Sunday, September 30, 2007
Expert Review of the New Apple MacBook Pro
The new Apple MacBook Pro gets easily placed in the elite class of laptops, with its high-end performance, features and built on Intel’s new attempt of dominating the notebooks market segment with its Core 2 Duo processor. The MacBook Pro is available in two models of 15.4 inches and 17 inch, at a starting price tag of US$1,999. The solid and well-built similarity with its aluminum-clad precursor versions and its thin frame makes it easily stuffed onto smaller laptop bags. It is provided with the minimalist layout characteristic feature with single power button, a full-scale keyboard, a considerably sized touchpad with the only mouse button, stereo speakers and built-in iSight camera.
Strengths:
Classic and sleek design
Exceptional Software Package
New mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display for better and brighter display
Wi-Fi 802.11n
Illuminated keyboard, scrollable Touch Pad and Slot Loading drive
Provides 4MB of Smart Cache, L2 cache that can be shared among the 2 cores
Equipped with a FireWire 800 port and can burn dual-layer DVDs
Stuffed with 2GB of RAM and an ultra speedy 256MB of video RAM
Drawbacks:
Although the MacBook Pro has a thin frame but is heavy to be carried often
Provided with only 2/3 USB 2.0 ports
No internal Modem option
Lacks Media Card Reader and other ports
No PC Card slot
Noisy Audio
Shorter Warranty period in comparison to price
Battery Life although increased would have been better
Doesn’t support classic MAC OS Software
Specifications of the two MacBook Pro Models:
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| 15.4 Inch MacBook Pro | 17 inch MacBook Pro |
| Processor | 2.2GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard Drive | Up to 200 GB | Up to 250 GB |
| Weight | 5.4 Pounds | 6.8 Pounds |
| USB Ports | 2 - USB 2.0 Ports | 3 – USB 2.0 Ports |
| Network Support | Gigabit Ethernet Wi-Fi 802.11n Bluetooth 2.0+EDR | Gigabit Ethernet Wi-Fi 802.11n Bluetooth 2.0+EDR |
| Optical Drive | 8x double-layer-burning SuperDrive | 8x double-layer-burning SuperDrive |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT |
| Keyboard | Illuminated Keyboard | Illuminated Keyboard |
| TrackPad | Scrolling | Scrolling |
Summary:
The MacBook Pro conveys ultimate fashion, comes with an exclusive set of features and software, 802.11n Wi-Fi delivers up to five times the performance and two times the range compared to the 802.11g standard.. But a few transitional performance concerns prevents it from being amongst the most powerful laptops. It is one of the most suited laptop for power users but doesn’t come cheap.
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