GOT A NEW MacBook Pro

[GeekofComputers]

The Summary Review Quick

 

I first want to say Thank you to:

Frank at 3g For giving this to me

Alann at 3g on the phone and ordering it

Dad for buying this for me

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SETUP:

Intel Core 2 Penryn 2.5GHz (T9600 - As seen on Vista with boot camp)

2GB 667MHz DDR2 Ram

Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 512mb SDRAM

250GB HDD 5400RPM

DVD Combo +/- Super Drive

Mac OS 10 Leopard with latest firmware

17'' Matte Screen

Multi Touch

 

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The setup is pretty simple and easy. It gives you a few questions and your off as well as

choosing your account picture you may take a snapshot of yourself. The search then index's your Account for files before

getting ready - 2-4 Mins

 

Boot time - 28.68 Seconds

 

Speed-

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Speed is overall pretty fast I mean its a T9600 or T9Series according to Vista Agh I need to back check.

 

Graphics

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The Graphics are pretty latest I mean it's an 8600M GT 512mb which means it wont drain the battery like a 7950GTX on a alienware or the 8800M GTX Dual on a Dell M1730

and I got 40-60FPS on Tomb Raider Legend with all features ticked which is pretty high end. Tomb Raider Anniversary shot 60-80FPS at me. iMovie/Fx Home Effects lab pro,

Final Cut Express 4 works very well with it as well as the iSight built in camera which takes advantage

 

Ram

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The ram so far for me wont need to be upgraded for about another year when apps go 4GB but 2GB seems pretty enough ATM.

 

HDD

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The 5400RPM 250GB HDD Is very fast for the speed,matter in fact is 4-5x faster than a 5400RPM on a Sony Vaio

 

Combo Drive

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The combo Drive is very handy and good in small places but the noise it makes when you put in a dvd/cd can be scary as it goes cluck cluck before it gets on with it

 

Mac OS 10

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This is a very good OS if your a hardcore multi-media user - like me. I backed up my osx 86 Distribution on my pc and put my backed up libary of iTunes on DVD's

Time Machine seems good, I hadn't tried it yet but I tested it on my OSX 86 on my pc and it worked flawless so this should be 100% faster

 

Extras

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Blue tooth pre-installed on this system is handy too. I connected my Phone (Motorola V3i Dolce & Gabanana) And can transfer my files back and foward

The wi-fi is very nice and easy to set up using airport and came pre-installed with the 802.11B/G/N I think .

Boot camp is very easy to use as after you install you pop in the recovery disc 1 and it transfers the windows drivers onto the Boot camp machine and your away

Spaces couldn't come more handy either as the way you can go back and foward between upto 12 screens is amazing

Backlight Keyboard really helps in darkness if say your in bed.

 

 

Thickness and weight:

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The thickness is even less than 1'' inch thin as it measures below 2.59cm and the weight is pretty nice considering its a 17'' and 6ibs I think (3KG)

The screen is amazing with the matte 1680x1050 which gives off true deep rich colors, (in front row with films it cant get any better)

 

 

Battery

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The battery can go up to 5:20 Hours doing word processing and spread sheets etc.

Gaming on battery can last up to max on 2Hrs

Movie and digital editing with get 2 1/2 Hours doing

 

Cons:

Heat - Burns when doing multi-media but this is almost a desktop replacment so it really goes on desks.

 

Overall 10/10 - Really is a fantastic multi-media machine If it wasn't for the thickness and weight it would have got 9 1/2 due to heat but the weight and thickness really

pays of in the long term. Wait for the video review and un-boxing.

 

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Geek Of Comedy A.K.A Kill Bill

 

Promo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kgxrMgdBY8

 

Pics :

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for {censored} Quality. They were taking with my phone.

[syrian_gamer]

Hey dude, congrats on your new macbook. it looks awsome does the battery really last 4.5 hours??? thats insane. i have an old compaq v2000 and the battery lasts only 2 hours on standby, it sucks. im actualy debating between getting the mac book or mac book pro for university. oh well i still have another year to wait i suppose. how do you like your mac though? and why did u get 17 instead of 15? im guessing its more for desktop replacement than portability?

[GeekofComputers]

First I got a 17 because of its 1680x1050 display and it will fit more panels in final cut express and not as a desktop replacement. The battery on mine lasts 4Hrs max on a full 100% Charge.

Also if you dont need dedicated Graphics get the macbook. Basicly:

 

MacBook - 1399$ (i think the black one....)Version:

 

This will run iMovie 08 and iLife 08 and iWork 08 no doubt and boot time will take 30seconds And is thicker than MacBook Pro.

