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Apple MacBook Pro 13in - 2009 Edition (MB990B/A) Review

Author	Andy Vandervell
Published	6th Jul 2009
Manufacturer	Apple
Supplier	Pixmania
Price	£705.45 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed	£828.90 (Inc VAT)
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Apple MacBook Pro 13in - 2009 Edition (MB990B/A)

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While the upgraded CPU doesn't have a massive effect on the overall X-Bench score, the CPU, Thread and User Interface tests demonstrate the extra processing overhead, being 11 per cent, 14 per cent and 15 per cent faster respectively. Only in the Disk test is the 2008 MacBook faster, while the current White MacBook and last year's unibody MacBook are evenly matched.

In our Handbrake video encoding test the new MacBook Pro is comfortably faster than the current White MacBook, which uses a 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo CPU.

In this high intensity DVD playback battery test the new MacBook Pro lasts just under 40 minutes longer than the White MacBook.

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Andy said on 8th July 2009

@GoldenGuy:

Well at the time we weren't able to get one from Apple (we didn't ask btw, it's not like they said no) since we didn't really deal wi... more

MikeD said on 8th July 2009

I've never had a mac and just bought this machine... it's a great piece of kit I agree with the review.

I am happy that I didn't buy a dull black bri... more

Hazellhoff said on 10th July 2009

Going online for < £800!!!

That's a hell of a deal! Is it too good to be true?

http://www.laskys.com/computing/laptops_and_pdas/laptops... more

Andy said on 10th July 2009

Hmm, that is very tempting! If only I hadn't just bought a car, I'd be tempted myself.

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