Favorite 2011 MBP Features?

[204353]

Yeah, the FaceTime HD camera should definitely have been in the poll. I still think the quad-core i7 CPU is the best feature, that plus the AMD Radeon chips. I was waiting for a really decent spec bump (which I knew was coming with Sandy Bridge). This new MacBook Pro is literally over 3 times faster than my current 2007 model (comparing benchmark scores).

 

[iCBF]

the heater in the macbook pro is handy, i no longer use my gas fire anymore, i just place my laptop on my lap and i'm fried in a few minutes of watching youtube

 

[204353]

the heater in the macbook pro is handy, i no longer use my gas fire anymore, i just place my laptop on my lap and i'm fried in a few minutes of watching youtube

Well, that's the reason most manufacturers (including Apple) stopped calling them 'laptops' a few years ago.

 

[dimi5]

I have a question to those, how considers, that new mbps have a heat issue. What laptop with comparable cpu are cool?

For me was very surprising, that new mbp is really cool comparing to other laptops (in last 4 years i have had 3 laptops: 2 dell, 1 apple and all of them was very-very hot while summer or playing flash videos).

Main feature for me in the new mpb-generation:
a) it is very cool
b) 2 graphic cards
c) !!!no whining!!! last, but most important. All former of my laptops have this issue.

 

[Captain Dynamo]

Who voted for best 2011 feature as design? Its been like that since 2008

I confess, I did. Really, it's the whole package--the smooth integration of hardware and software into something that is a pleasure to use. Fast, easy, enjoyable. Fanbois, moi!

 

[204353]

I have a question to those, how considers, that new mbps have a heat issue. What laptop with comparable cpu are cool?

For me was very surprising, that new mbp is really cool comparing to other laptops (in last 4 years i have had 3 laptops: 2 dell, 1 apple and all of them was very-very hot while summer or playing flash videos).

Main feature for me in the new mpb-generation:
a) it is very cool
b) 2 graphic cards
c) !!!no whining!!! last, but most important. All former of my laptops have this issue.

A lot of the complaints about MacBook Pro heat come from people who clearly don't have much experience with notebook computers in general. All performance notebooks get very hot and it's completely within their specification. MacBook Pros in particular heat up their casing a lot because the aluminium actually serves to help radiate heat away from the internal components.

Heat should never be a concern unless it's troubling you during normal use (i.e. on a desk, not your lap). These things aren't designed to be used on your lap or in bed etc., although when doing light tasks on battery power, it's not going to be a problem to do so.

 

[adcx64]

agreed ^^^

 

[tech324]

Odd wouldn't let me vote before.
Now that I have voted I will give my opinion:
Thunderbolt is the most important, processors always get faster and unless you do highend gaming sandy bridge doesn't really matter (or video editing stuff). Thunderbolt however is new it is a standard to replace all standards, in the future
We may have external graphics cards so when we arrive home we stick that powerful desktop gpu into the thunderbolt port and off we go! It would be very interesting to see how people would vote on this in 2 years.

Thunderbolt will probably be around, but it won't "replace all standards". USB 3.0 will still be around and will probably have way more devices than the thunderbolt. I see the thunderbolt as the next firewire. No comparison to USB.

 

[Erasmus]

The 6750M...
Then the quad Sandy Bridge.
Then everything else.

Thunderbolt will probably be around, but it won't "replace all standards". USB 3.0 will still be around and will probably have way more devices than the thunderbolt. I see the thunderbolt as the next firewire. No comparison to USB.

Exactly.

 

[Macsavvytech]

Thunderbolt will probably be around, but it won't "replace all standards". USB 3.0 will still be around and will probably have way more devices than the thunderbolt. I see the thunderbolt as the next firewire. No comparison to USB.

Read this:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1150186/
Now say thunderbolt wont be as big as USB3.0
USB3 is half as fast cant do half the amount of things. Firewire was an Apple owned project, Thunderbolt is Intel's work and has backing of almost every major PC manufacturer, they love it because its cheaper then USB.

 

[100Teraflops]

Since this is my first MBP, I bought a Mac for the design, and then the performance.

 

[NickZac]

If you want to be blunt, the best part is high resolution pornography on that nice hi-res LED backlit screen.

 

[Vook]

I love EVERYTHING about my 2011 MBP, my previous comp was a 4 year old Compaq laptop.....the MBP is light years ahead of what I was dealing with before.