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Apple Gives Desktop Apps an Internet Life [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... It wasn’t quite the same lively Macworld keynote without Steve Jobs, but it looks like self-deprecating Phil Schiller, Apple’s VP of worldwide product marketing, did an admirable job of introducing a whole slew of products, including the new Macbook Pro (17-inch version) and the ...
Replaceable battery be damned, give me 8 hours of life!
VentureBeat —
... One of the things announced at today’s Macworld event that is sure to cause a lot of discussion is the new 17-inch MacBook’s 8-hour battery. That discussion will undoubtedly be both positive and negative as there will be two camps: Those who will hate that the battery is no longer replaceable, and those who will drool over the new battery’s supposed 8-hour lifespan. Count me in the latter category. ...
Apple Officially Unveils 17-inch Macbook Pro With Unibody
GadgetReview —
... unibody structure. Specs are similar to its smaller brother, the 15-inch, but this one apparently comes with a $50 matte screen option, and as rumored a non-removable battery, which lasts for up to 8 hours and gets up to 1000 charges. Apple is claiming that it’s the lightest and thinnest 17-inch laptop and at just 6.6lbs I’d have to agree.
The 17-inch Macbook Pro will ship in 3-4 weeks and starts at $2,800.
Official product page here
Apple Unveils 17″ Unibody Macbook Pro
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... Apple’s Press Release: Apple® today unveiled the new 17-inch MacBook® Pro featuring a durable and beautiful precision aluminum unibody enclosure, and a revolutionary new built-in battery that delivers up to eight hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges for more than three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro has a high resolution LED-backlit display and the same large glass Multi-Touch™ trackpad introduced with the new MacBook family in October. In addition, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes state of the art NVIDIA graphics ...
Apple rolls out 17-inch MacBook Pro, new software, iTunes Store tweaks
DVICE Atom Feed —
... The 17-inch Macbook Pro is touted as the world's thinnest 17-inch laptop, has a 1920 x 1200 screen, and Apple claims its batteries will last 60% longer than the current 17-inch MacBook Pro, running for 7-8 hours on a charge. Look for this 6.6-pound MacBook to ship in late January. Read more about it here. ...
The All-new 17-inch MacBook Pro
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide —
... is touted as the world’s thinnest and lightest 17-inch laptop. The new MacBook Pro features a 1900 x 1200 LED backlit display, with a 700:1 contrast ratio, a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 6MB L2 cache, 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 memory, Nvidia GeForce 9400M/ Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT / 512MB, 320GB hard drive and slot-loading SuperDrive. Apple also adds a MBA-style non-removable battery that offers 7 hours of battery life (rated at 1000 recharges). The basic configuration retails for $2799. [Apple via ...
Apple’s Last MacWorld A Pretty Ho-Hum Affair
Podcasting News —
... 17-inch MacBook Pro Update - The updated 17-inch MacBook Pro features an aluminum unibody enclosure and a non-removable battery delivering up to 8 hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges. It has a high resolution LED-backlit display and the same large glass Multi-Touch trackpad introduced with the new MacBook family. ...
Better step up work on that portable Reality Distortion Field generator
GMSV —
... with an aluminum unibody enclosure and a built-in battery that Apple says will deliver eight hours of use per charge and hold up through 1,000 recharges, three times more than the typical notebook battery. * A ...
Apple Confirms $179 Battery Swap Cost for 17" MacBook Pro [Macworld 2009]
Gizmodo —
... Apple: It will likely be years before you need to replace it (1000 cycles at 200 cycles/year = 5 years). You can have the battery replaced at any Apple Store or Apple-authorized reseller. The replacement battery is priced at $179, which includes installation of the new battery and environmentally-responsible disposal of the old battery. The non-removable MacBook Air battery costs $129 to replace, though the lifespan is not promised to be as great. [Apple]
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Comparing New to Old, Apple 17″ MacBook Pro is Sweet [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... Today the 17 inch MacBook Pro joined its younger siblings with a unibody construction. While many of the improvements were expected — based on the existing unibody models — and there are some worthwhile performance enhancements, Apple also had a couple of nice surprises in store. Let’s take a look… ...
The last Apple Macworld keynote – a new iLife, a new iWork, a new 17 inch MacBook Pro, and updates to iTunes
Krunker —
... As long rumored, Apple finally released an updated 17 inch MacBook Pro – bringing the aluminum unibody construction from the MacBook family to the 17 inch domain. The new 17 incher also features a new built-in rechargeable battery with a battery life of up to eight hours and lifespan of 1000 recharges – more than three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries. Other features of the new MacBook Pro include: ...
MacWorld 09:
Technology - Channel Feed —
... The third thing they talked about was the new 17″ MacBook Pro sporting the new unibody design. What makes this baby standout is the fact that it doesn’t have the removable battery. Instead it has a new built-in battery which is specially designed for the MacBook Pro. Apple says because of this, it has been able to design a battery that will last 8 hours on a single charge and can be charged for 1000 times. This battery has a typical life span of 5 years. More than double the industry standard. ...
MacWorld 09: No Biggie
dailywireless.org —
There were no big announcements at MacWorld in San Francisco yesterday, reports ComputerWorld. Philip Schiller, Apple’s top marketing executive, introduced software upgrades, a revamped top-end 17″ MacBook Pro and several important changes to the iTunes music store, but no new Mac minis or iMacs.
The new laptop, set to ship at the end of this month, will list for the same $2,799 the current model costs, but it will be configured with a 2.66-GHz processor, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive and the ...
