Earlier today, Apple announced that its entire MacBook Pro line starting next week will ship with Intel"s new Core 2 Duo processors, joining the 17", 20", and 24" iMacs that were upgraded last month. Apple is claiming a 39% performance increase over the previous generation and 7 times the performance over that of the last PowerBook G4"s.
Apple is offering the new MacBook Pros in two sizes, a 15.4" and 17" screen each with respective weights of 5.6 and 6.8 pounds. They are each available in 2.16 or 2.33 GHz processors and can support up to 3 GB of RAM as well as 200 GB of HDD space. They ship now with Firewire 800 and dual layer DVD burners. Starting price at $1999 USD.