Typical price: £1,599
What is it: Upgraded 15-inch laptop with multi-touch gestures
What we think: A solid, if predictable, upgrade to the MacBook Pro line
Average user rating
9.0
spectacular
Average user rating from 1 user
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Apple MacBook Pro (2008 Edition, 15-in, 2.5GHz) user reviews
June 8, 2008
Posted by: beetlejuice
"Cooler than a polar bear in a refrigerator"
What I like:
Multi-touch Pad with gestures, 200GB HDD, 2.4 GHz upgrade from 2.1!! Anti-glare screen is great for sunny conditions
What I don't like:
Headsets are not compatible through 3.5mm pin, mac heats up terribly when charging in use.
Review:
Very good system, minor drawbacks but you could live with them (headset can be overcome by using built-in mic but this is not ideal as you get a lot of feedback when you use the built-in speakers).
Multi-touch is the pièce de résistance, once you've tried it you won't want to turn back. Problem is though only compatible with Mac apps, semi compatible with most other apps (e.g. Firefox only allows scroll up and down, side to side, no previous page sliding etc.)
Very stable system, however don't install Bootcamp unless you absolutely need MS software installed. This makes the system more unstable on both partitions (but in PC terms this is negligible but really defeats the reason for buying a stable and robust Mac system).
Anything else needed e.g. card reader etc. can be very easil and cheaply bought and USB'ed so I don't really see the relevance in rating card readers.
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