More powerful versions of the MacBook Pro have been released today with up to 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and the MacBook Air’s trackpad, which allows for multi-touch gestures. The 2.5 and 2.6GHz models come with a new NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 RAM. The MacBook has also been upgraded, but no multitouch, probably to make a distinction between them and the MacBook Air. The good, the bad and the ugly, specs and price list below.
The good
• New Core 2 Duo versions across the board, which are supposed to be about 50% faster and more power efficient.
• New GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB.
• Multitouch pad on MacBook Pro.
• New LED option on top of the line 17″ screen.
The bad
• No multitouch or LED on MacBooks.
• Multitouch trackpad on MacBook Pro is smaller than Air.
• Apple Remote is now a $19 option
The Ugly
• Design lovers like me will have to wait for the next generation for a new chassis. Clearly, this is a minor bump as we wait for the real things.
Still no iPhone SDK yet, February is almost done. This sickens me
That sucks that they are now charging for the “Apple Remote” yeah it was a silly item, but $20 for something that should and was free…
I thought that the Multitouch Trackpad was going to be a software update. Not a hardware update.