Although I still don’t have the $10,000, this would be a tough choice. But if I had them, I’d expect a new MacBook Pro announced at the MacWorld. The ups and downs that come in comparison are marked: ups with green, downs with red.
More details about the three at: MacBookPro17″ , newMacBookPro , Sony WAYO WA .
| MackBookPro 17" (not updated) |
MackBookPro 15.4" (updated edition) | Sony WAYO AW 18.4" |
|
| CPU |
Intel Core2Duo 2.5GHz
|
Intel Core2Duo 2.53GHz
|
Intel Core2Duo 2.53GHz
|
| OS |
OSX – Leopard
|
OSX – Leopard
|
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
|
| Display |
17"
(1920 x 1200) |
15.4"
(1440 x 900) |
18.4"
(1920×1080) |
| Video |
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M 512MB GDDR
|
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M 512MB GDDR3 shared
|
NVIDIA 512MB dedicated VRAM
|
| RAM |
4Gb (667MHz) DDR2
|
4Gb (1066MHz) DDR3
|
4Gb (800MHz) DDR2 |
| HDD |
320 GB SATA (7200 rpm)
|
320 GB SATA (7200 rpm)
|
320 GB SATA (7200 rpm)
|
| Optical |
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
|
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
|
Blu-ray Disc Read Only Drive
|
| Comm |
802.11n
Bluetooth 2.1 Gigabit Ethernet FireWire 400 FireWire 800 Three USB 2.0 |
802.11n
Bluetooth 2.1 Gigabit Ethernet FireWire 800 Two USB 2.0 |
802.11n
Bluetooth 2.1 Gigabit Ethernet Three USB 2.0 |
| Bonus |
Reomote
iSight (webcam) MagSafe plug |
Remote
iSight (webcam) MagSafe plug |
Card Readers
TV Tuner Webcam |
| Battery |
5hrs
wireless |
5hrs
wireless |
1.5 up to 3.5 hours
|
| Soft |
iLife
iWork Final Cut Express |
iLife
iWork Final Cut Express |
Office basic ’07
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom |
| Price |
$3,147.00
|
$2,895.00
|
$2,893.99
|