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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Best Laptop I've Ever Used"
Pros: High Build Quality, Really Fast, Trackpad, Keyboard, LED Screen, Quiet, Beautiful Design
Cons: Price, No Blu-Ray
Summary: I've been an avid PC user my whole life, I even made fun of Apple now and then.
I purchased the original iPhone when it first came out, then I got a Mac-Mini, and now I have the MBP. Apple has converted me, but I still use my PC's.
My MBP is insanely fast, especially when I run XP on BootCamp, I mean faster than any other laptop or desktop I've ever used (I have the 2.8ghz with the 7200rpm drive). OS X is by far the best OS out there now, with BootCamp, Parallels, and Fusion the switch from PC to Mac is a no brainer, except for the cost.
I prefer the glossy screen, so no protest from me there. I love the keyboard, it feels great typing on it and the illumination is a nice plus. The quality is outstanding, I can't think of a single thing from the packaging to the actual laptop that feels cheap or low grade. The trackpad takes very little time to get used to, and now I catch myself trying to do the same things on my Windows laptops. It's also really, really quiet, I can barely here the fans or hard drive spinning. The MBP runs much cooler to than any of my other laptops, the heat dissipation is excellent, must be the aluminum.
I highly recommend the MBP. The only negative is the price, but I suppose the old adage is true here, "you get what you pay for", at least I hope so.
- 5 replies to this review
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I own this same laptop and am unable to see why you are still using your pc's, after getting this MacBook Pro I installed Windows XP over Bootcamp, but only for games which turn out to run unbelievably smooth even without adjusting the NVIDIA settings in windows.
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I hope the 2.53 GHz with 5400-rpm drive is fast enough. It does have the 6MB cache, 512MB VRAM, and full 4GB RAM. The thing was, with the rebate mine cost $2394.00. To upgrade to 7200-rpm would've been and extra $150 and for the full monty described here an extra $450! Not sure the extra 2.7GHz and 7200-rpm is worth $450 but would've been nice to have the best.
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"I'm curious, is the trackpad unresponsive when you click it?"
No, I haven't had any issue with the trackpad or anything else as of yet. -
I'm curious, is the trackpad unresponsive when you click it?
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I've been sitting here for about an hour reading so called reviews. I truelly like and appreciate this review. It's not a whiner or obsessive review. Thank you for your opinion.
-Someday an iLap (MB) user!!!
Where to buy
Apple MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz, Nvidia GeForce 9400M w/ 512MB):
$2,449.00 - $2,495.00
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