A love letter from a Macintosh Fangirl to the new MacBook Pro.
If you’ve registered any product with Apple — your desktop, laptop, iPod, Apple TV — you probably got the email last Wednesday announcing Apple’s new pride and joy… the next in line to the throne known as the MacBook Pro.
So what’s so special about this iteration of my favorite machine? Aside from the fact that it’s streamlined, glossy and encased in aluminum, I think the folks at Apple can sell it best… so I’ll quote a few of my favorite one-liners from Apple’s Official Website.
- “The 15-inch MacBook Pro is sleeker, thinner, and years ahead of its time.”
- It features an ultra-thin 15-inch LED-backlit display that is “…uniformly bright and brilliant from the moment you turn it on. It’s completely arsenic- and mercury-free and more power efficient than ever.”
- “the keys are curved to perfectly fit fingers. The result? Pure typing bliss.”
(Did I mention that the keyboard is also illuminated? Yeah, it is… so you can be business-as-usual in low light settings.) - “The MacBook Pro has a hard drive up to 320GB and up to 4GB of RAM. So there’s plenty of room for your photo libraries, video projects, and files.”
- “…the new MacBook Pro [has] the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at speeds up to 2.8GHz.”
- It’s trackpad has no button: It is the button. “With a smooth glass surface, this spacious trackpad brings even more Multi-Touch gestures and functionality to the 15-inch MacBook Pro.”
In short, I opened the email, I drooled, I cried… I quickly deleted it so not to torture myself any further.
Some people think that “Mac People” are crazy. Mac People think that anybody who uses anything BUT a Mac are crazy. I mean really… given the choice, who in their right mind would turn the opportunity to upgrade to this?!? (** Although, at Dynamic Edge, we’re very much fond of Dell as well. **)
A quick eval of the product being immortalized above:
One drawback of the New MacBook Pro is that it’s missing the Fire Wire 400 port its predecessor touted, and has been replaced with a Fire Wire 800 port. This is, however, backwards compatible — which means the port can support 400 devices, you just need a cable to adapt it. The new MacBook (not the Pro) has no Fire Wire access at all, so you’re left relying on USB 2.0 technology to transport your photos, music etc…
… Remember, if you need computer support, we have Apple Certified Consultants, too 🙂
