Reviews for Apple MacBook Pro 17" Notebook - Core 2 Duo T7700 2.40 GHz

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

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

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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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.

Weakness: Any 17" laptop is kinda heavy.

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.

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It is my favorite Macbook pro

Strengths: Strong and powerful

Weakness: large

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.

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