From the latest 3D games to your own photos and videos, MacBook Pro brings advanced graphics processing to everything you do.
Incredibly fast graphics processing.
MacBook Pro delivers both powerful graphics performance and long battery life. Every MacBook Pro features the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor, which provides an outstanding everyday graphics experience with up to a 5x performance boost.1 Power your way through the latest 3D games — including Call of Duty and Quake — and enjoy improved graphics performance with iWork, iLife, and everything you do in Mac OS X. The power-saving NVIDIA integrated graphics processor also keeps you up and running throughout the day, with up to 7 hours of battery life on the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro and up to 8 hours on the 17-inch MacBook Pro.2
Integrated Graphics Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 9400M delivers up to 5x faster graphics performance. View the performance chart
Incredibly fast graphics processing.
Times two.
The 17-inch MacBook Pro and select 15-inch models have an advanced graphics architecture that employs both the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processors. When you need turbocharged performance for the most graphically intensive tasks, the discrete graphics processor delivers up to 2.5x faster performance than the integrated graphics.3 Experience the fastest, smoothest, and clearest graphics yet for pro applications like Aperture and Motion, productivity tools such as Keynote, and intensive 3D games. Depending on how much performance or battery life you need, it’s easy to switch between the two processors.
Discrete Graphics Performance
Get up to 2.5x faster performance with discrete graphics over integrated graphics. View the performance chart
Work faster.
The new MacBook Pro makes quick work of iWork applications like Keynote. Great graphics performance means you can create a stunning presentation with cinematic quality. Object animations and 3D slide transitions play smoothly, slides build without delays, and finely detailed graphics render perfectly. From iChat visual effects to Cover Flow to hundreds of other graphical elements, the graphics processor in MacBook Pro brings to life everything you do in Mac OS X.
Edit faster.
Whether you're creating a professional documentary or making fun family flicks, MacBook Pro provides outstanding graphics performance for rendering and encoding. Journalists can capture breaking stories, edit, and deliver footage on the fly with MacBook Pro and Final Cut Studio 2 — just as easily as family members can create a movie to say “hello” to Grandma using the built-in iSight camera and iMovie.
Create faster.
The combination of the powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor, advanced NVIDIA graphics, and the stunning LED-backlit display makes the new MacBook Pro the perfect notebook for creating with the iLife suite of applications or Adobe Creative Suite. MacBook Pro has all the power you need to design, illustrate, and animate for work, for school, or just for fun — wherever and whenever inspiration strikes.
Mini DisplayPort.
The new MacBook Pro has a small port that makes a big difference. The Mini DisplayPort is part of a new industry standard. It delivers a pure digital connection to external displays — even large 30-inch displays — quickly and without a glitch. No more multiple-pin connectors with unwieldy screws. The ultracompact Mini DisplayPort gives you plug-and-play performance with the Apple LED Cinema Display. And it supports VGA and DVI connections, too.
Get the (really) big picture.
With a MacBook Pro, you can work or play anywhere. But there are times when great graphics performance positively begs for more pixels. The 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display is perfectly designed for your MacBook Pro and connects easily.
The LED Cinema Display transforms your MacBook Pro into a desktop computer in seconds. Plug in three simple connectors — Mini DisplayPort, USB, and MagSafe — and suddenly you have more room to work and play, plenty of space for peripherals, and an automatic charge for your MacBook Pro. You don’t even need to take your power adapter out of your bag. Instantly, everything you see is bigger, brighter, and even more brilliant. Learn more
- Testing conducted by Apple in May 2009 using preproduction 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo–based 13-inch MacBook Pro units with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and 4GB of RAM. MacBook (white) systems with 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel GMA X3100 and 4GB of RAM were shipping units. MacBook and MacBook Pro continuously monitor system thermal and power conditions, and may adjust processor speed as needed to maintain optimal system operation.
- 13-inch MacBook Pro testing conducted by Apple in May 2009 using preproduction 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro units. 15-inch MacBook Pro testing conducted by Apple in May 2009 using preproduction 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro units with a Better Battery Life setting. 17-inch MacBook Pro testing conducted by Apple in May 2009 using preproduction 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro units with a Better Battery Life setting. Battery life depends on configuration and use. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. The wireless productivity test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing various websites and editing text in a word processing document with display brightness set to 50%.
- Testing conducted by Apple in May 2009 using preproduction 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo–based MacBook Pro 17-inch units with NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. Higher Graphics Performance and Better Battery Life settings were used. MacBook Pro continuously monitors system thermal and power conditions, and may adjust processor speed as needed to maintain optimal system operation.
