New MacBook Pros

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 24, 2006

Apple boosted the specs on the MacBook Pro line today, adding the Intel Core Duo 2 processors at speeds of 2.16 and 2.33 GHz today. Here’s the part that got my attention, however: Standard configurations now ship with one gigabyte of RAM installed on the lower end of the range, and TWO gigabytes of RAM on the higher-end.

Also Apple told me in a conference call today that according to the SpecInt measurements, this 2.33 GHZ Core Duo 2 chip is up to seven times faster than the PowerBook G4 I bought in 2005. Now I know why that machine is starting to feel a little slow of late. Such is the way of things.

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