Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch (Core 2 Duo T7700) Review

mstpblog · 03-09-2007, 02:22 AM

The Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch is still the lightest in its category, and now has the fastest components and a new screen resolution to boot.

It continues to be the lightest 17-inch laptop on the market, but now Apple throws in the fastest components to date, as well as a 1080p resolution.
New Intel platform. Fast processor. Excellent graphics for gaming. Highest screen resolution available. Elegant design. Lightest 17-inch laptop on the market. Fast hard drive.
Lack of less-expensive configurations. RAM upgrade is insanely expensive.

The Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch (Core 2 Duo T7700; $3,799 direct) is the only 17-inch laptop that can be labeled as both a thin-and-light laptop and a desktop replacement. It's thin-and-light in that it weighs a mere 6.7 pounds, yet with its drool-inducing 17-inch widescreen, it can kick your current desktop to the curb. But this shouldn't be news to anyone. This form factor has been Apple's formula for success since the first MacBook Pro 17-inch debuted in 2003. The latest revision involves gutting the inside of the laptop to make room for Intel's Centrino Duo platform. And for video perfectionists, you can now get the 17-inch MacBook Pro with a 1,920-by-1,200 resolution.

Keeping an entire laptop line to a thickness of 1 inch while upgrading performance parts every six months isn't an easy task, but Apple has figured out how to do it, and do it well. It's even more amazing that the 17-inch MacBook Pro is able to come in under 7 pounds, whereas its peers, the Dell Inspiron 1720 and the HP Pavilion dv9000t (Vista), both weigh more than 8 pounds. The reason for this may be that Apple's use of an aluminum-alloy chassis gives it more flexibility in molding laptops. Or perhaps it's just sheer engineering ingenuity that allows Apple to come up with great designs.

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aryayush · 04-09-2007, 01:07 AM

Good review.

Sourabh · 04-09-2007, 03:31 AM

Completely ripped off from here, just like your other posts on this forum.

Digit forum needs to implement stricter guidelines against such means to drive traffic to other new websites. Hmm...

mstpblog: Consider this a final warning. Another one of these and your account on this forum will be banned forever.

entrana · 04-09-2007, 06:15 AM

stop stealing data man u shud at least give the source its not right to copy peoples work you know

Gigacore · 04-09-2007, 07:17 AM

good review, add some pics

readermaniax · 04-09-2007, 07:49 PM

Buddy, You could have just Edited the Review in your own Words and Posted ..
That would have been Better..

Remeber.. hardwork Pays Off..

Umm.. Locking the Thread?

ax3 · 14-09-2007, 05:45 PM

bt awesome MacBook Pro .........

QwertyManiac · 14-09-2007, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by readermaniax

Buddy, You could have just Edited the Review in your own Words and Posted ..
That would have been Better..

Remeber.. hardwork Pays Off..

Umm.. Locking the Thread?

Says you? Hah.