I currently own an early 2011 Macbook Pro:
CPU: Intel's Sandy Bridge, 2.2GHz Quad-Core i7, 6 MB L3 Cache
GPUs: AMD Radeon HD 6750M - 1 GB DDR5 RAM
and Intel HD Graphics 3000
Memory: 4 GB DDR3 clocked at 1333 MHz
Screen: 1440x900 15inch LCD LED Back-lit
HDD: 5400 rpm, 750 GB
I'm currently using it for 2D game development for iOS/Android on Mac OS X, and I play a few games on Windows 7.
What I like the most about it is Mac OS X, very user friendly Operating System, very easy to use, impressively fast, and the battery life is astonishing.
What I don't like about it is the lack of a blu-ray reader, and the 2 USB ports are so close to each other that sometimes I can't fit 2 devices at the same time. Everything else seems to be good.
I don't think I'll be upgrading anytime soon, I've been using it for 3 months now. I though about upgrading the CPU to a 2.3 GHz 8MB L3 Cache and to 8 GB DDR3 RAM, but I'm not sure I will be needing any of those upgrades.
I bought it for ~$2900, it might sound expensive, but I'm hoping to make profit from the games I'm developing for iOS. And even though if I don't make any profit, I won't be regretting paying this much money for it, because everything that comes with it is perfect, from the usability to Mac OS X, to its awesome trackpad.
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