Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz - 17" TFT

Advantages: nice screen, good battery life, fast specs
Disadvantages: large size (price?)

...Apple mac-books, where to start... ok, so to start, it is an apple, that means you get a solid quality product and on the whole very good customer are. this particualar apple is deffinatly more suited to being a media center than other laptops. At first glance you realise that it is a fairly large laptop, this allows for a big screen, which being an apple ffers clear vivid displays, unfortunatly the big screen increases the overal size and also uses more battery, however, the 4.5 hour yattery is still very good for an entertainment laptop. The laptops technical specs include a very fast 2.5 ghz dual core proccesor which is very fast, the dual core allows it to tackle multiple tasks quicly as well as increasing the overall speed of the laptop. The price is quite steep however, but i believe, if given the money, it is...

pieceofmind 29.04.2008 (30.04.2008) · Read review
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Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3" - I'm a convert

Advantages: Stylish, flexible, super fast startup
Disadvantages: Pricey compared to a PC

...the choices below; they're all open source/freeware. My budget for toys is dry following the arrival of the MacBook, so it's cheapies or freebies for me for a while. So here goes: 1. Browser (Firefox) With the advent of Firefox V3.0 (FF3), I was finally teased away from Internet Explorer (IE) on the PC. The time taken to develop css sites and make them work cross-platform was hugely reduced, I was a convert. I'm sure Safari is truly great, but I'll be sticking to FF for dev for the foreseeable future. 2. Messaging client (MSN Messenger for Mac) A no brainer really, need to retain the continuity with my previous MSN contacts. That said, I've hardly used it since I installed it. 3. Twitter client (TweetDeck)| If you're into Twitter, you need a client. This one fits the bill nicely, lets you group your followees and has a nice user interface. It...

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Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz - 13.3" TFT - excellent!

Advantages: portable, runs very fast, large storage with TimeMachine application for backing up your work
Disadvantages: some problems with using Safari, though this may be due to the wireless network I am using, costs!

...In my opinion, the Apple Macbook Pro is an ideal laptop. As a student, I find that it meets all my needs - I can store plenty of music, photos etc even though I bought the cheapest one with the smallest memory. The system operates very fast and comes with both Firefox and Safari. My only criticism is that it only comes with textedit and so you have to buy iWorks for around £65. However, despite this it is good value for money and I don't regret spending my 2 years worth of part-time earnings on it! It has everything I want from a laptop and is ideally portable and good for watching films despite the smaller screen size. Another feature I particularly liked was that it has a light up keyboard for when you are in darker rooms - you can adjust the brightness of the keyboard the same as you can for the screen. Looks very impressive! It is...

mairig1 24.10.2009 · Read review
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At the Core of Apple

Advantages: Made of metal, better battery, better overall compared to previous models
Disadvantages: Expensive, underpowered

...Manufacturer- Apple Features Processor- 2GHz Pentium Intel Core 2 Duo, 3MB cache Memory/RAM- 2GB ? 2 x 1 GB sticks 1067 MHz DD3 Hard-drive Space- 160GB Graphics chipset- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 256 MB DVD Superdrive Screen size- 13.3 inches TFT, Widescreen USB- 2.0 x 2 Ethernet Adaptor Airport Bluetooth Audio input socket Inbuilt microphone Inbuilt camera Mini display adaptor- unfortunately it doesn?t come with a lead Mag-safe 60w lead Operating System- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard This model doesn?t come with a remote as standard- which annoyed me because I had to sell my other one as it was part of my other laptop?s original accessories. People ?s main complaint with Apple is that their products are way too expensive, and that having a Mac is far inferior to a PC- but this is mainly down to the fact that they were poorly powered yet...

sirmitchalot 25.07.2009 · Read review
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Macbook core 2 duo 13.3 inch aluminium casing

Advantages: Stylish design, solid case, light weight
Disadvantages: gets a bit warm under windows

...Recently i decided to purchase the new aluminium cased apple macbook. The price is quite high starting off around £900. I took a trip down to my local apple shop to find out a little more about the macbook, I got talking to a member of staff in store who told me a little more about the system i wanted to purchase and about discounts i could recieve. As i am a student i recieved my macbook with a 14% discount and also 3 years warranty for £50. When i got home i took it out of the box, the macbook has a strong aluminium casing which aids in keeping cool, the macbook is really cold to the touch when it has been off for hours which is quite a shock when it touches your skin. The macbook itself is really stylish with a thin screen with a built in webcam, the screen is really clear and has a glossy look to it. The builtin webcam has good...

bryan_t 12.05.2009 · Read review
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MacBook, Get Yours.

