Both come as standard with glossy-finish displays running at 1440 x 900, but matte-finish will be an option.įinally, a single 17-inch MacBook Pro SKU has been revealed, running Intel's quad-core 2.2GHz Core i7 processor and the same double graphics options: Intel HD 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1GB with automatic switching. Both offer Intel HD Graphics 3000 and a discrete AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1GB GPU, with OS X intelligently switching between them depending on how demanding your current video workload is. There's 4GB of DDR3 memory as standard, with the entry-level machine packing a 500GB hard-drive and the second a 750GB drive. Two new 13.3-inch MacBook Pro units are on offer, each using Intel's Core i5 and i7 running at either 2.3GHz or 2.7GHz. The entry-level model offers 4GB of DDR3 memory as standard along with a 320GB hard-drive and Intel HD Graphics 3000. Alternatively, the second version has the same 4GB of memory and same graphics, but upgrades to a 500GB hard-drive.Īs for the 15.4-inch midrange MacBook Pro, that now has a choice of Intel's quad-core 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz or 2.3GHz Core i7 processors. The 13-inch, meanwhile, makes do with Intel's integrated graphics alone. Perhaps most interesting is the addition of Apple's new Thunderbolt connector, based on Intel's Light Peak technology and promising up to 10Gbps data transfer speeds. Apple has also cast out NVIDIA, replacing GeForce GPUs with AMD's Radeon graphics on the 15- and 17-inch machines. The entire 13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch spread has been updated, with Intel's Sandy Bridge 2011 Core processors across the board. The new Apple MacBook Pro range is official, and it's quite the star line-up.

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