Thursday, February 24th 2011
Apple Intros 2011 Macbook Pro, First Taker for Intel Thunderbolt
Apple today introduced its 2011 Macbook Pro, the company's premium line portable computers. Available in 13.3-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch sizes, the Macbook Pro binds the latest notebook hardware with the Apple Mac platform. The 2011 version makes use of Intel's second-generation Core "Sandy Bridge" processors, AMD Radeon HD 6000 series graphics, a minimum of 4 GB of DDR3 memory, and Intel's newly introduced Thunderbolt 10 Gb/s "Light Peak" interface. The new Macbook Pro also features a new Facetime HD camera that allows Facetime conversations with three times the video resolution, and a revamped glass-based multi-touch surface trackpad that gives pointing with the precision of an iPhone 4. Mac OSX "Snow Leopard" is the OS of choice.
The lineup, with available hardware configurations is split according to screen size. The 13.3-inch are the entry-level, starting at US $1,199. The base model features dual-core 2.3 GHz Core i5 with 320 GB HDD, topped by a dual-core 2.7 GHz Core i7 driven model with 500 GB HDD at $1,499. The 15-inch pair includes a quad-core 2.0 GHz Core i7 powered model with AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphics and 500 GB HDD priced at $1,799, followed by a quad-core 2.2 GHz Core i7 model with Radeon HD 6750M graphics, and 750 GB HDD at $2,199. The series is topped by a 17-inch model with quad-core 2.2 GHz Core i7 processor, Radeon HD 6750M graphics, and 750 GB HDD, priced at $2,499. They are available right away from the Apple Store.
The lineup, with available hardware configurations is split according to screen size. The 13.3-inch are the entry-level, starting at US $1,199. The base model features dual-core 2.3 GHz Core i5 with 320 GB HDD, topped by a dual-core 2.7 GHz Core i7 driven model with 500 GB HDD at $1,499. The 15-inch pair includes a quad-core 2.0 GHz Core i7 powered model with AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphics and 500 GB HDD priced at $1,799, followed by a quad-core 2.2 GHz Core i7 model with Radeon HD 6750M graphics, and 750 GB HDD at $2,199. The series is topped by a 17-inch model with quad-core 2.2 GHz Core i7 processor, Radeon HD 6750M graphics, and 750 GB HDD, priced at $2,499. They are available right away from the Apple Store.
49 Comments on Apple Intros 2011 Macbook Pro, First Taker for Intel Thunderbolt
The world does not revolve around you, get over it.
I simply want one of these so I can sit in a starbucks and pretend to be doing something.
Right now it's high school kids with their Motorola Xooms pretending to be Einstein.
Though I would be curious to hear what MailMan's "legit beef" is. Apple definitely does some dumb and annoying things form time to time.
Take all that from someone who has supported their products professionally since the mid-90s.
Edit: Dayum!
continued: New MacBook Pro Camera Issue
As far as software goes. I just got one of these new mackbooks... OSX with a virtual win7 with VMware Unity, you can run any piece of software for any platform. Windows, Intel or PPC mac, all legal, all superfast.
the 2.3Ghz sandybridge runs a 1M superpi in OsX through vmware at 14.0 secondsThe camera is nothing special IMO, I use skype instead of Facetime. its better than a normal laptop webcam, but nothing close to like a proper HD webcam.
By ipphreak at 2011-02-27
db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=508737
Just benched it for ya.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQb2m6VJ-eo
Not sure what he is trying to say though. :laugh:
I know what I seen price wise when I bought my laptop last year.
Dell Studio 1557
i7 720qm
4 gigs ram
4570 ati card
350gig WD black Scorpio hd
wifi
$999.00
At that time the Mac book equivalent with only a little bit better screen and Intel graphics was $2899.00
Thats close enough to 3 times as much to me :rolleyes:
Tho I do still find their laptops to be overpriced for my tastes. I just don't put that much value on aluminum and glass. Some people do.