This 17" macBook pro has lots going for it. Close to perfect it looks like it has just come out of the box. You will be really pleased with the condition, any marks on it are tiny!

Awesome Buy Now upgrades:

The ram to 8Gb ($160 on the Apple store) and you can choose:

BRAND NEW Western Digital 1Tb hard drive ($320 on the Apple store)

or

240Gb SSD drive ($800 upgrade on the Apple store) - Try looking up SSD performance on You Tube. The difference in speed is huge.

This MacBook Pro has the optional (and more expensive) anti-glare screen

DUAL VIDEO - A GeForce 9600M GT with 512Mb of dedicated video ram for performance. GeForce 9400M for economy of battery.

FREE Satchel to keep it looking pristine. It is in very good condition but does have a couple of marks on the inside

Also comes with Brand New magsafe, duckhead plug and long power lead. The battery is very good showing 11050mAh charge capacity

The Specs:
2.93 GHz Core 2 Duo
500Gb Hard Drive (1TB with Buy Now)
4Gb DDR3 Ram (8gb with buy now)
Dual Video cards.
Dual Layer Superdrive
17" LED-backlit screen (1920 x 1200)
3*USB ports
Airport extreme wifi & Bluetooth built in
Multi touch trackpad

If you want to read more try:
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Running OSX10.7.4 Lion with all the usual bundled Ilife '11 applications, like Garageband, Itunes, Ichat, Imovie, Iphoto, Time Machine, Safari, Iweb, Ical, Mail, Dashboard, office too, etc.

Why buy from me? First of all DO check out my feedback (and please DO actually read some, especially about Macbooks I have sold) - if that's not enough, be secure in the knowledge that when you make your purchase, your first email from me will contain my REAL name, address and phone number - I don't hide behind some hotmail address! (member no. 3443 - I joined trade me as one of the first in 1999 and haven't put a foot wrong since!)

GST Invoice supplied if needed 500
Two month Warranty