Macbook Pro 13-inch Hands-on
Specs:
- Mac OS X v10.5.7 (9J3032)
- Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz (3MB L2 cache, 1066MHz frontside bus)
- 2GB 1067MHz DDR3 SDRAM
- 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard disk drive
- 13.3″ glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display (1280 x 800)
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics (256MB of DDR3 shared memory)
- 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- iSight webcam
- AirPort Extreme WiFi (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n)
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
- Mini DisplayPort, Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports (480Mbps), FireWire 800, Audio out and microphone in, SD-Card reader
- Dimensions : 0.95″ x 12.78″ x 8.94″ (H x W x D)
- Weight: 4.51 pounds
- Integrated 58-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
- 60W MagSafe power adapter with cable management system
Last year, the Macbook Unibody was announced, this year it has been removed to the Macbook Pro Line. It uses the same unibody enclosure, but when I held it, it felt much more solid than the previous version. An SD card slot has been added and Firewire 800 is back ( who uses Firewire??) The screen quality is much better, but the pictures don’t show it, dumb iPhone 3G camera! Thankfully the new iPhone will have a 3.0 megapixel camera.
Back to the laptop, it’s very fast, with a boot time of less than a minute. Keyboard feels softer than previous generation. Overall everything else except the processor, screen, and price remains the same.
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