2011 15″ 2.2ghz i7 Macbook Pro Review | My thoughts after a week

@Joeliustothemaximus Thanks for the tip ;). I actually just found Coda a couple weeks ago as I have to do quite a bit of PHP development for school, as well, and was looking for an all-in-one program. I came across it and haven’t looked back. I’m still on the trial but I’m having a hard time justifying the $99 price tag. We’ll see, I’ll probably end up buying it.

Glad you liked the video 🙂

I was going to suggest that If you’re programming and you don’t want to use spaces to switch between work and browsing desktop. Then try an Application called Coda. Its brilliant and allows a programming side and compiler all in one.
Its not much money and its definitely worth it in my opinion as a heavy javascript programmer. I’m sure you could find the p-list for it somewhere on the internet though…. Nice video! Take it easy dude!

@GamerCrazyHD I can’t really say whether it would be a huge difference between the i5 and i7, your best bet would be to try an Apple forum where people have some test results from both machines. I do know that the difference between the 2.2ghz and 2.3ghz i7 in the 15″ doesn’t make a huge difference, but you’re talking about a 400mhz difference. If I had to bet, you would be better off with the i7. Just my opinion though, I don’t have any facts to back that up. Sorry I couldn’t be more help.

Hey Can u help me a bit ? I am a 13 years old kid so i dont have much money for i7 quad core xD but i want to do come cinema 4d and photoshop but only some times..
For the most time i will be using after effects to edit montages and all that …
Is it going to be a huge diference if i get a 13 inc i5 or i7 ? Is it worth it ? Thank you ! Great Review

@tven99 The temps are the same as any other 2011 and they stay the same whether the cover is on or not. Thanks for your input, though.

yeah its hot because of ur plastic cover it blocks the exhausts.

@BAGLERS1 Gosh, some people don’t know what they’re talking about…

I’m pretty sure that the 2011s have double the cores of your 2010. Of course a quad core is going to run hotter than a dual, I don’t understand your point that yours runs cooler. If you look it up, the temps are normal for what pretty much every 2011 is running at under load.

With or without the case and keyboard cover, my temps stay the same under load.

Gosh some people are overprotective…..
And thats where your heat Problem comes from, plastic hard cover on back = no heat exchange over the aluminium bottom of the the macbook.Who cares about scratches on the bottom Plate.Im Running a 2010 15 I5 and the Fans never even get above 2000-2500 when working with Imovie.

@shuttershockvlog No problem at all. Good luck with your new Macbook!

@shuttershockvlog You’re not going to get much more performance out of the 17″, but if you’re going to be doing photo/video editing, the extra screen real estate will probably be benificial. The 15″ is plenty for what I use it for (minor gaming, software development, YouTube videos, etc.). You’re pretty much limited to the 2.2ghz 15″ and above; the base model 15’s graphics card is not suitable for gaming.

If you have any other specific questions let me know.

@mkngrm thank you so much for replying so fast! Looks like ill be picking one up this week 🙂

@shuttershockvlog First off, I have to say that I’ve never used video editing software before in my life. iMovie was so incredibly simple to learn and produces some really nice stuff. So I can say that video editing with the built-in software is a breeze. Photo editing, I’m not so sure of.

If you want to run high-end games, your best bet is to install Windows via Boot Camp. You will lose the graphics switching, though, and will decrease battery life.

That said, it’s an awesome machine.

i am a lifetime windows user just like yourself and this video was exactly what ive been looking for to finally make my choice in a macbook pro. one question, i do video editing and photo editing and also play high end games, is this the right macbook for me?

thanks

@mkngrm Thank you for making this video and for taking the time to answer my questions. I really appreciate it!

@jrc2k Thanks for your all your comments and I hope I was able to be a little bit of help for you. Good luck with whatever decision you make!

@mkngrm Well, adding knowledge of another OS to your resume certainly doesn’t hurt. Besides, judging from what I see at developer conferences, a lot of top developers are using Mac, so you are definitely in a good company. 🙂 So I’m really glad that you are happy with your purchase and wish you many productive and entertaining hours with it!

@mkngrm Thanks for this insight. That is the kind of thing I was referring to. The UI on the Mac simply looks too good to not suffer from such little usability issues. 🙂 Nevermind, I’m sure one can get used to a different workflow/features that Mac OS X offers.

The intel HD 3000 graphics is better than nvidia