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| Apple MacBook Pro MB166LL/A 17-inch Laptop (2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive) | 
 enlarge | Buy New: $3,289.45
Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 130 reviews)
Sales Rank: 822
Category: Personal Computer
Publisher: Apple Computer
Studio: Apple Computer
Brand: Apple
Label: Apple Computer
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.5
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Processors: 1
System Bus Speed: 800
System Memory: 2000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 250
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Graphics RAM: 512
Native Resolution: 17
Modem: None
Display Size: 17
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.8
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 15.4 x 1
MPN: MB166LL/A
Model: MB166LL/A
UPC: 885909179039
EAN: 0885909179039
ASIN: B0013FPMXG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 From PC: Macbook Pro blew past my expectations May 1, 2008
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Coming from PC, I never thought I'd dish out the extra bucks for a Mac. The new Macbook Pro is by far the best laptop I've ever used. I absolutely love the Leopard OS, build quality, and speed of this machine! Noise is a BIG issue for me as I planned to use it in bed and it is not silent as my iPhone of course but as far as laptops go I don't think there is anything quieter on the market now except perhaps the Macbook Air which I almost bought. The functionality of the OS and bleeding edge technology packed into this thing far exceed anything I thought was possible with a portable computing platform. I plan to dual boot Windows XP to be able to use all of my Windows software on this aluminum beauty. Absolutely loving it.
Great April 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this laptop not too long ago for school (we're required to have a mac with certain minimum requirements) and I LOVE it. It's speedy and efficient and I run photoshop CS3 on it with no problems. It has yet to crash or have a program crash (even firefox which is amazing). Only thing is that sometimes it gets really hot underneath. I hear that that's fixed with later models though.
Amazing! April 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Replaces G4 power book. Backlit LED screen is wonderful, bright with accurate colors. Running Windows XP for some programs under Parallels with no problems. Highly recommended.
 2 weeks into the switch April 26, 2008
27 out of 30 found this review helpful
There was no reason for me to switch to a Mac product. I've always have been intrigued, but XP was doing it for me day in and out. My current Dell Latitude was on its way out and I wanted something high quality. I couldn't find anything that comes close in build quality/finish to the Macbook Pro. Asus makes some nice notebooks but I didn't want Vista, with all of its assorted issues and XP doesn't seem like a sound choice given its looming end of life.
So now I have my Macbook Pro. As a software developer I was drawn to the idea of a UNIX shell as a first class citizen (sorry Cygwin). The toughest part is learning the keys. In XP I could move around an IDE effortlessly, with keys: home,end,ctrl-arrow etc.; not so on the Mac keyboard. This proved the most frustrating. The lack of the forward delete is also a disappointment but I hear there are keyboard mapping solutions.
I installed VMware Fusion and XP for initial comfort and to ease the transition off windows. BTW, Fusion is amazing. It feels like it's native, and it's definitely faster than XP on my current Dell. With Fusion, I can map drives, cut and paste and access servers between the two -- it's all very fluid. Full screen your Fusion in a different Expose window and you can quickly swap back and forth between Mac and XP.
Now the downside. In the first few days I experienced no less than 4 crashes, where it had to be power cycled. I haven't had any issues since, so I'm going to conveniently forget. Firefox crashes still, but no more than it did on windows, and maybe less.
So in conclusion, Mac was the right choice for me. High quality in and out and at a decent price. The interface is pure eye candy and orders of magnitude superior (usability-wise) than XP. While there will be some pain points in learning, it will hopefully be worth it. Get VMware Fusion and install Windows for when there is no Mac alternative.
*UPDATE* I have now had the macbook pro for 2 months. I'm really enjoying some of the UI features, such as expose and spaces more and more. The hotkeys are awesome (e.g. show desktop, lock/start screensaver).
There are however a few recurring problems that I have been experiencing. I'm going to detail the top two. The first issue is the screensaver hotkey stops working at times. This is a huge issue because it is also the mechanism for locking my computer, and I cannot leave my desk w/o locking it, so I must either close the lid (sleep) or restart, which fixes the issue.
Now for the second issue: often when I try and restart/shutdown, it does nothing, then a minute later tells me that Finder failed to quit and I should quit Finder then try again -- great suggestion Apple, given that you CAN'T QUIT FINDER!! So now I have to hold the power button down for 10 seconds to kill it or run "sudo shutdown -r now" from Terminal.
So in my latest conclusion, my mac is not living up to my expectations of reliability. I was led to believe, by many in the mac community/stupid commercials, that Mac was the panacea from XP. The Mac user interface is *unmatched* and that along with the UNIX foundation were and still are my original reasons for choosing Mac. My previous XP Pro notebook however was significantly more stable. The reliability issues are getting more and more annoying and I just hope Apple is able to resolve and restore my faith in their product. Lastly, I would change the star rating to three but it won't seem to let me.
MacBook Pro is great. April 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this MacBook Pro (2.4 GHZ, 200 GB disk space) for one month. It's a great computer. There is nothing I can complain so far.
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