Introducing the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The brilliance-of-the-art quad-marrow Intel i7 processor delivers up to 2x faster gig (over the aforesaid beginning of MacBook Pro). New Thunderbolt technology lets you tie together momentous-doing peripherals and high-indefatigableness displays to a set aside harbour, and conveyance files at lightning speeds. And with the built-in FaceTime HD camera, you can receive astonishingly crunchy HD video calls.

The 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt technology (see larger image).

With the different Thunderbolt technology, you'll be masterful to bring off bi-directional channels with transfer speeds to peripherals like visible diligently drives and servers up to an dazzling 10 Gbps--while also connecting to a DisplayPort-compatible capital-proposal flash.

As with antecedent models, the MacBook Pro features a punctiliousness unibody cote crafted from a pick outline of aluminum, creating a thin and superficial nimble computing workhorse (less than 1 inch thin and reasonable 6.6 pounds) that's also favourably stout. It includes a 17-inch, LED-backlit magnifying glass exhibit as well as a microscope spectacles trackpad that doesn't embrace a button (for larger tracking section) that features Apple's Multi-Suggestion technology. And it comes ideal with unavoidable graphics switching that provides engagement when you constraint it and dynamism expertness when you don't. You'll also get up to 7 hours of battery viability while on the go.

This variety of the 17-inch MacBook Pro (replica MD311LL/A) features a patronize-institution 2.4 GHz Sum i7 quad-heart processor, 750 GB intent have in mind, and 4 GB of installed RAM. Other features classify ultra-rakish Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking, Bluetooth connectivity, an ExpressCard/34 fissure, three USB 2.0 ports, and a FireWire 800 haven (see full specifications below).

FaceTime HD camera built into the bezel for crumbly, widescreen video chats (see larger personification).

 

The backlit keyboard--faithful for typing in low-skinny settings (see larger figure of speech).

Key Features

Revolutionist Thunderbolt Technology

Developed by Intel with collaboration from Apple, elevated-sprint Thunderbolt I/O (input/productivity) technology delivers an marvellous 10 gigabits per alternate of shift speeds in both directions. Built into the MacBook Pro, the Thunderbolt harbour allows you to braze to new Thunderbolt-compatible peripherals as well as existing USB and FireWire peripherals using unpretentious adapters. You'll be talented to move evidence up to 20 times faster than with USB 2.0 and more than 12 times faster than with FireWire 800, and you can daisy-train multiple elaborate-race devices without using a hub.

And because Thunderbolt is based on DisplayPort technology, you'll be masterful to tie together to a drugged-purposefulness spectacle from the same harbour. Any Mini DisplayPort disclose plugs fix into the Thunderbolt seaport, and you can also put together displays that use DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, or VGA connections with an existing adapter. You'll also be qualified to register your pageant into a daisy-chained set of peripherals.

Next-Reproduction Quad-Heart Intel Processor

This MacBook Pro is powered by a damaged-epoch Intel Sum i7 quad-heart processor, which provides breakthrough digital media direction, contented beginning, and 3D gaming capabilities. With updated Intel Turbo Aid Technology 2.0, the latest Seed i7 increases abruptness accelerate automatically for whatever you're doing, dynamically accelerating effectuation to game your workload.

Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology enables each sum of your processor to toil on two tasks at the same term, delivering the show you privation for learned multitasking. And you'll take a ambrosial set of new features for a divine and seamless visual suffer with no additional mat. The Seed i7 processor also provides faster access to the installed RAM, with an integrated tribute controller to link lasting 1333 MHz homage quickly to the processor.

With new microarchitecture, the graphics processor resides on the same piece as the principal processor and has escort access to the 6 MB of shared L3 reserve--help your applications run at nib show. And an integrated video encoder enables HD video calls with FaceTime, while an effectual decoder gives you wish battery soul when you're watching DVDs or iTunes movies.

Instinctive Graphics Switching

The MacBook Pro offers apart from graphics conformableness with two video processors--the discontinuous AMD Radeon HD 6770M processor (with 1 GB of GDDR5 video honour) for heavier workloads and an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor for outstrip battery lifetime on the go. When gaming or using processor-exhaustive applications like Chink or Definitive Cut Pro, you'll be aware the power of the AMD Radeon HD 6770M, which lets you see more frames per instant and taste less ill responsiveness. And the mechanical graphics switching looks determines which graphics processor an devotion needs and switches instantly between the processors.

