Apple MacBook Pro MC374LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

Computer Technology and Software

July 25th, 2010 by admin

2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
250 GB Hard Drive, 8x DVD/CD SuperDrive, 4GB DDR3 RAM
13.3 inch LED-backlit display, 1280-by-800 resolution
NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256 MB of shared memory
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard Operating System

Product Description
Carved from a single block of aluminum, the MacBook Pro is a true engineering achievement. Its patented unibody enclosure is the product of precise machining. The new energy-efficient architecture in the MacBook Pro, gives you dramatically longer battery life. On a single charge, the battery in the new 13-inch MacBook Pro lasts up to 10 hours, and you’ll get up to 1000 full charge and discharge cycles — that’s nearly three times the lifespan of typical notebo... More >>

Apple MacBook Pro MC374LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

5 Responses

Rich Roche writes:
July 25th, 20102:57 pmat

I had some issues when ordering my macbook. I first pre-ordered it and was given a delivery date that was absurd. I called amazon and they upgraded my shipping to one day shipping free of charge. I would have to say that I was very pleased with Amazon’s customer service. I ran into another issue though. My bank had already charged my bank account but Amazon said it did not clear. After several phone calls with my bank and Amazon we finally were able to cancel the transaction. I then placed my order again and was given a $30 credit to cover the one day shipping. I placed my order yesterday and I got my macbook pro today. This is the second mac I have ever owned. I had a mac desktop my freshman year of college and have been a pc user ever since. I have been waiting for the new macbooks to come out and once they did I made the change. It was a hard decision since you can buy 2 pc’s for the price of one macbook. I am quite happy with my purchase. The price seems justified just by the feel of this laptop. It just feels like quality. I am no where near knowing what all this thing can do but just from the hour or so I have been on it, I couldn’t be happier.
Rating: 5 / 5
Pokerbluff writes:
July 25th, 20105:08 pmat

Why are the ratings so High on this?
Do they keep their Dock hiding or not? Maybe they turn if back and forth. I do know (Apple option D) well at this point. Yea Spaces is cool. Well, if you open 4-16
Windows you have to close them or use tricks you have to learn. Spaces gets old fast. Maybe, Iphoto to edit photos? Nope. You cannot do much with Iphoto; My firework’s is light years ahead. Does anyone use Iweb to create web sites? I don’t think so. It will not even let you edit just a word to two. Maybe NeoOffice, Neo is just slow and just not sound enough. Itunes, OK itunes has a good set up for radio stations but unless you are going to spend money it will get old also but I do like Itunes. Databases, servers: For people that run mySQL maybe but Filemaker Pro or Bento. Bento is sad and Filemaker is not enough either. This machine is safer browsing web page but it more dangerous because there are many hackers out there with bad advice and too many programs to change the way you custom your system. A backup system is a necessity. Pages tools did look at this.
This is just a duel core machine when the world is using i3,i5,i7 machines at this price level. It does have on neat feature of letting you take all kinds of screen shots. The screen shots on this is much better than windows has. I do not like the idea of putting windows 7 or XP on this machine. The extra heat, weaker security, and poorer battery are too much. This machine is not best for . net developers in my opinion. This notebook can be a lot of fun if you want to spend a lot of work learning to use it but you will have to have another machine to do real work on.
This machine is fun at first but it gets old real fast.

Rating: 1 / 5
Eric Kraus writes:
July 25th, 20105:36 pmat

MacBook computers, including the MacBook Pro, on which i am writing this review, are known for manufacturing problems – hard drive, keyboard and mousepad.
While it is a great computer, if it breaks down on you, and you live outside of North America, it will be a nightmare getting it fixed.
I have a new MacBook Pro 15 bought through Amazon. I am currently Moscow, Russia, where there are numerous Apple Stores. The mousepad stopped working about two weeks ago in Bali, Indonesia. The shop told us to not even think about getting it fixed there – it would take at least a month. Back in Moscow we took it for repair, and the same problem the shop said – no problem, you are covered by warrantee, but it will take between 7 days and 6 months to get the replacement Apple MacBook MC516LL/A 13. 3-Inch LaptopApple MacBook Pro MC374LL/A 13. 3-Inch Laptoppart – and we cannot tell you how long, not even approximately.
Apparently, they keep no spares locally, and have to order them from abroad. We have desperately checked every shop, and they all tell us the same thing. “Don’t worry” we will fix it for free – hopefully in 2010. I am back on my old Toshiba which can be repaired in 24 hours, anywhere. Think about it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Mooncat writes:
July 25th, 20108:06 pmat

Am astonished and very disappointed that the new MacBook Pro has NO word processing program installed. The Apple site indicated that iWork was included in the pre-installed software on the MacBook Pro. But, it’s definitely not on the laptop I received today from Amazon. In fact, there appears to be no word processing program of any sort, unless you count textedit, which hardly qualifies. I will have to order iWorks, but that’s an extra cost and delay. I cannot imagine omitting something as important as word processing from the standard software package on a computer. The computer itself seems nifty enough, but I cannot use it for writing, which is my primary purpose. Apple MacBook Pro MC374LL/A 13. 3-Inch Laptop
Rating: 3 / 5
J. S writes:
July 25th, 20109:12 pmat

Ok so I didnt get a i5 because I felt the price was a little high and my desktop is maxed with the some great gear so figured i didnt need it. I also couldnt decide between this and a best buy vaio CW27 that had a i5 but the reviews werent great for the vaio thats around the same price. I have used Macs in the past but never owned one. I have to say this is probably my 6th laptop in about 8 years. And all I have to say to apple is WOW this thing is built like a tank. The one piece is awesome it feels so sturdy. Opened it up and right out the gate everything I threw at it, it just worked. The programs poped right up with no lag like windows.

Were my windows PC would stutter playing my Canon 7D’s 1080 videos the mac played right through them and I edited a little video in imovie just fine. So I am happy and really liking it so far. I will probably upgrade the 4gb memory in a few months when 8gb drops a little in price. Right now 8Gb memory is up there like $300 -$400.

I notice on sites people complaining that macbooks dont have Blu-ray and really why would apple put blu-ray into they’re laptops when they own the itunes store and sell movies to download. And most of the time with new blus you get a free digital copy so why would you want to bother caring around the extra discs. I’m gonna let my PS3 stick to playing Blus on my big screen. lol.

Rating: 5 / 5