Latest MacBooks

Apple is a large multinational corporation from the United States of America  which is producing different types of electronic devices. In time the company had expanded more and more and today it has around 301 retail stores in 10 countries, and more than 34,000 employees worldwide. Its annual worldwide sales as of September 26, 2009 were 42.91 billion dollars and here are some of the most famous products made by Apple: the Mac computers, the MacBook laptops, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple TV, the Mac OS X operating system, the iLife, iWork and others.

And since this is a site specialized in laptops, we’ll just focus on the laptops made by Apple, which are called MacBooks. There are three types, the classic MacBook, the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air. For today we’ll discuss more about one of the latest MacBooks on the market, the Apple ® - MacBook ® Pro / Intel ® Core ™ i7 Processor / 15.4 " Display / 4 GB Memory / 500 GB Hard Drive – Aluminum, Model: MC 373 LL/A. Most of its features may look similar to those found on older models, but the important feature that is brand new is the processor. and this model has the Intel ® Core ™ i7 processor which features a 4 MB shared L 3 cache and a 2.66 GHz processor speed. This processor was recently launched this year (2010), and it is the most powerful one on the market right now.



So you can definitely be sure that this is a good processor, one that will handle any type of computer activity. The RAM memory of this laptop is also a good one, and it has 4 GB of DDR 3 SDRAM, which can be expanded up to 8 GB. The optical drive is a slot loading multiformat DVD ± RW / CD - RW Super Drive with double layer support which can record up to 8.5 GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD + R DL and DVD - R DL media. It has a 15.4 " widescreen LED backlit display with a 1440 x 900 resolution for great images. Its hard drive is a big one, one that has a capacity of 500 GB, so you can store a lot of files such as : large vide games, High Definition movies, pictures, music, documents and so on.

You will have an integrated graphics engine for the simple activities and for saving battery life, but you will also have a powerful one for more demanding activities. This laptop has an Intel ® High Definition and also a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 M graphics which features 256 MB GDDR3 video memory with automatic graphics switching. It also has stereo speakers with subwoofer for a good sound, and it supports DVI, VGA, dual link DVI and HDMI connectors. For easy transfer of files it has a built in media card reader, a Fire Wire 800 port and also 2 high speed USB ports. For connectivity it has built in high speed AirPort Extreme wireless LAN card (802.11 b / g / n), built in 10 / 100 / 1000 Base - T Gigabit Ethernet LAN with RJ 45 connector and also built in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless interface. In case you like browsing the internet and video chatting with friends, this MacBook also has a built in webcam with microphone.



It measures just 1 inch thin, and has a weight of 5.6 lbs, so it is highly portable. It has a full size keyboard, as well as a track pad device with many features such as: scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, 3 and 4 finger swipe, tap, double tap and drag. It comes with an installed version of the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow leopard operating system as well as some installed programs from Apple: iTunes, Time Machine, Spotlight, Quick Look, Spaces, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Photo Book, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Front Row, Xcode and iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand). Enjoy it!