New 17-inch Apple MacBook Pro delayed
By Asavin Wattanajantra,
Apple fanatics looking for the new 17-inch MacBook Pro will have to wait, as it will be released mid-February rather than the end of January, as first thought.
Apple blamed the delay on the ‘unibody’ laptop, carved from a single block of aluminium. “Wrapping up the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is taking a few days longer than we expected, and we now expect to begin shipments in mid-February," Apple said in a statement.
Apple announced the new MacBooks in October. Both the Pro and standard versions saw a design overhaul and featured the anodised aluminium shell. However, only the 15-inch MacBook Pro versions were available at the time.
As well as the aluminum shell and graphic processors, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro will also have a LED-backlit widescreen display and eight hours of wireless working on a single charge.
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I suspect the reason for the delay is more due to the current economic climate that apple seems to think they are immune to. More likely the delay is to give potential purchasers time to arrange a mortgage to fund the purchase?
By pipgt on Saturday Feb 7