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Apple MacBook Pro (Unibody, 2008) Reviews Analysis

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Apple MacBook Pro (Unibody, 2008)
alaSCORE 96

173 reviews

November, 2009

85 / 100

41 Experts

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What people think about the Apple MacBook Pro (Unibody, 2008): (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 173 reviews from across the web.

price

0.5

  • Price
  • , Key labels fulfil just minimum requirements , Price , Only few interfaces, Reflecting display, In order to switch the graphics it is still necessary to logout., Key labels fulfil just minimum requirements, Price, Only few interfaces
  • Expensive for a 15in laptop
  • It's pricey
  • The only thing would be the price is a little steep
  • If you have the money
  • If you have the money, buy this - don't even take a second look at another brand
  • price on ebay with live cashback
  • Quite Pricey
  • It the most expensive notebook out after Texas close to the 3k mark
  • price, glass screen
  • Price, getting used to mac after using windows forever
  • Pricy
  • Higher price than most PC laptops
  • price in the store
  • Expensive
  • Price Too expensive to have below cons
  • Little pricey but if you look at the build quality of the uni body aluminum case you can understand why it can't be cheap
 
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performance

5

  • Limited increase in performance
  • Small performance premium over the cheaper 13-inch MacBook
  • There is speed 2
  • 4 speed
  • There is speed 2,5, and this macbook still 2,4 speed
  • Performance
  • Fast
  • Fast, great design
  • Amazingly fast
  • Amazingly fast, Faster RAM is a big Upgrade, Sexy design, New keyboard really easy to type on
 
  • fast processor
  • speed
  • Perfect Size, Beautiful, Fast, Mac OS X
  • Smoothest Laptop performance every used
  • Best performance
  • Best performance,design,best operating system period
  • More speed
  • More speed, power and compatability for the money
  • very fast
  • very fast GPU
  • Unibody design, very fast GPU, releatively light, feature-packed
  • Easy setup, Fast
  • Brick-like case, too many delightful touches to name, performance
  • Great performance
  • The speed in which it runs windows is better than my other gaming laptop
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usability

5

  • very easy to use
  • very easy to use, cool for carrying and you try and tell me about it
  • Ease of use and fast boot and connection to WiFi
  • easy to use
  • Light, sleek, fast, easy to use, backlit keyboard
 
  • Fit and finish, fast, sturdy, easy to use
  • screen is great, easy to use
  • Easy setup
  • so I can use windows or Mac OS but to tell you the truth I am loving Mac OS its so easy it makes windows look primative
  • I do a dual operating system boot via Apple's Boot Camp which comes with it, so I can use windows or Mac OS but to tell you the truth I am loving Mac OS its so easy it makes windows look primative
  • Easy Navigation
  • you might fumble around once or twice when you start to use "other" computers
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screen

1

  • Reflecting display
  • Reflecting display , In order to switch the graphics it is still necessary to logout
  • * Requires a display adapter
  • Attractive edge-to-edge glass on display
  • nice display
  • better graphics for many PC games even the more demanding ones, nice display
  • Lightweight, vibrant display, excellent look and feel
 

keyboard

1.5

  • Key labels fulfil just minimum requirements
  • Weaker backlit keyboard
  • amazing keyboard and screen
  • The Caps Lock key is sometimes difficult because the button of the key is on the left side and its a longer key
  • The Caps Lock key is sometimes difficult because the button of the key is on the left side and its a longer key, so you have to watch where you put your finger
  • illuminated backlit keyboard
  • great new keyboard
  • New keyboard really easy to type on
  • backlit keyboard and much more
  • MagSafe, backlit keyboard and much more
 
  • backlit keyboard
  • keyboard
  • The keyboard layout is a lot better once used than I had originally thought
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battery

4.5

  • Battery is no longer user-replaceable
  • USB ports & battery charge time
  • Battery life a little shorter than advertised
  • Dual graphics provide more power or more battery life
  • New aluminium unibody construction comes to the 17-inch model, Useful multi-touch trackpad gestures, Attractive edge-to-edge glass on display, Dual graphics provide more power or more battery life
  • longer battery life than predecessor
  • improved battery life
  • Great power and speed and great battery life
 
  • battery life
  • size, screen, battery life, mac os x
  • Video graphics is excellent as well as battery life in power mode
  • I like the modular internal design it makes accessing drives and batteries easy
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connectivity

0.5

  • just two USB ports
  • not enough USB ports
  • Location of USB Ports
  • Location of USB Ports, Charge Time
  • I hate the fact that they couldn't add more usb docks
  • Visual and Audio Features is excellent
  • It needs HDMI and two more USB ports as well as bluray
  • Limited USB Connection
 
