The 17″ MacBook Pro value equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2006.04.25.
Mac OS X 10.7 may well be the version that leaves behind those with 32-bit Core Solo and Core Duo Macs from 2006.
The road to obsolescence: Intel Core Duo users will be left behind, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 2010.01.19.
Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the 17″ MacBook Pro, Dan Bashur, 2014.02.16.
Modem: optional v.92 56k external USB modem.
optical drive: 8x dual-layer SuperDrive writes DVD+R at up to 8x, DVD±RW reads DVDs at 4x, double-layer DVD+R at 2.4x), writes CD-R at 24x, writes CD-RW at 16x, reads DVDs at 8x (single-layer) or 6x (double-layer) and CDs at 24x.
Hard drive: 120 GB 5400 rpm SATA optional 100 GB 7200 rpm drive.
Video out: DVI connector (VGA supported with included adapter S-video and composite video supported with optional adapters).
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 on PCI Express with dual-link DVI support.
RAM: 1 GB, expandable to 2 GB using PC2-5300 DDR2 RAM.
Level 2 cache: 2 MB shared cache on CPU.
CPU: 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo (Yonah), soldered in place, no upgrade options.
OpenCL is not supported with the Mobility Radeon X1600 GPU.
Upgrading with a Core 2 Duo CPU will not change that.
64-bit operation is not supported with Core Solo or Core Duo CPUs.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility.
Requires Mac OS X 10.4.6 Tiger to 10.6 Snow Leopard not compatible with OS X 10.7 Lion.
Our Snow Leopard Forum is for those using Mac OS X 10.6.
Our Leopard Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.
Our Leopard Forum is for those using Mac OS X 10.5.
Our Tiger Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.4.
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Battery life is comparable to the 17″ PowerBook G4.
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