Apple’s hardware always has been the weak point of providing poor graphics. Although, they are fast and very pleasant to work with but 3D graphics always have been guzzled by the old Intel chip. However the new MacBook Pro proving NVIDIA chip sure will solve out the problem. Some people are already saying that the MacBook Pro is more gamming machine instead of the old MacBook. The Apple really have put lot of there effort to make the Pro unique. It’s also manufactured as environment friendly. The aluminum body is highly recyclable, the display is mercury free LED, Arsenic free glass, internal cables are PVC-free and its EPEAT gold rating. Now let’s go deeper to the MacBook Pro and check out the features.
Size and weight:
The MacBook Pro is very slim, light and sexy. Only 0.95 inches of height, width is 14.35 inches and 9.82 inches of depth. It’s only 5.5 pound heavy.
Processor and memory device:
The MacBook Pro comes with 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with the processor’s speed. Or you have the optional 2.53 GHz or the 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB shared L2 cache. It’s also contains the 1066 MHz frontside bus. MacBook Pro also provides you with 2GB which is two 1GB SO-DIMMs or 4GB that is two 2GB SO-DIMMs of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM. There are two SO-DIMM slots and each supports up to 4GB.
Graphics and video device:
This is where all the fun begins; it comes with dual graphics chipset. The first is the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor which supports 256 MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.4GHz configuration and 512MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.53GHz and 2.8GHz configuration. The second is the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM which is shared with the main memory. It’s also contains dual display and video mirroring which at the same time supports complete native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, each at millions of colors.
Display:
Includes 15.4 inches LED-backlight glossy widescreen display with supports of millions of colors.
Storage devices:
The main storage device is the 250GB or 320GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive. The optional are 250GB or 320GB 7200-rpm hard drive and 128GB solid-state hard drive.
Input system:
MacBook Pro has built-in full-size backlit keybord with 78 (U.S) or 79 (ISO) keys together with 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys. The cursor control is Multi-Touch trackpad which supports two-finger scrolling, rotate, pinch, three-finger and four-finger swipe, tap and double-tap and drag capabilities.
Audio system:
It has the Built-in stereo speaker and Built-in omnidirectional microphone. Also includes the combined optical digital input/analog line in/out. Moreover it supports Apple Sterio Headset with microphone.
Battery and power system:
The MacBook Pro comes with 50-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery and 85W MagSafe power adapter with cable management system.
