Apple 17" MacBook Pro Notebook

(2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile, 2GB DDR2, 160GB, DVD±RW DL, Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, 17" LCD - MPN: MA897LLA)

Description: 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 perfo.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 07/15/2007
mainomega Member Since: Sep 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 3 Days	Another Great Product 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. Summary: 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 19201200 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 16801050 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. 100% of People (26/26) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 01/13/2008
CoyoteCreative Member Since: Dec 2007 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 5 Days	Love my MacBook Pro!! 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. Summary: 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. 83% of People (5/6) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 10/14/2008
Foxstorng Member Since: Mar 2008 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 4 Months	It is my favorite Macbook pro Strengths: Strong and powerful Weaknesses: large Summary: It is not hot as the 15 inch one. I like it. I bought it only $1900 from Apple, when they made a clearance it. I love it. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.