Coming from a 15" PB, I was expecting a bunch from this new laptop. The 17" MBP delivers it all.
First off, it runs just as hot as my PB, and the PB heat never bothered me, so no big deal.
Boots quick as hell, but its cool that it loads up the dock and startup apps just as quick. Pretty much, once you're in OS X, you can start using it, no waiting.
The sound of the speakers is great. Let me explain, it still sounds like poo (I never liked the way my PB speakers sounded), but they are definately louder, much easier to HEAR the dialogue in movies now.
The display, WOW! At half brightness, its as bright as my PB was at FULL brightness, its incredible. The higher res also is very helpful when it comes to multitasking. I wouldn't trade the extra screen real estate for the world.
No whine, none at all. Runs just as quite as my PB did, so it seems I have a "working" MBP, lol.
The screen latch is odd. It latches, but if I handle it improperly, the right side latch will unlatch itself. The left side latch stays latched. I usually don't lug my laptop around while its sleeping, but mine doesn't seem to knock itself out of sleep mode, just one of the latches gets undone (annoying). I will wait a few weeks before going to Apple for a repair, let them realize there is an issue first.
I also installed Bootcamp. Installed without issue, and I am running a couple of the only games I have (Flight Sim 2004 and Tiger Woods 05), but run super smooth at MAXIMUM graphical settings.
So far, I can't make a negative comment about the MBP (other than the latch). The magsafe is cool and a nice little feature that makes me appreciate Apple more and more. The extra USB port is helpful, glad they added it (I see Windows based laptops with 4 USB all the time, bought time us Apple people got more than 2).
BTW, is there a place on the 17" MBP that holds the Apple Remote (like a magnetic area or something?)? Just wondering.
17" MBP 2.16GHz 2GB Ram 120GB 5400RPM 256MB X1600 compared to
15" 1.67GHz G4 1.25GB Ram 80GB 5400RPM 64MB ATI 9700
First off, it runs just as hot as my PB, and the PB heat never bothered me, so no big deal.
Boots quick as hell, but its cool that it loads up the dock and startup apps just as quick. Pretty much, once you're in OS X, you can start using it, no waiting.
The sound of the speakers is great. Let me explain, it still sounds like poo (I never liked the way my PB speakers sounded), but they are definately louder, much easier to HEAR the dialogue in movies now.
The display, WOW! At half brightness, its as bright as my PB was at FULL brightness, its incredible. The higher res also is very helpful when it comes to multitasking. I wouldn't trade the extra screen real estate for the world.
No whine, none at all. Runs just as quite as my PB did, so it seems I have a "working" MBP, lol.
The screen latch is odd. It latches, but if I handle it improperly, the right side latch will unlatch itself. The left side latch stays latched. I usually don't lug my laptop around while its sleeping, but mine doesn't seem to knock itself out of sleep mode, just one of the latches gets undone (annoying). I will wait a few weeks before going to Apple for a repair, let them realize there is an issue first.
I also installed Bootcamp. Installed without issue, and I am running a couple of the only games I have (Flight Sim 2004 and Tiger Woods 05), but run super smooth at MAXIMUM graphical settings.
So far, I can't make a negative comment about the MBP (other than the latch). The magsafe is cool and a nice little feature that makes me appreciate Apple more and more. The extra USB port is helpful, glad they added it (I see Windows based laptops with 4 USB all the time, bought time us Apple people got more than 2).
BTW, is there a place on the 17" MBP that holds the Apple Remote (like a magnetic area or something?)? Just wondering.
17" MBP 2.16GHz 2GB Ram 120GB 5400RPM 256MB X1600 compared to
15" 1.67GHz G4 1.25GB Ram 80GB 5400RPM 64MB ATI 9700
Sorry, just trying to get a feel for the latch issue. I saw a store model in my local Apple store that seems to have had something wrong with the latch...