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After today’s anticipated downtime, the Apple Store came back online with refreshed 15.4” and 17” MacBook Pros, now powered by Intel’s Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs. The 13” Pro is still hanging on to the Core 2 Duo.
It’s an all-around refresh of the MacBook Pro roster. All MacBook Pros now start with 4GB of RAM and on bigger models you can choose between the i5 and the i7 processors, namely the Core i5 2.4GHz, Core i5 2.53GHz and Core i7 2.66GHz. The smaller models come with NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics, while the 15.4″ and the 17″ Pros bear NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics with 256 or 512 MB of video RAM.
What else is new? Perhaps the most interesting is the screen options for the 15.4″ Pro. You can now choose between three different screens: Glossy Widescreen Display (1440×900 pixels), Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen Display (1680×1050 pixels) and Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display (1680×1050 pixels). If you’re looking at a 15.4″ MacBook Pro as a good compromise between size and power, lack of screen options shouldn’t be a problem any longer.
Also interesting is the battery life: Apple now promises 10 hours on a single charge for the 13” models, and 8-9 hours for the 15.4” and 17” MacBook Pros.
As far as pricing goes, the 13″ model start at $1199, the cheapest 17″ version now starts at $2,299 — $200 cheaper than before — and the least expensive 15” model is now $1799.