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April 16, 2010 - PRLog -- http://www.londonmacrepairs.com/content/new-macbook-pro-released

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New MacBook Pro released:

Dubbed 'The fastest, most powerful MacBook Pro ever, times three" by Apple themselves these new models have the latest i5 and i7 processors from Intel which claim to improve performance by up to 50%.
Also improved is the graphics chipset, now upgraded with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discrete graphics processor - Apple claim "the fastest graphics ever in a Mac notebook". With 48 processing cores and up to 512MB of dedicated video memory, this graphics processor delivers even more horsepower than the previous generation. And you don’t have to sacrifice efficiency for speed: The NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M is up to 30 percent more energy efficient than its predecessor. For even greater power savings, MacBook Pro also includes integrated Intel HD Graphics.

Another change on the new models is the "inertial scrolling" Apple has added to the touchpad. This is much like the motion on the iPhone (though of course you still use two fingers to scroll), or the motion available with some free-spinning scroll wheel mice, allowing the page to coast a little before slowing to a stop. It's completely intuitive, comfortable, and helpful, but if you loathe it for some reason you can turn it off in system preferences. According to Apple it's only a software change, but as far as this showing up on existing systems with glass trackpads, Apple's lips are sealed...
So, how does all this added number crunching play out in battery life? Well, it's confusing, that's for sure. Since we don't have a reliable way yet of knowing when we're tapping into the GPU or not, it's hard to know exactly if what we're doing is helping or hindering battery life. Still, in regular use we're certainly not bumping past that magical 6 hour mark, and we'd have to really work for Apple's quoted 8-9 hours of battery. http://services.vivastreet.co.uk/computer-services+london... - Through a day of "regular use," which involved some benchmarking and some iMovie, but mostly just web browsing and typing, with screen brightness hovering around 60-75 percent, WiFi on and an hour of Bluetooth we managed four hours and 34 minutes of juice. The video rundown test actually fared better, with five hours and 18 minutes of SD video with the screen at 65 percent brightness, WiFi and Bluetooth on.

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