The Unofficial Apple Weblog is reporting that Apple have unveiled a new version of their high-end MacBook Pro laptop product.

The new MacBook Pros (both 15″ and 17″ versions are available) feature Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor rather than the Cire Duo.

Also featured in the new models is one Firewire 800 and one Firewire 400 port. The lowest-end configuration of the inital MacBook Pro didn’t feature the 800 port, and many people were concerned that Apple were thinking of dropping Firewire. While USB is ubiquitous and has essentially ‘beaten’ Apple’s Firewire technology, Firewire is still very important for things like camcorders and part of the appeal of the MacBook Pro is to video professionals.

Other than that, the upgrades include a fairly generous 2 GB of RAM and 2.13 or 2.33 GHz Core 2 processor.

Apple’s consumer MacBook laptop remains as it has been and hasn’t been upgraded from the Core Duo to Core 2 Duo processor.