I love my little netbook to bits, but I think that working on it for too long – especially on my longer articles and essays – might just make my eyes cross permanently. So I decided to invest in a full-sized laptop with a bigger screen. There really was no contest – sorry to sound like a Mac fanboy, that’s something I’m not, but I never considered buying anything other than one of these Macbook Pros thanks to near rave reviews almost everywhere I looked and from almost everyone I’ve asked. My MBP has been tops in just about every important aspect and I would recommend it to anyone who is in the market for a laptop.
It’s a real looker if that matters to you. The aluminum unibody enclosure is a revelation – extremely sturdy since it’s carved out of a hunk of aluminum, and yet not too heavy for all that. No more creaks and groans – even my little Acer, love it though I do,
suffers from them if I press too heavily on the base. The screen is gorgeous, bright and clear if a little too reflective, but all you need do to reduce that is to tilt it back a little more. When it’s closed and/or if it’s open it looks very much like older Macbooks or other Macbook Pro models, and that’s a good thing – good looks run in the family. Jony Ive and Steve Jobs really outdid themselves with this number.
It’s a winner performance-wise as well. As I’ve said in previous reviews, I’m not much of a power user; neither my occupation nor my hobbies or interests has me running any sort of memory-hogging programs or applications. So from my not-so-demanding perspective, this rig works wonderfully well. Everything is slick and snappy, just what you expect given its looks. You just need to fire it up at the start and off you go.
Special note regarding the battery life – my MBP’s battery is one of ...