“Is the new 17-in. MacBook Pro the ultimate gaming laptop Mac users have long been waiting for?” Tom Lupien asks for Computerworld.
“In stock form, this MacBook Pro goes for $2,799,” Lupien reports. “But the review unit sent to us by Apple was stuffed with 8GB of RAM, a 256GB solid-state disk drive and the faster 2.93-GHz Core 2 Duo processor, shooting the price to $4,849. (That’s actually $200 less than it cost a few weeks back, now that Apple is charging $1,000 for the extra RAM.)”
“Is the MacBook Pro worth that much to gamers? It could be, depending on what you expect from your gaming laptop. I spent last weekend running the new 17-incher side by side with my older MacBook Pro — it has the 2.33-GHz Core 2 Duo, and I have to tell you, I’m impressed,” Lupien reports. “I’ve never seen frame rates like this on a Mac!”
“Is it this the Mac gaming laptop that I’ve been waiting for? Why, yes — yes it is. Or rather, it would be if I had extra money lying around. That’s because I love my Macs and I use them for everything I do. A Mac to me is still the best hardware and software combo there is,” Lupien reports. “Basically, if you’re a Mac user and can afford it, this is a good gaming laptop. And remember, sticking with 4GB of RAM shaves $1,000 off the price and shouldn’t make a big difference in how it performs.”
Full review here.
