Refurbished Apple MacBook Pro 6,1/i5-540M/4GB RAM/500GB HDD/GT 330M/17-inch/Unibody/B (Mid - 2010)

Refurbished Apple MacBook Pro 6,1/i5-540M/4GB RAM/500GB HDD/GT 330M/17-inch/Unibody/B (Mid - 2010)

Product Details
Processor	Intel Core i5-540M Processor
Memory	4GB RAM
Storage	500GB HDD
Optical Drive	8X DL "SuperDrive"
Display	17-inch Display Screen
Display Resolution	1920 X 1200 Resolution
Graphics Card	Nvidia GeForce GT 330M/Intel HD Graphics
Operating System	Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Year	Mid - 2010
Condition	Refurbished

The MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.53 17-Inch (Mid-2010) is powered by a 32 nm, dual-core 2.53 GHz Intel "Core i5" I5-540M (Arrandale) processor, with dedicated 256k level 2 cache for each core and an 3 MB shared level 3 cache. This system also supports "Turbo Boost" -- which "automatically boosts the processor speed based on workload" up to 3.06 GHz for this model -- and "Hyper Threading" -- which allows the system to recognize four "virtual cores" or "threads", an 8X DL "SuperDrive", and dual graphics processors -- a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory and Intel HD Graphics with 256 MB of RAM shared with the system -- that Mac OS X automatically switches between for better graphics performance and better battery life, respectively, depending on application use.

The standard configuration of this model has an LED-backlit 17.0" widescreen TFT active-matrix "glossy" display (1920x1200 native resolution).

Connectivity includes AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, a Firewire "800" port, three USB 2.0 ports, optical digital/analog audio in/out, a "Mini DisplayPort" that supports an external display at 2560x1600 (it also passes an audio signal), and an ExpressCard/34 slot. It lacks an SD card slot.

This model uses a "Unibody" aluminum case design -- milled from a single piece of aluminum -- and has a backlit keyboard, a new "no button" glass "inertial" multi-touch trackpad, and a non-swappable battery design.

Compared to its predecessor, this model has a very similar external enclosure, but an enhanced trackpad, and the same connectivity, except for the enhanced audio passing Mini DisplayPort. Internally, however, it has a substantially different architecture with a faster "Core i5" processor and faster graphics as well, although it shares the same memory. Battery life is improved too.