The New 17-inch Unibody MacBook Pro is $2,794 [Macworld 2009

The new 17-inch Unibody MacBook Pro is given a power boost with a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM right out of the box (with an 8 GB total RAM capacity), and it features the dual graphics processing scheme first offered in last fall’s the 15.4-inch MacBook Pro (with the discrete NVIDIA 9600M GT getting a boost to 512 MB of dedicated video RAM).

The real story about the new 17-inch MacBook Pro, however, is the battery. And that should tell you everything you need to know about the excitement level of this conference. True, the engineering that went into creating this non-removable, extended life battery (with up to 8 hours of battery life when using the integrated NVIDIA 9400M graphics processor) is impressive (and you can read more about it as well as watch a video trumpeting its industrial design at Apple). But you can’t switch batteries and when the battery runs out of cycles (it’s supposed to provide up to 1000 recharges, which Apple estimates to be about 5 years of use), you’ll need to get a replacement battery from Apple for a $179 charge.

Spesifications :

17-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1920 x 1200, glossy display;
2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB shared L2 cache;
1066 MHz front-side bus;
4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM;
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3 video memory;
320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
a slot-load 8X SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+/-RDL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
built-in AirPort Extreme(R) 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
Gigabit Ethernet port;
built-in iSight video camera;
three USB 2.0 ports;
one FireWire(R) 800 port (FireWire 400 compatible);
ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
glass Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard;
built-in, 95WHr lithium polymer battery; and
85 Watt MagSafe(R) Power Adapter.