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Apple Refreshes MacBooks With Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, AMD Radeon GPUs

By Zewde Yeraswork
February 24, 2011    3:03 PM ET

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The 13-inch MacBook Pro running on a Core i3 Intel processor at 2.0 GHz is available for a starting price of $1,199. The 13-inch model running on a Core i5 Intel processor at 2.7 GHz with a 500 GB drive starts at $1,499. The 15-inch MacBook Pro running at 2.0 GHz on a quad-core i7 Sandy Bridge chip and a 500-GB drive starts at $1,799. The 15-inch model running at 2.2 GHz on a quad-core i7 and a 750-GB drive starts at $2,199. Finally, the 17-inch version running at 2.2 GHz i7 with a 750-GB drive starts at $2,499.

The new 13-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch MacBook Pro models still include an aluminum unibody design, measure less than an inch thick and weigh 4.5 pounds, 5.6 pounds, and 6.6 pounds respectively. Apple has added a new FaceTime camera allowing users to stream 720p resolution video and display it in newly available widescreen format. The updated MacBooks also come with four gigabytes of RAM, slot-loading DVD burners, integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory, and seven hours of battery life.



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