Today, on the first day of Apple's annual Worldwide Developers conference, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Apple vice president of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller unveiled the newest generations of the MacBook and MacBook Pro laptop computers. The new 15" models havew Intel Core 2 Duo processors that go from 2.53 GHz to 3.06 GHz, while the 17" gets a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor standard, with a 500 GB hard drive. and if that's not enough, there is now a 13" MacBook Pro- yes, the 13" now gets a "pro" label attached to the name "MacBook". That gets a FireWire 800 port, back lit keyboard, and starts at $1199- a price drop!
And that's the key words that I've been waiting to see and hear: PRICE DROP!
The new MacBook Pro 15" models start at $1699- down from $1999. The top of the line 15" model loses $200, from $2499 to $2299. The 17" price drops from $2799 to $2499.
Somebody at Apple obviously has been reading this blog.
All the models take up to 8 GB RAM, have FireWire 800; and sports a Secure Digital slot. They begin shipping today.
I'll be back this afternoon or this evening to talk about Mac OS X, 10.6, Snow Leopard, and the iPhone 3.0, which will be out June 17. Stay calm, people.
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