Apple MacBook Pro MB133LL/A 15.4-inch Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive)

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Apple MacBook Pro MB133LL/A 15.4-inch Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive)

The latest Intel processor, a bigger hard drive, plenty of memory, and even more new features all fit inside just one liberating inch. The MacBook Pro has the performance, power, and connectivity of a desktop computer. Without the desk part.

Stylishly and intelligently designed for mobile professionals, Apple's MacBook Pro now includes Apple's Multi-Touch technology (which debuted with the MacBook Air), allowing you to pinch, swipe, or rotate to enlarge text, advance through photos, or adjust an image. And it gets a serious speed bump from Intel's latest 2.4 GHz 45-nanometer Penryn series Core 2 Duo processor, which also helps to reduce power requirements and save on battery life. This model (MB133LL/A ) also has a mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display measuring 15.4 inches and a state-of-the art NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card with 256 MB of GDDR3 video RAM.

The 15-inch MacBook Pro offers a mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display with an antiglare finish that's perfect for color-minded professionals.

Meticulously designed and encased in sleek and sturdy aluminum, the MacBook Pro measures just 1 inch thin and weighs 5.4 pounds. Your hands have room to spread out on the full-size keyboard with crisp, responsive keys, and the MacBook Pro has a built-in ambient light sensor that adjusts the keyboard and display brightness so it?s easy to work in low-light settings. Other standard Apple "extras" includes a built-in iSight video camera and Apple's magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter, which safely disconnects when under strain.

It's pre-loaded with Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, which enables easy backup of your most important data via Time Machine, a redesigned desktop that helps eliminate clutter. It also comes with the iLife '08 suite of applications--including iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, and iTunes--and the newest version of the fast-loading Safari web browser. Other hardware features include a 200 GB hard drive, 2 GB of installed RAM (which can be upgraded to 4 GB), an 8x combo Superdrive (for burning dual-layer DVDs as well as CDs), built-in Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), FireWire 400 and 800 ports, DVI video output, and an ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot for expansion solutions such as 3G wireless networking.

Apple Innovations
The MacBook Pro is the culmination of years of refining hardware and software design to an integrated art, and Apple's Multi-Touch technology is just the latest innovation to be added to it. The advanced trackpad now allows you to flip through photos, enlarge text, and adjust an image using just your fingers. It also comes with a MagSafe power adapter connector, which offers a magnetic connection instead of a physical one. So, if you happen to trip over a power cord, you won't send MacBook Pro flying off a table or desk--the cord simply disconnects, without damage to either the cord or the system.

The magnetically connected MagSafe power adapter breaks cleanly away, without damage to either the cord or the MacBook Pro.

The MacBook Pro has battery life that rivals most notebooks in its class. If you'd like to make that battery last even longer, Mac OS X has a few tricks up its sleeve. Go to System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and change battery optimization from Normal to Better Battery Life. Or tell MacBook Pro to reduce its screen brightness and give yourself a little more time untethered.

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Experience improved energy efficiency, expanded wireless connectivity, and amazing battery life with the 45nm Penryn series Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 processor, which has a 2.40 GHz processor speed, super-fast 800 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and a large 3 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)

The new hafnium-infused circuitry--which reduces electrical current leakage in transistors--conserves even more energy, giving you more time away from the wall outlet. With a substantial 3 MB of shared L2 cache, data and instructions can be kept close to the two processor cores, greatly increasing performance and allowing the entire system to work more efficiently. And, because the processor cores share the L2 cache, either can use the entire amount if the other happens to be idle.

Your hands have room to spread out on the full-size keyboard with crisp, responsive keys.

Hard Drive and Memory
The 200 GB Serial-ATA (SATA) hard drive (5400 RPM) quickens the pace with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to FireWire and USB 2.0. The 2 GB of PC5300 DDR2 RAM (two SO-DIMMs of 1024 MB) have an industry-leading 667 MHz speed, and the RAM capacity can be increased to 4 GB.

Wireless Connectivity
The built-in 802.11n wireless networking provides up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g, but it's also backward-compatible with 802.11a/b/g routers, enabling you to communicate with the a wide variety of Wi-Fi resources. It works seamlessly with the new AirPort Extreme with 802.11n. Use the built-in Bluetooth wireless technology to connect to your PDA or cell phone, synchronize addresses, or download pictures from your cell phone. You can also use a wireless headset for iChat audio chats and VoIP calls as well as quickly share files with a colleague.

Display and Graphics
The 15.4-inch widescreen TFT display offers a native resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels and an antiglare widescreen display that's perfect for color-minded professionals. The display is backlit by light emitting diodes (LEDs), which gives it a lighter weight and more power efficiency than the cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) which most notebooks employ. It's also better for the environment, thanks to its new mercury-free display.

Video and graphics are powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT card, which is boosted by 256 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM. GDDR3 (Graphics Double Data Rate, version 3) is a graphics card-specific memory technology that's better able to deliver fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications. The GeForce 8600M GT brings a new level of realism to the MacBook Pro with its 16-lane PCI Express architecture, 16x full screen anti-aliasing, 128-bit High Dynamic Range rendering, and a texture fill rate of up to 8.2 billion per second.

