Thinking about purchasing the 15" MBP w/ expresscard slot. Are there cons?

[Jodorowsky]

I am thinking about purchasing one of the early releases of the MBP 15", before they replaced the expresscard slot with the SD Card slot. As a filmmaker, the expresscard slot allows on-site ingestion of Sony's and Panasonic's SxS and P2 cards - a nice utility. I also don't use point-and-shoots, so the SD card has zero utility for me.

I just wanted to make sure that, before I buy the previous revision, there is nothing I will be missing by purchasing the older edition. I remember that they widened the color gamut on the MBPs by 30% with the update, but this is really insignificant as their color accuracy isn't thaaaat great anyway.

This is the laptop I am considering - http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB470LL...f=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1249594761&sr=1-11


But I just want to make sure I'm not missing out on anything massive, like, say, they added another 3 hours to battery life, or, they fixed a hardware glitch that causes the disk drive to spin out of control in every 1 out of 100 uses. Please let me know your thoughts on this, and feel free to let me know if there are any cons. Thanks!

 

[Jack Flash]

Buy it from Apple refurbished, instead.

Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - $1,299

The primary con is that is lacks the 7-hour built-in battery.

 

[J the Ninja]

Buy it from Apple refurbished, instead.

Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - $1,299

The primary con is that is lacks the 7-hour built-in battery.

The shorter life battery is removable though. I have one of those 2.4Ghz Rev A's, so I like to stick up for them. They get maybe 3-3.5 hours of battery life with Wifi and the 9600M GT enabled.

Another cool point: These are, to the best of my knowledge, the only 15" notebooks Apple has ever made that will fit a 12.5mm hard drive.

 

[highertechnology]

Definitely better deals to be had from the refurb store or eBay.