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energy efficiency

4.5

  • Is a power hog
  • power
  • design, power, hard drive accessibility
  • MagSafe Power Adapter
  • power and compatability for the money
 

menu

0.5

  • Give it some time to cool down and try to not rest your arms on the sides of the laptop so much because in time it might start to squeak (mine does and when I notice it I get annoyed very easily because of it
 

glare

5

  • only Apple laptop with anti-glare option
 

design

5

  • The jealous looks you'll be getting
  • poor design
  • Design
  • Great design
  • Stylish and streamlined design
  • rounded design
  • Thin, rounded design
 
  • Beautiful new design
  • Beautiful new design, much thinner
  • Sexy design
  • I love the new design and the specs have improved
  • I love the new design and the specs have improved, not greatly, but significantly
  • Looks
  • Looks, feels and performs great
  • Superior Design and Operating System
  • Love the new styling
  • ALL Mac Products are design to last not like PC's
  • Unibody design
  • Looks so super sexy, almost slept with it if not for the fear of rolling over it in my sleep
  • * Aesthetically pleasing
  • which is typical of Apple Design
  • * Aesthetically pleasing, which is typical of Apple Design
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remote control

0.5

  • no video adapters or Apple Remote in the box
 

appearance

5

  • buy this - don't even take a second look at another brand
  • sleek
 

portability

5

  • Thin
  • Lightweight
  • Light
  • nice weight
  • releatively light
 
  • Still one of the most powerful machines that remains portable, but now rugged and modern
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image quality

5

  • The picture quality is amazing
  • The picture quality is amazing, the multi-touch actions come in handy (once you start using the mac gestures, you might fumble around once or twice when you start to use "other" computers
 

size

2.5

  • could be a little less expansive
  • edges are a little sharp
  • Get's a little hot when ur using it for a while
  • Little compromise
  • Perfect Size
  • size
 

LCD

3

  • Glossy screen may be too much for some
  • All-clicking trackpad is a bit awkward, Matte screen option costs extra, Switching GPUs is not as seamless as it should be
  • glossy screen
  • screen bit too glossy
  • glass screen
  • high quality screen
  • Bright, high quality screen
  • Matte screen option costs extra
  • Very bright screen
  • Trackpad so much simpler, Screen is simply gorgeus
  • No FireWire 400, glass screen
  • Poor screen
  • Poor screen, poor design, Way Overpriced for what it delivers
  • Sub Par Screen
  • Sub Par Screen, WAY Overpriced
  • screen seems small sometimes
  • No matte screen option a serious omission for graphics pros
  • no matte screen option
  • Expensive, no matte screen option
  • Easy to clean glass screen and trackpad
  • large screen
  • Screen
  • LCD 1440 * 900 display
  • WireLess-N, 9600m GT, LCD 1440 * 900 display, P8400, 9400m, 5 Pounds,
  • screen is great
  • screen is absolutely beautiful
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video

5

  • Ridiculous to spend another 500.00 for an upgrade to a so-so video card with 512mb dedicated
  • Still overpriced for what you get, Ridiculous to spend another 500.00 for an upgrade to a so-so video card with 512mb dedicated
  • video
  • Build quality, speed, video, huge trackpad
  • portability with powerful graphics discrete video card for flawless video gaming like CD4 better then PP3 graphics
  • amazing sound and video
  • Strong, nice weight, amazing sound and video, LED backlit sceen, MagSafe Power Adapter
 

flash

0.5

  • I have a wacom that is almost always attached to it along with my mouse and sometimes a couple of flash drives or my mp3 player
 

memory

0.5

  • a few more usb ports would be welcome and i think apple could make their ram and hard drive updates much cheaper
  • Lack of firewire port, a few more usb ports would be welcome and i think apple could make their ram and hard drive updates much cheaper
  • Doesn't have a memory stick reader directly on machine
  • The computer can also get REALLY hot
  • Faster RAM is a big Upgrade
  • You can take the whole laptop apart for repair or upgrade memory etc in 5-10 minutes
 

lens

5

  • best operating system period
  • I do a dual operating system boot via Apple's Boot Camp which comes with it
 

resolution

0.5

  • Odd resolution weirds out some games
 

build quality

5

  • Greatly improved construction
  • New aluminium unibody construction comes to the 17-inch model
  • build quality
  • Sturdy
  • Solid construction
 
  • One Piece Construction
  • very sturdy
  • I have always owned PC products and build gaming PCs as well as bought only heavy duty gaming laptops
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