Definitive Designs

Announced at WWDC 2009 are updates to the MacBook Pro line. The notebooks get up to 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo CPU’s, up to 500GB 7200RPM hard drives (or 256GB SSD hard drives), an improved screen, a SD memory card slot, a longer lasting battery, backlit keyboard, and firewire 800. Starting price is $1,699, and it goes on sale today. MacBook Pro’s (13″ alunimum MacBook now renamed to MacBook Pro) also get similar updates to hard drive, SD memory slot and improved screen start at $1,199. MacBook Air gets these updates as well. All of the new laptops meet the EP Gold and Energy Star v5 standards.

Several new additions can been spotted over at the Apple Store. The speeds of the mid-range MacBook Pro 15″ notebooks have been increased from 2.53GHz to 2.66GHz, and from 2.8GHz to 2.93GHz. Additionally, you can optionally purchase a 256GB SSD hard drive for the 13″ MacBook and 15″ MacBook Pro.

Another noticable update at the store is the new keyboard. It comes without the num pad, and can be purchased for $49. Great for space saver.

Today at the MacWorld in San Francisco, Apple announced the new MacBook Pro 17″ notebook. Some of the key features include:

-Up to 2.93GHz Core 2 Duo CPU with 6MB Cache
-Up to 8GB of 1066MHz RAM
-320GB 5400RPM, 7200RPM or a choice of 128GB or 256GB SSD hard drives.
-9400M GT and 9600M GT graphics chipset.
-17″ 1920×1200 Glass or Anti-Glare LED Display.
-6.6lbs in weight.
-Up to 8 hours of battery life.
Prices starting at $2,799.00, or higher depending on options.

Other things announced included iLife ’09, iWork 09 and iWork.com services, DRM-Free music downloads from iTunes, and more.

Head over to Apple’s website for more information on these updates.