17" MacBook Pro: Real Value for Money

Apple quietly unleashed what I lovingly call the *Lapzilla* otherwise known as the 17-inch MacBook Pro. This behemoth is now priced at around $2700 -- just a $300 difference from the 15-inch; MacBook Pro but it is loaded with more features (thus really earning the monicker Lapzilla). Here's a rundown of its features:

• 17-inch widescreen display
• Up to 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
• 667MHz frontside bus and main memory
• PCI Express architecture
• Up to 120GB Serial ATA hard drive
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB memory on 16-lane PCI Express
• ExpressCard/34 slot
• Dual-link DVI, VGA adapter included
• FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports
• Optical digital and analog audio I/O, built-in microphone and stereo speakers
• Slot-loading Dual Layer SuperDrive
• Illuminated keyboard, Scrolling TrackPad
• Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11g), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and Gigabit Ethernet
• Mac OS X Tiger with iLife 06 featuring iWeb, iWork 06 trial, and more
• MagSafe Power Adapter

This is one *sweet* machine and I bet that this is one of the most powerful notebook computers in the market today. One really big bonus? With Bootcamp, this baby *can* dual-boot both Windows XP and the award-winning and super-secure Mac OS X. What more can a geek ask for?

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