Expo Keynote Roundtable

We wrap up Keynote Day at Macworld Expo with a discussion that picks apart every announcement Apple made during Tuesday’s kickoff to the annual Mac trade show.

Macworld Expo Keynote recapIf you weren’t able to attend the keynote, Roman Loyola provides a brief summary of Apple’s new products in this video.
Expo: 17-inch MacBook Pro gets unibody makeoverIn addition to sporting the same enclosure as the rest of the MacBook Pro line, the new model also gets a faster 2.66GHz processor and a new type of battery.

Product	Score	Price
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	249	$2,645.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.4GHz	215	$1,982.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz	231	$2,478.18
13-inch MacBook/2.0GHz	195	$1,249.95
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz	212
13-inch MacBook/2.1GHz	180	$941.86
MacBook Air/1.86GHz	174	$2,488.00
MacBook Air/1.6GHz		$1,788.00

Product	Score	Price
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.8GHz	268	$1,721.15
Mac Pro/8-core 2.8GHz Xeon 5400	314	$2,594.57
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.4GHz	230	$1,147.09
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	254	$1,434.12
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz	159	$559.99
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	172	$777.77

Product	Score	Price
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.8GHz	268	$1,721.15
Mac Pro/8-core 2.8GHz Xeon 5400	314	$2,594.57
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	249	$2,645.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.4GHz	215	$1,982.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz	231	$2,478.18
13-inch MacBook/2.0GHz	195	$1,249.95
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz	212
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.4GHz	230	$1,147.09
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	254	$1,434.12
Xserve (2.8GHz Quad-Core Xeon) (2008)
13-inch MacBook/2.1GHz	180	$941.86
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz	159	$559.99
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	172	$777.77
MacBook Air/1.86GHz	174	$2,488.00
MacBook Air/1.6GHz		$1,788.00

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