Macconnection.com has lowered the cost of the 13.3-inch, 2.26Ghz Macbook Pro (model no. MB990LL/A) to $1,169.00, with a $50 mail-in rebate also available that drops it down to $1,119.00. With the added rebate this has become the lowest price available for this particular MacBook by about $20, and that’s with FREE shipping included. Sales tax applies for residents of New York.

As with most Apple computers the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro comes highly recommended by most customers for quality and performance, this results in users deciding which computer to buy based on the needed specs. Both BHphoto.com and Amazon.com this week are offering more powerful MacBook Pros, the most affordable of the two being the 2.53Ghz MacBook Pro that’s at BHphoto.com and priced at $1,429.95. The upgraded  2.8GHz MacBook Pro currently sports a four and a half star rating at Amazon.com and is on sale for $2,288.65. Those of you who desire a more compact and portable laptop should head to Apple.com which is offering the refurbished 2.13Ghz MacBook Air for only $1,549 and includes FREE shipping.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro has an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, and 160GB SATA hard drive.  Features include an SD card slot, Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics card, TFT widescreen display with built in SuperDrive, Gigabit Ethernet, Airport wireless, Bluetooth and comes with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard pre-installed.  The built-in battery lasts for up to seven hours on a single charge. It is backed by a one year warranty from Apple. Dimensions: (H) .95" x (W) 12.78" x (D) 8.94"; weight 4.5lbs.