Apple ships MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo processors

Apple will begin shipping the new 15” MacBook Pro
notebook computer, featuring the new Intel Core Duo processor, which delivers up
to four times

the performance of the PowerBook G4, a built-in iSight video camera for video
conferencing on-the-go and the Front Row media experience with Apple Remote.

All models of the new MacBook Pro will ship with faster
Intel Core Duo processors than previously announced at no additional cost. The
$2,499 model now includes a 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up from the
previously announced 1.83 GHz.

The $1,999 model now includes a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo
processor, up from the previously announced 1.67 GHz. Additionally, customers
may now upgrade to a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor as a build-to-order
option on the Apple Online Store.

Philip Schiller, Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Product
Marketing said, “The new MacBook Pro includes even faster Intel Core Duo
processors than originally announced, up to 2.16 GHz, and we think customers are
going to love them.”

The first Mac notebook using Intel's new Core Duo
processor, the new MacBook Pro features an aluminum enclosure of one inch,
weighs 5.6 pounds and includes a built-in iSight video camera for video
conferencing on-the-go. It also has the Apple Remote and Front Row software for
users to enjoy their content wherever they go and Apple's new patent-pending
MagSafe magnetic power connector, designed especially for mobile

users.

Every new MacBook Pro comes with the latest release of the
world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4 'Tiger' and
iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital
lifestyle applications, running natively on the new Intel-based MacBook Pro for
maximum performance.

Mac OS X also includes an innovative software translation
technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC
applications seamlessly.

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