New MacBook Pro: from $1999, £1299

In a classic move, the Apple Store closed last night, only to re-open an hour later, after Steve Jobs' keynote, featuring three updated Macbook Pros.

Meanwhile, Jobs took the time to boast about Apple's continued strong performance.

Macs represented 17.6% of the computers sold in the United States last year, and 31.3% of the market by value given their often heavy price tag.


Other new features on the refreshed MacBook Pros include an enlarged trackpad with no button, manufacturered from glass and featuring multitouch technology first seen on the iPhone.

In fact, the majority of Apple products now boast this system, but the MacBook Pro definitely takes it to the max with gestures that exploit the use of four fingers simultaneously.



Three models are available:

• For 1999 USD / 1399 GBP, you get a 15'' screen, an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 250 GB hard drive and an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M plus a 9600 GT with 256 MB on board

• For 2499 USD / 1749 GBP, you get a 15'' screen, an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M plus a 9600 GT with 512 MB on board

• For 2799 USD / 1949 GBP, you get a 17''' screen,an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512 MB on board

As you can see, Appple aren't ceding to any pressure to lower the price of their high-end models.



There's another piece of bad news, though: Apple may sell up the "brilliant brilliance" of their screens, but that's down to the fact they too have succumbed to glossy screens ...