Apple MacBook Pro MD101B/A (Mid 2012) reviews: 13.3" Laptop computer

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Apple MacBook Pro MD101B/A (Mid 2012) reviews: 13.3" Laptop computer reviews

+ This laptop scores very high on battery life. - It has no outstanding negative points.

£899 – £1069 at 14 retailers out of 405 retailers checked

9.1 out of 10 based on 37 reviews.

Apple MacBook Pro MD101B/A (Mid 2012) with Intel Core i5 i5-3210M 2.5 GHz 2 Core Processor, 4GB of Memory and 500GB Storage on Mac OS X Lion. 7 hours of battery See full product description

Battery life	8.6
Design	9.5
Size and weight	9.0
Performance	9.2
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.1

Some customer reviews of Apple MacBook Pro MD101B/A (Mid 2012)

Most helpful reviews

Bilal, Business user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Superb build and excellent operating system make it a perfect laptop for any user. Due to small size its extremely portable.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Battery life	8.0
Design	10.0
Size and weight	8.0
Performance	8.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

Was this review helpful? 1 of 3 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 23 Nov 2012

Clive, Newick General home user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Ease of use. Design. It's not Windows!
Bad points:: None at the moment.

Battery life	7.0
Design	9.0
Size and weight	8.0
Performance	9.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	9.0

Was this review helpful? 0 of 2 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 22 Aug 2012

Zvi, Mansfield General home user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Nice design
Easy to use
Great features
Value for money
Nice keyboard
Bad points:: Little heavy

Battery life	7.0
Design	10.0
Size and weight	7.0
Performance	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

Was this review helpful? 0 of 1 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 13 Jan 2013

Lewis, Colwyn Bay Music, gaming or video fan

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: The perfect size for sitting on your lap at home, Taking it to coffee shops Etc..
Packs a Punch, Faster than I expected.
Just look at it!
Bad points:: None.

Battery life	10.0
Design	10.0
Size and weight	10.0
Performance	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

Was this review helpful? 0 of 1 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 09 Dec 2012

Stephen, Pontypridd Photographer, Graphic Designer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Excellent design, alluminium shell, good screen, fast start up and shutdown. No lock ups
Bad points:: Needs SSD drive to optimise performance, upgraded memory to 8GB to get the best out of the OS and applications.

Battery life	8.0
Design	9.0
Size and weight	7.0
Performance	8.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

Was this review helpful? 1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 07 Jan 2013

Graham, Prestatyn General home user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Easily the best laptop going, perfect
Bad points:: none

Battery life	10.0
Design	10.0
Size and weight	10.0
Performance	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

Was this review helpful? 0 of 4 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 05 Oct 2012

duncan, General home user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: it`s not windows
Bad points:: none

Battery life	9.0
Design	10.0
Size and weight	10.0
Performance	10.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	9.0

Was this review helpful? 2 of 6 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 01 Oct 2012

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	13.3
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Operating system	Mac OS X Lion
Software on which the device runs
RAM (Gigabytes)	4

Number of cores	2
Computer processors are made up of 1 or more cores. Having multiple cores allows the computer to run two or more processes at once, improving multi-tasking and speeding things up.
Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	500
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	1280 x 720 (WXGA)
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Processor brand	Intel
There are 2 main manufacturers of computer processors. They are Intel and AMD.
Processor series	Core i5
This is the processor model range. Different types of processor have different types of functionality. For example Centrino processors are specifically designed to increase battery life in laptops.
Processor number	i5-3210M
This is the specific processor number in the processor range.
Processor speed (Gigahertz)	2.5
The processor is the driving force of your personal computer. The higher the number in Gigahertz or Ghz the faster your computer will run. Don’t forget that other factors such as the number of cores will have an effect on speed.
Number of USB ports	2

Connections	Firewire

Connections	Wireless

Connections	Bluetooth

Card reader	Single Card Reader
A memory card reader allows you to connect various types of card such as SD Cards, MMC Cards or Compact Flash Cards to your laptop or desktop computer. Memory Card Readers are extremely useful for photographers as it allows you to quickly transfer your snaps from camera to machine meaning you can have them uploaded to your favourite website or printed out in a matter of minutes.
Battery life (Hours)	7
Battery life is important if you travel a lot. Long train journeys can be a pain if you don’t get more than 3 hours of life out of your laptop. It’s worth remembering that a lot of trains offer power sockets now so don’t be put off by a low battery life unless your lifestyle demands ultra portability.
Weight (kg)	2.06

Graphics card model number	HD GRAPH. 4000
This is the range and model number of the graphics card or chip in your desktop or laptop computer.
Type of hard drive	Hard Disk Drive

Remote control	No
Aspect ratio	16:9
Width in cm	32.5

Depth in cm	22.7

Release date	2012-06-19
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Apple MacBook Pro MD101B/A 13"

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Manufacturer's Description

A Retina display with 5.1 million pixels. An all-flash architecture. Quad-core Intel Core i7 processors. In a design that’s just 1.8cm thin and 2.02kg. It’s not just the most advanced notebook we’ve ever made, it’s the most advanced Mac we’ve ever made.

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