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Apple added an 8-core build-to-order option for the Mac Pro on April 4. The new top-end model had two 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon CPUs.
On May 15, Apple improved MacBook speed to 2.16 GHz at the top, doubled RAM on the base model to 1 GB, and adopted larger hard drives.
The MacBook Pro models were updated on June 5, adopting the Santa Rose chipset, an 800 MHz system bus, and nVidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics. The 15" MacBook Pro ran at 2.2 GHz or 2.4 GHz, and a 2.6 GHz build-to-order option was available for those who needed the extra power. The 17" MacBook Pro normally ran at 2.4 GHz, and a 2.6 GHz option was also available for it. Once 4 GB modules became available in 2008, users discovered that the Santa Rosa notebooks could work with up to 6 GB of RAM.
The biggest event of the year was the introduction of the original iPhone on June 30. People lined up for hours to buy Apple's first mobile phone, a smart phone that combined a cell phone, an iPod, and an OS X computer.
The Mac mini was updated on August 7, the last Mac to move from the original Intel Core Duo processors to the improved Core 2 Duo ones. Clock speeds were 1.83 GHz for the entry-level Combo drive model and 2.0 GHz for the SuperDrive version.
At the same time, Apple introduced a redesigned iMac. The new models came in 20" and 24" sizes (no more 17" iMac), were built using aluminum, and had a glossy display. At the top of the line was a 2.8 GHz build-to-order 24" iMac.
Apple introduced the iPod touch on Sept. 5, in most respects an iPhone without mobile phone or camera facilities. The iPod touch ran the same iPhone OS as the iPhone.
At the same time, Apple rolled out a redesigned iPod nano, shorter and wider than earlier models. The traditional hard drive iPod was updated and renamed at the same time: The iPod classic had an aluminum face and came in 80 GB and 160 GB capacities. The tiny iPod shuffle was updated with a new range of colors.
The MacBook
received a second update on October 31, when it adopted Intel's Santa
Rosa chipset and an 800 MHz system bus. The new models ran at 2.0 and
2.2 GHz, scarcely faster than the models they replaced. This also
marked the MacBook's move to Intel X3100 graphics - more powerful than
the earlier GMA 950, but also more memory hungry. The new GPU used 144
MB of system memory. 
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