The new MBP uses the same keyboard as before, complete with backlighting. The entire trackpad functions as the mouse button. It supports 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-finger gestures.

The glass trackpad is the same one found in the previous generation of MacBook Pro models. The 15″ MBP design puts all the ports (and a battery indicator) on the left side, leaving the right side for the SATA SuperDrive. (Apple does not have an antiglare option for the standard display.)Īpple has also improved overall field time – the 77.5 Watt-hour battery is rated at 8-9 hours of wireless productivity, a big improvement from 8 hours in the 2009 model. You can get that in an antiglare finish for an additional $50. Since all three configurations of the Spring 2010 15-incher have GeForce 330M graphics, the new 2.4 GHz model should be a better overall performer than last year’s 2.53 GHz model – and quite possibly in the same league as the 2.66 GHz one.įor those who need more pixels than the standard 1440 x 900 display provides, Apple has a $100 build-to-order option for a 1680 x 1050 screen. The entry-level 15″ MacBook Pro costs $100 more than the previous entry-level model, which was the only 15″ MacBook Pro with Nvidia 9400M graphics but not with 9600GT graphics. The Intel GPU uses 256 MB of system memory, while the Nvidia GPU has 256 MB of dedicated video memory (512 MB in i7 models). The other big change comes in the graphics department: These are the first Macs to use Intel HD Graphics – and the first to use Nvidia’s automatic switching GeForce GT 330M GPU. You can’t compare the new i5 and i7 models with previous ones by looking at clock speed, as they are not single clock speed chips.

For instance, a 2.4 GHz i5 may outperform a 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo. These CPUs brings something new to Apple’s portable line, hyperthreading, which lets the dual-core CPU appear to the operating system as four cores.Ī further advantage of Intel’s “i” family of CPUs is that they can overclock themselves by 25% or more depending on the number of cores and processes in use. However, because they use mobile Intel i5 and i7 CPUs instead of the older, less efficient Core 2 Duo chips, they are more powerful despite lower clock speeds. The 15″ and 17″ Mid 2010 MacBook Pro models have lower clock speeds than the models they replace.

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