Apple Worldwide Product Marketing VP Phil Schiller announced
the 17inch MacBook Pro, a bigger and badder version of the 15.4inch model
that came out in October. The 17inch MacBook Pro has a 1920x1200 display with a
700:1 contrast ratio, and Apple offers a matte finish option for an extra $50.
Aside from that, the $2,799 starting price gets you a 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB of
RAM, a 320GB hard drive, GeForce 9400M integrated graphics, GeForce 9600M GT
discrete graphics, and a battery Apple rates for up to eight hours of run time.
As you'd expect, the machine has the same aluminum design as the other new
MacBooks, too.
Schiller has also announced new versions of Apple's
iWork and
iLife software suites. iWork '09 users
will also be able to share documents online using the new
iWork.com beta. For
complete coverage of the Macworld 2009 keynote, check out the liveblogs at both
Engadget and
Ars Technica.
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