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Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" Core 2 Duo

$1,164.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
as for hardware performance, it's nearly on par with my on-the-job mac pro workstation (2x2.8ghz xeons, 2gb ram) in the majority of things i do (web design/development).
from www.amazon.com
i m using my macbook pro since i bought it and i m very happy with it.the display colours and quality is great and so is the performance and the quality of the product.
from www.amazon.com
although it doesn't have as much memory and features as pc's that are similarly priced it performs so much better than pc's.
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well, i see the performance issue, but i can still function.
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easy to use, good performance...

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Positives: Powerful, Good Portability, Long Battery Life, Display Size: 13.3 in.

2 RECOMMENDED by 14 people for PERFORMANCE

Apple MacBook Pro MB991LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

$1,455.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
as for hardware performance, it's nearly on par with my on-the-job mac pro workstation (2x2.8ghz xeons, 2gb ram) in the majority of things i do (web design/development).
from www.amazon.com
i m using my macbook pro since i bought it and i m very happy with it.the display colours and quality is great and so is the performance and the quality of the product.
from www.amazon.com
although it doesn't have as much memory and features as pc's that are similarly priced it performs so much better than pc's.
from www.amazon.com
pressing with two fingers instead of one performs the equivalent of a right click.
from www.amazon.com
well, i see the performance issue, but i can still function.

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Positives: Powerful, Great Portability, Long Battery Life, Display Size: 13.3 in.

3 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for PERFORMANCE

Apple MacBook Pro MB470LL/A Notebook

$2,250.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it performs wonderfully, it's fast both with mac os and vista, games run great.
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life when i have it set to use the geforce 9400 (better battery life option), and get much better video performance when i switch it over to use the geforce 9600 (better graphics performance option).
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it performs tasks with ease.
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even after downgrading it to xp and upgrading to a 7200rpm hdd, performance was still slow slow - slower than an old single core, p4 with 1gb ddr ram.
from www.amazon.com
performance is at least as good as it was on the old machine (2.4 ghz core 2 duo, 4 gb ram)--and stability is much better.

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Positives: Powerful, Attractive Design, Easy To Use, Display Size: 15.4 in.

4 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for PERFORMANCE

Apple MacBook Pro MC026LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop

$2,350.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it performs wonderfully, it's fast both with mac os and vista, games run great.
from www.amazon.com
it performs tasks with ease.
from www.amazon.com
even after downgrading it to xp and upgrading to a 7200rpm hdd, performance was still slow slow - slower than an old single core, p4 with 1gb ddr ram.
from www.amazon.com
life when i have it set to use the geforce 9400 (better battery life option), and get much better video performance when i switch it over to use the geforce 9600 (better graphics performance option).
from www.amazon.com
performance is at least as good as it was on the old machine (2.4 ghz core 2 duo, 4 gb ram)--and stability is much better.

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Positives: Powerful, Attractive Design, Easy To Use, Display Size: 15.4 in.

5 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for PERFORMANCE

Apple MacBook Pro MB604LL/A Notebook

$2,200.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it performs wonderfully, it's fast both with mac os and vista, games run great.
from www.amazon.com
even after downgrading it to xp and upgrading to a 7200rpm hdd, performance was still slow slow - slower than an old single core, p4 with 1gb ddr ram.
from www.amazon.com
it performs tasks with ease.
from www.amazon.com
performance is at least as good as it was on the old machine (2.4 ghz core 2 duo, 4 gb ram)--and stability is much better.
from www.amazon.com
life when i have it set to use the geforce 9400 (better battery life option), and get much better video performance when i switch it over to use the geforce 9600 (better graphics performance option).

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Positives: Powerful, Attractive Design, Easy To Use, Display Size: 17 in.

Apple MacBook Pro MB471LL/A Notebook

$2,850.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it performs wonderfully, it's fast both with mac os and vista, games run great.
from www.amazon.com
it performs tasks with ease.
from www.amazon.com
even after downgrading it to xp and upgrading to a 7200rpm hdd, performance was still slow slow - slower than an old single core, p4 with 1gb ddr ram.
from www.amazon.com
life when i have it set to use the geforce 9400 (better battery life option), and get much better video performance when i switch it over to use the geforce 9600 (better graphics performance option).
from www.amazon.com
performance is at least as good as it was on the old machine (2.4 ghz core 2 duo, 4 gb ram)--and stability is much better.

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Positives: Powerful, Attractive Design, Easy To Use, Display Size: 15.4 in.

Apple MacBook Pro MB134LL/A

$1,360.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it rivals the performance of my power mac g5.
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i never had trouble running anything on the old mbp until i got parallels--i had to upgrade the old machine to 2 gb of ram to get performance to an acceptable level and even then it was sluggish.
from www.amazon.com
performance of mac apps and windows apps is superb.
from www.amazon.com
i have noticed that the computer runs hot -- but apparently that is expected -- and i've had no problems with performance whatsoever.
from www.amazon.com
quality and performance are outstanding.