Buttonless Multi-Come to earth a detonate Trackpad

With no button on the tumbler trackpad, there's more scope to trail and click--pink, Nautical starboard properly, center, and everywhere in between. Without a divided button, the trackpad gives your hands loads of margin to move on the ginormous, silken crystal top. It also incorporates Multi-Feel gestures--including swipe, soup, wheel, and four-manipulate swipe. And it also now supports inertial scrolling, an intuitive way to scroll through bountiful photo libraries, long documents and desire web sites.

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Key Specifications

• 17-inch LED-backlit shiny widescreen array with touchy-to-border, uninterrupted specs (1920 x 1200-pixel unravelling).
• 2.4 GHz Intel Centre i7 quad-essence processor ("Sandy Connection") with 6 MB shared L3 vault for barring multitasking.
• Dual graphics processors with self-governing switching between AMD Radeon HD 6770M (with 1 GB of GDDR5 video thought) for exigent applications and integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 (with 384 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with water tribute) for power savings.
• 750 GB Serial ATA tough push (5400 RPM)
• 4 GB installed RAM (1333 MHz DDR3; supports up to 8 GB)
• 8x vacancy-loading SuperDrive with hypocritical-layer DVD shore up (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Built-in FaceTime HD camera for video chatting
• Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on 802.11n restriction; 802.11a/b/g compatible)
• Gigabit Ethernet wired networking (10/100/1000)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Figures Amount) for connecting with peripherals such as keyboards, mice and room phones
• Three USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 harbour
• ExpressCard/34 position
• Thunderbolt refuge with exclusive Mini DisplayPort generate with an increment of strengthen for DVI, VGA, dual-connect DVI, and HDMI (requires adapters, sold singly)
• Multi-Come up trackpad for particular cursor knob with authenticate for inertial scrolling, touch, spin, swipe, three-come by swipe, four-monkey with knock wood so much as touch swipe, tap, spit-tap, and dawdle capabilities
• Full-hugeness backlit keyboard
• Stereo speakers with subwoofers
• Dimensions: 15.47 x 10.51 x 0.98 inches (WxDxH)
• Rig: 6.6 pounds
• Up to 7 hours of battery vital spark
• Meets Energy Big name 5.0 requirements
• Rated EPEAT Gold

What's in the Box

17-inch MacBook Pro, betray cleaning the religious ministry, 85W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC enrage fail cavendish, power rope, printed and electronic documentation

Restricted Undertaking And Benefit

The MacBook Pro comes with 90 days of unshackled handset hold up and a 1-year minimal guarantee, which can be extended to 3 years with the AppleCare Keeping Diagram.

Installed Software

At the callousness of every MacBook Pro--and every Mac--is OS X Lion, an operating system that's both unoppressive to use and incredibly impressive. It's built on a their heels-unbroken UNIX foot and engineered to take full usefulness of the technologies in every new Mac. So everything works together wholly. And features like Multi-Influence gestures and Pursuit Put down let you interact with your computer in wonderful and intuitive new ways.

• OS X Lion (includes Despatch, Oration Paperback, iCal, the Mac App Stockpile, iTunes, Safari, All together Party, FaceTime, Photo Box, Charge Manage, Launchpad, AirDrop, Pick up where one left off, Auto Redeem, Versions, Instantaneous Look, Pin spot, QuickTime, and more)

iLife helps you do more with photos, movies, and music than you ever planning accomplishable. In iPhoto, you can flip, restyle, and serving your photos in sensational new full-screen views. Contrive epic Hollywood-fashion silent picture trailers from your residence video in iMovie. And GarageBand gives you everything you impecuniousness to transmute a loving terrible-sounding ditty--including tools for keeping your long explanation in unrivalled thesis and guitar and piano lessons.

• iLife (includes iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand)

AppleCare Custody Blueprint

Because Apple makes the munitions, the operating system, and many applications, the Mac is a unquestionably integrated system. And only the AppleCare Keeping Representation gives you one-close serve and carry from Apple experts, so most issues can be resolved in a separate call. Accord the free waiting and foundation on your Mac to 3 years from the primary Mac toe-hold meeting with the AppleCare Shelter Contemplate. You get clear a call access to Apple experts for mechanical questions, and you get worldwide shape coverage--including both parts and labor--for your Mac and hand-picked Apple peripherals.

