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17" store sightings

The main San Francisco store on Stockton Street, plus the Chestnut Street store, now have the new 17" glossies on display.
They do NOT have any for sale yet and they can't say if they'll have any before the end of the week.
Was nice to play with one for a while, though on full resolution everything looks tiny on that screen. For general use, changing to 1600x1000 was much preferable for my eyes.
 
Westfarms Mall in CT has the new 17"

I checked out one there today. My observations... The 17" display looked dimmer then the 15" to me. I think the high resolution is makes the text too small (for my old eyes).
 
Bah. Cosmetic chink in the outer lid of my 17" near the Apple logo, apparent immediately upon taking off the plastic wrap. Small but obvious. Heading back to the store...
 
pixel888 said:
I checked out one there today. My observations... The 17" display looked dimmer then the 15" to me. I think the high resolution is makes the text too small (for my old eyes).
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The highest resolution on the 17" is not ideal for comfortable everyday viewing of websites, text documents etc.
I'll be using a lower setting for general use (still higher than the 15"), but use the highest setting when it's necessary, for images or fitting multiple items on-screen.
The beauty of it is having the choice, according to the need of the moment.
 
I am so ticked off at Apple that I can't see straight. I had originally ordered the 2.9ghz version online and I have been waiting a month for it. I decided to call my local Apple store to see if they had them. I was told that they did indeed have the 2.9 model in stock. Yay for me.

So, I go online and cancel my order. I then headed to the Apple store after work to pick one up. When I arrived they told me that the 2.9 is not sold in stores. I think you can imagine my wrath. I was told they had them in the store, only to be told they never will.

I now have to place a brand new order online and go to the back of the line for shipping.

Pissed off is too tame a description.
 
I just picked up a 2.66GHz Glossy MacBook Pro at the Belfast store, the first and only one they've received so far (apart from the display model which also arrived this morning). I have a 2.93GHz model on order online but I really couldn't be bothered waiting for it, so I lucked out this morning when I called to check if they had it and they said they'd literally just received it! :)
 
NATO said:
I just picked up a 2.66GHz Glossy MacBook Pro at the Belfast store, the first and only one they've received so far (apart from the display model which also arrived this morning). I have a 2.93GHz model on order online but I really couldn't be bothered waiting for it, so I lucked out this morning when I called to check if they had it and they said they'd literally just received it! :)
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I have the same story, cancelled my online order and picked it up from the Pentagon Mall Apple Store. They didn't have them on display yet but had 2 in the back :)
 
kremer4 said:
I have the same story, cancelled my online order and picked it up from the Pentagon Mall Apple Store. They didn't have them on display yet but had 2 in the back :)
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Gaaaah! I checked my order online this morning (Order placed two days ago on the 23rd Feb), it said 'Not yet Shipped'... so I rang the Apple store in Belfast, found out they'd just got their first one in, so I literally ran out the door to get to the store, arrived back and went to cancel my original order (2.93GHz model) which has now gone to 'Prepared for Shipment'! What are the odds!?!
 
No, seems to be glossy only, all the models coming into stores at the moment appear to be the 2.66GHz Glossy model.

I think they should get both glossy and matte models on display soon, as it's a lot of money to make a decision on based on internet pictures and forum reviews :)
 
i'm sure those in the uk have got an email from apple today regarding the new 17 inch mbp with it also highlighting that " Visit your Apple Retail Store to discover just how light and thin the 17-inch MacBook Pro really is. Or if you prefer let us give you a personal tour, make an appointment with a specialist."

none at regent street yet though.
 
They now have one at North Point Mall in Alpharetta, Georgia. My impressions after about 20 minutes of doing a side by side (literally) comparison of the 15" vs 17":

1) the screen on the 17" is dimmer than that of the 15 inch. Someone else in this thread also mentioned that, and that's what I saw as well. I turned up the brightness all the way on both and the 17" was noticeably dimmer. In high ambient light situations, that extra bit of pop could come in handy in fighting reflections on the glossy screen.

2) I now realize just how much more information you can pack onto the screen when you're talking about 1920x1200 vs. 1440x900. I had always told myself that the screen sizes are physically not that much different, so what's the big deal? Resolution is the big deal. It makes (in my opinion) a world of difference. I had macrumors open full screen on both (with the dock hidden) and you could see six more thread titles on the 17".

3) While noticing the smaller font (due to the higher resolution) on the 17", I thought about this quote...
Sir Cecil said:
The highest resolution on the 17" is not ideal for comfortable everyday viewing of websites, text documents etc. I'll be using a lower setting for general use (still higher than the 15"), but use the highest setting when it's necessary, for images or fitting multiple items on-screen.
The beauty of it is having the choice, according to the need of the moment.
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...and I could see Sir Cecil's point. So I started changing the resolution, trying to find something that was as pleasing to my eyes as the font size on the the 15" macbook pro. My conclusion regarding using non-native resolutions: eeeeewwwww:D. It looked like garbage and I can't imagine many people will use anything but 1920x1200.

Final thoughts: this is a nice notebook for which I have absolutely no need (see my sig for my other macs). And I was all set to buy a refurbed 15" macbook pro (which is already overkill for my needs). But I *really* liked what I saw today, and I have the money to get it, but...damn....gonna have to think about this some more...
 
I also noticed on the website that shipping is now 5-7 business days instead of 7-10. They're starting to build up their inventory.
 
jamesdmc said:
I also noticed on the website that shipping is now 5-7 business days instead of 7-10. They're starting to build up their inventory.
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The US site has had 5-7 days since Tuesday... I don't think they've got inventory on hand, otherwise, my stock configuration wouldn't be "shipping in 5-7 days" - it'd be shipped.
 
Here in Chi-town they have the glossy screen 17" on display at the Apple Store downtown. However, the sales guy acted as if he didn't want to tell me if they had any 17s" in stock...he was also vague about them having matte *and* glossy versions. So yeah I dont know what thats about...but apparently we have them on display.
 
jovanboi said:
Here in Chi-town they have the glossy screen 17" on display at the Apple Store downtown. However, the sales guy acted as if he didn't want to tell me if they had any 17s" in stock...he was also vague about them having matte *and* glossy versions. So yeah I dont know what thats about...but apparently we have them on display.
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Probably jealous he couldn't buy one himself.
 
Saw the MBP 17 inch at the Fairview Mall Apple Store in Toronto, Canada. Like others have reported the machine is gorgeous but the screen appeared dimmer than the MBP 15 that it was sitting beside, even at maximum brightness.
 
I have seen it in Denver and it looked gorgeous compared to the 15" even though they have the same design, but it is well spaced which gives it a better view.
 
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