Apple's new MacBook Pro family unboxing and hands-on!

What would you call this? A "fleet" of MacBook Pros? A "catch?" A "murder," perhaps? In any case, Apple just dropped off the entire line -- including the newly-status-bumped 13-inch MacBook Pro -- at Engadget HQ, and while we'll have some in-depth impressions and benchmarks soon, we thought we'd throw up the unboxings and family photos for you right away. We're sort of struck by how amazingly similar these are in person, but we're eager to see how the internals stack up -- and whether that integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M in the 13-inch can handle a professional workload. Anything else you want to know?

Update: We just noticed that the 13-inch has lost its dedicated audio input jack, we're guessing because of space constraints with the addition of SD and FireWire 800 -- but we're told the new single jack supports both input and output. We're testing it out, we'll let you know.

13-inch MacBook Pro unboxing and hands-on

15-inch MacBook Pro unboxing and hands-on

MacBook Pro 17-inch unibody unboxing and hands-on

MacBook Pro family photos

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2009 1:45AM]

brightness of the backlit keyboard

[crow610 Posted Jun 11th 2009 2:51AM]

When Apple announced that they would carry a 13" Pro I though this meant it would include the 9600GT alas it only has the 9400M just like the original 13" (non pro version). Aside from screen size, the beefy vid card was what distinguished a Pro from Non-Pro but now I'm confused.

[Dalhectar Posted Jun 11th 2009 10:16AM]

To make matters worse, the low end 15" MBP doesn't even have a 9600GT. So you either get the 15" MBP WITH discrete graphics, or the 15" MBP without discrete graphics.

Talk about muddying the terms.

[Dazex Posted Jun 11th 2009 3:24AM]

Could you provide feedback on whether the 15" MBP's hinge is tighter? I noticed that all the other MB/MBP except for the 15" has nice tight hinges that allows you to lay in bed and type without fear of the screen closing down on you. If you could get the new 15" MBP and give feedback on this specific issue, it would be awesome!

Thanks,
-David

[Lancelot9201 Posted Jun 11th 2009 7:35AM]

I had hopes of upgrading my 2 yr. old MBP but once I read that they moved this line to the internal battery I've decided I'm out of the market. I hate this new trend, why on earth they're forcing this down our throats I'll never know & I refuse to accept it. Apples move to Internal batteries, no netbook, no mid-size tower & slow internal hardware upgrades is getting a bit much. Like Nascar, the long time Apple supporters are starting to feel they're being ignored & left behind.

[THJ Posted Jun 12th 2009 9:02PM]

No, it's just you.

[krpjr Posted Jun 11th 2009 7:42AM]

I want to know which one of these MBP's has the best right click...

[Lancelot9201 Posted Jun 11th 2009 8:53AM]

They all have "right click" -- it's called a notebook mouse or "ctrl" click will bring up a content menu.

[curtis Posted Jun 11th 2009 11:38AM]

Two finger tap or click on the bottom right portion of the trackpad (configurable in the system preferences).

[valanchan Posted Jun 14th 2009 6:06AM]

You can set the trackpad to identify a Two finger click as a right mouse button.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2009 11:48AM]

Can anyone give me a (a total mac newbie) a rundown of the relative pros and cons of the white macbook and the new 13" pro? I'm not too sure how much difference there is to justify the extra price!

cheers

[luthebwt Posted Jun 11th 2009 3:07PM]

If you have a lock in the lock slot does it interfere with loading and unloading DVDs?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 13th 2009 12:09PM]

These mbps are all SATA I.

1.5 Gigabit transfer.

Those with SSDs will be screwed.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 15th 2009 8:06AM]

'Cause it's Mike's Super Short Show!

...I'm sorry.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 15th 2009 8:10AM]

Ignore me, I fail.