Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn't make it to last week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, so the task of unveiling the company's latest, greatest MacBook Pro mobile workstation fell to Philip Schiller, senior marketing VP. While not as exciting as 2007's iPhone or even last year's MacBook Air, this unibody notebook will be the top product in Apple's mobile lineup when it ships later this month and is a fitting opener to our wish list of Macworld products.
Starting at the same $2,799 price tag as Apple's older 17-inch edition, the new top-of-the-line MacBook Pro features a 17-inch screen with 1920x1200 true HD resolution. Configuration options include a 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Nvidia GeForce 9400M or 9600M GT graphics, 4 GB to 6 GB of DDR3 SDRAM, and either a 320-GB hard disk drive or your choice of a 128-GB or 256-GB solid state drive. Apple promises a whopping eight hours of battery life but at a price -- the 1,000-charge cycle power unit is non-removable.
