The standard is glossy, but on the 15.4″ and 17″ MacBook Pros you can order a matte screen as an option. The high end graphics will automatically switch on and off depending on your needs to help conserve battery life. The larger 15″ MacBook Pro and 17″ MacBook Pro notebooks are available with the new Sandy Bridge processors up to a Quad Core Core i7 CPU and come with integrated graphics as well as AMD Radeon HD 6000 GPUs with 1GB video RAM. The latest Intel processors bring speed improvements over previous years as well as a better integrated GPU which will be the sole GPU on the 13″ MacBook Pro which now has the option of a 2.3GHz or 2.7GHz Sandy Bridge Core i5 processor.

MacBook Pro 2011 Refresh Specs: The new MacBook Pro models come with Intel Sandy Bridge processors, AMD Graphics and Lightpeak connectors which Apple is calling Thunderbolt. The new 2011 MacBook Pro models are available for purchase now and are shipping within 24 hours. After a short period of downtime the Apple Store is now back up and selling five new MacBook Pro models, two 13″ MacBook Pros, two 15 inch MacBook Pros and one 17″ MacBook Pro. Apple announced the 2011 MacBook Pro refresh this morning, delivering five new MacBook Pro models to Apple users.

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