I bought the original MBP back in March, 2006. 15 inch model, 2.0Ghz Core Duo.
Its served me well since but was starting to get a bit long in the tooth, so I finally bit the bullet and ordered a new 17 inch MBP, i7 upgrade, 256 SSD. The new machine arrived today.
What can I say but wow! What an improvement. The construction really is so much better than the old model....no comparison. It's insanely fast, everything loads almost instantly. The screen is gorgeous (glossy, no yellowing issues here) and even things like the speakers are so much clearer and richer than my old machine. This thing has actual bass. Keyboard is great.
One thing I don't like - no USB ports on the right hand side of the machine. The cord of the Mighty Mouse is rather short when you have to plug it into the left hand side of the machine.
If you have an original model Pro I heartily recommend an upgrade.
EDIT: Oh and based on the system profiler it looks like the SSD is a Toshiba model - it includes the letters "TS" in the description.
Its served me well since but was starting to get a bit long in the tooth, so I finally bit the bullet and ordered a new 17 inch MBP, i7 upgrade, 256 SSD. The new machine arrived today.
What can I say but wow! What an improvement. The construction really is so much better than the old model....no comparison. It's insanely fast, everything loads almost instantly. The screen is gorgeous (glossy, no yellowing issues here) and even things like the speakers are so much clearer and richer than my old machine. This thing has actual bass. Keyboard is great.
One thing I don't like - no USB ports on the right hand side of the machine. The cord of the Mighty Mouse is rather short when you have to plug it into the left hand side of the machine.
If you have an original model Pro I heartily recommend an upgrade.
EDIT: Oh and based on the system profiler it looks like the SSD is a Toshiba model - it includes the letters "TS" in the description.