy content from any PC or Mac on a local network. Time Machine allows you to easily back up all of the data on your Mac, find lost files and restore all of the software on their Mac. With just a one click setup, Time Machine automatically keeps an up to date copy of everything on the Mac. In the event a file is lost, you may be able to search back through time to find deleted files, applications, photos and other digital media , then instantly restore the file. The MacBook also comes with the iLife ‘08 suite of applications that make it simple to live the digital life. Use iPhoto to share complete high res photo albums with anybody who’s got an e mail address. Record your songs and podcasts with GarageBand. Break into indie filmmaking with iMovie and iDVD. Then take all the stuff you made on your MacBook and share it on the web in one click with iWeb. Included Software
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard includes Time Machine, fast Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools, iLife ‘08 includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork ‘08 30 day trial What’s in the Box
MacBook Pro, 85W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord, lithium polymer battery, DVI to VGA adapter, display cleaning cloth, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation

You’ll never run out of space for all your vital files with this advanced and seamlessly integrated MacBook Pro with 250GB of hard drive space. Multitasking is faster than before with 2GB of memory and the Intel Core Duo processor. Multi Touch technology has come: you’ll be able to use two finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, etc. Just like you do with your iPhone. You’ll have complete freedom from endless wires with the AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi Fi wireless. Bonjour allows you to easily share files with your network. Connect a printer to the AirPort and you’re prepared to print from anyplace in your home. Sync up your Bluetooth enabled phone with the fitted Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology. The high res 15.4″ antiglare LED backlit widescreen TFT screen gives you sharp looking text and graphics. The fitted iSight camera allows you to video chat or create your movie. 6MB of shared L2 cache makes this MacBook Pro a top performer.

15.4 Antiglare Widescreen 1440 x 900 TFT LED Display fitted iSight Camera & omnidirectional microphone NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory 8X Slot loading SuperDrive DVD+ R DL/DVD+ RW/CD RW fitted AirPort Extreme Wi Fi wireless networking 802.11a/b/g/n fitted Bluetooth 2.1+EDR fitted 10/100/1000BASE T Gigabit Ethernet ExpressCard 34 Slot two USB 2.0, headset out, Microphone in, DVI output port, FireWire 400, FireWire , RJ 45 LAN, MagSafe power port Dimensions Approx. 14.1 W x 1.0 H x 9.6 D Weight Approx. 5.4 lbs

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