Things felt crowded on my old MacBook Pro compared to my HP Envy 15 (1920 x 1080 pixels) and my Envy 13 (1600 x 900 pixels). The relatively low pixel count doesn’t offer a lot of room for multi-tasking or toolbars. Most 15″ MacBook Pros, including my old one, come with a glossy display with a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. When using any of them I have to position the displays away from any bright light source, including windows and low-hanging light fixtures. My old MacBook Pro, Envy 13 and Envy 15 all have glossy displays, making them difficult to use in many situations. Unfortunately, when my old MacBook Pro (early 2008) bit the dust, Apple didn’t offer an anti-glare display on its first crop of uni-body MacBook Pros. I recommend notebook shoppers opt for anti-glare/matte displays when given a choice. The primary reason I upgraded to the new MacBook Pro is because it’s the first time that Apple’s offered an anti-glare display with a high resolution on the 15″ model. I haven’t run any formal benchmarks yet, but the difference is very noticeable. The new MacBook Pro is significantly faster than the old MacBook Pro when running Adobe Creative Suite applications, iMovie and Aperture 3. I found that the MacBook Pro was slowing me down when I was editing photo and video projects.

My old MacBook Pro’s performance was generally good, but the notebook was significantly slower than my HP Envy 15. The Intel Core i7 is a very welcome addition to the MacBook Pro line, even though it took much longer for Apple to roll it out compared to PC notebook manufacturers, many of which introduced Core i7 notebooks back in October 2009. My new MacBook Pro looks virtually identical to my late 2008 15″ MacBook Pro, but it’s a whole different animal.The new Core i7 Processor is much, much faster than the Core 2 Duo in my old MacBook Pro. With ATI graphics and Intel Core i7-720QM processor, the Envy 15 has plenty of horsepower for complex tasks, video editing and gaming. The HP Envy 15 is very powerful, but its not a very good notebook to take on the road if I’m going to be away from a power outlet. It’s very thin and can run all day on a single charge, but it isn’t powerful enough to edit videos and handle heavy lifting. The HP Envy 13 is a fantastic mobile machine with a gorgeous display. I already have a well-stocked arsenal of PCs and Macs at my disposal, including my three primary machines- an HP Envy 13, HP Envy 15 and MacBook Pro (late 2008). It cost $2,349 and came with a 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 4GB of memeory, 500GB hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics with 512MB of memory.

My new MacBook Pro is the top of the line 15″ model available at Apple stores. I didn’t really ‘need’ a new computer, but Apple offered enough significant enhancements to the 15″ MacBook Pro line to prompt me to buy one. On Thursday I bought a new MacBook Pro from the Palo Alto Apple store.

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