penryn macbook pro

The Core 2 Duo Penryn MacBook Pro with gesture pad (multi-touch trackpad) is now out. These are 2.5Ghz and 2.6Ghz options with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 RAM. This new configuration is supposed to give you 50% more processing speed. Quite the upgrade. Apple had added an LED option only for 17-inch MBP.

The MacBooks have also been upgraded with the lowest end now having 2.1Ghz of processing speed and 120GB of HD space.

If you’re scheduled to get a new MacBook this is definitely good news, especially since the base prices have not changed (with one exception, which I will mention later), but for those people who’ve bought MacBooks recently, this news stings. My own MacBook looks a little runty now specs-wise, and I was never happy with it to begin with.

To equalize things a little bit, if you buy a MacBook or an MBP now, Apple Remote does not come with the basic package. You can only take it home for an additional $19. Looks like Apple has adjusted their business model yet again.

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