MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.66 - Hardware Review

MacBook Pro i3/i5/i7s have been out for quite some time already, and even me, I have had on for almost 2 months. It is now that I make the review about it though, so I hope you like it:

The MacBook Pro 15" Review

Specs

• i7 2.66 GHz (Processor)
• 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 (Memory 4GB)
• 500 GB 5400rpm Serial ATA (Hard Drive)
• 15.4" Glossy Screen (Not Hi-Res)
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M (512MB) + Intel HD Graphics (video card/graphics processor)
• + other things as USB 2.0 ports, 8-9h battery (watching movie or surfing) etc...

Overview

The MacBook Pro 13/15/17" looks just great from the outside and "inside" (when laptop is open). I personally prefer the glossy one, because the colours are more vivid, and the screen's borders look just cooler. Especially the i7 2.66 one feels like a monster when it comes to gaming, and even more when exporting HD videos or editing them. In anyway you use it, the hard work will take only a breeze, and you will enjoy all the way.


Performance


It's performance is just "beyond limits" (it is supposed to). Exporting a full HD video in Screenflow (go to TheMacApper's Best Paid Mac Apps) or iMovie on MBP (MacBook Pro) 15" takes of course more than some "normal" videos which export maybe sometimes (depends on the video and the program) faster than what they are long. I promise you to give you some statistics soon, and I will edit this post to post some, but also post some "independently".

Photos

Be Sure To Donate!!!

Be sure to donate, so that I can get both hardware, and games that I can review, and so make this blog's content even better. I am now saving for a MacBook Pro and a Nikon D5000. I am also saving for other things, but these two would be the most important ones. If you donate using the "normal" paypal donation widget, then I will probably buy new games, and smaller things with it, but with these "Chipins" I will buy bigger and more expensive products.

Rain Design mStand - Added To Shopping List

mStand is just simply a such good product. All the other laptop stands loose when "fighting" against this safe, aluminium (not sure) laptop stand, that even looks great. Okay, it isn't maybe as good as Griffin Elevator when talking about portability, but it sure is safer. The angle that it is, is juts perfect for typing on the laptop's own keyboard, and the screen is just at a perfect height. I added it to my Shopping List as fourth, because it really is a must have, but not the MOST important thing neither...

mStand with MacBook Pro on it:

Seagate 1.5 External Hard Drive - Added To Shopping List

I also added a 1.5TB External Hard Drive to my Shopping List, because I will need a lot if space to go with my MacBook Pro, so that I can both protect my stuff (Timemachine) and just put some stuff on it. It runs at 7200rpm and has 32mb of cache.

MacBook Pro 13"/15"/17" - Added To Shopping List

I am not yet sure which MacBook Pro I will get, but I will most probably get the most portable one, the 13". MBP (MacBook Pro) 13" is quite okay to carry with you, but is quite much slower than it's bigger brothers (15" and 17"). I am not sure if I even do have enough money for the bigger laptops, so I am going to get the 13" (most probably). The more I think about it, and I just want to get the 15" laptop again, but I guess that I can't...

GAME (Black, fake leather) - Review 3.5*/5*

I just under a week ago bought two of these because they were in sale (50% off), and I just find them amazing. They both have two speakers and a subwoofer, and I can connect them to my PS3, Wii, MacBook Pro 13", iPod Nano (16GB) or anything else that has a music player inside. I also connected them both to each other, so that they both now play the same song/music/audio. I just find them amazing, and one thing so amazing about them is the comfort that they give. You can swing on them as much as you want because the subwoofer (situated in the back) won't break unless you are on a critically unstable floor/level, and that is just so fun to do. The only real con that comes to me now, is it's short and vulnerable cords. It's been about 2 days that I started using them, and I already broke two of my cords. The sound is great though, but not as good when listening from iPod. The sound is a lot better if the cords are connected to a TV, computer or music player. Even with iPod, it still is quite good to listen to, and it could be only some of my songs, but I doubt it. Overall, I give it 3.5*/5*, which is really great. I totally recommend it to everyone, even a little bit older. This is "meant" for kids and young, but even older (adults) seem to like it.

New Hardware

I am going to get new computer hardware for both gaming, media, audio, video and photo editing, and simply casual use. The main thing in my shopping list right now is a "super efficient" new MacBook Pro 15" High Definition screen with 4 GB of RAM, a 2.66 GHz i7 processor, 500GB 7200rpm internal hard drive, Aluminium Unibody case, 8-9h of video watching guaranteeing battery and other cool stuff. Also, I am getting a 1.5 TB 7200rpm External Hard Drive with USB output/input (I want to use it with both my PS3 and new MacBook Pro),  a "cool" media/gaming keyboard, DeathAdder gaming mouse, a HP 2159m (21,5" Full HD, HDMI output/input, input speakers 2X2W), a seven port USB HUB and other random stuff that I haven't clearly decided yet. I will make a new page named "Shopping List", and I will link the reviews of these items so that you can read them from there.