Apple actually introduces a 13.3" MacBook Pro with the new Aluminium MacBook. In contrast to its bigger brother this smaller consumer laptop does neither have a dedicated graphics card nor FireWire nor ExpressCard slot. In this review you'll find out whether this new design notebook is to be recommended.
Like the MacBook Pro, the MacBook follows the same tapered design first seen in the MacBook Air; however, it is rounder on the edges than other laptops in the MacBook line. This model has a glossy palm rest that is fingerprint-friendly and also uses a multi-touch glass trackpad like the one found on the MacBook Pro. The bottom of the MacBook features a rubberized non-slip finish. The built-in battery, as introduced earlier in the year to the MacBook Pro models, lasts seven hours over the five hours in the older models.The 17" Unibody MacBook Pro (MBP) is the current flagship of the Apple notebook series and is therefore also the most powerful mobile notebook with Mac OS X. Furthermore, Apple is advertising the laptop as the thinnest and lightest 17" computer in the world. Indeed, one would normally find only 15-16" notebooks weighing up to 3kg as the MBP
In addition to the standard configuration (17" 1920x1200 wide gamut display, Unibody case, 95 Wh battery, GeForce 9600M GT) some additional features can be configured in the online store. For example, there's an optional, faster Core 2 Duo with 2.93 GHz, 8 GB RAM, or different hard drives and SSDs. Additionally you can also have a matte display, which replaces the shapely glass panel with an aluminium border. This costs an additional 45 Euro and is in our opinion a good investment.
- Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 2.0GHz CPU with 25 Watt TDP
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M IGP with shared memory
- 13" WXGA High-Definition Display With 1280 x 800 Resolution
- 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
- 2GB 667MHz DDR2 System Memory (dual channel mode)
- Superdrive 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
- OS X 10.5
- iWork 09 (pre-installed)
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