• Apple Brings 2.66GHz MacBook Pro, Larger SSDs

    Apple Brings 2.66GHz MacBook Pro, Larger SSDs

    Techtree News Staff, Mar 04, 2009 1058 hrs IST

    Apple offers SSD upgrade options at an additional charge

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After the recent 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro refreshment, Apple yesterday quietly slipped in a new 15-inch MacBook Pro in the unibody line-up.

Apple has added the new 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro equipped with a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 6MB L2 cache. This replaces the standard 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor in the 15-inch MacBook Pro model. Apple also offers an option of upgrading to a 2.93GHz CPU at an additional charge of $300 (Rs. 15,000 approx.).


This 2.66GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro supports  up to 4GB DDR3 1066GHz SDRAM. With regards to graphics, the new 2.66GHz MacBook Pro has Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and a Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT GPU with a total of 512MB GDDR3 of video memory.


The 256GB SSD upgrade options are the following:
2.0GHz unibody 13-inch MacBook - $900 (Rs. 45,000 approx.)
2.4GHz unibody 13-inch MacBook - $825 (Rs. 41,250 approx.)
2.4GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro - $825 (Rs. 41,250 approx.)
2.66GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro - $750 (Rs. 37,500 approx.)
17-inch MacBook Pro - $750 (Rs. 37,500 approx.)


Now, the unibody models - 15-inch MacBook Pro and 13-inch MacBook - can be configured with a 256GB SSD option, which was available previously only with the 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro.

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vikram
,Bangalore, on Mar 04, 2009 12:04 PM
2.4GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro - $825 (Rs. 41,250 approx.) 2.66GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro - $750 (Rs. 37,500 approx.) How can a 2.66 GHz model cost less than 2.4GHz model?
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patrickG
,Calcutta, on Mar 04, 2009 01:01 PM
I think what he means is that its cheaper to upgrade the high-end models. But as is usual for Techtree reviewers they always avoid giving you the pertinent details. So Techtree, what's the actual cost of the 2.66 Ghz without upgrade?
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