As mentioned earlier, Apple has just announced the availability of Merom-based MacBook Pro laptops. Two models are available, the 15-inch and 17-inch notebook. I’ve posted about the 15-inch MacBook Pro, and so it’s time for the 17-inch one.

The main differences between the 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro laptop are just the price, weighs, and battery life. Pre-loaded with Mac OS X Tiger v10.4 OS, it weighs 6.8 pounds, costs $2800, and can be used for up to 5.5 hours on single battery charge. As for the main engine, it duped the 15-inch’s T7600 configuration. That’s include a Core 2 Duo T7600 (2.33GHz) processor, a 2GB of DDR2 RAM (expandable up to 3GB), a 160GB of 5,400rpm SATA HDD (up to 200GB supported), dual-layer DVD burner, and 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics engine with dual-link DVI and VGA output support.

Furthermore, this notebook is also equipped with an integrated iSight camera, three USB ports, one FireWire 400 port at up to 400 Mbps, one FireWire 800 port at up to 800 Mbps, an ExpressCard/34 slot, and a variety of built-in connectivity options (54-Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless, Bluetooth, and Gigabit Ethernet LAN).

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