Amaya Toman During the first half of January 2006, Steve Jobs presented the first 15" MacBook Pro to the world at the MacWorld conference in San Francisco. At the time, it was the thinnest, fastest and lightest portable computer ever to come out of the Cupertino company's workshop. But the new MacBook Pro could claim another first.
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The 2006-inch MacBook Pro from the beginning of XNUMX was also the first laptop from Apple to be equipped with a dual processor from Intel's workshop, and its charging connector was also worth noting - Apple debuted MagSafe technology here. While Jobs himself was convinced of the success of chips from Intel practically from the very beginning, the public and many experts were rather skeptical. However, this was a very important milestone for Apple, which, among other things, was reflected in the name of the new computers - Apple, for understandable reasons, stopped naming its laptops "PowerBook".
Apple management also wanted to make sure that the surprise associated with the release of the new MacBook Pros was as pleasant as possible, so the new machines could exceptionally boast a higher real performance than what was originally reported. At a price of almost two thousand dollars, the MacBook Pro indicated a CPU frequency of 1,67 GHz, but in reality it was a clock of 1,83 GHz. The slightly more expensive version of the MacBook Pro in the higher configuration promised 1,83 GHz, but in reality it was 2,0 GHz.
Another noteworthy innovation was the already mentioned MagSafe connector for the new MacBook Pros. Among other things, this was supposed to ensure the safety of the laptop in case someone interferes with the cable. Instead of sending the entire computer to the ground when the cable is pulled in such cases, the magnets only disconnect the cable, while the connector itself is protected against possible damage. Apple borrowed this revolutionary concept from some types of deep fryers and other kitchen equipment.
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Among other things, the new 15" MacBook Pro was also equipped with a 15,4" wide-angle LCD display with an integrated iSight webcam. It was also equipped with useful native software, including the multimedia package iLife '06, containing applications such as iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD or even GarageBand. The 15" MacBook Pro was also equipped with, for example, an optical drive, a gigabit Ethernet port, a pair of USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port. A backlit keyboard with a trackpad was also a matter of course. It was the first to go on sale MacBook Pro introduced during February 2006.
