Article: Apple Updates MacBook Pros with Santa Rosa Chip Sets; Apple is taking advantage of the higher processor speeds available from Intel's Santa Rosa chip sets in the latest updates to its MacBook Pro 15-inch and 17-inch laptops.

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Apple released on June 5 updates to its 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro laptop computers based on Intel's Santa Rosa chip sets that feature speed bumps to 2.2GHz and 2.4GHz, 2GB of standard RAM, 802.11n wireless networking, and improved graphics capability.

Pricing remains the same as the previous generation, starting at $1,999 for the basic model with a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 1,440-by-900-pixel LED-backlit screen, 2GB of RAM, a 120GB hard drive, an 8x double-layer SuperDrive and an Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT GPU (graphics processing unit) with 128MB SDRAM.

At the top of the line is the $2,799 17-inch model, which adds a 2.4GHz processor, a 160GB hard drive, the same GPU with ...

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