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• Apple 15" MacBook Pro Notebook

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  $1439.99 - $1999.0
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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: Gwenstacy

  Updated:09-17-08

  Duration of ownership:3 Months

  Strengths: Apple Brand, Amazing Quality, Massive Storage, Good Screen, Good Battery life.

  Weaknesses: Very expensive for what it is.

  Overall Evaluation: This product really is an amazing one, but the only thing that doesn't quite cut it for me, is the massive price! Luckily I got shown the website http://www.realfreebies.co.uk - and got mine for completely free for completing a FREE offer! You can get a Free Wii, Free XBox 360, Free PS3, Free iPhone, Free iPods and More Free Gifts this way! So go to the website, choose the gift that you want to get started! Hope this helps! http://www.RealFreebies.co.uk

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: LaptopGuru

  Updated:07-22-08

  Duration of ownership:6 Months

  Strengths: Great Apple Design, Fast, Loaded Hardware / Software, Great out-of-the-box functionality

  Weaknesses: Base Warranty

  Overall Evaluation: This is our 3rd Mac Notebook, and by far the most refined. This machine in conjunction with Leopard runs and functions amazing. There were some graphic card glitches that were recently cured with software / firmware updates. Like my other 2 PowerBooks, we must use a Shaggymac screen protector to prevent keyboard marks. http://www.shaggymac.com Also, Magsafe has proved to the next step in power plugs and is a welcome improvement. This unit was purchased direct from Apple as a refurbished model. $1649 - same 1 year Applecare, and ZERO dead pixels. Saved $850 over a "NEW" unit.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: patrickfeldman

  Updated:08-15-08

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  Strengths: amazing

  Weaknesses: not compatible with office

  Overall Evaluation: i just switched from PC. I love my mac. It is great and it does so much cool stuff PC's dont do. It never gets virus' and is very simple to use. buy one to find out why

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: ymdone

  Updated:05-05-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Days

  Strengths: Stylish looks, lightweight, backlit keyboard, battery life

  Weaknesses: Price?

  Overall Evaluation: What's there to say about the Macbook Pro that hasn't been said already? It's stylish, lightweight, runs the Mac programs incredibly fast. I haven't had occasion to use the Pro "features" (ie. the ability to run Windows programs), but I bought the Pro just in case. That and the price had dropped enough to make it almost equivalent to a comparable IBM.Things that stand out:1. In an odd touch, the screen of the 200 GB Pro is 15", not 15.4" like the 160 GB Pro. Not that you'd be able to tell any difference. What's weirder, the 15" screen looks bigger than a 17" screen on a Dell or IBM laptop. I know it's not, but it just looks larger. Perhaps it's the thin frame that accentuates the screen, which is pretty eye-popping in its own right. Clear graphics. No wonder it's the choice for graphic designers and publishers.2. The backlit keyboard is awesome. It will brighten or darken as the light in the room adjusts, and it adjusts quickly. The blue/white color is wild too.3. Battery life is magnificent. I've gotten 5 hours easily on every charge.4. Others have commented the Macbook Pro gets hot. I haven't experienced this at all. My Pro has run for hours straight and is hardly warm at all. (My wife's IBM laptop runs very hot, and she needs a fan-cooled tray wherever she brings her laptop to prevent getting "serious" burns.)5. It's a minor complaint, but as another reviewer mentioned it would've been nice to have more than two USB ports. It's moot really as a USB hub is inexpensive, but one or two more (which, yes, would have come at the expense of the design, so probably not an option) ports would be appreciated.6. Apple, where's the remote? My dad's less expensive Macbook came with a remote. Small quibble, to be sure, but a nice touch for watching movies.I cannot recommend the Macbook Pro more heartily. It's a purchase you will not regret.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: jonlouisville

  Updated:05-01-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: It's a Mac! It's a Mac that can run Windows faster than most Windows laptops (if you really need to, but why?). Great looks. Backlit keyboard. The best trackpad bar none.

  Weaknesses: Can get a little warm on your lap, but not as much as Powerbooks. Can not run older OS9 software like older Powerbooks, but that is a very acceptable tradeoff.

  Overall Evaluation: This is my second Apple laptop, an upgrade from my 3-year old Powerbook. I am forced to use a Dell at the office, but that's pretty much only an email machine. To do real work, I turn to the Mac, as I have done for 15 years. Lightweight, good screen size, can run Windows natively using Boot Camp, but I prefer to use it with VMWare Fusion, which is faster than Parallels. Excellent utility to transfer everything from old Macs (only a few apps needed to be reinstalled). The magnetic power connector is a great step-up from the problematic older plug-in unit on Powerbooks. Full size Firewire 400 and 800 ports are a plus (not those silly mini-plugs found on many Windows machines, if you're lucky to get Firewire at all), but a way to plug in an external SATA drive would be nice. It already survived one fall onto the floor from 3 feet up, so obviously the hard drive protection system works well. Very nice non-glossy screen, so annoying reflections are not a concern. Arguably a better buy than cheaper Windows laptops, as you can start using it out of the box for business and multimedia (and there's never any bloatware on a new Mac).

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: tetschan

  Updated:04-16-08

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  Strengths: Design, LED backlight, multi-touch pad, penryn processor, built-in isight camera, magsafe power adapter, backlit keyboard, ambient light sensor, etc.

