TUAW Macworld Video: MacBook Pro 17" hands-on

No one has mentioned the video in this posting. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but it's completely pointless. "Hands-on" usually means a little more than someone saying "good stuff" a few times and running their hands over the outside of the machine, complimenting the screen, and giving us a temperature reading. Obviously it was insanely busy at the time, but at some point it might be worth going back and redoing the video.

Has anyone seen a demo that involves hooking this puppy up to a 30" monitor using Apple's infamous $99 "Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI" adapter? Real curious to know if anything in the 17" hardware makes it immune to all the problems folks are having with the 15" MBPs.

yeah, no matter how much battery life the touting i know it won't work for me. I've had mine for under a year and have 350 charges and my battery is at 50 percent capacity. i have a 15' MBP, also known as my baby

Usage patterns vary. I've had my MacBook a little over 2 years and have 150 cycles on the battery.

You consider 200 cycles per year "excessive"? I've had my 15" MBP for not quite a year yet, and I'm at 350 already.

Recently I switched from a 12'' to a 15'' screen. It was tremendously helpful but I still feel hampered when I'm away from my desk where I use an external 24''. I think the 17'' would be a welcome addition to my arsenel. I'll personally be giving it a serious look when I'm ready to upgrade. Glad Apple didn't kill it off.

I've owned an iBook and a MacBook. I've never purchased an extra battery, but each laptop came with faulty batteries that were the subject of recalls. (My iBook battery was recalled twice.)

I like battery recalls because it means I get a brand new battery for free years after I purchased the laptop, but if you have to send the whole laptop in to get the battery replaced then that's an issue.

New 17-inch MBP is no doubt a cool desktop replacement, but even at comparatively svelte size and weight, it is still heavy and large for lap-bound users. iMac, particularly when the replacement comes out, packs much better value. Heck, you can almost get 2 iMacs, one for the office and one for your home.

so...here I thought they were taking a step forward when they announced the unibody with an easy to replace hdd, and now, they announce this computer and it seems like two huge steps backwards. No replaceable battery, no replaceable hdd? I upgraded my last gen MBP hdd and I nearly shat some bricks doing it. I felt like I was dismantling a bomb. I'm surprised no one has brought this up (then again, I haven't been reading through posts).

What about the hard drive... is that user replaceable?