Thread: Apple MacBook Pro Laptop

MacBook Pro is a power performer, based on Intel's new 45 nm 2.5 GHz Penryn processor. For high graphics capabilities there's an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics card bundled into the smart and sleek aluminum chassis, which rects the craftsmanship put in by Apple. Once you open the lid-housing the 15.4" backlit LED screen and iSight camera; a full-sized backlit keypad, stereo speakers, a single button touchpad greets your sight. It has a slot DVD drive and 2 USB ports. It was the only notebook we received that had both FireWire 400 and 800 ports.

The ambient light sensor illuminates keypad and adjusts screen brightness. For Windows users, getting attuned to Mac would require time. The touchpad enables multi touch inputs- in Mac OS you can use three fingers to zoom in and out, rotate and scroll, whereby in Windows two fingers can be used for scrolling. We used Boot-Camp to load Windows Vista and run our benchmarks.



For PC Mark it gave an excellent score of 5923 while for 3D Mark it achieved an astonishing high score of 4447. It gave a battery life of about 2 hrs 30 min. One would be tempted to play games, but platform support would limit that and to counter that Windows will have to be loaded using Boot Camp. MacBook Pro with such graphics capabilities is meant for professionals who use graphic intensive applications of multimedia, animation, or designing.