Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro/2.33GHz specs

Pros

• Classic design
• Lovely screen
• Ample RAM and hard drive capacity
• Fast performance

Cons

• No internal modem option
• No eSATA port
• Performance glitch slows some tasks
• Few cards available for ExpressCard/34 slot
• No PC Card slot

At A Glance

Like its 15-inch counterparts, the 17-inch MacBook Pro gets a processor bump (up to 2.33GHz from 2.16GHz) as well as a new processor entirely. The Intel Core Duo makes way for the Intel Core 2 Duo, a next-generation chip promising better performance with the same battery life. The amount of shared L2 cache has doubled, as has the installed memory -- the 17-inch MacBook Pro ships with 2GB of RAM. (You can install up to 3GB.) Hard drive capacity has increased to 160GB from 120GB.

Manufacturer’s Description

17" MacBook Pro Notebook Computer from Apple gives you all the power of a Macintosh computer in an easily portable and attractive form. The laptop is housed in an aluminum alloy enclosure, which is designed to resist stains and scratches. It is designed to meet the needs of video editors, graphics designers, educators and businesspeople.The MacBook Pro is Apple's professional-level portable computer and is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. The Core 2 Duo is actually two processors built into a single chip, which translates into much better performance than a single processor chip. The computer is loaded with a 160 GB 5400 hard drive, 2 GB of RAM, Airport Extreme wireless networking, integrated Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, built-in speakers, a widescreen display and Apple's Dual-Layer 8x SuperDrive, a DVD and CD burner that supports Dual-Layered DVD discs.All this hardware runs on Apple's OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system with Rosetta technology. This allows you to seamlessly run legacy applications as well as Universal Binaries that have been designed to run on both PowerPC and Intel chips, making the MacBook Pro a great choice for your home or office.

The Specs

Performance