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If you just want a powerful Mac laptop then the 13in and 15in models undoubtedly offer better value for money. You could certainly get a similarly specified PC laptop for less – although features such as the Firewire port, twin graphics cards and the long-lasting battery do make direct comparisons difficult. Pontuação: Pontuação total: 82% desempenho: 60% processamento: 50%Ī price tag of £1949 is enough to make even the most diehard Mac fan think twice. Despite a few performance anomalies, the 17-inch MacBook Pro offers plenty of creature comforts for creative professionals.Īnálise única, Disponível online, Média, Data: We should also note that Apple’s packaging is getting smaller in an attempt to be environmentally friendly, which we appreciate. Even closed, the MacBook Pro is a simple, elegant machine. But like most Apple products, it’s not just the build quality that will catch your eye. Despite its 17-inch display, this 6.6-pound machine was made to be used on the go. The unibody case, carved out of a single piece of aluminum, is beyond solid. Pontuação: Pontuação total: 90% preço: 50% desempenho: 80% mobilidade: 80%Ĭoming on the heels of last fall’s 13- and 15-inch MacBooks, the new 17-inch model ($2,799) takes the improvements that were made to those models and kicks it up another notch with the thinnest, fastest MacBook Pro ever. Now don't forget that all this is from Apple and that should speak for itself.Īnálise única, Disponível online, Longa, Data: However it is simply one of the coolest notebooks around and it delivers on almost all accounts - gorgeous design, great physique, sex appeal, worthy performance and great battery stamina. Retailing at a cool S$4388, the 17-inch MacBook Pro is indeed pricey and may not be the wisest purchase price-wise. Of course, there are some drawbacks from the design, and we're sure the non-removable battery is probably on top of your mind. Despite its size as a 17-inch desktop replacement, Apple has managed to keep a svelte and slim figure that's barely any thicker than the 15-inch model. We really liked the 17-inch MacBook Pro, it's a great machine that delivers the goods in terms of performance and design.
#MACBOOK PRO EARLY 2009 CNET INSTALL#
If you want to install Leopard choose at least Leopard 10.5.6 - that was the preinstalled system the Mac originally came with.90% Apple MacBook Pro: 17-inches of Pure Lust The other options are buying a retail Snow Leopard, asking nicely in an Apple Store to install Snow Leopard (I don't know if they still support that) or indeed torrenting some retail Snow Leopard DVD. You need another Mac though or at least a VM running Snow Leopard or later to accomplish that.
#MACBOOK PRO EARLY 2009 CNET HOW TO#
Here or there are lengthy and time-consuming guides how to modify a non-retail DVD to allow installation on all capable Macs.
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Although the disc contains the full retail version of OS X, there is a machine verification string that takes place during startup which excludes all Mac models except the model(s) the disc(s) came with. If you receive an error “OS X Cannot Be Installed On This Machine” under those circumstances, this is due to using a non-retail version of OS X meaning it was part of a restore suite that came with another Mac model.
Though the Early-2009 MacBook runs Snow Leopard perfectly well, it's obviously not on the list of allowed Macs on this installer DVD.