MacNN adds more details and confirmation that the leaked MacBook Pro photos are legitimate. They are also able to add a few additional tidbits which tie together some of the circulating reports.
Most noteworthy is that the new MacBook Pro will support Hybrid SLI from NVIDIA. NVIDIA describes the technology:
configuration will also be beneficial when Apple introduces OpenCL with
Snow Leopard in 2009. OpenCL will allow applications to offload
processing to GPUs.
Other features described for the new MacBook Pros include speeds up to
2.8GHz, improved wireless connectivity, 7200 RPM hard drives, HD
displays, 128GB SSD option, user-serviceable hard drive and an extra
long battery.
MacNN also confirms that Firewire will be a feature reserved for
MacBook Pros and the MacBooks will not contain Firewire. However, they
do believe that MacBooks will be announced during the event, despite a curious footnote by Engadget indicating otherwise.
Readers should note that the price list
represents products currently in-transit to the Apple Store. As a
result, those products should have near immediate availability. The low
end MacBook appears to be absent from that list, which may mean it will
not ship until later. At this point, we don't know what the price of
the entry level MacBook will be.
Separately, we have heard that the new DisplayPort technology will
support an adapter for Dual-Link DVI to be able to drive existing
Apple's 30" monitors.
Source : http://www.macrumors.com/
Most noteworthy is that the new MacBook Pro will support Hybrid SLI from NVIDIA. NVIDIA describes the technology:
Hybrid
SLI® technology, based on NVIDIA’s industry-leading SLI technology,
delivers multi-GPU (graphics processing unit) benefits when an NVIDIA
motherboard GPU is combined with an NVIDIA discrete GPU. Hybrid SLI
increases graphics performance with GeForce® Boost and provides
intelligent power management with HybridPower.
configuration will also be beneficial when Apple introduces OpenCL with
Snow Leopard in 2009. OpenCL will allow applications to offload
processing to GPUs.
Other features described for the new MacBook Pros include speeds up to
2.8GHz, improved wireless connectivity, 7200 RPM hard drives, HD
displays, 128GB SSD option, user-serviceable hard drive and an extra
long battery.
MacNN also confirms that Firewire will be a feature reserved for
MacBook Pros and the MacBooks will not contain Firewire. However, they
do believe that MacBooks will be announced during the event, despite a curious footnote by Engadget indicating otherwise.
Readers should note that the price list
represents products currently in-transit to the Apple Store. As a
result, those products should have near immediate availability. The low
end MacBook appears to be absent from that list, which may mean it will
not ship until later. At this point, we don't know what the price of
the entry level MacBook will be.
Separately, we have heard that the new DisplayPort technology will
support an adapter for Dual-Link DVI to be able to drive existing
Apple's 30" monitors.
Source : http://www.macrumors.com/
