Digital Trends

While the MacBook Pro hasn’t grown a metallic shell from its plastic roots like its tiny little brother the MacBook, the grandfather of Apple’s signature notebook line hasn’t grown a year older without an update, either. The Pro picks up a bigger version of the one-piece aluminum shell that little brother also gets, along with faster hardware, an LED-backlit screen, and the biggest news, an enormous multi-touch trackpad with zero exterior buttons – the whole thing depresses to act as one giant button. Read on to see why the retooled 15-inch MacBook Pro is quite possibly Apple’s finest notebook yet. We can't wait to see what suprises Apple has in store for their next revision of the 17-inch MacBook Pro.

*Editor Note 10/27/08 -  As of this date, the 17-inch version of the MacBook Pro has not been redesigned, and as such uses older hardware components. The 17-inch version of the MacBook Pro uses an Nvidia 8600M GT video card (as opposed to the faster and newer 9600M GT in the 15-inch model), has a slower 800MHz front-side bus for the CPU, and uses slower 667MHz memory (as opposed to the 1066MHz in the 15-inch model).