MacBookPro 17" High-Resolution?

Hey,
I'm about to bust out my one-item Christmas wish list to my parents:

1) Apple MacBook Pro 17"

Anyone else have the high-res upgrade? Is it really worth it? Having a full 1080 HD display in my first laptop does sound sweet, but that jacks the price up past the $3k mark after adding shipping costs.

Even if it's a one-item Christmas wish list, it's one dang expensive item... Any opinions on whether to get the 2.6GHz upgrade as well?

I'm buying RAM separately. ($700 for 4GB RAM?!)

Max out the RAM and processor, get a medium hard drive, and get a cinema display if you really need it but the screen already is stunning and has a high enough res.

Best of luck! It'll be the best investment (or present ) you get.

Your asking for a £1000+ Christmas Present?! :O
Glad im not your friend lol (No offense, im sure your great )

Haha. I might just keep the 2.4GHz, who knows; but I am NOT paying $700 for 4GB of RAM when I could get it for ~$200 from newegg.com I think a 160GB HDD is fine. I could just buy an external if it ever gets full.

This is my biggest present I've ever asked from them for to date.
I don't know if they're going to pay for all of it or get me it at all, but it's worth a try. *crosses fingers*

Originally Posted by majorglory Haha. I might just keep the 2.4GHz, who knows; but I am NOT paying $700 for 4GB of RAM when I could get it for ~$200 from newegg.com I think a 160GB HDD is fine. I could just buy an external if it ever gets full. This is my biggest present I've ever asked from them for to date. I don't know if they're going to pay for all of it or get me it at all, but it's worth a try. *crosses fingers*

Hehe good luck!
I agree though, buying manually is so much cheaper than buying it from apple

The 17" is a awesome machine. Though I can't see it's worth the money at the moment. It's soo expensive but in a year you'll start to notice that it will not keep up anymore. The new Macbook Pro's will be coming out around April on a 45nm base which will be awesome. I recommend you wait till then. But if you want a laptop go with the basic 15". If you want a big screen go get a external one. The 8600GT can happily run a external 22" monitor or bigger.

For the ram, be careful to get the right RAM. There is special Mac ram which looks like exactly the same as PC ram but it's not. The PC ram doesn't work as well as the Mac stuff and it's much more prone to dying. I know this for a fact because my dad has 6 brand new iMac's at his office plus i've got one here. We put a 1gig after market RAM chip in it and it died in 3 weeks. I've seen some proper mac ram on tigerdirect but not on Newegg.
For the HD, don't upgrade it. If you want get the 7200RPM one but's cheaper and easier to get a external HD. It's much harder to upgrade the HD in a MBP and it void's the warranty unlike the normal Macbook which is extremely easy to do.

^ Thanks Matsta

Yea, maybe i should just calm down and get the lowest MBP. The only reason I really wanted the 17" was for the full 1080 HD screen

Since I'm graduating this year, it would be wise to wait till April for a even better MBP.

But no one has the high-res screen on their MBP? I might just stop by the Apple store this weekend to see the differences. :]

I don't think the High Res means its a 1080p HD screen. The stock 17" has a resolution on 1650x1050 which better than a 1080p HD screen. I'm guessing it's more clear but I don't think the resolution is changed.

I just read it straight off the apple website.

About display resolution The standard 1680 x 1050 resolution on the 17-inch MacBook Pro offers as many pixels as the 20-inch Apple Cinema Display. By upgrading to the high-resolution 1920x1200 pixel display, you'll enjoy a workspace with 30% more pixels than the standard model, or as many pixels as the 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display. You'll have more space for palettes and windows, and you can watch 1080 HD video content at full resolution.

Originally Posted by Matsta ...1650x1050 which better than a 1080p HD screen.

Wrong. 1080p = 1920×1080