Apple's 17 inch MacBook Pro available in India

Our Corporate Bureau
04 May 2006

Apple has introduced its new 17 inch MacBook Pro notebook computer featuring the Intel Core Duo processor and a new system architecture that, the company says, delivers up to five times the performance of its previous 17 inch PowerBook G4, which is the current industry standard benchmark.

Powerwed by a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor that delivers dual-core performance, the 17-inch MacBook Pro is up to five times faster than the 17-inch PowerBook G4, and offers a new system architecture including a 667 MHz front-side bus that is four times as fast as the PowerBook G4 and 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB that is twice as fast as the PowerBook G4.

Priced around Rs 160,000, the new 17 inch MacBook Pro is one inch thin, weighs 3.1kg, includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing, and Apple Remote that allows the users to access music, photos and videos from across the room through Apple's Front Row.

The Front Row allows users to access shared iTunes playlists, iPhoto libraries and video via Bonjour Apple's zero configuration wireless networking built into Mac OSX.

"The 17 inch MacBook Pro delivers the speed and screen area of a professional desktop system in the world's best notebook design," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With Intel's state of the art dual-core processor, the new 17 inch MacBook Pro delivers unrivaled performance in an innovative, sleek, one inch thin design."

Every new 17 inch MacBook Pro includes the same Apple innovations as the 15 inch MacBook Pro including a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go using Apple's award-winning iChat AV, or recording a video Podcast or iMovie using iLife '06. The MacBook Pro also includes Photo Booth, Apple's fun-to-use application that lets users take quick snapshots with the built-in iSight video camera, add entertaining visual effects and share their pictures with the touch of a button.