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After weeks of rumors and speculation, Apple has updated its MacBook Pro line, upgrading processors and graphics and adding a high-speed Thunderbolt I/O port and a new FaceTime-enabled HD camera.
The biggest news is the inclusion of Thunderbolt (Light Peak) technology, which Intel developed. In practice, it’s a dual Thunderbolt/DisplayPort I/O port (marked by a lightning icon) that provides two bi-directional channels with data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps.The new FaceTime HD camera triples the resolution of the previous MacBook Pro cameras, enabling 720p video chats.
Finally, note the inclusion of Intel’s new Sandy Bridge CPU architecture, coupled with a switch to AMD Radeon graphics for the 15-inch and a 17-inch models, which have previously been powered by Nvidia’s graphics chips.
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