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Apple is all excited that later in the week it’ll begin shipping the new 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop featuring the new Intel Core Duo processor.

Promising up to four times the performance of the PowerBook G4, the system also comes with a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go and remote control.

All models of the new MacBook Pro will ship with faster Intel Core Duo processors than previously announced, delivering even greater performance at no additional cost. The £1779 model now includes a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up from the previously announced 1.83GHz, and will begin shipping this week.

The £1429 model now includes a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up from the previously announced 1.67GHz, and will also begin shipping next week. In addition, you may now upgrade to a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor as a build-to-order option on the Apple Online Store.

The first Mac laptop using Intel’s new Core Duo processor, the new MacBook Pro features an eye-catching aluminium enclosure just 1-inch thin, weighs only 2.5kg, includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go, the Apple Remote and Front Row software for a simple, intuitive and powerful way for enjoying your content wherever you go and Apple’s new patent-pending MagSafe magnetic power connector, designed especially for mobile users.

Every new MacBook Pro comes with the latest release of Apple’s operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4 ‘Tiger’ and iLife ‘06, the next generation of Apple’s suite of digital lifestyle applications, running natively on the new Intel-based MacBook Pro for maximum performance.

Mac OS X also includes a software translation technology called Rosetta that lets you run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications. Intel-based Mac customers have more than 700 universal applications to choose from and the list is growing each day with hundreds of developers including Adobe, Quark and IBM’s Lotus division announcing support for Mac OS X Intel-based applications.

An updated list of Universal applications for Mac OS X is available here.

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