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THE SATA DRIVES ARE DOWNGRADED/CAPPED AT 1.5mbps!!!!! Which pretty much means that if you wanna use the SSD you will never get the full speed out of it.
I understand this if you wanna sell these notebooks to the average consumers... But please, don't call them "PRO" ffs!!!]]>Jun 18th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Pretty sad.]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
If you really like having a card reader and you have the Express card slot, you can get a card reader for it. They used to sell them at the Apple Store, but I just went there a couple days ago and all the Express card stuff is gone. :/ ]]>Jun 19th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Regards,
~DD]]>Jul 11th 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/well i recently bought a the new mac book pro 15 inch... n its pretty sweet. was hurting my pocket right after i paid for it.... but it all smoothed out after turning on the laptop..the intro was way better than wat windows 7 or any other windows os has.
all done n said... think it was worth the 2k i paid for the laptop... battery is great and the backlit keyboard feels great on the fingers.]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Wait... You just spent $2000 on a computer and justified it because "the intro was way cooler" and "the backlit keys feel great on the fingers"?!

Are you a moron? What ever happened to buying a computer based on what it can do vs. the stupid OS intro?

That's like saying "I bought a VINTAGE Ford Pinto because the horn sounded awesome and the seats gripped my ass in just the right way!"]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Ass gripping is pretty important]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Duh...]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
I love that Engadget only points out shortcomings in Apple products after they have been fixed. So they can write another stellar review, using past gripes as a way to cover for their Apple-buttbuddy-ness.]]>Jun 18th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Good job showing how blindly devoted you are to apple by bashing someone who's being critical about your precious company. You make the rest of us Apple users look like idiots. ]]>Jun 18th 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
I thought they covered the shortcomings pretty well in their original review, actually:

"The panel just seems, for lack of a better word... crappier. The viewing angle is reduced considerably; looking even a little bit off to the side or up above can cause a nasty amount of polarization. The brightness levels also don't seem to be what they are on the Pro. Don't get us wrong, compared with the last generation MacBooks, these are stunning -- but compared to the Pros, they're just not as impressive."
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/macbook-and-macbook-pro-review/]]>Jun 19th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/]]>Aug 31st 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Typing from my older MBP with matte screen.]]>Jun 18th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 28th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/


btw a great in in-depth impressions]]>Jun 18th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/I wish that i win a Lottery, so that i can buy one of them....
]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/And you *do* need to win a lottery to buy one.. even then.. good luck!]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Not to mention they throw in an iPod Touch right now as well.]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Did you just compare two computers and added a limited discount to only one to prove it was cheaper? Why not add the dell premier discount or EPP discount as well?]]>Jun 18th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
I could live with the latter (Sony Vaio Z user) but dedicated Delete is a must!
But then again, the Fn key is in the corner instead of CTRL (which is sick Lenovo placement) and "ALT" is hard to find as it is no longer near Spacebar, there isn't bigger space between A and CAPS LOCK so you'll switch the most useless key in the universe far too often and when I'm "eating" I can't quickly mute my pr0n with just one hand, I need to:

1. find Fn key (takes a while, but I do realize it is in the corner after a while)
2. do a one-hand Bruce-Lee move, e.g. pressing Fn (in the corner) + particular F10-12 key

If anyone wonder why Snow Leopard is the way it is (e.g. very slow developement cycle), the layout of the Apple keyboard for their coders is the answer - contraproductive shit.

and speakers on the 13 are non-existent (no-movies in the evenings) and it gets _very_ hot on a lap in heavy-use (check notebookreview.com).

Other than that, an excellent laptop and you can get a makeup every morning in a tube without using a mirror, just open it and...]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Any useful programmer (or prOn viewer) will remap the control/fn keys within minutes of first encounter with a macbook (or mac with BT keyboard). The next few minutes will be spent prying the keys out of their places and popping them back in "correctly".

]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Huh? Not only are there speakers, but they are the best speakers I've had on a laptop. I can hear music all the way across my apartment clearly using them. Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there/are crappy.]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
You must be a mac user - obviously dont know how useful this key is.... probably dont know keyboard shortcuts either.....]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/
Have you ever actually used one of the new MacBook Pros? I can mute mine with one hand (one finger actually, you only press the key, no Fn involved) and the caps lock almost never gets activated unless you actually press on it (it has that delay thing for activation).

I don't know what the notebookreviews people do but my unibody MacBook Pro is one of the most coolest running laptops I have, especially compared to an older MacBook Pro or my Sony. Maybe I need to do some Maya renders while it sits in my lap and I too can feel the heat.
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And also, who wants to be looking at reflections of their tool when watching p0rn with one hand. I guess you can see people coming up behind you though, which gives you a head start on the 2-key mute...]]>Jun 18th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/macbook-pro-early-2009-in-depth-impressions/Jun 18th 2009 3:45PM