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Apple MacBook Pro Pre-owned Laptop: The inside story. And the outside story too.With its durable unibody enclosure, Multi-Touch trackpad and energy-efficient design, MacBook Pro looks beautiful. And works beautifully.Strength. Lightness. Beauty. Seamlessly integrated.MacBook Pro is machined from a single piece of aluminium, an engineering breakthrough that replaced many parts with just one. It's called the unibody. And the first time you pick up a MacBook Pro, you'll notice the difference it makes. The entire enclosure is thinner and lighter than other notebooks. It looks polished and refined. And it feels strong and durable - perfect for life inside (and outside) your briefcase or backpack.
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5
Best computer I've ever owned!
on December 9, 2011
Posted by: JoeTech24
from Las Vegas, NV
I rated this MacBook Pro five stars across the board and it is well worth every one of them and more. The computer is everything I could ask for and exceeded my expect ions significantly. I have been running Linux Ubuntu for the past two years as a dual boot on my Sony Vaio, which led me to wanting a Mac. I am not a fan of Windows by any means and I'm even more turned off by the various laptop models for it on the market. The MacBook is a much better computer in both hardware and software than the competition. I won't go into too much detail here other than to say the operating system is the best I have ever used, the hardware feels much more durable and looks better than other laptops, and the applications available for Macs are great. I also love the gesture functions on the mouse pad. Anyone who may be considering making the switch you should stop thinking about it and do it. You can't get the full feeling of how nice these computers are until you actually own one and get a chance to experience all of the neat features and software on them. The best thing is that I have owned mine for two months now and still get excited every time I power it on to use it. It is actually fun to use. There is no comparison to windows, it is like comparing apples to oranges as far as I'm concerned. It is a good idea to watch videos on using the Mac on the Apple website. They help Windows users make a smooth transition. Anything else you are unsure of how to do just look it up on the internet. I have seen complaints about features that were lacking that people just didn't take the time to learn how to do. Some things you have to use key combos, such as zooming in on the desktop. Also, I've heard people complain that it doesn't do copy and paste, and then some explained how but told them only one way. You can copy and past by using a 2 finger click, or command-c to copy and command-v to paste (command-a for copy all). Those are just a couple things I hear a lot of complaints about. Don't be lazy, it does about anything you need to and plenty of things you never knew you needed to.
As for the reviewer that complained about running windows and accessing each operating system from the other, well, try using VMware or Parallels. It may not be possible but worth looking into. Using a virtual machine is not a true dual boot, but actually running Windows as a Virtual machine inside of the Mac operating system. I know on my Windows PC I did a true dual boot with Ubuntu and was able to access files on Windows while using the Linux operating system, however I cannot access Linux when using Windows. This leads me to believe Linux is once again superior to Windows, and it is actually Windows that is the problem. Perhaps Apple has restricted that feature for security reasons. But why people still want to run both is beyond me. Buy the Microsoft Office version for Mac and be done with needing to share files. Or use Apple's software called iWork, which can export files as .doc or .xlxs etc. Personally I use Open Office which is Linux and free. It works great and does everything I have ever needed to do. I am going to buy the iWork ones though to take advantage of some very cool features they have. Hope this review helps. Buy a Mac and thank yourself. If you are a silver member you have 6 weeks to take it back if you don't like it and there is not a restocking fee. I exchanged mine 5 weeks later for the newer model with 500 gig hard drive when it went on sale. No questions asked. They also gave us the $90 back on the MacBook Air we bought that went on sale.
As for the reviewer that complained about running windows and accessing each operating system from the other, well, try using VMware or Parallels. It may not be possible but worth looking into. Using a virtual machine is not a true dual boot, but actually running Windows as a Virtual machine inside of the Mac operating system. I know on my Windows PC I did a true dual boot with Ubuntu and was able to access files on Windows while using the Linux operating system, however I cannot access Linux when using Windows. This leads me to believe Linux is once again superior to Windows, and it is actually Windows that is the problem. Perhaps Apple has restricted that feature for security reasons. But why people still want to run both is beyond me. Buy the Microsoft Office version for Mac and be done with needing to share files. Or use Apple's software called iWork, which can export files as .doc or .xlxs etc. Personally I use Open Office which is Linux and free. It works great and does everything I have ever needed to do. I am going to buy the iWork ones though to take advantage of some very cool features they have. Hope this review helps. Buy a Mac and thank yourself. If you are a silver member you have 6 weeks to take it back if you don't like it and there is not a restocking fee. I exchanged mine 5 weeks later for the newer model with 500 gig hard drive when it went on sale. No questions asked. They also gave us the $90 back on the MacBook Air we bought that went on sale.
What's great about it: The software is amazing and the hardware seems very durable.
What's not so great: Nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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