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Last updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Despite this Macworld being Apple’s last, despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs not delivering the keynote address, and despite efforts at a silent protest during the keynote, the show went on with great success. Apple had a lot to announce and Philip Schiller, vice president of worldwide product marketing, took his time on stage to announce new products and services. One new product is a 17-inch MacBook Pro. The laptop features a new Nvidia chipset and is considered the world’s lightest notebook at 6.6 pounds and the thinnest at .98 inches. The MacBook Pro comes with the same seamless aluminum case the company has used in its notebook computers, an LED display that supports 1920×1200 pixel resolution, and improved viewing angles. Energized Apple One major change in the updated MacBook Pro is a battery that is expected to last eight hours on a single charge for the 9400 M and seven hours on the 9600 GT. It can be recharged 1,000 times instead of 200 to 300 times for other notebooks. “A seventeen-inch Mac is not mainstream, but if you are in the market for that product, that’s a nice upgrade for the features and value,” said Michael Gartenberg, vice president of mobile strategy at Jupitermedia, who is at Macworld. While Apple considers the new battery innovative, Gartenberg said it may be controversial because the battery is not removable. “This battery has a life span of five years, you will never have to replace the battery, you don’t need to carry a battery, and still users who have grown accustomed to having a replaceable battery may not like the change,” he said. The battery may be a pain for some users, but others may like that it is environmentally friendly. Apple engineers developed a technology called Adaptive Charging to do this. A microchip on the battery…

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