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Apple MacBook Pro – gets a huge power boost without an increase in Price
Apple’s latest line of MacBook Pros brings a refreshing update, starting with a $1,199. 13-inch version and goes all the way up to a $2,499 17-inch version.
The 15-inch version comes in two flavors and moves over to Intel’s Sandy Bridge Core i7 and Core i5 processors, and both configurations come with switchable graphics and a beefed up hard drive. The Apple MacBook Pro line was already well ahead of its competitors in terms of performance and style, and it takes another step ahead with this next generation.
Our review unit the 15-inch MacBook Pro includes a 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, Intel HD Graphics 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6490M switchable graphics, and a 750GB hard drive.
Getting higher the world’s major computer chip maker’s authorized woes, the Federal Trade Commission released a official query into Intel Corp.’s deals plans, a triumph for its much minor competitor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Intel exposed an inquiry on Friday that it had received a subpoena from the FTC for proceedings about Intel’s microprocessor sales, that prevails over the world market with an approximately 80 % share.
The FTC’s two-year study is considered “informal” until that position, and Intel, which is by now combating antitrust alleges in the European Union and was fined this week by antitrust managers in South Korea, whispered it was assisting.
