You know those Microsoft laptop hunter spots ? Apple may already have responded with TV spots of their own , but these MacBook Pros strike back at Microsoft better than any ad can: by doing. Apple did two things simultaneously that are usually contradictory; they lowered the price of their entire MacBook Pro line while at the same time bumping up the specs. The 15-inch version now starts at $1699 and caps out at $2299, down from $1999 and $2499. What’s even nicer is that the 13-inch MacBook—which previously didn’t have a backlit keyboard or a Firewire slot or a “nicer” screen—got absorbed into the MacBook Pro family and is now virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the Pro line.

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MacBook Pro 2009 Review [MacBook Pro]