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 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...

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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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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

...unibody machines). It is, as it's name implies, designed around the large, 17" display. The whole machine is only slightly larger than the display itself, approximately 1/4 of an inch larger on the left and right side, and 1/2 of an inch larger on the top and bottom. The computer is a shade less than an inch thick when closed, and around about 3 KG. It is a large laptop, but is about the thinest and lightest large screen laptop available. It's specs are impressive, what you expect from a top end mac, a dual core 2.5GHz processor, large 320GB hard disc, 4GB ram as standard and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory make this a powerful road warrior laptop. It includes most of the additional features you find on high end computers too. 802.11 B/G/N wireless networking, gigabit ethernet, bluetooth 2.1 EDR...

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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...

nickyg63 12.09.2007 · Read review
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The new uni-body aluminium Apple Macbook - It's excellent!

Advantages: Lightweight, stylish, creative, very fast, durable, excellent value for money
Disadvantages: I can't think of any!

...The new macbook has an impressive specification list, Prices start from £929 for the 2.0GHz option which include Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 Memory, 160GB hard drive1, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, Standard keyboard, Aluminium unibody. Or you can pay a little bit more (£1,125) and get 2.4GHz including 2.4GHz, Intel Core 2 Du, 2GB DDR3 Memory, 250GB hard drive1, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, Illuminated keyboard and Aluminium unibody. I own the 2.4GHz option which includes the illuminated keyboard (great for using the laptop in the dark!) This is my first laptop and my first Apple product and I love it. I have owned it since December 2008 and the transformation from windows to mac was seamless. The mac does everything with ease and actually works for you rather than making you work for it, like a pc can make you feel...

Vicki_87 17.03.2009 · 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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Apple of My Eye!

Advantages: Robust, ease of use, compact and portable!
Disadvantages: None

...never really be swayed until you try something yourself. Notably almost all of the reviews I have read have been praising, and looking at the Apple website, I was extremely impressed at the level of technical support available. The site features a highly in-depth FAQ section, as well as an international user forum which also proves extremely valuable if you require assistance with a problem. Access to customer services is also clearly dictated on the site with the contact details being clearly viewable, and the offer of several methods of communicating with Apple. APPLE MACBOOK CORE 2 DUO OVERVIEW: With a 13.3 inch viewable TFT screen, the Macbook exceeds many laptops in terms of visual quality. At a resolution of 1280x800, the screen offers sharp definition and excellent detail and colour definition. Perfect for personal use as...

lisacallow 17.06.2007 · Read review
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Macbook Review

Advantages: Fantastic operating system and programs, great features, portability style
Disadvantages: inbuilt graphics

...free templates. iDVD: Allows you to design DVD menus for your homes movies. iTunes: Music library program. Can be used to buy music, videos and rent movies from the iTunes music store, which is the most popular online music download service. Can also be used to sync music, videos and photos to your iPod or iPhone. I don't know how I managed without iLife. It seems like a necessity on my computer now. Nothing comes close to the iLife suite. I would recommend reading some reviews on iLife 09 to get some more info on these programs. There are some great interactive videos on the Apple website. Apple computers are known for their style. The Macbook is a very attractive computer. I often get glances when using this outside or in Coffee shops. Very few Windows based PCs are stylish. The keyboard is very good. At first I didn...

AndrewSteele 04.02.2009 · Read review
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An Apple today keeps the hardship away

Advantages: Lightning speed, intuitive workflow, simple to use, beautiful to look at.
Disadvantages: Expensive, limited compatable software, poor screen visibility.

...Board Games, Garage Band, Comic Life, Chess, Office 2000 Test Drive and a lot more. It's quite a nice range, and takes care of most things you need, unless you want specific applications like Photoshop, Flash or Cubase. The keyboard: -------------------- The keyboard keys are all soft and separated, rather than being a single unit like previous Apple Mac laptops. Obviously this means that if you spill anything in it, it will be a horror to try to clean out. The other day I actually spilt a bit of tea in the mousepad and had to physically suck it out. That was interesting... No damage done, though. So I guess MacBooks aren't that fragile. Some of the keys need getting used to, such as how there are 5 "function" keys in the bottom left, rather than the 3 you'd get in Windows (excluding the Windows key). The mousepad is fantastic, as...

matt_fletcher 15.05.2007 · Read review
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