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First impressions: Macbook Pro

After waiting patiently in line for twenty minutes, Dan at The Apple Blog got his turn to play with the Macbook Pro (MBP). There were other members of the press waiting for their turns, so he wasn't able to conduct a complete review, but he did get a good feel for the machine. A few quotes from his first look:

"...the Intel build of Safari is the fastest web browser that I have ever used, on any platform. Instead of bouncing in the dock and forcing you to wait, Safari opens a new window and loads a page almost instantly when you open it..."

"..I went to the Applications folders, selected all, and double clicked...the MBP started working smoothly...clicking around between applications produced instant results..." That's with every application open? Wow.

He identifies the lack of a Firewire 800 port and a PCMCIA slot as the bad news, but his overall (albeit brief) impression of the machine was quite positive. Check it out.