  Weaknesses: less cache than earlier version, easy ram access

  Overall Evaluation: This is my second Apple purchase. I've upgraded to the new Penryn MacBook Pro from a TiBook, so I may be more than a little star struck. The biggest surprise for me was the LED backlight; its brightness makes me question if my TiBook or my first laptop (a Dell) even had a backlight. The Intel Penryn processor is powerful and runs cooler than the G4 I had (lap computing could become uncomfortable very quickly). The processor also makes possible booting into a windows OS which makes it a computer with greater versatility than its wintel rivals. I'm still learning the gestures, but the multi-touch pad makes for a great addition. The utility and safety of the magsafe adapter gives me solace whenever I need to visit relatives or friends who have active children that run through the house. As far as the weaknesses (which are only my opinions), I understand the concept of "trying to do more with less" but I feel that lowering the cache to 3MB wouldn't have been a choice that I would have made. That being said, if the cache wasn't listed in the specs, I wouldn't have noticed. The ram access, I feel, is too accessible. I recently changed out the default 2GB (2x1GB) memory for 4GB (2x2GB) and I won't be accessing the ram housing again, so I question the need for the easy access. It's a silly concern, I know; but I'd feel the same if someone could just knock on the hood of my car to have access to the engine. One of the earlier reviewers listed "plastic case" as a weakness for this item; as far as I can tell, the casing is mostly aluminum. Price was also listed as a weakness by some reviewers; I have to disagree. I consider myself to be a value concerned consumer who doesn't have a lot of money to throw around. Considering the price of wintel laptops with comparable hardware, the software that comes with the MacBook Pro, and the lack of headaches when I had my TiBook (compared to my colleagues who had wintel laptops during that time); I have to say the price I've paid was well worth it.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: sylvan37

  Updated:04-12-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Stylish.Fast.Easy On The Go.

  Weaknesses: Only 2 USB Ports

  Overall Evaluation: This is without doubt the best laptop I have ever used. It has great specs. At 5.4 pounds its easy to carry with you. The back lit keyboard and track pad gestures are a nice touch. It has a great 15.4 inch wide screen display which is easy on the eyes, and the battery life is excellent at almost 6 hours. You'll never have to upgrade this puppy for a good while.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: jmlmix

  Updated:04-05-08

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  Strengths: fast, expandable, comes with Leopard

  Weaknesses: expensive

  Overall Evaluation: I have had many Mac laptops over the years, and this MacBook Pro continues to impress me. I upgraded to 4GB RAM, which allows me to run lots of applications at once with no slowdown. The included Leopard software is fantastic -- new features like Time Machine for automatic backups are really helpful. The best thing about the Mac is it just works, and you don't have to worry about it. This laptop is very expandable, with 2 USB2.0 ports, firewire 400 and firewire 800, DVI out, etc. It is fast enough to run movie editing software and pretty much anything else you can throw at it. I primarily use it for email, photo storage, web browsing, movie editing with iMovie, and some statistical software. Synks perfectly with my iPhone. Yes, Macs are a little more (or a lot more) expensive than a cheap PC, but after spending hours and hours of frustration trying to get cheap PCs to work I took the plunge, and have not looked back!

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: sfschwartz

  Updated:03-29-08

  Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

  Strengths: solid construction

  Weaknesses: price, plastic shell

  Overall Evaluation: The constructon of the macbook pro is solid for a mass-produced device. It feels very substantial, and all the pieces fit together nearly seamlessly. Compared with the MacBook, the MacBook Pro provides an additional USB port plus Firewire 800. The ExpressCard slot is useful for future expansion and services such as wireless broadband. I find the keyboard on the MacBook Pro solid and responsive. The backlighting is useful when typing in dark environments. Unlike the MacBook that shares system memory for video the MacBook Pro has a dedicated video processor. This is essential for running graphics-intensive applications. In view of the additional quality and benefits that the MacBook Pro offers, I think it is worth the higher price from the macbook.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: placebo

  Updated:03-29-08

  Duration of ownership:7 Days

  Strengths: Great performance, bright display, multi-touch trackpad, backlit keyboard, nice and quiet

  Weaknesses: Light sensors too sensitive, sleep mode takes long to enter

  Overall Evaluation: I upgraded to the MacBook Pro (MBP) from a PowerBook G4. The MBP offers a few new features, like the built-in iSight and the multi-touch trackpad, but the feature set largely remains the same. Still, Apple has refined the design. The MBP has a larger trackpad, which recognizes gestures more consistently. The battery life is excellent, and if you want to swap batteries, it is more easily accessible on the MBP, no longer requiring a coin for removal. The MBP has more screen real estate than the PowerBook, thanks to a higher resolution screen. The screen is also much brighter. Still, there's room for improvement. The light sensors are too sensitive, so the light from the display will affect its brightness, resulting in the display dimming or brightening in dim surroundings depending on what's on the screen. Putting the computer to sleep takes a lot longer, though, if you know how, this can be disabled. Apple, unfortunately, doesn't provide a way to do this via the GUI. The keyboard sports a number of differences. It, thankfully, has an option key on the right now, replacing the enter key. All of the function keys now have some function assigned to them, including play/pause, fast forward, and rewind, and Apple reassigned the volume and keyboard lighting controls, Expose, and Dashboard to different keys. The keyboard lacks support for the numeric keypad, but I never used that feature on my previous laptops. The increase in performance makes for a smoother, more enjoyable user experience. One bounce on the dock and an application is open. Obviously, the faster processor helps, but it's also the inclusion of an SATA hard drive in the MacBook Pro and the resulting increase in disk performance. Despite the better performance, the MacBook Pro seems to run cooler than the PowerBook. Everyday activities, like decoding and watching an H.264-encoded video, which might tax the PowerBook's G4 processor require only a small fraction of the Intel processor's power, so while the PowerPC G4 had to run flat out, the Core 2 Duo Intel CPU barely breaks a sweat.

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Apple 15" MacBook Pro Notebook

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