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A great laptop 2010-03-17

Reviewer: L. Nguyen

I have been a PC user since I started to get into technology 18 years ago. I never laid an eye on a Mac products until last year. I have to admit that ever since the new iMac and Macbook Pro came out, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I had 2 Dell laptops, a 14" and a 12", which lasted me about 6 years total before and they were fine. I never had a recent to purchase another laptop until last Black Friday sale from Amazon which turned out to be a great deal. I pulled the trigger on this and I haven't had a regret since. The design and the OS is easy to use. The keyboard lit is a great feature at night time. The screen on this is SUPERB and it sure beat most of the PC laptops out there. The clarity is unbelievable. I purchased an additional 2GB or RAm to max it out and upgraded to a 320GB 7200 RPM myself. Both installation were easy and fast. Instructions were available in the manual and on apple's website. If you're still debating on getting this laptop, DON'T, JUST DO IT. I assure you won't regret having this laptops compare to any other PC one out there. Sure there are many that are cheaper and have more features but the quality of this is excellent and it's thin and did I mention GORGEOUS looking.

LOVE my Macbook! 2010-03-14

Reviewer: Kelly Zhang

My macbook is one of the best purchases I have ever made! I was transferring files between my old Sony laptop and the new macbook pro and looking at the two side by side. The difference is incredible! I totally regret not making the switch from Windows to Mac earlier! My Sony took about 5-8 min to start up, my Macbook Pro 2 sec (with sleep mode) about 10 sec with the computer totally shut down. The only thing is, the battery is not exactly what Apple advertised (7 hrs). I get about 5 hrs max and around 3 hrs if I am watching movies and/or video.

Really, really underwhelmed 2010-03-09

Reviewer: Laura Fields

I bought a MacBook Pro directly from the Apple store. At first I was impressed by the speed, mostly booting up and shutting down, considering I was used to a PC with Windows Vista. Over time, things started locking up just like on a PC. 7 months old and the battery is about to die. A friend of mine has a $2600 MacBook Pro that already needed the DVD drive replaced. I sold this thing and got a $300 PC laptop that runs just as well and just as quickly with Windows 7. Lesson learned: sometimes, more expensive is not better.

I wouldn't choose anything else 2010-03-08

Reviewer: Horror movie holic

This is my 3rd Mac laptop. Every one I've been able to use for many years with daily long term use. I read all the negative reviews and found most of them to be totally unfair as it seems like the buyers simply didn't pay attention to what they were buying, made assumptions, then complained it didn't live up to their expectations. It's ok not to think highly of them, but don't blame them because you didn't look closer at what you purchased. I'm not sure I'd rely strictly on the Amazon description and would look at them on [...] as well just so you know what it is before you buy, but it was definitely cheaper to buy here.

These are very sturdy laptops, look sleek and travel well. I love the backlit keys as I like to use it a lot late at night without the lights on. The aluminum unibody frame is is very chic. and it's a bit smaller in depth than the previous models. The new trackpad is excellent and built in function key features are fantastic. I wouldn't buy anything else.

Toyota Syndrome 2010-02-25

Reviewer: James S. Kelley

My Apple laptop is satisfactory but not spectacular. Recently Apple has been behaving like a virus( think Norton). They take over the home page uninvited. The Safari web connection is intrusive. The mail system is worthless. Overall perhaps slight edge over Windows, but they are beginning to believe their own hype. The system to use windows documents is expensive and cumbersome.