
MacBook-Pro
Apple today announced refreshed MacBook Pro laptop. This laptop will come with faster processors, more powerful graphics processor, an HD camera and a new port for the Apple technology called Thunderbolt.
New Pro Line looks very similar to their predecessors. There’s still with screen sizes 13 inches, 15 inches and 17-inch models, which are sold with a starting price of USD1.199, USD1.799 and USD2.499. In terms of design, Apple is still using glass aluminum unibody.
For the processor Apple already uses Intel’s new Core and Core i7 I5, which chip is a dual and quad-core processors that promise to twice the performance of the chip than the previous model.
One of the new features of the Intel chip is an integrated graphics processor. But the MacBook 15-inch size and 17-inch MacBook Pro, Apple added graphics doubled by adding AMD Radeon discrete graphics chip. Models with both chips seamlessly and automatically switches between the two processors.
Quoted from the New York Times, there are also new FaceTime camera, which can stream video in 720p resolution and displays them in a new widescreen format.
Of all the features of it, that’s interesting is the port Thunderbolt. Apple worked with Intel on the Light Peak project to create high-speed data with a new look and port connections will be adjusted with the existing standard.
Performance specifications of the Thunderbolt support 10 Gbps, AOS two times as fast as USB 3.0, 12 times as fast as FireWire 800 and 20 times faster than USB 2.0. Thunderbolt connection to transfer the High Defintion movies in 30 seconds.