Advantages: Smooth, silent, good looking, more than capable, satisfying.
Disadvantages: Arguably the cost, some very minor issues in very few cases.

...all the ports for headphones, USB (x2), firewire, ethernet and something else presumably to do with video, and also the magnetic charging slot. This side doesn't look so pretty but its still better looking than a Dell :P Finally, along the bottom is the battery, taking up a good quarter of the space, with a little turnable lock to eject it. The battery also features a small button and set of five lights to tell you how charged it is at any given time, and it also flashes when its charging, to tell you how full it is. The 'feet' on the Macbook are round and grey, and don't fall off like they did on my previous laptop. All in all, its a sexy laptop. Plain, simple, sleek, strong and no frills needed. Unless you count the Apple logo which I failed to mention (you've all seen them), which lights up slightly when the machine is on...

davedave135 24.06.2009 · Read review
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Apple Macbook core 2 duo 2ghz 13"

Advantages: sexy fast different simple
Disadvantages: could take a bit of getting used to

...After thinking what laptop to buy for over a year I kept falling back on the idea of buying mac! I had wireless set up and off I went to buy a laptop. I fell in love with the macbook very sexy and simple (bit like myself)! I'm not here to bore you with specs (you know what you need you just want to know how well it performs). I opted for the 13" as its smaller and cheaper £699! Its a very competant little machine that can do everything you want it too, its wifi is very good and stable. Its amazingly simple to use far less complicated than windows! I love the two fingers on the mouse pad to scroll down pages, also the quality of the display and the way it works out when you mistype (somehow apple have made it work out sausage finger typing and it doesn,t put that letter in). The operating system is fast at booting up...

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Review of Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 2 GHz - 13.3" TFT

Old design hides great new features

Advantages: Huge, High res display. Very quick, great processor, ram, high capacity HDD
Disadvantages: No unibody design, some features only available on SMALLER model, Still no Blu-Ray

...could have hoped for. The Core 2 Duo and LED backlight mean the computer is surprisingly efficient. When running on battery power under normal usage, it is quite easy to achieve the apple quoted "5 hours wireless productivity" and when wireless and bluetooth are switched off, and the screen brightness turned down, you will easily achieve a full days college work on a single charge. The battery is quite large, physically, and carrying a spare will add significant weight to the bag, but thankfully, under most circumstances, will not be necersarry. The computer also includes clever Apple features like the multi-touch trackpad, allowing for scrolling using 2 fingers, and backlit keyboard, which automatically lights up when it gets dark. It also has internal features like the sudden motion sensors, accelerometers which allow the computer to...

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Review of Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 DUe

Advantages: Most points are advantages, excellent laptop!!
Disadvantages: can be difficult with compatibility when dowloading, doesn't work with 4OD

...I would recommend this product to anybody looking for a laptop. It's very easy to use, even for somebody who would describe themselves as computer illiterate. It's suitable for both personal and professional uses and the small details such as the built-in camera and the iphoto application aswell as the remote that comes with it which can be used for power point presentations etc. make the Apple Macbook Pro stand out amongst other brands. It has bluetooth for easy connection with your mobile phone which can come in handy, regular update alerts which have been suprisingly useful. The safari internet server is very well set out and easy to use. As a student with lots of essays to write and passages and reports to download from the internet, it was important to me for my laptop to have a system that would allow this to be both easy...

x-Kayweee-x 19.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz - 15.4" TFT

Apple Macbook Aluminum Unibody 2.0GHz gets the job done!

Advantages: Stylish, ample speed, memory is user upgradeable, beautiful LED display, iLife 09 included
Disadvantages: Expensive, no firewire port

...and that the only reason to opt for the more expensive 2.4GHz unit would be if I required the backlit keyboard or additional disk space. I charged it to my card and was on my way, proud to have finally joined Team Apple. On arriving home, and after washing my hands thoroughly, I proceeded to unpack my new Macbook. The configuration wizard is super intuitive and within minutes, I was ready to browse the internet, collect email, and begin working my way through the 10 MiniDV tapes worth of video footage that I had taken in the Far East. All of the good things that I had heard about iMovie were indeed true. iMovie makes video editing a breeze and allows even a non-seasoned wannabe producer to create professional looking content. Sharing the video with iDVD, also in the iLife suite, is a one-click process and generating awesome looking menus...

srobertb 29.04.2009 · Read review
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