![]() ![]() Some Mac enthusiast sites have instructions that show you how to strip out the unnecessary code for the platform you’re not using, but we wouldn’t recommend doing this. But they are on the heavy side: for example, the Universal Binary version of the open-source Firefox Web browser (1.5.0.3) is 46MB Firefox for PowerPC is 28MB. The way Apple chose to migrate its user base to the Intel platform is similar to the way it migrated everyone to PowerPC, except this time around, they’re called Universal Binaries instead of Fat Binaries. 54Mbps Wi-Fi (er, AirPort Extreme) wireless networking is also included. ![]() The machine also includes Bluetooth, an internal iSight camera, an ExpressCard/34 slot (a new standard from PCMCIA, which is replacing the CardBus standard), two USB 2.0 ports, a 6-pin FireWire 400 port, gigabit Ethernet, a headphone jack and an optical digital/analog line in jack. A Matsushita slot-loading dual-format DVD burner and Seagate 100GB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive rounded out the setup. Our machine was configured with a 15.4″ 1440×900 widescreen LCD, a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2GB of DDR2 memory and an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 PCI Express graphics chipset with 256MB of memory. A box including a manual, restore DVDs, license agreements and warranty statements is nestled in the foam underneath the computer. It's a simple collection of parts, really: the computer itself, a charger with a flip-out prongs (a standard power cable is also included as well), a DVI-to-VGA adapter cable, and an Apple Remote for use with Apple’s included Front Row software. Out of the box, you’ll notice the great packaging Apple uses. What does this all mean to the average Mac user or potential future switcher? ![]() ![]() The MacBook Pro is one of the first Intel-based Macs (along with an Intel-based version of the iMac and the Mac mini, and the more-recently announced 13″ MacBook and 17″ MacBook Pro). Now, we’re seeing another hardware shift to Intel processors. Then, in 2001, the software began to migrate to Mac OS X, the BSD Unix-based operating system. Ten years later, the hardware began to migrate to IBM and Motorola's PowerPC platform. The first Macs (circa 1984) ran Motorola 680×0 processors. Apple has had various versions of Mac OS running on many different platforms. ![]()
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