And thanks to the advanced technologies of our days, they have just about the same features, and they are capable of performing the same tasks. So you can play video games on your laptop, you can watch movies, listen to music, browse the internet and so on…and you can do all of these things practically anywhere you can go, thanks to the high portability of a laptop. The producer of the Mac computers (the company Apple) is also offering a few models of laptops, and they are called MacBooks.
Even though they are really expensive, and they are not offering the same powerful features as other laptops with the same price, they are still really good products, and they are bought and used by many people from all over the world. All of the models have the same design and color, but they differ in technical details and in the size of the display screen. In case you are interested in buying a large laptop, one that can be good enough for watching movies in High Definition or playing video games, then you can choose a 17 inch MacBook Pro.
A really good store to buy all sorts of electronic devices, including Apple laptops, is Best Buy. Right now on the site of Best Buy you can find just one 17 inch MacBook Pro, and this is the Apple ® - MacBook ® Pro / Intel ® Core ™ i5 Processor / 17 " Display / 4 GB Memory / 500 GB Hard Drive – Aluminum, Model: MC 024 LL/A. like we mentioned earlier, the Apple laptops are very expensive, and since this has the biggest display screen, it is the most expensive one, with a price of 2,300 dollars. This model has a good processor, the brand new Intel ® Core ™ i5 processor which features a 3 MB shared L3 cache and a 2.53 GHz processor speed. It has a good RAM memory too, one of 4 GB DDR 3 SDRAM which can be expanded to 8 GB. Its optical drive is a slot loading multiformat DVD ± RW / CD - RW Super Drive with double layer support which can record up to 8.5 GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD + R DL and DVD - R DL media. Its display screen is a 17 " high resolution widescreen LED backlit display with a 1920 x 1200 resolution which offers stunning images.
The hard drive is also pretty big, offering plenty of space to store all sorts of large files. It has a capacity of 500 GB and a speed of 5400 rpm. Like most of the Apple MacBook laptops this one also has 2 graphic engines: an integrated one, and a shared video card. So this way you can have a good power when doing complex activities, but you can also save battery life whenever you are not doing something demanding, and when you are using the integrated card. So the video cards are the: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 M which features 512 MB GDDR 3 video memory and the Intel HD graphics, and it has automatic graphics switching. The laptop also has built in stereo speakers with subwoofer for a good sound, and support for DVI, VGA, dual link DVI and HDMI. It features a Fire Wire 800 port as well as 3 high speed USB ports for easy transfer of files. In has Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity with EDR as well as built in high speed AirPort Extreme wireless LAN card (802.11 b / g / n) and built in 10 / 100 / 1000 Base - T Gigabit Ethernet LAN with RJ 45 connector for easy access to the internet. And since you are browsing the internet you can also video chat with friends and family thanks to its built in webcam with microphone.
And finally this 17 inch MacBook Pro has a weight of 6.6 lbs, measures 1 inch thin, and comes with an installed version of the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system, as well as some installed Apple programs.