Video Conferencing with Built-in iSight
Artfully placed in the display bezel is an iSight camera, which enables easy video conferencing as well as allows you to snap pictures of yourself and create video podcasts. Using the iChat AV application, video conferencing is integrated into your iChat buddy list, so initiating a video conference is a breeze. iChat also lets you hold audio chats with up to 10 people and provides high-quality audio compression and full-duplex sound so conversation can flow naturally. For video podcasting, you can record a short clip using the iSight camera, then use iWeb to create a video blog entry or post your GarageBand-recorded podcast.

Connect to your network, a desktop monitor and all your peripherals with two USB 2.0, one FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, one DVI video output, and one Gigabit Ethernet.

Other Features

• Two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, ExpressCard/34 slot
• DVI output port; VGA output using included DVI to VGA adapter
• 8x slot-loading SuperDrive with the following write speeds: 8x DVD±R; 4x DVD±R DL (double layer); 4x DVD±RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW
• Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensors for automatic adjustment of keyboard illumination and screen brightness
• Internal omnidirectional microphone and built-in speakers
• Combined optical digital output/headphone out (minijack)
• Combined optical digital input/audio line in (minijack)
• 60-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (with integrated charge indicator LEDs) providing up to 6 hours of battery life
• Kensington cable lock slot
• Measures 14.1 x 9.6 x 1 inches (WxDxH) and weighs 5.4 pounds (including battery)

Preloaded with Leopard, you'll enjoy enhanced productivity and a clutter-free desktop (thanks to the redesigned 3-D Dock with Stacks).

Preloaded with Leopard and iLife '08
The biggest Mac OS X upgrade ever, the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system features over 300 new features, including:

• Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac
• A redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs
• Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application
• Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them
• A brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock
• Major enhancements to Mail and iChat

Time Machine lets you easily back up all of the data on your Mac, find lost files and even restore all of the software on their Mac. With just a one-click setup, Time Machine automatically keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on the Mac. In the event a file is lost, you can search back through time to find deleted files, applications, photos and other digital media and then instantly restore the file.

The MacBook also comes with the iLife '08 suite of applications that make it easy to live the digital life. Use iPhoto to share entire high-res photo albums with anyone who's got an e-mail address. Record your own songs and podcasts with GarageBand. Break into indie filmmaking with iMovie and iDVD. Then take all the stuff you made on your MacBook and share it on the web in one click with iWeb.

Included Software
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools); iLife '08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand); Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive; iWork '08 (30-day trial)

What's in the Box
MacBook Pro, 85W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord, lithium-polymer battery, DVI to VGA adapter, display cleaning cloth, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation

Apple MacBook Pro MB133LL/A 15.4-inch Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive) Accessories

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Apple MacBook Pro MB133LL/A 15.4-inch Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive) Reviews

After a big divorce with Win XP, I'm happy again. I never imagine computing could be this much fun.

No more replacing those Nikes until their worn out. How silly I was. Sometimes you do really stupid stuff. I truly believe it's the best laptop ever made.

I mean this beautiful machine had a 320 gig hard drive, 4 gigs of ram, a gorgeous matte screen you could look at and love forever, connected right up to my really, really gorgeous 23 inch Apple Cinema display. That new MacBook, really the cat's meow that was. A laptop smaller, faster than the one I have. It ran Photoshop at almost the speed of light. A zoom, wider, longer, lighter than the one I have. And I threw it all away for that new machine Steve Jobs was touting, because I'm never satisfied, because I'm always looking for something better. I didn't know that then, I know it now.

New lenses do not a better photographer make. Apple had a winner with this machine. I sold my baby on eBay, got the new machine, hated the glossy screen and it seemed heaver too. I had Vista installed on a Bootcamp partition and it ran XP and Ubuntu via VMWare's fusion at almost native speeds. Blu-ray not yet, I've got a very nice 43 inch Sony Bravia, which shows beautiful movies on my hundred dollar Costco Panasonic combo VHS/DVD player. My MacBook loved and played Billie Holiday.

I called the guy who won my baby on eBay and I swapped him my new MacBook for my old one. Adobe just came out with CS4, but I won't be upgrading, not this time. A better iPod, better speakers, lighter, studier Nikes. I was so stupid.

That new Tamron 18-270 is looking mighty sweet. I had XP skinned, running in Unity, so all my windows programs looked just like they were running natively in OS X. I'm going to keep this machine for a long, long time. I've been well and truly blessed. I wanted my baby back, oh how I wanted my baby back.

Lightroom too, it blazed through. I've always been the kind of person who was on the lookout for something better. And sometimes you do it because you're never satisfied. I had over two hundred gigs of music in my iTunes library. As soon as I saw Steve Jobs' presentation I began to think my MacBook was getting long in the tooth. There's always something better coming out just before Christmas. Hundreds of hours of Bob Dylan live, George Harrison and John Lennon too.

