Saturday, January 12, 2008

Apple MacBook Pro 17" Notebook PC

Apple MacBook Pro 17" Notebook PC (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Glossy High-Resolution Display, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)Apple MacBook Pro 17" Notebook PC (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Glossy High-Resolution Display, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive) Technical Details
2.4 GHz Intel T7700 Core 2 Duo processor with 4 MB shared L2 cache
2 GB RAM (two SO-DIMM) 677 MHz DDR2 SD-RAM (PC2-5300), 160 GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive, slot load 8x Super Drive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
1 FireWire 400 port, 1 FireWire 800 port, 3 USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard/34 slot, DVI output with support for VGA
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit); built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11n); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Glossy 17-inch, 1920 by 1200 resolution, TFT widescreen display with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor
Product Details
Shipping Weight: 11.6 pounds
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
ASIN: B000RG4ECW
Item model number: Z0ED0005X
Product Description
Amazon.com Product DescriptionStylishly and intelligently designed for mobile professionals, Apple's MacBook Pro gets a serious speed bump with the new, powerful Intel chipset (dubbed Santa Rosa), which provides a faster Core 2 Duo processor, longer battery life, and native support for 802.11n wireless connectivity. This model features a glossy 17-inch screen that provides a richer, more saturated feel for a more immersive viewing experience. It also offers a state-of-the art NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card for more realistic graphics for animation and gaming. This MacBook Pro is powered by the new 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo T7700 processor and 2 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 memory--the fastest portable computer memory currently on the market (June 2007). But some things haven't changed: the trademark stunning aluminum enclosure that's is just one-inch thin, built-in iSight video camera, and Apple's magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter, which safely disconnects when under strain.
This MacBook Pro measures just 1 inch thin and weighs 6.8 pounds. Other hardware features include a 160 GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive for burning multiple disc formats, built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), a FireWire 800 and a FireWire 400 port, an ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot for expansion solutions such as 3G wireless networking, and a DVI video output.
Intel Core 2 Duo ProcessorThe Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor has a 2.2 GHz processor speed, super-fast 800 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and an enormous 4 MB of Smart Cache, an L2 cache that can be shared between the cores as needed. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)
The Intel Core 2 Duo's 128-bit SSE3 vector engine handles 128-bit computations in a single clock cycle, accelerating data manipulation by simultaneously applying a single instruction to multiple data. And its two execution cores are designed to share resources and conserve power, helping it to achieve higher levels of performance since it uses fewer watts