http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/ Engadget Comments for MacBook Pro 17-inch unibody review 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/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/]]>Mar 4th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
I am typing this on the new unibody 17" and I can tell you this computer looks fantastic. Better than anything really. It makes my older 15" MacBook Pro look like a cheap plastic Dell - despite the fact that the old MBP was up until recently the standard in laptop design. The unibody looks like it came from 5 years in the future. Of course if you get the matte display, you also get the silver bezel and no full-screen glass so it doesn't look nearly as good.

On the glossy issue, I am not sure matte is all that much better. Matte blurs out reflections, sure - but does the end result look _better_? I don't think so. The 17" glossy display is absolutely stunning in terms of color reproduction and brightness and my matte 15" is also hard to read in direct sunlight - it's just a _different_ hard to read. My final verdict would be that matte trades a certain amount of color / black accuracy for a slightly improved experience in direct sunlight or very bright rooms. The glossy looks better also because of the black bezel and seamless glass.]]>Mar 4th 2009 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/ ]]>Mar 4th 2009 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/stop replying to the first comment to get yours bumped to the top.]]>Mar 4th 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/like they could have easily made the trackpad bigger, and would it kill them to add the number keypad on the side of the keyboard?]]>Mar 4th 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 5th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
If you aren't browsing the web with the beastly Flash player spinning your fan and aren't goofing around in iMovie for 4 hours straight I have no doubt most users will get the 6-8 hours.]]>Mar 5th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 8th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/


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"From cold boot to active desktop took roughly 30 seconds, which is blazing..."

You are trying to tell me that a machine running 8GB RAM costing $4800 takes as long as 30 seconds.....

You are kidding me....

This is running Generic Hardware. Every PC manufacturer in the world can screw the EXACT same components down on a chassis and get a faster boot than that. This is not the hardware.

That is not good software !!!!

Tough love OSuX fanboys.]]>Mar 4th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
Apple should try flashing the BIOS.

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A: Douchebag Troll!
B: You're like the kid with a 1992 Ford Probe that's always claiming he's smoking Vettes' and Porsches on the interstate.

My Quad core 2.4 (OCd to 3.0) zBrush PC with 8gigs of RAM doesn't boot to windows in 24 seconds. Maybe when it's on a fresh install.

You need to actually look at your watch instead of counting in your head maybe.

]]>Mar 4th 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 5th 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 5th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 10th 2009 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
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hooray!]]>Mar 4th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 15th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/

Sure, Apple may make a good looking desktop, but their laptops are just hideous!

]]>Mar 4th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/I like way better the old MacBook Pro]]>Mar 4th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
Homeboy, feel free to not read engadget. We won't miss you.]]>Mar 4th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
i can still sell my 5-year old powerbook g4 for a good price on the internet, can you still with your 2-year old dell?]]>Mar 4th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/That being said, I do think it a little odd that no price/power comparison was made to any other laptops.]]>Mar 4th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 4th 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/its kind of funny how mac users tout that the macs have a better resale value, and last "TWICE AS LONG"...
1) at the price of one macbook, most of the time, people can afford two or more hp's (i dont like the dell designs much, esp their logo).. so this point does not have any validity, because even if i TRASH my laptop within 2 yrs, i still lose the same money as i would if i resold a mac... so the mac would have to outlast the PC by more than twice the time...

2) i have never seen a PC laptop last longer than 3 yrs, 4 at the max... which means the mac would have to last 6-8 yrs to get the same return on my investment... but... WHO WOULD USE A COMPUTER FOR 8 YEARS?? especially a laptop? most laptops break within 5 yrs of use or less... so by buying a mac... you're getting ripped off..]]>Mar 4th 2009 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/I had a 1998 laptop for almost 8 years. the only reason it broke is because I was running it open ( i was building a lego case for it) and my mom was looking for something on my desk and short circuited it. but other than that it was running without a case for a good half a year (yeah I was slow at getting the parts).]]>Mar 4th 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
Oh and it was a PC.
just to throw that out there in case it wasn't implied]]>Mar 4th 2009 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
typing to you from a 7/8 yr old Toshiba M100.

HD replaced,
DVD-ROM replaced (upped to burner while at it),
batt needs replacing,
power cord replaced (my fault for browsing sideways)

Still working and all necessary parts replaced for less then the cost of new Win-based book, let alone a Mac.

I use a laptop this old because it still works for what I use it for.]]>Mar 4th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/Mar 5th 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/macbook-pro-17-inch-unibody-review/
A Windows computer manufacturer pays MS a licence makes sure it all works with the computer they have made and sells it with a bit of phone support for a limited time. Then the user will turn to MS for OS support. Job done.]]>Mar 5th 2009 7:35AM