For an additional price, Apple offers a hi-res display (the one we reviewed) with a native resolution of 1680 x 1050 pixels and a matte screen. There are also some options when it comes to the display. Depending on the level of stress on the system, it automatically switches between these two graphics cards. The graphics cards in place in our test model are the on-board Intel GMA HD 3000 as well as the dedicated AMD Radeon HD 6490M with 256 MB GDDR5-RAM. Thanks to Turbo Boost 2.0, the CPU can theoretically be overclocked up to 2.9 GHz. The processor runs a base clock rate of 2.0 GHz. We chose to tinker with the starter model, equipped with an Intel Core i7-2635QM quad-core CPU. The 15' MacBook Pro of the Early 2011 release comes with your choice of three different processors and two dedicated graphics cards. Please refer to the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch i7 2010-04 (Mid 2010) review for a discussion of those sections. Since this is already the fourth generation to use this same case design, we've left the sections 'Case' and 'Input Devices' out of this review. The company has stuck with the aluminium unibody case design and kept the same keyboard and trackpad in place. These laptops are not affected by Intel's series 6 chipset defect (Cougar Point) thanks to their new chip with B3-Stepping. About 10 months since the last update-the typical interval- Apple revamped the entire series with new hardware. It's been rumored that a new generation of MacBook Pro laptops was coming out for months before the announcement.

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