Apple Launches 15.4" MacBook Pro, 13.3" MacBook

From DailyTech: The buildup to a new Apple product release is usually accompanied by anxious anticipation from the Mac community along with continuous speculations from news outlets around the world. Over the past few years, actual product leaks leading up to an Apple product launch of have been few and far between. This changed somewhat with lead up to the iPod nano 4G and iPod touch 2G.

However, the continuous leaks for the new MacBook and MacBook Pro were quite plentiful. First, news spread around the internet about the notebooks' use of a new manufacturing process. Then there was the news of the use of NVIDIA's MCP79 single-chip chipset instead of Intel's northbridge/southbridge arrangement. Next came numerous pictures showing the outer casing of the 13.3" MacBook and 15" MacBook Pro. Shortly after, a blurry picture of an actual 15" MacBook Pro and its retail box was shown to the web.

Then, this morning, a picture showing the bottom of the case and its removable battery/hard drive bay was leaked onto the web. The proliferation of leaks is surely not welcome news to Steve Jobs, as he runs a tight ship in order to keep the Mac faithful begging for more at each keynote reveal.

The MacBook Pro features an aluminum body, LED-backlit display, iSight camera, backlit keyboard, stereo speakers, magnetic latch, and a sudden motion sensor. The ports selection includes a MagSafe connector, GbE, Firewire 800, two USB ports, ExpressCard 34, and a mini-DisplayPort connector. A slot-loading optical drive is included on the right-hand side of the notebook. Apple will also offer an SSD option for the MacBook Pro for those in need of an extra boost in storage performance.

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