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<m> launched </m> in Apple on Tuesday launched a refresh of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, giving the company's largest laptop an eight-hour battery life, a faster Intel ( NSDQ : INTC ) processor, and better graphics capabilities. The upgraded product was the only hardware announcement at the opening Macworld keynote, which was delivered by Phil Schiller, senior VP for worldwide product marketing at Apple. Apple observers had expected the refresh of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, given that it was left out of Apple's notebook event in October, when the company launched updates of the 15-inch and 13.3-inch systems. 
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<m> launched </m> in Today may be Apple's last Macworld Expo appearance but Apple came bearing gifts. Apple's first hardware announcement at Macworld today introduced the 17 '' MacBook Pro. Built on the precision unibody enclosure, the Pro was launched as the world's thinnest 17 '' notebook, at only 0.98 inches thick, and also the world's lightest, weighing in at 6.6 pounds. 