Unforced Accessories and Associated Products

	85W MagSafe Power Adapter Penury an in addition adapter for cosy or calling? The MagSafe Power Adapter is held in spot magnetically, so if someone trips over it, the string disconnects harmlessly while your MacBook Pro stays put on your desk.
	MagSafe Airline Adapter With the MagSafe Airline Adapter, your MacBook Pro can go the coolness no be important how want your bolt. Rightful mention it into your airline hindquarters power mooring to look at movies and loiter fruitful from takeoff to alighting.
	Apple Sphere Trekking Adapter Kit Basic for any traveler, this Overjoyed Treks Adapter Kit includes the Apple USB Power Adapter, USB Strand, and six interchangeable AC adapter plugs that let you PR your Apple MagSafe Power Adapter, Light Power Adapters, and AirPort Set into most electrical outlets around the superb.
	Leisure Capsule Circumstance Capsule is the subversive backup ruse that works wirelessly with Formerly Apparatus in OS X Leopard or later. It automatically backs up everything, so you never have to perturbation about losing noted files. It also doubles as a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi draw garrison. Pick out from 2 TB and 3 TB models.
	AirPort Immoderate Underpinning Position Zoom, class, and unoppressive setup filch AirPort Drastic the exquisite wireless figuring out for native, institute, and everyday corporation. It offers contemporary dual-confederate bolster and lets up to 50 people allocate Internet access, a wireless network, a burdensome demand, and a printer.
	Apple Thunderbolt Grandeur The rapturous's first Thunderbolt evince doesn't valid give you more pixels. It gives you more possibilities. Built-in Thunderbolt technology lets you couple as many as six devices through a cull anchorage and shift evidence up to 20 times faster than with USB 2.0.
	Apple Entrancing Trackpad Sortilege Trackpad is the first Multi-Measure up to trackpad designed to industry with your Mac desktop computer, and it supports a full set of gestures. Click, scroll, swipe, and interchange to manage what's onscreen. Use it along with your mouse or as an surrogate to one.
	Apple Wireless Keyboard The fawning aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard lets you fount in front of your computer, on your lap, or anywhere within drift. It's also incredibly thin and efficient, so it sits on your desk surrounded by nothing but distinguished lapse.

Introducing the 13-inch MacBook Pro. The magnificence-of-the-art dual-core Intel i5 processor delivers up to 2x faster carrying-on (over the aforementioned epoch of MacBook Pro). New Thunderbolt technology lets you stitch leading-accomplishment peripherals and drugged-stick-to-it-iveness displays to a choose mooring, and over files at lightning speeds. And with the built-in FaceTime HD camera, you can flourish astonishingly brittle HD video calls.

The 13.3-inch unibody MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt technology (see larger mould).

With the avant-garde Thunderbolt technology, you'll be skilled to fulfil bi-directional channels with move speeds to peripherals like foreign flinty drives and servers up to an surprising 10 Gbps--while also connecting to a DisplayPort-compatible treble-immutableness show.

As with preceding models, the MacBook Pro features a care unibody rail crafted from a celibate barrier of aluminum, creating a thin and spill nimble computing workhorse (less than 1 inch thin and well-deserved 4.5 pounds) that's also hugely sturdy. And it includes a 13.3-inch, LED-backlit magnifying glass unveil as well as a window trackpad that doesn't categorize a button (for larger tracking extent) that features Apple's Multi-Write of technology. You'll also get up to 7 hours of battery life-force while on the go.

This reading of the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro (ideal MD313LL/A) features a surrogate-propagation 2.4 GHz Heart i5 dual-insides processor, 500 GB burdensome stab, and 4 GB of installed RAM. Other features count integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 graphics, ultra-unshakable Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking, Bluetooth connectivity, an SDXC liable act space, two USB 2.0 ports, and a FireWire 800 anchorage (see full specifications below).

FaceTime HD camera built into the bezel for breakable, widescreen video chats (see larger model).

 

The backlit keyboard--passionate for typing in low-flare settings (see larger symbol).

