15-inch MacBook Pro is Editors? Choice for PCMag

?Being perfect out of the box is a tall order,? points out Nicole Price Fasig (pcmag.com), but the new 15-inch MacBook Pro met her high expectations. In fact, she found it ?a stellar system from the start.? Naming it ?our new Editors? Choice,? she gave it a 4.5 star rating (out of five).

published on Wednesday, the 21. May 2008, apple-hot-news

Apple Begins Fixing MacBook Pro Issues

Hack Jandy writes "For those of you who bought one of the first generation Macbook Pros, a new replacement may be in your future. Flicking LCDs, overheating and intermittent WiFi connections are all common place for many of these first generation machines, but apparently Apple is fixing the problem. The article claims 'According to Apple, it has begun replacing the mainboard inside its MacBook Pros with a new revision. It calls the updated product "revision D," which is indentifiable by product serial number.' If you have a reservation at an Apple Store, they may even replace your MBP with a new one."

published on Monday, the 3. April 2006, apple-slashdot

Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'?

rgraham writes "The Register has a great opening line in a recent article, "Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac. According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple's MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market." GearLog ran the same tests that were run by PC Magazine with the Mac coming out on top."

published on Thursday, the 23. March 2006, apple-slashdot

Fix printing issues with shared Intel-PowerPC printers

I was pulling my hair out trying to get my MacBook Pro to print properly to an HP DeskJet 9800 shared by a PowerMac G4. The main problem was that on the MacBook Pro, I didn't get all of the printer options I normally should (...

published on Wednesday, the 22. March 2006, macosxhints

MacBook Pro: Faster, Cooler Chips Take the Laptop Up a Step

Apple Computer's switch to Intel processors this year has the potential to bring a number of improvements to customers, but it was obvious from the time of the announcement that the biggest winners would be notebook buyers whose machines would benefit especially from faster, cooler chips.

published on Tuesday, the 14. March 2006, macnewsworld

MacBook Pro IR Remote pairing problem and solution

I had an issue pairing my Apple Remote with my MacBook Pro. The Apple manual says (on page 36): To pair your Apple Remote with your MacBook Pro: Position the Apple Remote 3 to 4 inches from the IR receiver on your MacBook P...

published on Friday, the 10. March 2006, macosxhints

Review: MacBook Pro

After using the new MacBook Pro for a few days, Yuval Kossovsky writes for Computerworld, “All in all, this laptop offers a welcome improvement in speed and performance and would be an excellent purchase for PowerBook users looking for the next bump up.” [Mar 10, 2006]

published on Friday, the 10. March 2006, apple-hot-news

MacBook Pro: This Apple Shines

Apple Computer's notebooks have long been highly regarded for their thoughtful designs and leading-edge features. But when it comes to performance, recent models have been lagging behind competitors that run Intel's chips. Unable to beat 'em, Apple last year announced plans last year to join 'em.

published on Thursday, the 9. March 2006, macnewsworld

MacBook Pros in High Demand, Increased Mac Market Share?

Piper Jaffray analysts are recommending shares of Apple Computer, citing high demand for the MacBook Pro:The analyst's checks also indicated that there is pent-up demand for the MacBook Pro -- 70% of the stores have a waiting list of...

published on Wednesday, the 8. March 2006, macrumors

MacBook Pro Reviewed

phaedo00 writes "Ars Technica has an in-depth review of the MacBook Pro that compares performance with a Dell Inspiron running a hacked version of OS X 10.4.4: 'Yes, you read that right. We at the Orbiting HQ were able to have some benchmarks run on an acquaintance's Dell Inspiron 9100 with a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT chip running OS X 10.4.4, and decided that including the benchmarks from this machine would prove to be both interesting if not illustrative of what non-Apple x86 machines may be capable of if they could run Mac OS X (legally). Please keep in mind that the data from the Dell laptop is for illustrative purposes only and that no one at the Ars Orbiting HQ hacked a machine. As David Letterman says, this is not a competition. No wagering.'"

published on Thursday, the 2. March 2006, apple-slashdot