Apple MacBook Pro 17" - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Laptop computer With its all-silver finish and embossed logo on the lid, the MacBook Pro maintains the Apple laptop lineage, despite the Intel heart that beats within. Externally it looks like an evolution rather than a radical redesign and, once ...

Verdict: It wouldn't be an Apple if there weren't some cool hardware innovations and there are two worth noting. First and most obvious, despite its tiny size, is the iSight video camera built into the top of the screen surround - use it to videoconference ...

Review summary: You know, for all the talk about those greasy-hot, overclockin' MacBook Pros and their mysterious firmware updates, only now has PCMag completed a full review of the 17-inch flavor MBP. Alas, you won't find any real surprises in the review of this ...

Review summary: Apple's first laptop since the move from Motorola to Intel processors isn't the groundbreaking machine that many were expecting. If anything, the move has made the mobile Mac more ordinary, and the chip switch will put off anyone reliant on Adobe ...

Pros: Small, light, and pretty. Optimized software gives improved performance over previous Mac laptops. Innovative power connector.

Cons: Poor performance in standard applications such as Adobe tools. High price. Screen not 'X-black'. Low real-time 3D power.

Verdict: The Photoshop test performs 20 actions upon a 20MB image in Photoshop CS 2. Results are in minutes and seconds and shorter bars are better. The LightWave test renders the radiosity_BOX.lws scene in LightWave 8.3 to test graphics processing power. ...

Review summary: The 15.4in MacBook Pro is a similar size to the PowerBook G4 it replaces â€" and looks just as slim and sexy next to most Window-based laptops, with which it now shares its processor.

Verdict: The MacBook Pro is a good system that'll satisfy most users. But those who don't need a large screen or strong gameplay will find the standard MacBook offers pretty much identical speed for a fraction of the cost.

Review summary: Just what the doctor, his nurses, the secretary on the phone painting her nails and a whole surgery full of patients suffering from a variety of ailments ordered.