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Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (MC371B/A - April 2010) video review

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While the cost of the new MacBook Pros makes it unlikely to convert sceptics, die-hard Apple users will appreciate the evolution of this refresh. Both performance and battery life are increased noticeably and Apple's design flair and refinement remain unmatched. If you're overdue an upgrade, or looking at your first foray into Mac ownership, the 15-inch MacBook Pro is a fine option. Read full review

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9/10

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By Andy Vandervell
Reviewed 29 April 2010
Updated 31 January 2012

Price as reviewed

£1,530.00

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    • 2: Touchpad, Keyboard, Connectivity & AV
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Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (MC371B/A - April 2010) details

Battery Life
9/10
Design
10/10
Features
8/10
Performance
9/10
Value
6/10
Overall
9/10

Price as reviewed

£1,530.00

Manufacturer

Apple

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Drazisaurus

11:46 AM on 29 April, 2010

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Question. Does any other laptop manufacturer build firewire into their machines? Is it me or is Apple the only company that really supports this technology? I'd imagine most people don't even know what firewire is....

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11:55 AM on 29 April, 2010

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@Drazisarus: Is it me or is Apple the only company that really supports this technology.





Sony support it, but they call it i.Link.

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Loving the battery life. I know Apple and their batteries is a controversial subject, but the results have been pretty outstanding.

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I was for the first time considering a Mac after this (late) update. In the end I stuck with a Sony E Series. There's pluses and minuses to them both. The Macbook is lighter, better designed (though that's subjective), has better speakers and to my mind it's main plus ss you say is the great battery life. But the Sony has Blu-Ray (not that I personally need it), higher res screen (full HD), more ports, numeric keypad (plus for some, minus for others depending on your needs) & though battery life isn't so good you can at least swap the battery.





OS wise I'm happy with Windows and would probably stick it on the Macbook had I gotten it, so that wasn't important to me in my consideration.





In the end sure the Macbook is a better machine, but when the Sony is £599-899 and the Macbook is £1499+ I just couldn't justify the price differential.





I just wish Sony had a "premium" 15" machine, their better built laptops (Z series or whatever it is now) are only 13". If they had something with the same specs as the E series, but in a ligher and better chasis for £200-300 more then I'd have gone for that, but £600+ more for the Mac is just silly.

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12:15 PM on 29 April, 2010

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@ Drazisaurus: I'm afraid you got to a wrong conclusion. Sony, HP, Dell... Firewire is ubiquitous across the board among most respected laptop manufacturers. My oldest Compaq laptop came with 1391 connection, so does my wife's VAIO... And all my Windows-based desktop computers to date have had a firewire port.

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@gadgetmania, think you have gone to the other end of the scale. Four laptops in our house (Lenovo, HP, Toshiba and Acer - all less than 5 years old) and none have Firewire on them (and I think you meant IEEE 1394?). My desktop does have one, but I built that myself and I needed Firewire for an old Sony DV Camcorder.

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Unless I remember wrongly isn't "Firewire" pretty much an Apple trademark ? They called it that and pushed it when there really were no alternatives for high-speed (video) transfer.





Since then though USB2 (or eSATA) pretty much made it pointless and now USB3 (let alone Intels Lightspeed) will make it truly a past standard.





Most of my machines haven't had a IEEE1394 port, but my latest desktop does. I only ever used it for Video-Editing.





On the MacBook Pro .... Wow it's expensive... For doing work buy a Windows based laptop of your choice, for posing in Starbucks window pretending to do work then this is a must have ! I guess the "real" posers will be getting all flustered having to carry both one of these AND an iPad. Stress !!!

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3:28 PM on 29 April, 2010

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Good, balanced review. Thanks.





@AJ. Congratulations to you also, for being the fist to knock Apple/Apple buyers. It's almost as tedious as those who respond first to Zero Punctuation. Yes it's expensive. Is there anyone here who is not likely to know that?

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I beleive FireWire was Apple's tradename, as iLink was/is Sony's, but the offically ratified name is IEEE1394.

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Even though it is known to Apple, why can't they add few millimeters of space between the two USB ports? They are so close that sometimes it is difficult to plug in two peripherals at the same time.

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