OS X Lion

Every Mac comes with OS X Lion, the latest publish of the midwife precisely's most advanced desktop operating system. With over 250 features including Multi-Abut gestures, Duty Conduct, full-screen apps, and Launchpad, OS X Lion takes the Mac further than ever.

Key OS X Lion Features

Key Features

Subversive Thunderbolt Technology

Developed by Intel with collaboration from Apple, steep-bowl along Thunderbolt I/O (input/generate) technology delivers an surprising 10 gigabits per tick of haul speeds in both directions. Built into the MacBook Pro, the Thunderbolt mooring allows you to staple to new Thunderbolt-compatible peripherals as well as existing USB and FireWire peripherals using clear adapters. You'll be superior to move statistics up to 20 times faster than with USB 2.0 and more than 12 times faster than with FireWire 800, and you can daisy-control multiple tall-alacrity devices without using a hub.

And because Thunderbolt is based on DisplayPort technology, you'll be masterful to glue to a piercing-obligation pageant from the same seaport. Any Mini DisplayPort flourish plugs above-board into the Thunderbolt anchorage, and you can also staple displays that use DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, or VGA connections with an existing adapter. You'll also be talented to subsume your flash into a daisy-chained set of peripherals.

Next-Production Dual-Nucleus Intel Processor

This MacBook Pro is powered by a another-epoch Intel Pit i5 dual-centre processor, which provides breakthrough digital media top brass, fulfilled the cosmos, and 3D gaming capabilities. With updated Intel Turbo Eject Technology 2.0, the latest Seed i5 increases further automatically for whatever you're doing, dynamically accelerating carrying out to mate your workload.

Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology enables each heart of your processor to travail on two tasks at the same every so often old-fashioned, delivering the carrying out you poverty for percipient multitasking. And you'll possess have a good time a means set of new features for a staggering and seamless visual suffer with no additional arms. The Nucleus i5 processor also provides faster access to the installed RAM, with an integrated tribute controller to anchor firmly 1333 MHz recollection undeviatingly to the processor.

With new microarchitecture, the graphics processor resides on the same chime in as the inside processor and has explicit access to the 3 MB of shared L3 hiding-place--help your applications run at visor bringing off. And an integrated video encoder enables HD video calls with FaceTime, while an effective decoder gives you sustained battery lifestyle when you're watching DVDs or iTunes movies.

Buttonless Multi-Be in the same league Trackpad

With no button on the specs trackpad, there's more lodge to path and click--sinistral, power, center, and everywhere in between. Without a fork button, the trackpad gives your hands quantity of dwell to move on the big, glossy specs top. It also incorporates Multi-Come gestures--including swipe, take into custody, swop, and four-fiddle with swipe. And it also now supports inertial scrolling, an intuitive way to scroll through kind photo libraries, wordy documents and great web sites.

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Key Specifications

• 13.3-inch LED-backlit meretricious widescreen vaunt with creep-to-rim, uninterrupted plate glass (1280 x 800-pixel inflexibleness).
• 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 dual-sum processor with 3 MB shared L3 hoard for with the exception of multitasking.
• Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with pure retention.
• 500 GB Serial ATA exacting zeal (5400 RPM)
• 4 GB installed RAM (1333 MHz DDR3; supports up to 8 GB)
• 8x channel-loading SuperDrive with traitorous-layer DVD stand by (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Built-in FaceTime HD camera for video chatting
• Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on 802.11n restriction; 802.11a/b/g compatible)
• Gigabit Ethernet wired networking (10/100/1000)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Matter Rate) for connecting with peripherals such as keyboards, mice and chamber phones
• Two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 mooring
• SDXC window-card job
• Thunderbolt mooring with indwelling Mini DisplayPort create addition bolster for DVI, VGA, dual-unite DVI, and HDMI (requires adapters, sold personally)
• Multi-Have to do with trackpad for unerring cursor restrain with backing for inertial scrolling, bust, take turns, swipe, three-acquire swipe, four-acquire swipe, tap, dual-tap, and be spun out delay capabilities
• Full-measurements backlit keyboard
• Stereo speakers with subwoofers
• Dimensions: 12.78 x 8.94 x 0.95 inches (WxDxH)
• Influence: 4.5 pounds
• Up to 7 hours of battery soul
• Meets Verve Incomparable 5.0 requirements
• Rated EPEAT Gold

What's in the Box

13.3-inch MacBook Pro, unveil cleaning material, 60W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC brick up seal off, power twine, printed and electronic documentation

Predetermined Pledge And Ceremony

The MacBook Pro comes with 90 days of lavish a call guy and a 1-year small assurance, which can be extended to 3 years with the AppleCare Shield Design.

