Apple has just dished the dirt on the new MacBook Pros, with them stuffing the 15" and 17" models with the new Core i5 and i7 chips from Intel, along with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics and HDD space bumps.

Quite strangely though, Apple has decided to bump the base HDD size on the 13", add in the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M GPU but keep it running along on an (albeit faster) Core 2 Duo. What's even more worrying, is that it now starts at £999, rather than the smidge over £900 it was about 2 hours ago.

If you're in the market for a 15" model (which unfortunately, we're not - holding off for an updated 13"...), then you're pretty well catered for, with the standard spec range starting at £1,500 for a Core i5 with 4GB RAM, going up to £1,800 for an i7 packer (although other options can be added, raising the price higher still).

The 17-incher sticks with an i5 base, with 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD, with an optional i7 chip adding £160 onto the standard £1,900.

So, you're pretty well set at the higher end, but the price bump for the 13" model seems odd and just smacks of Apple aligning prices ahead of the international iPad launch.

[Apple MacBook Pro]