Apple MacBook Pro-17 inch

Apple’s MacBook is one of the finest laptops ever made. Apple’s MacBook comprises of its own operating system Mac OS x v 10.6 snow Leopard which is one of the beautiful operating systems in the world which has the impressive mix of performance characteristics and brilliant visual effects. MacBook Pro is a ipod, iphone, digital camera and external hard drive ready.

Till now I reviewed two articles belonging to MacBook Laptops range. They were MacBook Pro 13 inch and MacBook Pro 15 inch. These served the customers in every esteemed way. But we all know technology has no limits. Hence Mac decided to unleash another model which is 17 inch MacBook Pro. This model is designed using the Intel’s latest and most powerful processor of all the time ie; Core i7 processor.

17 inch MacBook Pro is different from 13 inch model and 15 inch model in size, processing speed, storage capacity and also price. This model is the finest and the most performing note book among the all available models. It is available in unique model unlike the other two. This one is termed as The Ultimate Mobile Studio by Apple Corp. It is available for $2299.

Technical specifications for the 17 inch MacBook Pro is almost same as the 15 inch model

Size and Weight:

• Height             : 0.98 inch (2.41 cm)
• Width              : 15.47 inches (36.5 cm)
• Depth              : 10.51 inches (24.9 cm)
• Weight            : 6.6 pounds (2.54 kg)

Processor: It comes with 2.53GHz  Intel Core  i5 processor with 3MB shared L3 cache. Another optional processor of 2.66GHz Core i7 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache can also be replaced.

Storage: 17 inch MacBook has the hard disk capacity of 500GB with 5400 rpm. All are serial ATA hard drives.

It also has 8x slot loading super drive ( DVD ±R DL /DVD±RW/CD-RW) which helps to burn discs very faster.

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• This model is enriched with the new NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M integrated graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory.
• It also contains Intel HD graphics of 256MB DDR3 memory shared with main memory.
• It supports Automatic Graphics Switching.
• It also supports Dual Display and video mirroring which simultaneously enables the full native resolution on the built-in display and upto 2560 x 1600 resolution on the external display.
• iSight Camera to capture high definition photos.
• Mini Display port to interface external display devices to MacBook Pro.
• Supports Turbo Boost feature which enables extensive gaming applications.
• Supports Hyper Threading technique which allows to run two different threads at the same time.
• It has built-in Integrated memory Controller to connect memory to the processor directly.

Display:

17 inch MacBook has the display of 17 inch (diagonal) high-resolution back-lit glossy widescreen display which supports millions of colors.

It supports a number of resolutions with different aspect ratios which supports for various applications.

Connections and Ports:

MacBook Pro consists of ports which enables connections to various external devices and applications which include..

• Magsafe power port to connect to external power supply which serves long battery life.
• Gigabit Ethernet port which enables communication protocols for greater connectivity.
• One Firewire 800 port which supports wireless communication upto 800Mbps.
• Mini Display port which interfaces external display devices to MacBook.
• Two USB 2.0 ports which supports data transfer at the speed 480Mbps.
• SD card slot to enable data from memory cards.
• Audio in and Audio out slot to plug in audio devices.
• Kensington lock slot.
• Express card slot to enable high definition video performance.

The basic difference in port alignment of 15 inch model and 17 inch model is that the 17 inch model has provision forExpress card/34 slot.

Communications:

• MacBook Pro supports Airport Extreme Wi-fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11 n specification)
• It has Bluetooth 2.1 wireless technology with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR).
• It has 10/100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 Connector).

Digital Video Output ports:

15 inch MacBook Pro supports 4 video ports for enhanced video experience..These are optional ports which can be connected for advanced performance.

• DVI Output which uses Mini Display port to connect to DVI adapter.
• VGA Output which uses Mini Display port to connect to VGA adapter.
• Dual link DVI Output which uses Mini Display port to connect to Dual link DVI adapter which supports 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Diplay.
• HDMI Output uses a third party Mini Display port to connect to HDMI adapter.

Battery & Power:

15 inch MacBook contains built in 95 watt-hour lithium-polymer battery which supports long battery life for enhanced applications.

It gives upto 8-9 hours battery life if charged completely.

Tailpiece:

Among all the three models which I reviewed on MacBook series lets compare which one is more performance oriented and which one is visually enriched. Apart from all the technical specifications and performance characteristics, all the MacBooks of all ranges are performance oriented and visually enriched. But the need to utilize varies from each and every model.

Minute differences in the alignment of ports, choice of processors and storage handling capacity differentiates the notebooks. By comparing the performance characteristics of their choice and their scope one may opt for the particular notebook. All the notebooks are wonderful in design,graphics and performance.

User Ratings for this product:

• Design : 4.5/5
• Performance : 4/5
• Features : 4/5
• Grand Total: 4.2/5

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