Gallery: Apple beefs up MacBooks; gives peek at Lion - TechRepublic

Gallery: Apple beefs up MacBooks; gives peek at Lion

  • \n\tApple updated its MacBook Pro line with next-gen processors, graphics and I/O technology dubbed Thunderbolt. For good measure, Apple also released the developer preview of Mac OS X Lion. For more read Larry Dignan’s blog.

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    \n\tPhoto credits: Apple

  • \n\tThe new MacBook Pros have a FaceTime HD camera, a multi-touch trackpad, and a 7-hour battery.

  • \n\tThe height of the 15-inch MacBook Pro is 0.95 inches and the width is 14.35 inches. It weighs 5.6 pounds.

  • \n\tThe ports include a Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps), MagSafe power port, Gigabit Ethernet port, FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps), and Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps).

  • \n\tApple also gave a “Developer Preview” of its next Mac OS X version named Lion.

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