As many of you know, I am the proud owner of a MacBook Pro 17″. I have been using it for about 2 weeks now and I think I have formed my impressions of this wonderful device.
Design
From the tip of the iSight to the bottom of the trackpad, every square inch of this machine is beautiful. The ability to work in near pitch black with an illuminated keyboard and bright display is amazing. Apple has truly made this a dream machine.
Performance
Forget the stats, this thing can fly. Opening Photoshop CS3 or Final Cut Studio in 1 bounce, yes folks, thats one bounce. Tasks like rendering or encoding that used to take a while are achieved quickly with the new MacBook Pro.
High Resolution Display
For the first time ever, Apple offered a high resolution display in the 17″ MacBook Pro. What does this mean? 1920×1200 pixels (2304000 total pixels). If you walk into your local electronics store and look at the HDTVs they are selling, there are two resolutions, 1080i (which is the same as 720p) and 1080p. What they are talking about is the vertical lines in the tv. Computer monitors are always ‘p’ or progressive. This basically mean that all 1920×1080 pixels on a 1080p TV are always in use. In a ‘i’ or interlaced TV the pixels alternate, so you don’t get as high the resolution. The display in the High Resolution 17″ MacBook Pro is 1920×1200 pixels all in progressive. So overall there are more pixels in the 17″ High Res than there are in a 50″ 1080p TV.
Conclusions
Overall I love my New MacBook Pro. From design to speed, everything is perfect. And at just 6.8 lbs, its a full featured mobile computer. I have been able to sit lakeside and edit movies and graphics, or surf the net over a wireless N connection. It is the best Apple Computer I have ever used. I give it a 10/10 and can’t wait to see what Apple comes up with next. Thanks Apple for creating such a wonderful computer.
Glad you like the MBP! Treat it nice and it’ll treat you nice!
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Hello … I have just purchsed a 17″ macbook pro .. i have had one for four zears, so its a big upgrade. I am finding it much noisier than my prvious model … how is yours on fan noise?
@Donna Rachel No, I have not noticed this, what are the specs of your macbook pro?
2.4 GHz
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
160 G hardrive
its the most recent, standard model
i am not sur that its the fan … but perhaps the osund of the processor. It sounds verz clunky comparred the last ne i had .. and as i do sound work i am a little disspointed. I am asking you because i thought maybe i got one that isnt quite rght. when you put yours to sleep, does it take a while for the proessor to turn off, and can you hear it all happening?
You connect this beast to an external Apple display and you forget about Desktop computers. outstanding performance, beautiful design.
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