[Macworld]

Post your comments for MacBook Pros (15-inch, Mid 2009) here

[rab777hp]

How long did it take to boot of an SD?

[ncj37]

My 2GHz MacBook can boot from a 16GB SDHC card in two minutes.

[Macopotamus]

You didn't mention that SATA bandwidth in these models has been reduced to 1.5GB from the 3.0GB found in the previous unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros.

Edit: Covered by your sister publication Computerworld.

[sigma8]

The glossy screen and the omission of the ExpressCard slot are ridiculous. This is a 15" unibody MacBook (normal).
I currently have a 15" MacBook Pro with matte screen that I will be clinging to for some time.. I guess my next MacBook Pro will have to be the 17" model. Good thing I've owned one before: I kept my Willow Designs 17" Aluminum PowerBook backpack.

[JoxerTheMighty]

I have a new 2.66 - I'm actually finding the colours hard to get used to compared to my old (early 2008) macbook. I've tried the colorsync utility and am somewhat happier, but it still seems a little pushed towards the yellow/green side of the spectrum to my untrained eye.

[Photonerd]

No matte screen for this laptop effectively makes it useless for serious photo editing.

[andrewrodney]

"MacBook Pro displays are accompanied by LED (light-emitting diode) backlight technology that promotes better representation of a wider range of colors onscreen."
The backlight technology is not what makes this a wider gamut display.

[ecphoto]

the macbook semi-pro?
no express card means many creative pros will not be buying these laptops. i bet it will return with the next generation like firewire returned to the macbook.
we need the express card slot for esata and extra firewire ports while working on location. having 2 firewire ports would be nice, like the older models. and alot of professional gear cannot be daisy chained and work effectively. these machines were called pro's because of the expandability we need in a laptop. now apple isn't providing a pro laptop except the 17" (for now) but that one is alittle unwieldy. besides a $15 SD card adapter would satisfy the consumer market needs. and don't get me started on the glossy screen!

[cycomachead]

You really should remove the lower price from the $1999 model. It's the same price. Sure the processor is faster (or the same speed depending upon how you look at it), and what would have been an option before, but it's not really a lower price. The processors aren't even the same processors. The clock speed is the same, but the bus and the L2 cache are different.

[cycomachead]

Oh and I'm curious: How did you preform your color tests? Were both displays un-calibrated? Did you try the same test after calibration? Sometimes 2 displays are closer in color after calibrations other times there's a bigger difference. Is possible apple is being more stringent on the way they profile the laptop displays as well which could account for color differences. In any event, the tests are more accurate if both displays are calibrated.
Also, it's possible that you didn't perceive as much change in color with the blue spectrum because the eye is more sensitive to red and green than it is blue.

[degrees_of_truth]

Why do all the articles make it sound like lithium polymer batteries are new? My original 2006 MacBook had a lithium polymer battery.
And further, the implication is that making the battery non-removable was necessary to gain the extra capacity by eliminating internal cylindrical cells. A flat-cell removable battery shouldn't take much more space.

[cycomachead]

degrees

Why do all the articles make it sound like lithium polymer batteries are new? My original 2006 MacBook had a lithium polymer battery.

And further, the implication is that making the battery non-removable was necessary to gain the extra capacity by eliminating internal cylindrical cells. A flat-cell removable battery shouldn't take much more space.

They might have been able to do that. However, one big reason they can make the batteries larger is that they use a cable to directly connect to the logic board. This means there no extra space being taken up by connectors, both in the case and on the battery.

Actually, apple lets you remove the entire bottom case of the computer to change the RAM and hard drive. There's only 2 screws and a little clip to replace the battery. It should be a 10 minute repair (though Apple says 3-4 days!).

[DizDave79]

This is how I read into Apples unspoken message to all of us out there who rely on these machines for work:
Dear Photographers/Audio & Video/Designer Types,
We don't need you anymore. We don't care about your 'needs'. We have a new group of ADHD upper-middle class consumers who buy what we tell them and when we tell them without question or complaint. They love shiny, they love expensive and they love us. If you don't like what we have go get a windows computer.
-Apple
PS. Thanks for keeping us afloat for two decades while we almost collapsed under the weight of near bankruptcy.. suckers.