New Apple Macbook 15" Model Specs and Rumors

Author: Anish Sharma
Published: November 23, 2011 at 6:00 am
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Apple's best product around the world is Macbook. Day by day, Macbook is taking a higher position in laptop computing category. Both its hardware and software have taken Macbook to the topmost position.  Although previous Apple has launched both the Macbook Pro and Macbook Air models, Apple's slated launch of the new Macbook 15 inch model in March 2012 has yet to be put in the category of Pro or Air. Makes one wonder, and rumors have certainly abounded.

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Here are the Technical specification for the new model :

Size and Weight :

Height : 0.95 inch(2.41 cm)

Width : 14.35 inches (36.4 cm)

Depth : 9.82 inches (24.9 cm)

Weight : 5.6 pounds(2.54 kg)

Display :

> It is about 15.4-inches(diagonal) LED-backlit glossy or antiglare screen 

> Supported Resolutions : 1440 by 900(native), 1280 by 800, 1152 by 720, 1024 by 640, and   800 by 500 pixels

Processor and Memory :

2.2 GHz or 2.4 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 6MB shared L3 cache; or optional 2.5GHz qual-core Intel i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache

4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8 GB

Connection and Expansion :

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MagSafe power port

Gigabit Ethernet port

Fire Wire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)

Two USB 2.0 port (up to 480 Mbps)

Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps)

Audio line in

Audio line out

SDXC card slot

Kensington lock slot

Storage :

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500 GB or 750 GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive optional are available

8x slot- loading SuperDrive 

Maximum write or read : 8x

Graphics and Video Support :

AMD Radeon HD 6750 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory on 2.2GHz

AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory on 2.4GHz

FaceTime HD camera

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Battery and Power :

Built-in 77.5-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

85W MagSafe Power Adapter with cable management system

So plan to buy one next year, as Apple promises to bring back competition to the desktop level against Microsoft's Windows 8.

 

 
 

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