Apple MacBook Pro (2008 Edition, 15-in, 2.5GHz) user reviews

mmanassian 17 January 2010

Good: WHAT NOT TO LIKE?

Bad: HEIN?

beetlejuice 8 June 2008

Good: Multi-touch Pad with gestures, 200GB HDD, 2.4 GHz upgrade from 2.1!! Anti-glare screen is great for sunny conditions

Bad: Headsets are not compatible through 3.5mm pin, mac heats up terribly when charging in use.

Comment: 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.