MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) – Specifications

Size and weight

• • Height: 0.95 inch (2.41 cm)                      Width: 14.35 inches (36.4 cm)
  • Depth: 9.82 inches (24.9 cm)                   Weight: 5.6 pounds (2.54 kg)¹

Connections and expansion

• • • MagSafe power port
    • Gigabit Ethernet port
    • FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)
    • Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
    • Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps)
    • Audio line in
    • Audio line out
    • SDXC card slot
    • Kensington lock slot

Audio

• • • Stereo speakers with subwoofers
    • Omnidirectional microphone (located under left speaker grille)
    • Audio line in minijack (digital/analog)
    • Audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog)
    • Support for Apple iPhone headset with microphone

Display

• • • 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy or optional antiglare widescreen display with support for millions of colors
    • Supported resolutions:
      
    • 1440 by 900
      

Graphics and video support

• • • AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with  graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory on 2.4GHz configuration
    • Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
    • Automatic graphics switching
    • Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors
    • FaceTime HD camera
    • Thunderbolt port

Thunderbolt digital video output

• • • Native Mini DisplayPort output
    • DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (optional)
    • VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (optional)
    • Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter supports 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (optional)
    • HDMI audio and video output using a third-party Mini DisplayPort to HDMI

Input

• • • Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement)
    • Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities

Processor and memory

• • • 2.2GHz or 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 6MB shared L3 cache; or optional 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache
    • 16GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 memory; two SO-DIMM slots 2 X 8GB
      

Storage

• • • ^{256 SSD GB}
      
    • 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
    • Maximum write: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW
    • Maximum read: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-ROM; 6x DVD-ROM (double layer DVD-9), DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD