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Apple 17" MacBook Pro Notebook

MacBook Pro is built on the Intel Core 2 Duo which packs the power of two processor cores (up to 2.4GHz) inside a single chip. It provides 4MB of Smart Cache, L2 cache that can be shared between the cores as needed. It delivers higher performance in 2D and 3D graphics, video editing, and music encoding. But the engine is only part of the story. MacBook Pro delivers up to 4GB of 667MHz DDR2 memory with 800MHz frontside bus and support for hard drives up to 250GB. To go. That's MacBook Pro.

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Apple 17" MacBook Pro Notebook

Features
Battery Life	6 hour(s)
Included Network Card	Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)\|Wireless Ethernet - 11 Mbps IEEE802.11b\|Wireless Ethernet - 54 Mbps IEEE802.11a\|Wireless Ethernet - 54 Mbps IEEE802.11g
Energy Star Compliant	Yes
Included Devices	Built-In Microphone\|Built-In Webcam\|Remote Control
Input Devices	Keyboard\|Touchpad

Processor
Processor Speed	2.4 GHz
Processor Class	Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile

System
Drive Controllers	Serial ATA
Slots	Express Card 34
Cache Size	4 MB
Bus Speed	800 MHz
Interface Connection	Audio - Line In (1/8" Mini)\|Audio - Line Out (1/8" Mini)\|Audio - TOSlink Optical Digital\|Bluetooth\|Ethernet - RJ45 Twisted-Pair (XBaseT)\|FireWire 400/IEEE 1394 - 4 pin\|FireWire 800/IEEE 1394 - 9 pin\|USB - Universal Serial Bus 2.0\|Video - 15 pin High-Density D-shell (VGA)\|Video - 16 pin Mini-DVI

More Info
URL	http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Warranty
Warranty Information	1 Year Limited Warranty

Dimensions
Depth	10.4 in
Weight	6.8 lbs
Width	15.4 in
Height	1 in

Display
Aspect Ratio	16:10
Max Resolution	1680 x 1050
Display Type	Active Matrix LCD (TFT)
Display Size	17 in

Multimedia
Video Bus	PCI Express x16
Video Chipset	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Video Integration	Card
Installed Video Memory	256 MB

General
normalized-DVD-ROM Read Speed	8
normalized-Installed Memory	2000
normalized-Installed Video Memory	256
normalized-CD Rewrite Speed	16
normalized-Display Size	17
normalized-CD Write Speed	24
normalized-Cache Size	4

Memory
Memory Technology	DDR2
Maximum Memory	4 GB
Installed Memory	2 GB

Software
Operating System	Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard)

Storage
DVD-ROM Read Speed	8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD-R DL Speed	4 X (DVD, DVD-R)
Hard Drive Capacity	160 GB
DVD-RAM Speed	5 X (DVD, DVD-R)
Number of Hard Drives Included	1
DVD Rewrite Speed	6 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD+R DL Speed	4 X (DVD, DVD-R)
Included Drives	DVD+-RW DL
DVD Write Speed	8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
CD Write Speed	24 X (CD,CD-R)
CD Rewrite Speed	16 X (CD,CD-R)
CD-ROM Read Speed	24 X (CD,CD-R)

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Apple 17" MacBook Pro Notebook

Reviewed by: shoppy

01-08-08

Duration of ownership: 4 Months

Strengths: A superb light weight laptop that is pleasure to use. Very powerful, I run Crysis, Half life and Bio shock at great frame rates through boot camp. Fast, light, back lit keyboard is great for me, screen is fantastic I have two of these the same spec except one is glossy and the other matte.

Weaknesses:If anything that they did not introduce high res screen option previously my one other compliant is the region locking by the OS.

Overall Evaluation: This is now my 20th pro apple laptop I have been buying and upgrading al the way back from my 12, 15 and 17" Powerbooks right to my first 1.83MBP. I love the machines, I prefer them to my sony vaio, for ease of use and just sheer reliability. I have the 17" 2.6C2D, with HIgh Res 2 gigs of ram and a 720rpm 200gb hard drive and the machine just leaves my other laptops behind.
Reviewed by: CoyoteCreative

01-13-08

Duration of ownership: 5 Days

Strengths: Sleek design, totally awesome operating system (Leopard) and speedy processing. Doesn't overheat. Love the Time Machine and Dashboard features.

Weaknesses:Any 17" laptop is kinda heavy.

Overall Evaluation: Very impressive little machine! I was a little worried about the computer heating up because of blogs/reviews I'd read. Apparently Apple has taken care of this issue, because my MacBook Pro maintains a very comfortable temperature. As stated above, the speed of the processor (along with the 4 gigs of RAM I had installed), Leopard OS, and the elegance of the entire Apple interface - ROCK! It's all the nice little amenities that Apple includes that make this laptop the one I love.
Reviewed by: mainomega

07-15-07

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Thinner than most laptops with these features. Lightweight. Great Display. Firewire 800. Great Upgraded Graphics Card. Built In Camera. Remote. Small powerbrick. Santa Rosa chipset. Great Battery life

Weaknesses:Still gets REALLY hot. Some people have reported problems with their screens.

Overall Evaluation: This is my second MacBook Pro. I've owned the 2.33 and bought the 2.4 because we love these laptops. The SantaRosa chipset was supposed to provide cooler temps but the temps are still high. The iSight camera was reduced in size but is now 1.3 megapixels (You won't be able to take a highres snap will Leopard though). 802.11n is now standard and works great. Max memory has been increased to 4gb but the standard config is 2x1gb SODIMMs instead of the better option of a single 2GB SODIMM. The instructions to upgrade your ram are included in the manuals so use pricegrabber.com to buy yourself some cheaper (compared to Apple) ram. Now for the two big selling points. First you can now get a 'Hi-Res' screen which will allow you to run a 1920*1200 pixels. With Leopard being resolution independent it'll look even better. The second point is the upgraded video card. Apple ditched ATI and went for an Nvidia 8600M GT. We play games using Bootcamp 1.3 with Windows XP and can run C&C3 with ALL the eye candy on at 1680*1050 and it runs amazingly good.This is a great machine it has a tendency to heat up... a lot so make sure you don't plop it on top of a pillow... buy one of those laptop cooling trays.

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Apple MacBook Pro

Lightweight 17-incher has a beautiful screen and comes loaded with useful software. It's fast, too.

For people who appreciate finer laptop accoutrements such as a backlit keyboard and a slot-fed DVD drive, Apple has crafted another tasty offering in the form of the 17-inch MacBook Pro. Sleek, powerful, and able to run Windows as well as the Mac operating system, the MacBook Pro makes a strong case for becoming anyone's ultimate notebook.

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