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Replacing the battery in the new MacBook Pro 17 “will cost $ 179

Yesterday, Apple launched the MacBook Pro 17 “with the unibody aluminum casing, completing the renovation of the range of portable brand. However, this is a portable battery irremovible, which has made us wonder what would happen if the battery is damaged.

The answer said a representative of Apple’s booth at the mark of the Macworld Expo: the replacement of the battery of 17-inch MacBook Pro will cost $ 179 (133 euros) and may be made from any physical Apple Store .

We do not yet know what price we have here in Spain (with knowledge of the politics of the mark, rounded up). However, the battery promises a long life, so hopefully that customers do not have to resort to this program.

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MacBook Pro: the 9600M GT heater too?

Apple has recently renewed its three ranges of MacBook laptops. The Pro version, one of the stars of the firm, unfortunately encounter some problems. While previous models had been affected by a problem of heating NVIDIA, the new seem affected by a problem … card NVIDIA heater.

Several MacBook Pro have been sent for repair after problems of a graphic appeared. The symptoms were always the same: Having played a while, the screen becomes black, followed a loop sound repeated tirelessly as the laptop was not restarted. It is not likely to be a problem in Mac OS X, because the same phenomenon occurs on Windows through BootCamp. More »

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Apple MacBook Pro

Leaving for the moment later his 17-inch model, Apple focuses on the renewal in depth the MacBook Pro with 15.4-inch screen and its MacBook: aluminum design of a single, large touchpad multi point glass , More powerful components …

The 2008 vintage MacBook Pro Apple in its 15.4-inch, does not disappoint. Level innovation, Apple introduced a new method of design, with a hull “unibody” carved in a single block of aluminum. The result is impressive, making the MacBook Pro more clever, stylish and elegant, almost without visible assembly. That did against no particular impact on the weight of the MacBook Pro still exceed 2.5 kg. More »

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USB 2.0 and FireWire comparing the new MacBook Pro

From Les Numériques get an interesting news: judging from comparative tests conducted, the USB 2.0 port of the new MacBook Pro has finally performance comparable to FireWire, FireWire when the traffic disappears. Left coincidence?

We say the truth, the performance dell’USB have always been a thorn in the side of every Mac user, it is known that for the same Mac and USB external drive, a simple file transfer takes place faster when run under Boot Camp and Windows that under OS X. But now witnessing a marked improvement in the goodness of USB drivers on the Mac. An external hard drive and dual USB and FireWire has in fact produced a speed of about 20 MB / s and 30 MB / s respectively in writing and reading, regardless of the port used for testing, with even better results than the Windows PC used to tests. More »

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Making contact: New MacBook Pro

Today in Applesfera we have had the good fortune of being able to attend the arrival and subsequent “unboxing” or unpacking of which is undoubtedly one of the sensations of the moment, I am of course talking about the new MacBook Pro. More »

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