[Macworld]

Post your comments for First Look: MacBook and MacBook Pro here

[tewha]

You missed a capital B in your quote on Apple's description of the software update: "precision aluminum unibody enclosure MacBook and Macbook Pro notebook computers."

[tewha]

A more serious comment: Is that the same Trackpad panel as the MacBook Air? Because it's truly, truly @#$%ing horrible.

[paulmcisaac]

Seem to remember a time when there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth because Apple removed the floppy drive from its lineup. If the FW scene is similar, then what will be replacing FW across the board ... possibly a wireless technology?

[vonboom3]

no this a new trackpad like a iPhone screen, the trackpad is glass.......I think the new macbook pro is beautifully designed well done...

[Imagine_Engine]

Where is the 17" MBP for working professionals (ie: example those doing HD video editing for broadcast/film, character animation, visual effects, etc)? Really dislike the graphics system which either provides Geforce 9400 FX GPU to conserve a whole extra hour of power..wow..(shakes head in disappointment) or the Geforce 9600 FX GPU. For graphics professionals and even for gamers it would of made more sense to just use dual SLI graphics so that both GPU use the Geforce 9600 GPU chip. Also I would like Apple to explain why there is no Blu-Ray DVD RW drive option? Dam Apple your competitors such as Dell provide this option and the film industry has already made up it's mind that HD DVD RW is out. As for the design I like the look of it though I'll stick with my current MBP and wait for Apple to actually release a MBP worth spending my money on.

[prl53]

Since you have the MacBook open, would you please locate the wireless card and bluetooth. Are they easily accessible? Have you found where the cable from the iSight camera connects to the motherboard? These need to be removed until we get approval to disable them via software. The ease with which you gained access to the insides really excites me. This is the first laptop I've seen, at least from Apple, that gives me easy access.

[mjkphoto]

Yes, those of us who rely on matte finish displays in their day to day creative work are very mad and no amount of screen protector is going to mitigate that! The mere thought of putting a screen protector over a display screen in order to achieve a matte finish is ludicrous. Can you imagine explaining to a client, "this bubble here won't be in your image, it is just the screen protector." Wrong! With each release of a new MacBook Pro, Apple moves farther and farther from the creative community and closer to the consumer. Apple should remove the word "Pro" from the name. Someone mentioned MacBook Plus. That is a better description. There's very little "Pro" about this new notebook. It is darn right disgusting and disappointing.

[TDaMoose]

The MacBook Pro has three USB 2 ports not two as you stated.

[rocd]

This notebook is major BS, they are centering their campaign on unibody? cmon! I do NOT care if the display is glossy, or if the trackpad is glassy or buttonless since I use a mouse anyway! the important thing to us Pro's here I think is PERFORMANCE, we want our apps to load faster, the system to not have us waiting on anything, I have a MBP and for what I can see this is no improvement in performance, its just a Plus not a Pro as mjkphoto says, and it's mostly in eyecandy. Give me a more POWERFUL machine that will allow me to work faster and I will shell the extra K and trouble migrating.

[montgomery_burns]

"Sadly, the MacBook Pro remained extremely hard to upgrade—until now. These are the most upgradeable Apple laptops yet."

What happened to the people who were dismissing ease of access in the MacBook Pro and saying it doesn't matter? Or using some lame excuse about structural integrity? So here is a laptop that is both more structurally rigid and easier to access internally. Those people dismissing ease of access should certainly protest Apple and never buy these new laptops.

[SteveMcQwark]

"It’s worth 'nothing' that while the old MacBook line..."
Do you mean "noting"? Saying it's worth nothing doesn't make very much sense...

[robco]

I think the new MacBooks look great. I'm hoping the 9400M proves to be a decent performer. I'd hate to pay more to move up to the larger, heavier Pro. I don't use FW, but I can see why some people are upset about its loss. As for Blu-Ray, it's going nowhere fast. Sales are slow. The future isn't silly little plastic discs - it's electronic distribution. As for the trackpad, I'll wait to pass judgment until I have a chance to swing by the Apple Store and check one out in person. And as for performance, Apple is limited by what Intel has to offer. I would hope that the move to DDR3 will speed things up a bit. With the new NVIDIA GPUs, I'm hoping we'll see some nice performance gains when Snow Leopard ships.
It's also nice to see Apple doing rather than just talking when it comes to making their products greener. Any company can sign an agreement to be greener, but Apple is actually doing it.

[JakeT]

Seems like a lateral move. I was expecting the laptop to be a lot better. It's been a long time since they made any improvements to the line. It sounds like they improved some things, but made other things worse. It sounds like a lot of changes are to make it more like a PC. Black and silver like an HP laptop. USB only, like a lot of PCs.

I thought maybe they would add colors like the iPod nano. I never liked the unpainted metal and I still don't.

It sounds like Wall Street wasn't too impressed either. Apple's stock was down today.

I'm not surprised at the lack of Blu-ray, since Apple wants to sell movies online. I would prefer having them on a hard drive as well, but I'm waiting for them to come out without proprietary copy protection.