Product Description : Apple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A

Just when you thought your MacBook Pro was state of the art, Apple introduces the MC700LL/A 13" MacBook Pro with new advanced processing power and graphics. New connectivity capabilities potentially speed large file transfers beyond any current connection. All MacBook Pro models are state-of-the-art. This new one takes it out to another edge.

New Thunderbolt technology lets you connect high-performance peripherals and high-resolution displays to one port - with data transfer rates up to 10 Gbps. Thunderbolt is based on two fundamental technologies: PCI Express and DisplayPort. And because Thunderbolt is based on DisplayPort technology, the video standard for high-resolution displays, any Mini DisplayPort display plugs right into the Thunderbolt port. To connect a DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, or VGA display, just use an existing optional adapter. Take everything from games to CAD to HD video projects anywhere. Time makes full-screen HD video calls that are astonishingly crisp. And thanks to the new widescreen format, you can get your friends in the picture, too. And with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and iLife '11, you're sure to get a great Mac notebook - all in a precision aluminum unibody enclosure that's less than an inch thin.

Your creative potentials and dreams are realized with each new generation of MacBook Pro. Life, after all, is ever changing and this very affordable MacBook Pro makes impossible opportunities more possible than ever.

13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1280-by-800 resolution Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory 8x SuperDrive (DVD+-R DL/DVD+-RW/CD-RW) AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Wireless (based on IEEE 802.11n specification) Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 10/100/1000 Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet SDXC Card Slot FaceTime HD Camera Audio Stereo speakers with subwoofer, omnidirectional microphone Expansions - 2 x US

Customer Reviews : Apple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A

I stopped by my local Apple Store the morning this MacBook Pro was made available to the public & bought, replacing my over year elderly unibody MacBook. These are premium computers, & well made. My elderly computer, which looks very much like this, still looked great after years, with a small scratching on the bottom, & an unfortunate denting of corner. I do not regret for minute paying more for a tool I use several hours a day, & from which I derive my living.

This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop computer (Personal Computers)


The strong point of this computer over earlier 13 inch unibody MacBooks is the processor. It is noticeably faster at computationally intensive tasks. For example, I have a giant application written in the C++ programming language which Xcode on my late 2008 vintage MacBook could compile in 16.5 minutes, this MacBook can do the same task in 8.5 minutes, an very doubling of speed. Similiarly, converting a ten minute MP3 file to AAC in iTunes used to take 21 seconds, now Apple macbook pro specs takes 14 seconds. Unsurprisingly, computer processors have gotten faster. The new processor does tend to heat up fast under full load, so be prepared for more frequent fan noise.