Macbook Pro Specs Leaked Ahead Of Launch

The new Macbook Pro product line is set to be launched on Thursday 25th February which is also Steve Job’s 56th birthday.The changes are as follows:

  • no more white MacBook (Apple goes back to two lines of 13″ inchers)
  • 16 GB SSD mSATA drives on all models to store the system
  • Core i3 and third USB port on the 13″ model
  • Matte screen option on the higher-end 13″
  • Option to replace the SuperDrive with a SSD on the 15 and 17″ models
  • HD screens on all models : 1440×900 on the 13″, 1680×1050 on the 15″
  • 200 to 300 grams lighter : 1.8 kg for the 13″, 2.3 kg for the 15″, 2.65 kg for the 17″
  • Better battery life : 12 hours on the 13″, 10 hours on the 15″
  • 8 GB of RAM on the 17″
The SSDs used could prove to give the Macbooks a huge performance boost as well as faster boot times if the OS is to be installed on the SSDs. These are still rumors so we will have to wait a day to find out more.