Apple MacBook Pro MB604LL/A 17-Inch Laptop
- Built-in lithium-polymer battery. Up to 8 hours of wireless productivity.
- NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor; Glossy display
- 320GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive; 512MB of GDDR3 memory
- 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 memory; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB
- SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Product Description
Meet the ultimate mobile studio: the new 17-inch MacBook Pro. It features a breakthrough built-in battery that delivers up to 8 hours of wireless productivity on a single charge1 and can be recharged up to 1000 times—more than three times the lifespan of typical notebook batteries.2 The high-resolution LED-backlit widescreen display has a color gamut that’s 60 percent greater than that of previous generations. Two high-performance NVIDIA graphics processors let you choose between integrated and discrete graphics: Enjoy up to 8 hours of battery life with the GeForce 9400M, or take full advantage of 3D games and graphics-intensive applications like Aperture and Motion with the 9600M GT. The latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor at speeds up to 2.93GHz makes the new MacBook Pro the most powerful Mac notebook ever. And the all-new, glass Multi-Touch trackpad is clickable everywhere, so you have more control and more room for new gestures. All in a precision al… More >>
Apple MacBook Pro MB604LL/A 17-Inch Laptop
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5 comments
DEREK MCCARTHY on December 16, 2009 at 6:42 am
one day, Amazon’s price for this computer is $1600. the next day, their price has gone to over $1850 — with “free” 1-year financing. free, that’s a laugh; don’t be fooled.
ps. my 1-star rating has only to do with the pricing, not the product (which i give 4 stars).
gloriousdeals777 on December 16, 2009 at 9:06 am
I paid 1800.00 for this Notebook. I expected something that was worth every penny because all the Apple products I purchased in the past, I would have paid double what I paid, because the design and functionality is so nice and it’s a quality product. The NEW Macbook Pro 15.4 inch does look nice, is high quality made, etc.
Pros:
1.Mousepad is very cool.
2.Design is very nice. It is pretty light.
3.Sound is pretty good.
4.Magnetic battery plug is awesome.
5.Battery life is amazing and can be charged 1000 times.
6.Slot-loading DVD drive is great.
7.Keypad is pretty nice and backlit.
8.Fantastic quality iCamera.
Cons: The reasons I am returning this product.
1.When you type in wordpad, and try to print it, it is so small not even a magnifying glass could fix. I tried messing around with the word wrap and stuff, but with the price of this notebook, this is not right.
2.Price
3.Latch on back is almost too easy to open and get to the hard drive, etc.
4.Only 2 USB Ports, what are they thinking?
5.No HDMI Port
6.Hardly any products are made for MAC still, they are all windows only.
7.Text in Safari is very hard to read just like Textedit.
I’ve read all the reviews on the laptop and I feel that most people are just Mac Fanboys and don’t give honest reviews. I am not one sided when it comes to computers because we have apple and microsoft products and I love them both for their own reasons. I am just disappointed with this Macbook Pro because, while the performance is pretty good, the Cons far outweigh the Pros for this notebook. I am getting a Dell XPS 16 which has like 4 usb ports, hdmi port, backlit keyboard, leather on the casing, finger scanner, protective case, HD SCreen. It just makes much more sense to get more quality of a product and have more things work with it. I paid about 1300.00 for the Dell XPS 16 and I paid 1800.00 for the Macbook Pro. While Apple makes great products, Dell’s laptops feel just as nice for a much lower price. Maybe in the future Mac will fix a few issues and more things will work with it. Until that time, I am sticking with Windows. PS (This is an unbiased review, so read it with confidence that you are getting honest feedback). God loves you.
Deimos on December 16, 2009 at 11:21 am
OK so I have used both versions of Macbook pro and I can attest to the fact that there is no way in hell that this system is worth nearly 3000$. OS X is a so so OS, the system runs ok same as any other MAC I guess. I bought an ACER Extenza 2.2 GHZ, 4GB RAM, 320gb HD w. Vista Home Premium and it’s way faster then the macbook pro. At which time I realized that the macbook pro had cost me three times as much for less performance and speed…plus no games and minimal apple only applications/software. For the price macbook pro’s should be a hell of alot faster. Plus in a few years….good luck upgrading. The DVD/CD rom drive sucks because unlike my ACER or any PC/laptop it doesen’t have the eject button right on the dvd drive, so if your MAC locks up (which it will) there’s no way to eject the cd/dvd (yes I tried to keyboard eject button) with the mac locked up it’s useless. I think all those that complain about VISTA should use a mac w. OS X and see how quick they run back to windows just to have the capatability and limitless computing options again and not be limited to only what comes from Apple. No MAC is worth the asking price, they are generally slower than any PC/Windows based Laptop I have ever compared it too and are severly limited compared to windows users. Save your money, buy a high end windows laptop and a PC together for less then what Apple wants for their Macbooks. Next off, as stated this laptop is half as fast as an ACER Extanza or Gateway T-Series with the same specs. The pro gets boiling hot when running simple apps, and even gets so hot it could damn near start a fire, it’s hot enough that you can bearly stand to touch it near the battery and under the screen/keyboard. It can’t run windows for crap, even with boot camp. I boot camped Windows XP and the mac pro had an extremely hard time running it, taking forever to boot up and shut down, im talking like 10 mins. That goes to show that windows based laptops (PC’s) are faster and better. Little heat, top notch speed (totally smoked the macbook pro easily). A mac runs OS X duh good but can’t even handle XP……sad. Mac sucks. Overpriced BS.
Michael Taylor on December 16, 2009 at 12:20 pm
A beautiful but flawed product. Yes, it’s pretty. You can read the other reviews to hear the Apple fanboys gush. Generally, Apple products have good ideas but poor engineering.
Negatives
- My spacebar stopped working a few weeks into actually using this laptop. I had to pry it off so I can touch the sensor directly in order to type this review. If you look at how the keyboard was designed from the inside, it’s not surprising that it has issues.
- The dual-link dvi cable (after waiting for months for it to come out after being on back order) wigs out and starts displaying junk on 30″ monitors. Apple later declared retroactively that the cable will only work on Apple branded 30″ monitors. A lot of people are upset about this.
- Given the size of the screen, the screen real-estate (measured in pixels) is very small. Especially sucks if your 30″ monitor is dead in the water.
- The edges of the laptop are sharp.
- The laptop only opens to ~130 degrees,
- Runs hot.
- Fan goes crazy if the bottom is covered up.
- Optical drive makes noise everytime you wake the laptop.
John Doe on December 16, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I gave this one star mainly to bring attention to a common MBP problem. My MBP arrived with a dead pixel(s) near the top. It would have been such a hassle to send it back I figured I would deal with it and maybe take it to a Mac store it became bothersome. I learned that Apple does not consider this to be “Materially Defective” because it is not in the main viewing area of the screen. If you go to the Mac Blogs and other threads you will see many people with this problem. My suggestion is to immediately see if the screen has any pixels that are either dead or stuck and return it to Amazon if you do. Amazon will treat you better than Apple. They will send you a shipping label and replace the MBP where as Apple will not cover the defective screen as they do not consider it a defect. In all other ways I am very happy with the MBP as I am a convert from Dell.