No matter what your needs, the MacBook Pro is probably the most satisfying technology purchase one can make. Memory upgrades can be done at an Apple store or as a build-to-order option for roughly $750 USD or as an after-market upgrade via for about $280 USD. The base-level 2GB configuration is more than enough for most tasks, but the MacBook Pro becomes a true performance machine when given 4GB RAM. And though Apple clearly increased the 2.4GHz MacBook Pro’s specifications, they didn’t raise the price one penny. In fact, everywhere you look, the 2.4GHz MacBook Pro is flat-out better, faster, more efficient and more advanced than any other Apple laptop ever produced – and perhaps more so than any other PC/Windows laptop on the market today. This is the 3rd major revision of the MacBook Pro and Apple has clearly worked out all the kinks attendant to 1st rev products. The internal component upgrades over the previous MacBook Pro are groundbreaking, especially the new LED-lit screen and perpendicular SATA hard drive. The new 2.4GHz MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo is a fantastic laptop for almost every conceivable use it’s even powerful enough to act as a desktop replacement. With 2GB or 4GB of RAM, the MacBook Pro boots XP (via Parallels) in about 15 seconds and feels just as fast as a stand-alone XP box. Parallels is an $80 USD option that allows users to run Windows XP (or any other OS) in a program window without ever leaving OS X. Boot Camp is a free option that allows users to boot into a 100% Windows environment. With the Intel chip inside, the MacBook Pro quickly and efficiently runs Windows XP. And finally, LEDs have greater life-expectancy, which means that your screen lighting should retain its beauty much longer. LEDs warm up faster, which means that your LCD screen will be properly lit and color-accurate much faster. This means that you’ll get more battery life when off the grid. The LED screens are also brighter than the previous LCD screens. There’s an old Chinese proverb that says “Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.” As for the LED screens themselves, they use much less energy than the previously used LCD screens. Instead of slamming Greenpeace or defending Apple, he simply made necessary changes. Thankfully, Steve Jobs reacted with class. Apple wound up near the bottom on a list of environmentally friendly computer companies. The transition from traditional LCD backlighting to LED may have been inevitable, but it seems that Apple was prompted to push up the time line after they were harpooned in the press by Greenpeace. The 2.4GHz 15″ MacBook Pro is the first laptop to offer an LED-lit LCD screen.
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