http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/ Engadget Comments for 17-inch unibody MacBook Pros now shipping? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Great for school, all right!
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The guy using the $800 PC can do all the exact same thing you can with your $3000 show off machine.

But I have to agree with the other poster and say even better yet, the guy using the note pad and pen will be the one to succeed. Hes there for a reason (to learn - not spend mommy and daddy's money.)]]>Feb 13th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Just because you can't afford one is no reason to behave like douchebags yourselves.

Oh, and iEye? Go drink some bleach. ]]>Feb 13th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
So like chill on the financial judgments yo, some people have extra money and that's perfectly OK. ]]>Feb 13th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
People will always complain about stuff that's expensive. The PS3 has sold loads and is, in my opinion, still overpriced. Audiophile equipment is often stupidly expensive for the sake of a few extra Hz or a teeny bit more clarity that most people would only notice on an oscilloscope.

End of the day, you're an idiot if you base your product purchases from blog comments.]]>Feb 13th 2009 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Statement: "I might buy a 17" mbp"

Illogical and irrelevant responses:
"Yeah but it's your parents money!!"
"and the guy with the pencil and paper will do better!"
"you don't need it!"

As if you 100% actually NEED 99% of the stuff on this site.

What do you consider so scandalous about someone considering spending $3000 on a laptop?? This is a gadget site ffs. Take your unconcealed jealousy and insecurity somewhere else.

]]>Feb 13th 2009 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Lets at least get our facts straight: The battery replacement is going to be $179 and it will be a same day repair at a retail store...]]>Feb 13th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
I thought it would be at least... oh F**k it, it's still a pain in the D*** and A** and.
*#&$#*@
#@*#$

Apple will fail and will be swept away by the winds of time in the next 10 years (Think: Lack of upgradeability, shifting mindsets/budgets, less "superiority" as the OS suffers from more holes and an increasing number of viruses, UNIBODY, etc.)

Mark. My. Words.

And yes, it is crazy, but tell me that to me in 10 years.]]>Feb 14th 2009 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 17th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 14th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Dispatches 19/02/09 should hopefully be here 02/03/09.

There was me all excited as well thinking maybe it had shipped, ahh well, not to worry, the excitement can wait.]]>Feb 14th 2009 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
inb4jason]]>Feb 13th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6133/mbp17inchconfirmorderruqv4.jpg]]>Feb 13th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/28/laptop-display-comparison-awards-top-marks-to-lenovo/]]>Feb 13th 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
No. The color accuracy was slightly less than the mini 9. The Mac Book has a better viewing angle and is larger. Also, if you bothered to read the entire article, which I doubt, you'd also know that the author liked the MBP display just fine for a laptop, and indicated that it was above the acceptable threshold for a laptop.

Nonetheless, there is no excuse for the MBP to not have the very best display available.]]>Feb 13th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Seriously, everyone who ordered a 17" Macbook Pro was given the option to cancel their orders if they didn't want to wait.]]>Feb 13th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/]]>Feb 14th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Battery on this unit rated better than those on the 15-inchers.

And its two Nvidia cards, one not so power hungry the other so.

---
Boards of Canada:
"At the time, Apple was beginning the transition to LED backlights in its laptop line, and what we found was the display was incrementally better than the company's previous offerings in this size and offered a decent platform for assessing and doing basic adjusting of pictures in the field. In short, the screen was good and it responded well to hardware profiling but overall accuracy was a couple of notches below a good desktop display. Still, we concluded that Apple was making one of the finest laptop screens we'd seen for use in a pro digital photography workflow."
-http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-9320-9876]]>Feb 13th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Ordering the displays with an emphasis on colour accuracy, the list looks like this:

1. Lenovo ThinkPad W700
2. IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T60
3. Dell Inspiron Mini 9
4. Apple late-2008 MacBook Pro 15 inch

Ordering the displays with an emphasis on viewing angle flexibility, the list becomes:

1. IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T60
2. Lenovo ThinkPad W700
3. Apple late-2008 MacBook Pro 15 inch
4. Dell Inspiron Mini 9
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I would have considered this DESPITE the ridiculous price but the Sheer foolishness of voiding the warranty or having to do surgery on the thing just to up the memory or HD is just foolish.

Besides the thing has 17" screen already NOT very nimble or compact .....add the extra thickness to get the battery mechanism already! SSEESH! That would have made it at least palatable. I'll stick with my easily upgradeable 15" Unibody LOVE IT! ]]>Feb 13th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 14th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Soooo yes upgrade ability by US the user is always good. Now the only draw back I can see is the inability to switch out batteries on long trips....but that is not such a big deal.

Yes much more palatable.]]>Feb 14th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/
Ships: Mar 10
Delivers: Mar 13

:(]]>Feb 13th 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_Pro_17inch_Early2009.pdf]]>Feb 13th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 14th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pros-now-shipping/Feb 13th 2009 10:16PM