Apple MacBook Pro Review (Late 2008 Model) Discussion

[mikespit1]

Apple's metallic professional-grade notebooks, beginning with the PowerBook G4 and later the MacBook Pro, have become somewhat iconic over the years given their fairly consistent design aesthetic. On October 14, however, Apple unveiled an entirely redesigned lineup of aluminum notebooks with a brand new MacBook Pro at the top. In addition to the new unibody chassis, the late 2008 MacBook Pro sports an Nvidia chipset with upgraded discrete GPU, a glass buttonless trackpad and a greener manufacturing process.

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[cfoo]

This review is good up until the "Performance and Benchmarks". Comparing the new Mac Pro to this generation of laptops may be more useful than punching it against the last generation?

[visiom88]

Recent products from Apple dont' seem to be very appealing these days. Obviously they're putting much effort to put out something different and elegant, but they seem to fail in some little aspects to consider their products' value in specs/price-wise.

BTW, thanks for a great review.

[enby]

Thanks for an excellent review Mike! you completely removed all my doubts about this machine.

Just rambling:

No eSata in a lappy this big? no HDMI - why would I get the **** adapter for extra 100? All ports on one side - this is the most rediculous "innovation" I've seen. 3.5 hours of battery life? C'mon apple, you used to do better... I think this model has nothing interesting other than the monoblock aluminium case and better heat management... I, dissappointed

[sonoritygenius]

Nice review! Thank you..
P.S. Spit doesnt suit in the username =)

[boypogi]

can you find some ways to benchmark the 9400m?

[Luke1708]

What is the resolution of the isight?

[Xirurg]

review is nice,but battery part is not is not correct I guess,people report 4.5-6 hours

[Johnny T]

Thanks for the review. Seems like a pretty decent notebook. Something I didn't know before I read this was the battery life, which I am actually fairly disappointed with. Considering it running on an IGP in this battery battery mode. Maybe Apple was afraid to retain the 60whr battery due to its size? Or maybe increased weight?

@Xirurg...well thats what the reviewer tested. Maybe we will see some other figures as more people buys the new MBP.

[fastrandstrongr]

A solid review.

As for battery life, I get closer to 4 hrs 20 mins on the IGP. This is at 35% brightness, wifi on, BT off.