Today, Apple Computer Inc. took the wraps off their new MacBook Pro notebook computers. Sporting Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor and a Firewire 800 port across all new models, Apple’s professional-level portable also received a memory and hard-drive upgrade. For all the juicy details, be sure to head on over to the official MacBook Pro site (Canada).

With portables from nearly all major computer companies such as Dell and HP already on the Intel Core 2 Duo scene, Apple’s offering was highly anticipated.

Personally, I found the upgrade rather mundane, considering that Apple took such a long time to get these machines out the door. However, due to the fact that the Intel Core 2 Duo is a 64-bit CPU and Apple’s next iteration of Mac OS X (Leopard) is fully 64-bit, I’d purchase the newer MacBook Pro over the old Intel Core Duo model. Quite frankly, I see 64-bit-ness as the only real reason to upgrade if you’ve already got a MacBook Pro. Then again, I’m not someone who benefits from a Firewire 800 port so take that with a grain of salt.

Now that the MacBook Pro has gone Intel Core 2 Duo, some consumers are now shifting their eyes towards the MacBook, which still touts the old Intel Core Duo processor. I wonder if they’ll be announced at the Macworld Expo scheduled for January 2007…hmm…