Apple MacBook Pro MC371LL/A 15.4-Inch Deals

By Skogkatt (San Francisco, Ca USA)
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro MC371LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
The macbook worked right out of the box,set-up was easy.I had a pc laptop (whose company name I won't say) and had all sorts of problems (slow boot-up, and screen and registry problems) I got so fed up, I decided to get rid of it.
While looking at laptops at Best Buy store, I looked at the macbook pro "15.4" which just happened to have the new Core i5 processor. At first, I balked at the price, the more I "played" with it, the more I liked it (And this is from someone who has NEVER owned a mac of any kind) And while I plan to keep my pc desktop, the macbook has become a welcome addtion to my household.

 By B. Whitsett (Houston, TX United States)
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro MC371LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
As a long time PC user, I'd been wanting a Mac for a good while. The last time I bought a lap-top I came very close, but went with HP in a last minute burst of frugality. That frugality was short lived, the HP didn't make to its third birthday, and once again I was lusting for a Macbook. This time I went for it. I've only had the computer for a few days, so probably no genius insights and a lot of my initial observations have been said before, but I'll proceed anyway. First, and most obvious, straight out of the box it's...pretty. I mean seriously this is one darned nice looking piece of technology--nothing clunky here. Okay, like others have said, straight out of the box, it was easy to set up and worked like a charm. Because I have no Mac experience I figured I'd be on the phone with Applecare pretty quick, but the only assistance I needed was from my Internet service provider, to remind me what my wireless password is. After that I was good to go. Shocking! Not a single other glitch. As far as learning curve from Windows to Mac, it's going fairly well. Key board shortcuts are fairly intuitive--command instead of control, Finder instead of "My Computer" (I think that's right). The screen and back lighting are amazing. BTW: I have had to call Apple support and they've been very helpful, and reasonably pleasant. Also, so far, I haven't spoken to anyone in Asia.

The only negatives I've noticed, is that there's an awful lot of real estate between the edge of the computer and the key board. I'm sure there's some ergonomic plus to this; but, for me, it's just annoying. Course, I may just need a lower typing surface (dining room table is supposedly for eating? Who knew?) Also, for the cost of the computer I wish a mouse had been included, even an inexpensive usb connected one. Still, Best Buy opened at nine, and the magic mouse was on sale, so not so bad.

By S. Chadwick (Mt Pleasant, SC USA)
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro MC371LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
I had a four month old HP 18" with 8GB RAM, rocking video card, running Windows 7... and the fricken thing just about drove me crazy. It would crash (!) while playing FARMVILLE (!!) The fingerprint reader only worked when it felt like it and when it didn't it was almost impossible to input your password because the cursor would MOVE while you were typing!!!! I have never had a worse laptop, and when I had the opportunity to painlessly get rid of it, I did and bought this sweet little machine. I purchased mine at our local Apple Store, though I would usually buy on Amazon, mostly because I wanted to be sure to get the options I wanted like matte screen. I am sitting in a sunroom right now typing this and there is no reflection at all on the screen.

The real reason I am writing this review is that nobody mentions the trackpad. It really makes the whole machine for me. Click anywhere. Right click by using two fingers, scroll or track left and right with those same two fingers. Swipe with four fingers to expose the desktop, or display all open windows. I have always used a mouse with my laptops, but this trackpad is BETTER than a mouse. you can zoom in and out, rotate your photos, whatever! The only time I need a mouse is for serious gaming. And now that Steam is up and running for Mac, I can do that too...