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Apple unveils 17-inch MacBook Pro

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SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple today unveiled the new 17-inch MacBook Pro featuring precision aluminium unibody enclosure, and new built-in battery that delivers up to eight hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges for more than three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries.

The new 17-inch MacBook Pro has resolution LED-backlit display and the same large glass Multi-Touch™ trackpad introduced with the new MacBook family in October. In addition, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes state of the art NVIDIA graphics and the latest generation Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors.

As part of the industry’s greenest notebook family, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is made of highly recyclable materials, meets stringent energy efficiency standards and is made without many of the harmful toxins found in other computers, adds Apple.

Apple iWork ‘09

Apple latest version of Apple’s office productivity suite, Keynote ’09 introduces advanced object transitions, which automatically animate objects with a choice of effects and Magic Move, an innovative way to create sophisticated animations just by applying a simple transition.

Pages ’09 features a new Full Screen view that helps you focus on your writing and an outline mode to organise your thoughts. Numbers® ’09 introduces a quick way to group and summarise data and a dramatically simplified way to create complex formulas. Apple also announced iWork.com public beta, a new service Apple is developing to share iWork ’09 documents online.

Apple iLife ’09

Apple iLife ’09, which features major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, and includes iDVD and an updated version of iWeb. iPhoto ’09 builds on the ability to automatically organise photos into Events by adding Faces and Places as breakthrough new ways to easily organise and manage your photos.

iMovie ’09 expands on the revolutionary super fast movie creation introduced in iMovie ’08 by adding the depth users want through powerful easy-to-use new features such as the incredible new Precision Editor, video stabilisation, advanced drag and drop, and animated travel maps.

GarageBand ’09 introduces a whole new way to help you learn to play piano and guitar with 18 basic lessons and optional lessons from top artists such as Sara Bareilles, John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting. iLife ’09 is included with every new Mac® purchase and available as a Rs. 4,700 upgrade for existing users.

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