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Apple MacBook Pro 17" review

The most powerful Mac notebook to date offers an innovative new battery…

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2009-03-27March 27th 2009

Price at launch £1,949.00
MPN MB604lla
Features Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz / Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT 512MB / Ships with OS X 10.5 / Glass multi-touch trackpad
64 Bit Computing Yes
Audio Outputs Digital Out, Headphone Out
Bluetooth Yes
Colour Silver
Connectivity Firewire 800, USB 2.0
Dimensions 393 x 25 x 267
Display Resolution 1920 x 1200
Graphics Memory (Mb) 512
HDD Capacity (GB) 320
Installed RAM (GB) 4
Memory Speed 1066
No of Firewire Connectors 1
No. of USB Ports 3
Operating System Apple Mac OS X
Processor Speed (GHz) 2.66
RAM Type DDR3
Software Provided iLife '09
Speaker Details In-built
Supported Media CD, DVD-R, DVD-R (DL), DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, DVD Plus R, DVD Plus R (Dual Layer), DVD Plus RW
Warranty Length 1 Year
Weight (kg) 2.99
Battery Life 8
Battery Type Built-in 8-cell Lithium Polymer
Built-in devices Webcam
Case Material Aluminium
Laptop Display Size 17
Pointing Device TP

Product Summary

17" MacBook Pro (Early 2009)

Apple 17

Price at launch

£1,949.00

For

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Most powerful Apple notebook yet

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Fantastic battery power

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Excellent graphics rendering

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Gorgeous display

Against

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No Blu-ray option

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It's not cheap

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