17-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz (Core i5, Spring 2010)

Macworld's 17-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz (Core i5, Spring 2010) Coverage

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  Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz (Core i5, Spring 2010) The new 17-inch MacBook Pro offers better performance, a little more battery life, and costs $200 less than the system it replaces. If you're in the market for a laptop with a larger screen, Apple has definitely improved upon past offerings with this configuration.
• Holiday wish list: Roman Loyola Macworld Senior Editor Roman Loyola hopes to get some gear that will help him with his creative pursuits. And when he's in need of inspiration, he'll kick back with Sheldon, Penny, and Leonard—or tangle with the Zerg and Protoss.
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  2010 in review: The year for the Mac To paraphrase literary icon Mark Twain, the death of the Macintosh was an exaggeration. On the last day of 2010, let’s take a look back at the previous 12 months, from a Mac perspective.
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  Macintosh buying guide 2010 Shopping for a new Mac? Here's the lowdown on Apple's offerings to help you decide which Mac to buy.
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  MacBook Pro: Portable powerhouse Senior Editor Roman Loyola thinks the MacBook Pro is the ideal Mac for anyone who demands processing power while out and about.
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  Apple offers new MacBook Pro processor configuration Apple on Thursday added a new processor option for its MacBook Pro line: a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo chip.
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  Apple releases MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.9 A firmware update for Apple's latest 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pros fixes a handful of bugs, including system stalls and problems with external displays.
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  Inside the Celtics' infosecurity playbook The Boston Celtics' VP of technology explains how using the MacBook Pro and cloud-based services helped improve the franchise's IT security.
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  Benchmarks: New built-to-order MacBook Pros We were able to get our hands on a few built-to-order laptops: a 15-inch MacBook Pro with twice the standard RAM and a faster spinning hard drive; and a 17-inch model with an optional i7 processor. We put them though their paces and found that these optional upgrades, not surprisingly, improved overall performance. Whether they’re worth the additional cost is debatable.
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  Meet the MacBook Pro's Core i5 and i7 chips The new Core processors used inside the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros could possibly usher in a new standard in Mac laptop performance.
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  Apple releases update for new 15-, 17-inch MacBook Pros To address last minute issues with graphics hardware, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.3 has just been released for mid-2010 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros.
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  Spotlight on the MacBook Pro's improved graphics The new graphics found in the MacBook Pro should make these laptop significantly faster at graphics-intensive tasks, while also increasing battery life.
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  Apple updates MacBook Pros with Core i5, i7 processors Apple on Tuesday released an update to its MacBook Pro portable computers, sporting Core i5 and i7 processors and new graphics chips from Nvidia.