Customer Reviews
Great for Business Travel 
2008-07-06
Fantastic Notebook. Switched from PC, and what a joy. The small learning curve is worth it. This notebook is Quality. Installed Parallels to run SolidWorks under Windows - and it works great in full screen mode. Have been on the road with this notebook for nearly a month, and it is a joy. So glad I am not traveling with my PC.
A fantastic little computer with so much power, elegance and style for research and graduate student life 2008-07-06
It's now eight days since I got my new MacBook Pro after more than 4 months reading and searching to get convinced enough to do that move, and pew I did it :)
Let's start with the hardware specifications, it has 15.4 inch widescreen with (LED backlight technology) this extra-awesome hyper saturated colors. (I read a few articles about LED backlighting and it differs from the old CCFL screens, you can read more about that here http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/06/macbook-pro-backlight-comparison-led-vs-ccfl/ ). And it has an Intel 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo processor with 4 megabytes L3 cache, 250 GB 5400RPM SATA (low-noise) disk, 5 hours-long battery and Airport Wireless card that supports 802.11n technology with awesome reception accuracy and iSight camera.
The most astonishing thing for now is the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 64bit, AWESOME operating system, and I can really understand now why apple always said that it's the most advanced operating system in the world, they are right, it's. :) it's a very well designed for a great user experience and you'll see many snapshots in the next few posts and well. it has more than 300 new features over the previous version "Tiger 10.4 and the main thing you'll notice about mac is that it's a REAL FAST.
The great news is that most of the well known and famous applications I needed are available for mac, like Microsoft office and it's open source clone open office, adobe creative suite 3, yahoo messenger, MSN messenger and iChat works as an awesome jabber chat client.
Also, it's really fast.
I use it mostly for music, internet, pictures, movies, homework pretty much what everybody uses a computer for. Also, I use it for my research, extensive statistics work and various medical work, and it works great
iLife is awesome and so is leopard (find out at apple.com)
like when you turn on your pc it has load and load and load then when the desktop finally pops up then if you click on something it takes like 1/2 an hour to open up
on this laptop it loads and and when the desktop shows you click something and it actually opens like its supposed to
I have been using pcs all my life and i just got fed up with them.
It is very nice computer to use especially during presentations (Apple Keynote is Awesome, especially, its presenter mode).
Spotlight is very effective tool for searching for papers. Also, there are limitless possibilities and solutions for scientific purposes.
Finally,
Advantages:
1- Very Fast.
2- Reliable computer.
3- Can run windows and mac osx applications (I use VMWare as a virtual machine).
4- Lots of tools for your research (example ofr nice software for research: Sente, Papers, Endnote, Yep, ...etc).
5- Stylish.
6- Perfect Screen.
7- Good Battery Life.
8- Durable (I dropped it twice).
9- Nice for chatting and communication (It's isight integration is flawless).
10- Perfect software and hardware integration.
Disadvantages:
1- Needs more RAM (At least 2 GB Ram).
Finally,
It is a perfect laptop for a graduate student for the price.
Macbook 2008-07-02
Nice machine. The first one we purchased had a problem with the screen, something called an inverter was loose and the screen was dark all the time. We haven't had any issues with this one. The screen quality, and the charger connection (magnetic) are especially nice.
THIS MACHINE TRULY LIVES UP TO IT NAME "PRO" 2008-07-02
I PURCHASED 15" MACBOOK PRO After MUCH THOUGHT AND RESEARCH. I HAVE BEEN A PC user for 15 years so
I was skeptical that MACS were all my coworkers made them out to be. Well I received my Macbook Pro three days after placing my order with Amazon and I could not be happier. Setup was a breeze, including the wireless interenet. I was emailing and loading and editing pictures in no time. The Apple support staff
are knowlegeable and a pleassure to deal with. I should have made the switch years ago.
I am also pleased with Amazon's fast delivery and you cannot beat their price. The notebook was packaged
securely and I have no complaints. I am very pleased.
Excellent Apple Product 2008-07-01
Having used both Mac and Windows products in the past, I decided to transition my home and business back to Mac after experimenting with Windows VISTA for a couple of weeks. The Macbook works well as expected, but I was happily surprised by the level of integration of audio/visual. A very nice design with no problems with either software or hardware after 2 months of use.
This is not a great news ! 
2008-07-24
Apple Air has great look and nice functionality, but the price is too high. And the mobility or much-advertised size and weight are not big news either. Because Acer Aspire One (A110L Intel Atom N270) is even lighter in weight as it weighs actually less than 0.9 kg! Apple Air weighs 1.36 kg! Much more important, Acer Aspire One cost only about 350 dollars. With what you pay for Apple Air, you can buy 4 Acer Aspire One ! And it has 80 GB in harddisk, XP, and Wlan. Now it is a big hot item in Scandinavia. While in the US, people are paying 4 times to buy this thing? And call it a great invention? Go figure!
fantastic 2008-07-22
Its like what I have always heard about apples. once you go mac you will never go back. now more then ever we need to spend our money more wisely. so quit wasting your money on pc's. invest in apple you wont regret it,
wow 2008-07-22
upgraded from a powerbook G4 1.5 MHz so I can write iphone apps.
This new laptop is _great_. Much faster, screen is brighter.
Didn't expect to use built in isight but ended up using it lots.
Don't be an idiot! 2008-07-15
Don't buy the new MacBookPro's from Amazon because based on the prices I just saw, they are less expensive in the Apple store or online. Plus you cannot get any corporate and/or school discounts here (with the Mac and Apple Care warranty). Otherwise, I have two MacBookPro's (a 15" and a 17") and an iMac...all great systems and only about a year old. You will not be disappointed, especially if you're coming from the dark era of the PC...no more memory problems, system lockups, and blue screen of death. What's great, you can use Bootcamp (included free with your Mac OS DVD) to partition your Mac HD and create a boot drive to install a 32-bit Windows OS. I'm running Vista Ultimate (for school) on my iMac and MacBookPro 17"; when you need Windows, simply reboot your Mac, hold down the Option key, then select the Windows OS drive. It's that simply. Updates are easy! Every week the system will automatically search for ALL updates, including your applications and then alert you of what is available. This saves you the hassle of having to search each vendor's site looking for updates, patches and so forth. Lastly, Widgets...just a waste of time really but the young kids and teeny-boppers really get into useless "gidgets and gadgets" that serve no purpose.
Great Product......Love Apple 2008-07-15
This was my first transition to a Mac from using windows based PC for most of my life. This is a super user friendly computer that has tons of hardware and software to do whatever you like. Though I am just getting to know the in's and out's of the macbook world, I can already tell that I will be an Apple fan for life. The new Leopard OS X is by far the best OS that I have used. Queit, portable and is just sleek looking. What else can I say......I love this MACBOOK PRO
