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Apple releases MacBook Pro Graphics Firmware Update 1.0

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 04:57 PM EDT

Apple today released MacBook Pro Graphics Firmware Update 1.0.

This firmware update is recommended for all 17-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2009) users and addresses the appearance of vertical lines or distorted graphics on the notebook display.

There are two parts to this process:
1. Installing the firmware update application onto your hard drive.
2. Using the firmware update application to update your graphics subsystem firmware.

More info on the installation process here.

MacBook Pro Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer.

More info and download link (770KB) here.

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Mar 25, 09 - 05:02 pm Comment from: MacJester

Ahh...

My screen is so much less glossy now!

Computer is snappy too.

Mar 25, 09 - 06:15 pm Comment from: Military Police

Man, I wanted one for my 15-inch. Except it's already working perfectly.

Mar 25, 09 - 07:36 pm Comment from: AP

Just installed it on my iPhone. It's WAY SNAPPIER, and it now has an 8-hour battery life!

Mar 25, 09 - 07:58 pm Comment from: ripper

I installed in on my previous generation Macbook Pro 15", and now I've got a shiny 17" laptop with funny looking keys...

Mar 25, 09 - 09:01 pm Comment from: The Rest of the Story

Truth be told, I just installed this on my early 2008 Mac Pro, and now Safari is waaaaaaaay snappier!!! THANKS APPLE!

Mar 25, 09 - 11:55 pm Comment from: matt

okay, okay, i installed it on my LC II, and it bombed and rebooted system 7.6 with extensions disabled! but then my extensions manager was MUCH snappier! and it was able to see more than 10mb of RAM! go apple!

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