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Positives: Powerful, Easy To Use, Attractive Design, Display Size: 15.4 in.

Apple Macbook Pro MB133LL/A Notebook

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from www.amazon.com
it rivals the performance of my power mac g5.
from www.amazon.com
i never had trouble running anything on the old mbp until i got parallels--i had to upgrade the old machine to 2 gb of ram to get performance to an acceptable level and even then it was sluggish.
from www.amazon.com
performance of mac apps and windows apps is superb.
from www.amazon.com
i have noticed that the computer runs hot -- but apparently that is expected -- and i've had no problems with performance whatsoever.
from www.amazon.com
quality and performance are outstanding.

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Positives: Powerful, Attractive Design, Easy To Use, Operating System: Apple MacOS X 10.5

Apple Macbook Pro MB166LL/A Notebook

$2,229.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it rivals the performance of my power mac g5.
from www.amazon.com
i never had trouble running anything on the old mbp until i got parallels--i had to upgrade the old machine to 2 gb of ram to get performance to an acceptable level and even then it was sluggish.
from www.amazon.com
performance of mac apps and windows apps is superb.
from www.amazon.com
what you get for that extra cash is a better user interface, better styling, smoother operation, faster performance.
from www.amazon.com
i have noticed that the computer runs hot -- but apparently that is expected -- and i've had no problems with performance whatsoever.

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Positives: Powerful, Attractive Design, Easy To Use, Display Size: 17 in.

Apple MacBook MB467LL/A Mac Notebook

$1,195.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
with the release of these new macbooks in october 2008, i knew it was time for me to upgrade to a notebook with the performance of my imac.
from www.amazon.com
i am currently running the windows version of coreldraw and photoshop along with my mac apps with no noticeable decrease in performance.
from www.amazon.com
of course it does look nice but the main plus is how slim it is for the performance i get out of it.
from www.amazon.com
it has a refined look and feel, both the hardware and the software, and its performance and capabilities are excellent.
from www.amazon.com
(disclaimers: i am not an it professional so i cannot judge the macbook's performance based on any technical standards such as benchmark cpu tests, etc.

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Positives: Powerful, Easy To Use, Attractive Design, Display Size: 13.3 in.

Intel MB466LL/A Mac Notebook

$1,500.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
of course it does look nice but the main plus is how slim it is for the performance i get out of it.
from www.amazon.com
with the release of these new macbooks in october 2008, i knew it was time for me to upgrade to a notebook with the performance of my imac.
from www.amazon.com
(disclaimers: i am not an it professional so i cannot judge the macbook's performance based on any technical standards such as benchmark cpu tests, etc.
from www.amazon.com
it has a refined look and feel, both the hardware and the software, and its performance and capabilities are excellent.
from www.amazon.com
i am currently running the windows version of coreldraw and photoshop along with my mac apps with no noticeable decrease in performance.

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Positives: Powerful, Easy To Use, Attractive Design, Display Size: 13.3 in.

Apple MB062LL A 2.16GHZ MACBOOK 13.3 2.16 GHz

$519.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's so easy to use it, the performance is great when you use design programs like illustrator or photoshop.
from www.amazon.com
very quick performance, excellent graphics, greatest operating system.
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as for performance, these macbooks are plenty zippy.
from www.amazon.com
great performance, easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
the performance outweighs these 2 quirks.

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Positives: Powerful, Easy To Use, Attractive Design, Display Size: 13.3 in.

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz

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from brassrox, reviews.cnet.com
i'm a switcher, having always used windows through various iterations, from 95 through xp, all of which gave me grief with issues such as system instability (blue screen of death), performance and
from www.amazon.com
it's so easy to use it, the performance is great when you use design programs like illustrator or photoshop.
from www.amazon.com
the machine itself comes with all you need to get going, but a ram upgrade will definitely boost the performance, particularly if you are running parallels or vmware to use windows in a virtual
from www.amazon.com
great performance, easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
the performance outweighs these 2 quirks.

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Positives: Powerful, Easy To Use, Great Portability

Apple MB464LL/A Mac mini Notebook

$815.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it can now address 4gb of ram, and it is also ddr3 ram so it performs much better.
from www.amazon.com
i am a professional photographer using adobe cs4 and running a 25.5" lcd monitor and it performs flawlessly and quickly.
from www.amazon.com
performance, for me is indistinguishable from the 20" imac model.
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all of these things erode and destroy the operating performance of a pc.
from www.amazon.com
- video performance is like night and day

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Positives: Powerful, Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Weight: 2.9 lb.