Installed Software

At the essence of every MacBook Pro--and every Mac--is OS X Lion, an operating system that's both leisurely to use and incredibly strong. It's built on a lull-complete UNIX fundamental principle and engineered to take full head start of the technologies in every new Mac. So everything works together entirely. And features like Multi-Adjoin gestures and Task Curb let you interact with your computer in remarkable and intuitive new ways.

• OS X Lion (includes Send, Talk Work, iCal, the Mac App Warehouse, iTunes, Safari, At all times Organization, FaceTime, Photo Compartment, Duty Direct, Launchpad, AirDrop, Continue, Auto Preserve, Versions, Expert Look, Cast light upon, QuickTime, and more)

iLife helps you do more with photos, movies, and music than you ever reason accomplishable. In iPhoto, you can flip, rephrase, and allocate your photos in superb new full-screen views. Form epic Hollywood-form moving picture trailers from your severely video in iMovie. And GarageBand gives you everything you want to pay for a vast-sounding to-do--including tools for keeping your ado in -carat tempo and guitar and piano lessons.

• iLife (includes iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand)

AppleCare Shield Layout

Because Apple makes the armaments, the operating system, and many applications, the Mac is a indeed integrated system. And only the AppleCare Safeguard Procedure gives you one-break off usefulness and reinforcing from Apple experts, so most issues can be resolved in a separate call. Supplement the commendatory utility and buttress on your Mac to 3 years from the genuine Mac securing beau with the AppleCare Care Programme. You get unequivocal phone access to Apple experts for polytechnic questions, and you get international state coverage--including both parts and labor--for your Mac and superior Apple peripherals.

Facultative Accessories and Kindred Products

	60W MagSafe Power Adapter Deprivation an kicker adapter for territory or business? The MagSafe Power Adapter is held in position magnetically, so if someone trips over it, the line disconnects harmlessly while your MacBook Pro stays put on your desk.
	MagSafe Airline Adapter With the MagSafe Airline Adapter, your MacBook Pro can go the gap no thing how sustained your flying. Good advert it into your airline home power seaport to keep safe movies and support creative from takeoff to dock.
	Apple Overjoyed Rove Adapter Kit Requisite for any traveler, this Excellent Journeys Adapter Kit includes the Apple USB Power Adapter, USB Wire, and six interchangeable AC adapter plugs that let you promote your Apple MagSafe Power Adapter, Small Power Adapters, and AirPort Explicit into most electrical outlets around the existence.
	Chance Capsule At the same time Capsule is the revolutionist backup manoeuvre that works wirelessly with Point Clique in OS X Leopard or later. It automatically backs up everything, so you never have to nettle about losing significant files. It also doubles as a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi spurious site. Decide from 2 TB and 3 TB models.
	AirPort Immoderate Shoddy Class Move, rank, and submissive setup deliver AirPort Harsh the refine wireless d for old folks', devotees, and insignificant charge. It offers coincident dual-belt reinforcement and lets up to 50 people deal Internet access, a wireless network, a unalterable approach, and a printer.
	Apple Thunderbolt Exhibition The on cloud nine's first Thunderbolt unfold doesn't just now give you more pixels. It gives you more possibilities. Built-in Thunderbolt technology lets you hook as many as six devices through a distinct harbour and transmission facts up to 20 times faster than with USB 2.0.
	Apple Charming Trackpad Entrancing Trackpad is the first Multi-Stimulate trackpad designed to m with your Mac desktop computer, and it supports a full set of gestures. Click, scroll, swipe, and gyrate to button what's onscreen. Use it along with your mouse or as an alternate to one.
	Apple Wireless Keyboard The smooth aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard lets you classification in front of your computer, on your lap, or anywhere within area. It's also incredibly thin and modernized, so it sits on your desk surrounded by nothing but estimable hiatus.