As part of Macmall.com’s Holiday sales the previous-generation 17-inch, 2.6GHz MacBook Pro (model no. MB152LL/A) is being offered for the sale price of $1,749.99 after its $250 mail-in rebate. That results in a 12.5% price drop from its original $1,999.99 price, and is the lowest cost we have seen for this particular laptop. Ground shipping starts at about $14.24 and sales tax applies for residents of California, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Upgrade to the current generation 2.66GHz MacBook Pro at US1photo.com, which is priced at only $1,829 and offers 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive, as opposed to the 2GB of RAM and 200GB SATA hard drive offered in the featured product. If you use a lot of photo editing and media based apps you should probably upgrade further with the refurbished 2.8GH MacBook Pro featuring a much larger 500GB hard drive and Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT graphics card. It can be found at Apple’s online store and is priced at $2,099 with FREE shipping included. Help protect your laptop with the Clear Silicone Keyboard Cover Skin for the MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air and is priced at $5.65, or with the Targus 15.4-inch Urban Messenger bag on for only $46.63. Both items can be found from Amazon.com with shipping rates starting at $2.97 for the cover skin or FREE for the bag.

The 17-inch MacBook pro delivers a 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 200GB SATA hard drive, and 2GB of RAM that can be expanded to fit up to 4GB. It includes an Nvidia GeForce 8600MT GT graphics card that offers a maximum screen resolution of 1920 x 1200, as well as a Lithium Polymer rechargeable battery that lasts up to 4.5 hours per a single charge. It provides several pre-installed applications such the Mac OS X 10.5 operating system and iLife ’09, which includes iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand. The laptop comes backed by a one year warranty through Apple. Dimensions: (W) 15.4” x (H) 1” x (D) 10.4”; weight 6.8lbs.