Editors’ rating: 8.4

Apple MacBook Pro (2.66GHz, 17-inch)

By Dan Ackerman on 03/03/2009 Tagged with: apple, macbook, pro, 2009

The bottom line: A little late to the party, Apple's redesigned 17-inch MacBook Pro joins the 15-inch model with a redesigned aluminium body, new trackpad with expanded functionality, and a dual graphics set-up for either longer battery life or better performance.

RRP: TBA

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-ion
  • Claimed battery life
  • 8 hours

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
  • USB ports
  • 3
  • Firewire ports
  • 1
  • Firewire type
  • 800
  • DisplayPort
  • Yes

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1920 x 1200 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 17 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 320 GB

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 25 x 393 x 267 mm
  • Weight
  • 2.99 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Desktop replacement, Designer

Graphics

  • Amt of video RAM
  • 512 MB
  • Graphics hardware
  • GeForce 9600M GT + 9400M

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 4GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR3-1066

Other

  • Integrated webcam
  • Yes

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 2.66 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Mac OS X

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • Yes