The New Macbook Pro

Macbook Pro was first introduced in January 2006 but Apple has recently renewed them early this year. New design, new size & weight, new keyboard & trackpad and new display. Read further for details.

In the box;

• THE Macbook Pro
• 85 page Manual, printed & an electronic copy
• Cleaning cloth and two apple stickers
• 85W MagSafe power adaptor, AC Wall plug and power cord
• Application DVD with iLife
• OSX 10.5.5 restore DVD
• Lithium Polymer battery

For more tech details click here.

Pros of the New Macbook Pro;

• It has a great overall performance
• Weighs less than other laptops in its class
• Able to run both Windows XP or OS X
• Web cam is of high quality
• It's carved out of solid aluminium, creating a lighter, stronger and more environmentally friendly feel.
• The edges of the laptops are tapered making them look thinner than they really are.
• The glass-coated multi-touch trackpad is so much easier now for manipulating images & windows and to navitgate through web browser pages - a click with one finger generates a left click and a tap with two fingers generates a right click. A four finger swipe can be used on and off the screen to move application windows ala Expose.

Cons;

• Display is too glossy and definitely glare-prone.
• Loss of Firewire 400 leaving with one Firewire 800 and 2 USB ports
• The apple remote is no longer free.
• Multi-touch trackpad is too narrow for multi-touch hand gestures
• With the new look of the keyboard, it's much harder to do repair.
• There is now no distinction from a Macbook & the Macbook Pro.

Bottom Line:

Aside from the display and the similarity with Macbooks, the new Macbook Pro is certainly a great contender in the classy and chic laptop field!