Newer, better, faster Photoshop. Reviewed by Stephanie Sane. I've learned a lesson, a real lesson.

I've got a lot and I've finally learned to be satisfied with what I've got. He was more than happy to do it. Better than its replacement, better than anything out there today.

Excel, it opened those files before you could blink. I'm looking at a Blu-ray video player. Family photos, travel photos, work photos, all there to be seen on that wonderful screen.

This was a rock and roll machine that loved to do the blues.

Keyboard on unibody model did not feel as nice as the March 2008 model. Last about 2.5-3 hours with almost constant usage. I use software apps that are either not available on the Mac yet,. Much faster than Windows used to wake up on a Windows laptop. Display:.

The default colors were a little dull, so I went to System Preferences/Display/Color/Calibrate and. Windows laptops that lose battery even when sleeping. Display on unibody model is super glossy and very reflective - and has no option for matte finish. In less than 5 minutes, I upgraded to 4 Gigs RAM - bought that for about $60 from Amazon. I am using a WD Passport 320GB USB drive for backups with Time Machine. 2 Gigs of RAM versus 4 Gigs of faster RAM in the new high end (I upgraded to 4GB myself for $60),. Here's the best part - if I put the Windows VM to sleep in my Mac,.

I have ever owned. load on the system is very nice. Boot Times:. I have VMWare Fusion running Windows XP Professional for some of my. or have much older versions on the Mac. and has the contrast of glossy without the reflections.

Meaningful specs difference:. must-have Windows apps. to learn the advanced features to play with. Usage:. Like I said, I prefer matte finish (or a glossy that is not like a mirror).

No idea why. Background:. This "surgery" is t for the faint of heart. 8600M GT 512MB versus 9600M GT 512MB in the new high end (20-30% faster),. They are better.

It came with a 5400RPM 250GB HD. and comparisons with the March 2008 model (MB134LL/A - the one I bought and am reviewing). This is by far the best portable computer. 2.5 GHz versus 2.53 GHz CPU in the new high end one,. battery regardless of how long it sleeps. I bought a WD 7200RPM 320GB with a big buffer from. it comes back up in seconds. Newegg - I plan to swap out the HD - that requires "minor surgery" so I am doing my research.

Also, the March 2008 model is a lot cheaper (about $700),. When I shutdown and restart, it comes up in 30 seconds or so. and intuitive it was to use a new OS. Overall:. I am keeping my two original 1 Gig sticks in case I need them in the future. Mac OS X:.

before I do it this weekend. I am swapping as I like doing stuff like that. but I'd always use the higher one, which would lead to less battery life. the same as my las back-up with all apps and settings, except with a bigger and faster hard drive. So for a portable laptop, the MacBook Pro is quite powerful and fast.

That is VERY DIFFERENT from my experience with. Much faster than my experience. Unibody model is slightly larger - bezel width is more than the March 2008 Model. I've always felt that the MacBook Pro carries a price premium over "equivalent" or. I am glad I bought this model instead of the new Unibody model.

than the March model. fact that the MacBook Pro has enough juice to do this is what is worth noting. UPDATE: I swapped the hard drive and did a full restore from Time Machine - it now is exactly. with Windows laptops. Being able to run Windows XP in a VM with such a small.

tweaked around and saved a new color profile. I know Mac OS X is very powerful and I am just beginning. This is not specifically about the MacBook Pro but the. Storage:. it goes to sleep instantly, and wakes up instantly when I need it again, with no loss of. Performance of Mac apps and Windows apps is superb. more feature rich Windows laptops, but now I know why.

:-) And is probably totally unnecessary for most folks. I have given the VM 1 Gig of RAM and 40 Gigs of disk. Battery:. seems to be pretty fast already.

After using Windows PCs and laptops for over 15 years, I am amazed how easy. and there is an additional $150 rebate from Amazon.

The new one also has dual graphics (use the lower power one for more battery),. It is MUCH improved now - much better saturation.

The best thing is when I close the lid,. So simple.

I wanted to buy the new unibody MacBook Pro. The new disk will be a lot faster, although the it comes with.

Tried it at the Apple store and here are my findings and opinions,. 250GB 5400RPM versus 320GB 5400RPM in the new one (more on this below),.

For what it's worth, nvidia are at fault, not apple. Every laptop from every manufacturer (dell, hp, and others) with that series is affected. I love my new macbook pro. but I wish I had known that the nvidia 8600m GT gpu is faulty, and has a very high chance of failing. Apple has added an extra year to the standard warranty to cover faulty gpu issues, but I probably would have gone for the new glossy macbook if I had known. Google the gpu.

you have the choice to enter the mac world and explore the most fun experience in your whole life. I own it for more than a year and I cant remember it crashes on me. Plus, you dont have to worry about viruses, malware, spywares, worms, trujans. Its pretty, reliable, user friendly and I love it. Another thing, mac dont crash.

etc. Many mac owner says this sentence and I say it all the time "I cant imagine life without mac" Seriously do people love their computer or its a source of pain to them but they have to cope with it. switching to mac is the best thing that could happen to any person in the world of technology.