Apple MB463LL/A Mac mini Notebook

$610.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i am a professional photographer using adobe cs4 and running a 25.5" lcd monitor and it performs flawlessly and quickly.
from www.amazon.com
it can now address 4gb of ram, and it is also ddr3 ram so it performs much better.
from www.amazon.com
performance, for me is indistinguishable from the 20" imac model.
from www.amazon.com
all around performance is very much what i would call snappy.
from www.amazon.com
- video performance is like night and day

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Positives: Powerful, Nice Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Weight: 2.9 lb.

Apple MacBook Air MB940LL/A Mac Notebook

$1,875.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
so performance under those conditions have been fast and responsive -- no noticeable lag or hiccups; i have not experience any overheating, shutdowns, or excessive fan usage.
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willing to accept lesser performance for portable productivity.
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i was thinking that i wouldn't be able to play wow with a decent frame rate on this machine but i've been reading forums and they said wow performs really well in mba's with ssd drives.
from www.amazon.com
if you are wondering about performance, i can tell you that this computer does everything !
from www.amazon.com
9) performance - i saved the best for last.

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Positives: Great Portability, Powerful, Attractive Design, Display Size: 13.3 in.

Apple MacBook Air MB543LL/A Mac Notebook

$1,270.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
willing to accept lesser performance for portable productivity.
from www.amazon.com
so performance under those conditions have been fast and responsive -- no noticeable lag or hiccups; i have not experience any overheating, shutdowns, or excessive fan usage.
from www.amazon.com
if you are wondering about performance, i can tell you that this computer does everything !
from www.amazon.com
9) performance - i saved the best for last.
from www.amazon.com
i was thinking that i wouldn't be able to play wow with a decent frame rate on this machine but i've been reading forums and they said wow performs really well in mba's with ssd drives.

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Positives: Great Portability, Powerful, Attractive Design, Display Size: 13.3 in.

Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

$1,099.00 Est. at Amazon

from Roman Loyola, MacLife.com
"offer excellent performance today."
from www.newegg.com
used macbook pro and i have to say that i'm not satisfied (by used i mean i've run games on it and used it for more than 30 minutes, which is plenty of time to get a grasp of general performance).
from www.amazon.com
apple has always killed microsoft when it came to the quality, and performance of it's products, but this one takes the cake.
from www.amazon.com
as for it's performance it's been flawless, i can only imagine how the 2.4ghz macbook pro would perform.
from www.amazon.com
i doubt the price premium makes macs worth it for everyone, and in some ways apple computers are like luxury cars that aren't designed either for stellar performance or to make things easy for the

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Positives: Powerful, Attractive Design, Easy To Use, Display Size: 17 in.

Apple MacBook Pro 17" Intel Core 2

$2,375.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
graphics and gaming performance is surprisingly good with the 2nd dedicated nvidia 8600 video card.
from www.amazon.com
great performance, dual graphics cards should perhaps help.
from www.amazon.com
i compared the system response speed with the default 5200 rpm and 7200 rpm hard disk and found that 7200 rpm hdd significantly improves the performance of this machine.

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Positives: Powerful, Long Battery Life, Good Sound Quality, Display Size: 17 in.

Apple MacBook Pro MB986LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop

$2,175.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
great performance, dual graphics cards should perhaps help.
from www.amazon.com
graphics and gaming performance is surprisingly good with the 2nd dedicated nvidia 8600 video card.
from www.amazon.com
i compared the system response speed with the default 5200 rpm and 7200 rpm hard disk and found that 7200 rpm hdd significantly improves the performance of this machine.

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Positives: Powerful, Long Battery Life, Excellent Sound Quality, Display Size: 15.4 in.

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Best Mac Laptops for Performance

Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" Core 2 Duo

Apple MacBook Pro MB991LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

Apple MacBook Pro MB470LL/A Notebook

Apple MacBook Pro MC026LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop

Apple MacBook Pro MB604LL/A Notebook

Apple MacBook Pro MB471LL/A Notebook

Apple MacBook Pro MB134LL/A

Apple Macbook Pro MB133LL/A Notebook

Apple Macbook Pro MB166LL/A Notebook

Apple MacBook MB467LL/A Mac Notebook

Intel MB466LL/A Mac Notebook

Apple MB062LL A 2.16GHZ MACBOOK 13.3 2.16 GHz

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz

Apple MB464LL/A Mac mini Notebook

Apple MB463LL/A Mac mini Notebook

Apple MacBook Air MB940LL/A Mac Notebook

Apple MacBook Air MB543LL/A Mac Notebook

Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Apple MacBook Pro 17" Intel Core 2

Apple MacBook Pro MB986LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop

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