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CNET Apple Byte: The New MacBook Pros

2011-02-28
what's up i'm brian Tong and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple this week it's all gravy with new product announcements and even more to come next week can you guys say iPad 2 so let's get to the good stuff the all new macbook pros Apple's laptop line will now feature the latest Sandy Bridge processors from Intel with the 15 inch and 17 inch model pros rocking a quad-core configuration for the first time ever they will also feature AMD graphics cards while the 13 inch line will feature dual core i5 or i7 processors and Intel's integrated graphics now all macbook pros will also feature the all-new Thunderbolt port that supports high performance data and high-resolution displays all through a single connection with 10 gigabits of throughput whoa unbelievable and with an adapter it will connect to its apples current Cinema Display DVI HDMI or VGA displays you'll get a solid state drive built order option for every model and you'll also get a high res display option only on the 15 inch models to increase the resolution 216 82 1050 that's thirty-six percent more pixels than the standard 1440 x 900 Wow Apple stuck with the same cosmetic design so we might be waiting for 2012 to see a drastic physical change the line but it's all about the power under the hood we told you the Apple buyers to wait it out and now you're being rewarded now app will also release the developer preview of Mac OS 10 line you have to be part of the developer program to get access to it and we've talked about some of its features like launchpad full screen apps and Mission Control but they also showcase some new features like a revamp male versions which automatically saves successive versions of your documents and a wireless file sharing system for computers nearby called airdrop they'll also be integrating the server version into Mac OS 10 line for free so we sure to have more details on the OS for you guys before it's summer release apple also launched the facetime for the mac app it was previously a public beta and will now come pre-installed for new macbook owners some of you current users might be a little ticked off that they have to pay 99 cents for it due to accounting requirements for the new functionality all right let's take a break for our app of the week this week's appt is tunein radio now i've been using others but this is the cleanest radio experience i've had plus you can record live radio listen to it later it's 99 cents right now which is fifty percent off but it's by far my favorite radio app right now so you guys want to check it out now there's this other product the ipad 2 thing that you know i guess people have been talking about well apple is sent out their official invitation for the event on mark second that's this coming Wednesday in San Francisco at the yerba buena gardens Center and we'll do our best to get into the event for you now I can tell you what we did learn from some of the intelligence we collected Apple will be releasing a new line of colored dots they aren't scratch and sniff they do taste sweet an apple will be calling it I candy yeah you got that all right everyone wants to know what the next iPad will really look like but could this be it will probably know by the time some of you watch this but a Japanese blog site has posted images of the mock-up that shows a significantly thinner iPad with tapered edges that also coincides with some cases and covers now Apple is called an all hands on meeting for the retail stores this recent Sunday employees are signing non-disclosure agreements and they typically only do these things before a major product release now could point to the iPad coming even sooner rather than later but we'll get all of our answers very soon now to the quick bites final cut users who have been waiting for a couple of years for the next version might be getting one soon techCrunch reports will be coming with a complete redesign of the user interface which may be a good or bad thing for long time users but we've been waiting patiently for the next FCP Apple has discontinued the box version of mobileme and removed it from their online store which could point to the rumored free version of the revamped service and we might be a day or a few days late when you watch this but we'd like to wish mr. stephen p jobs a happy 56th birthday because let's be honest without him I probably be making balloon animals for a living all right that's going to do it for this week's show send your emails your questions and your comments to the Apple by to cnet com i'm brian Tong thanks for watching we'll see you next week for another bite of the Apple haha
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