 

Macbook Pro - 2499$ Version (Mine was 2,499Euro) This will work:

 

iLife 08 and iWork 08

Apature (Latest)

Final Cut Express 4 - Only one I Tested that works with ease

Will run bootcamp without Taking all of your HDD Space. (PRo has 250GB normal has 160GB I think)

Will run latest Games

Boot time is 10Seconds - Well for me which is shocking considering I used to have 1min boot time on my Hack Pro

[vaporATX]

Congrates!

[ludacrisvp]

Hey dude, congrats on your new macbook. it looks awsome does the battery really last 4.5 hours??? thats insane. i have an old compaq v2000 and the battery lasts only 2 hours on standby, it sucks. im actualy debating between getting the mac book or mac book pro for university. oh well i still have another year to wait i suppose. how do you like your mac though? and why did u get 17 instead of 15? im guessing its more for desktop replacement than portability?

I had the 17" with the high res screen (1920x1200) that comes with the LED backlight instead of the standard style with the 1680x1050 screen. Regarding the battery life it is actually as good as Apple claims it to be. I would see about 5 hours surfing the net, and about 4.5 with music on with the screen dimmed about 50%. I had used it as a desktop replacement. I too chose it for the fastest system and the best resolution.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Congrats to the new MBP.

 

Nice father

[GeekofComputers]

Thanks. SMC Fan control is brilliant it keeps it cool.

[Naruto Uzumaki]

to whoever is deciding between macbook and macbook pro. Just get the black macbook seeing as your only be surfing the web and doing school work. Now if your doing video editing as a class than the macbook will miserably fail due to its horrible video card. so I would recommend the 15 or 17 inch macbook pro.

[GeekofComputers]

to whoever is deciding between macbook and macbook pro. Just get the black macbook seeing as your only be surfing the web and doing school work. Now if your doing video editing as a class than the macbook will miserably fail due to its horrible video card. so I would recommend the 15 or 17 inch macbook pro.

Yea thats me I do heavy : Video editing,photo editing,video visuals,gaming so the 17'' with the matte 1680x1050 filled the needs.

[loybond]

to whoever is deciding between macbook and macbook pro. Just get the black macbook seeing as your only be surfing the web and doing school work. Now if your doing video editing as a class than the macbook will miserably fail due to its horrible video card. so I would recommend the 15 or 17 inch macbook pro.

 

Video cards won't do anything for video editing. When you're editing video (and converting it), you're using CPU and RAM, video editing isn't accelerated with your video card. If you're rendering with say, Maya, then the uprated video card in the Pro comes of use as it is a GPU-intensive application. Games would be something else that would take advantage of the GPU, but as for most programs that professionals use, whether we're talking about Final Cut, Aperture, Photoshop, or any other video- or photo-editing programs, they don't take advantage of the graphics card. That's why the almighty Mac Pro has a measly little 7300GT. In terms of CPU, there's not that much difference between the Macbook and the Macbook Pro, definitely not worth the 1000 dollar upgrade for a person that does editing mostly. Read the Macworld reviews for exact performance figures, even they conclude that there is little difference in performance in most applications between the 'book and pro thanks to the Core 2 CPUs.

[manny0]

Video cards won't do anything for video editing. When you're editing video (and converting it), you're using CPU and RAM, video editing isn't accelerated with your video card. If you're rendering with say, Maya, then the uprated video card in the Pro comes of use as it is a GPU-intensive application. Games would be something else that would take advantage of the GPU, but as for most programs that professionals use, whether we're talking about Final Cut, Aperture, Photoshop, or any other video- or photo-editing programs, they don't take advantage of the graphics card. That's why the almighty Mac Pro has a measly little 7300GT. In terms of CPU, there's not that much difference between the Macbook and the Macbook Pro, definitely not worth the 1000 dollar upgrade for a person that does editing mostly. Read the Macworld reviews for exact performance figures, even they conclude that there is little difference in performance in most applications between the 'book and pro thanks to the Core 2 CPUs.

 

 

Very true, my co worker got major praise for purchasing a MBP the one right before the current Gen. I waited a few more months and purchased the 1399 macbook of current GEN and mine out performs his like a older brother racing a younger sister down the street. lol Do the research and find out what you are doing exactly because you may night have to spend the extra 1000-1500 dollars :0

[Robbiem]

Remember not to put it on ur car jk, anyways, congrats man, and welcome to the macbook community..

 

 

-Robbie