Hasta La Gadget!

While poring over the metric ton of PR this morning, we didn’t immediately notice that Apple has turned up the juice ever-so-slightly on MacBook Pro 15-inch models. Instead of coughing up a CPU bump from 2.4GHz to 2.53GHz, the company now offers an upgrade path to 2.66GHz and the 17-inchtastic 2.93GHz, which should ensure your lap is ruined for ever and ever. Any other surprises Apple?

Filed under: Laptops

Apple MacBook Pro 15-inchers get quiet CPU spec bump originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As we’ve seen with the MacBook Air, Apple clearly feels there are a select group of you out there who can live without an optical drive on your laptop. Now, MCE is giving you unibody MacBook and MacBook Pro owners a similar option. The OptiBay is essentially a second hard drive that is installed internally in place of the optical disc drive, giving MB and MBP users the ability to vastly increase their storage space or tap into a RAID setup. The company has announced that said solution is shipping today to those interested, with options including 250GB, 320GB and 500GB drives. Oh, and if you’re worried about that optical drive you’ll be removing, fret not — these guys have a nifty external enclosure designed specifically to give it another home. How quaint.

[Via Macworld]

Filed under: Laptops, Peripherals

MCE’s OptiBay exchanges unibody MacBook optical drive for HDD originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We had heard that quite a few early birds were receiving shipping notifications, and sure enough, Apple’s 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro has left the docks. One proud owner has even taken the time to host up a handful of unboxing shots as proof, and while nothing here is out of the ordinary for those acquainted with Apple’s newest 15-incher, the actual machine just looks a touch longer and wider for some reason. Maybe it’s just our eyes.

[Thanks, Derek and Michael]

Filed under: Laptops

Apple’s 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro gets unboxed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bad news for those of you waiting on pins and needles for the 17-inch MacBook Pro — it’s been delayed to at least February 19th. According to an email Apple’s sending to pre-order customers, “wrapping up the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is taking a few days longer than we projected,” and orders won’t ship for another two weeks. Guess cramming all that fancy new sealed battery tech in that new unibody enclosure wasn’t so easy, now was it? Full text of the email after the break.

[Thanks, Roy]

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Filed under: Laptops

17-inch MacBook Pro delayed two weeks originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cut down a tree to save a Mac? Sure, it’s better than using your face. These unpriced (hey, if you gotta ask…) wooden slip cases with leather lining and magnetic enclosures are designed and custom crafted by Rainer Spehl to fit 13-inch MacBooks or 15-inch MacBook Pros. While that’s clearly a last-gen MacBook Pro pictured, we’ll bet that Rainer will build the case to whatever dimensions you’d like just as long as you’ve got the cash to back up that pretty smile. Else, why not roll your own.

[Via SlipperyBrick and Notcot]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Wooden MacBook case for would-be Amish road warriors originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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