TUAW Macworld Video: MacBook Pro 17" hands-on
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, Macbook ProYesterday, as soon as the Expo doors opened, I bum-rushed the Apple booth, trying to get access to the new 17" unibody MacBook Pros. The decision to have a non-user replaceable battery is sure to be unpopular with some users -- at least in theory. Aside from the whole international flight issue, what effect does an 8 hour built-in battery have on heat? Having spent a few minutes with the new 17", I can say it is the coolest 17" notebook I have ever felt. The 8 hour battery life is impressive. Obviously, we'll have to wait for the reviews to see ...
Apple Unveils 17-inch MacBook Pro!
Gadgenista —
If you guys noticed, when Apple unveiled the new aluminum MacBooks last year, the 17-in MacBook Pro was pretty much left all alone.
But I guess Apple didn’t forget about their 17-inchers since they just recently unveiled the new 17-in MacBook Pro!
The new 17-inch MBPs have the same aluminum body as the 15-in MBP. Actually, it’s pretty much the same as the 15-in MBPs… except that it was a larger 17-in screen, hahaha. Oh and they’re saying that the battery life of new the 17-inchers can last up to 8 hours!
Specs:
4GB Memory
320BG Hard drive ...
Who Needs an 8 Hour Battery Anyway?
The Mac Observer —
Who Needs an 8 Hour Battery Anyway? by on January 19th, 2009 at 3:04 PM Apple's new 17" MacBook Pro ships within the next couple of weeks. The biggest, most heavily advertised, new feature in these laptops is its battery: these MacBooks feature the "longest-lasting Mac notebook battery ever," lasting up to 8 hours. To which I say: Who cares? All right, I am sure there are a few people who care (and most of them will likely post critical comments here). But they make up a very very small minority. I contend that, for the rest of us, the MacBook Pro's extended battery life is of trivial concern and, given the trade-offs involved, ...
Apple begins to ship 17-inch MacBook Pros
Macworld —
by Peter Cohen , Macworld.com Reports indicate Apple is shipping its newly redesigned 17-inch MacBook Pro, the last of its laptops to get a “unibody” aluminum design. The new laptop was introduced at Macworld Expo in San Francisco in January. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro features a thinner and lighter design than before. Apple billed it as the world’s thinnest and lightest 17-inch laptop when it debuted the new machine last month; it weighs 6.6 pounds and measures less than one inch high with the lid closed. Its price remains the same as before, starting at $2,799. Apple delayed shipment of the new ...
Review: 17-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz
Macworld —
by James Galbraith , Macworld.com The new 17-inch MacBook Pro arrived a little late to the unibody makeover party —most of Apple’s laptop line switched to the thinner and lighter, precision-crafted aluminum design back in October 2008. But the new 17-inch laptop is not without under-the-hood innovation. The incremental updates that boost processor, system bus, and RAM speeds are all welcome, but the big news with the 17-inch MacBook Pro is its new battery design. Apple says the new laptop’s battery is 40 percent larger than the battery in its 17-inch predecessor ( [image] ), allowing the new 17-inch ...
Lithium Ion Battery Innovations May Quicken Mobile Lifestyles
eWeek - RSS Feeds —
Lithium ions aren't so slow after all, engineers at MIT have discovered. Their newly proposed design for lithium ion batteries could lead to devices that charge in a matter of seconds. The news comes as smartphone and PC makers are looking to increase the battery life of their devices using new innovations. Apple recently announced that its MacBook Pro can hold an eight-hour charge, and its battery can take 1,000 charges during its lifetime. Engineers at MIT have designed a new style of fast-charging lithium ion batteries a charge that once took six minutes could be reduced to only 10 to 20 seconds, they found. The new design is the work ...
Hey, Lauren! Is Apple’s 17-Inch MacBook Pro Expensive?
Technologizer —
There’s something about comparing the prices of Windows PCs and Macs that makes otherwise cool and collected people–Windows and Mac users alike–become profoundly emotional and partisan, until steam shoots out of their ears and their eyeballs turn bright red. You can see this passion crop up in some of the ...
Hey, Lauren! Is Apples 17-Inch MacBook Pro Expensive?
MacBytes.com —
Is the 17-inch MacBook Pro Expensive? There’s something about comparing the prices of Windows PCs and Macs that makes otherwise cool and collected people–Windows and Mac users alike–become profoundly emotional and partisan, until steam shoots out of thefir ears and their eyeballs turn bright red. You can see this passion crop up in some of the comments on Ed Oswald’s two recent posts ( here and here ) on Microsoft’s new “Lauren” ad comparing 17-inch Windows laptops to the MacBook Pro . I’ve also encountered it every time I’ve tried to do the math on the Windows vs. Mac question–which I started doing ...
Is Apple’s 7-Inch MacBook Pro Expensive? Round 2: The Competition Goes Consumer
Technologizer —
Last week, I tried to conduct an objective price comparison of 17-inch Apple’s MacBook Pro and similarly-equipped Windows laptops. After I did, my friend Steve Wildstrom of BusinessWeek pointed out one basic problem with such comparisons: They’re impossible. By which he meant that there’s no way to ...
Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch Review
SlashGear —
The 17-inch MacBook Pro was the last of the Apple notebook range to get a unibody update, but for those looking for superlative media editing and general processing grunt it more than delivers. Apple shipped over the new MacBook Pro just after it launched, and we’ve been spending the last few weeks getting to grips with the new notebook and putting it through its paces. After the cut, anti-glare screens, NVIDIA’s GeForce 9600M and portability from the thinnest, lightest 17-incher around.
For this particular MacBook Pro review unit we opted for the anti-glare LCD display. According to Apple ...
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