What are the differences between the 15-Inch 'Unibody' MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo models and the 'Early 2008/Penryn' MacBook Pro notebooks that they replaced?ġ5.4' color widescreen LED-backlit TFT active-matrix 'glossy' display with a 1440 by 900 native resolution.What are the differences between the 'Unibody' MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo models?.In addition to the new case design, compared to the 'Early 2008/Penryn' models that these replaced, the 'Unibody' line offers a new 'no button' glass 'multi-touch' trackpad with support for new 'four finger' gestures and programmable 'zones', a faster architecture with a faster system bus, faster memory, and perhaps most notably, faster and dual graphics processors. The Apple MacBook Pro 'Core 2 Duo' 2.4 15-Inch (Unibody - Late 2008) features a 45 nm 'Penryn' 2.4 GHz Intel 'Core 2 Duo' processor (P8600), with two independent processor 'cores' on a single silicon chip, a 3 MB shared 'on chip' level 2 cache, a 1066 MHz frontside bus, 2 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-8500) installed in pairs (two 1 GB modules), a 250 GB Serial ATA (5400 RPM) hard drive, an 8X DL 'SuperDrive', dual graphics processors - a NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT with 256 MB of dedicated GDDR3 SDRAM and a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory, and an LED-backlit 15.4' widescreen TFT active-matrix 'glossy' display (1440x900 native resolution).Ĭonnectivity includes an ExpressCard/34 slot, AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire '800' port, optical digital/analog audio in/out, and a new 'Mini DisplayPort' that supports an external display at 2560x1600.

With a black and silver design reminiscent of the Aluminum iMac models, the 'Unibody' MacBook Pro 'Core 2 Duo' (Late 2008) models introduced an all new case design milled from a single block of aluminum providing greater strength and a superior finish than previous systems.

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Apple MacBook Pro 15-Inch 'Core 2 Duo' 2.4 (Unibody) Specs

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