Macworld Conference: The Goods

MacoBook panel at the MacWorld conference The fastest notebook ever… The Powerbook is dead, viva la MacBook Pro…

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MacoBook panel at the MacWorld conference

The fastest notebook ever…

The Powerbook is dead, viva la MacBook Pro. The Macbook Pro comes with 2 Intel processors, at 4-5x faster than the Powerbook. Apple touts it as the fastest notebook ever, an inch thin, with an LCD as bright as the Apple Cinema Display. It also comes with built in iSight, and IR sensor with remote, and a magnetically held power adapter. Pricing is $1999 for the 1.67 Core Duo; 667 DDR bus, x1600; and $2499 for 1.83GHz. Apple expects the MacBook Pro to ship in February, orders are being taken today.

Also from MacWorld is the new 17″ and 20″ iMac, 2-3x faster than the original, also with the Intel Core Duo, without a new price. All included applications (iLife 06 and iWork 06) are native on Intel. As suspected, iLife includes iWeb, an application for sharing photos, movies, music, and blogs. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, said all products are expected to transition through the end of the year.

Lastly, Quark 7.0 runs natively on Intel. Check back later today for updates from Vadim Litvak, live at MacWorld.

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  1. wow, that’s pretty pricey. I don’t think it’s wortht he upgrade, just to switch over to intel processors, but I’ll stop by the local mac store in February and see for myself

    Zeerus UNITED STATES
    10 January 2006

  2. Well, they know people will pay it ;)

    Beth Dean UNITED STATES
    10 January 2006

  3. I’m very disappointed that the screen size is stuck at 15″ for both models. If the screen had been 17″, I would have probably sprung for the high-end model.

    BTW, are these “Core Duo” processors equivalent to a dual-processor setup in the older models? As in, when I compare PowerBook speed to MacBook Pro speed, should I double the latter to accurately compare?

    Jeremy Schultz
    DESIGNORATI
    11 January 2006

  4. Jeremy, I’m not sure, but I know I read that the MacBook Pro is between 4 and 5x faster than the PowerBook.

    Beth Dean UNITED STATES
    11 January 2006

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