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Apple Bumps MacBook Pro with Processor, Graphics, Storage Upgrades
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Not going to see 20% from these bumps. More like 5-10... maybe. Look at it like a slight refresh of the line until Ivy Bridge comes out around March/April. THAT will give you the 20%+ bump.
I do like that they finally updated the 15" model to have more VRAM. 256mb was so anemic. 512 is still a little on the small side, but is at least acceptable.
Sweet, the biggest upgrade comes for the low end 15" macbook pro now getting the ati 6750 with 512mb vram with the same price. It doesnt hurt that it gets 2.2GHz now too! Huge upgrade imo. 
And you would of course be quite willing to pay the price for an SSD drive, right? I've got 500 GB right now in my MBP and I'll upgrade to 1TB when it is available at 7200rpm, for a price that would get me 64 GB SSD.
It gives you the right to brag that you have the fastest 15" MacBook Pro ever. Apart from that, not much. For £200, I'd buy two of the following three: 8 GB RAM, large drive for backups, laser printer. Or two cheap 24" monitors.
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Optical drive STILL not optional
The biggest disappointment of this bump was the optical drive, namely the fact that it's still there and you have to take it apart(which isn't allowed for a lot of company owned laptops....) in order to put two disk(ssd/hd) in there.....
The biggest disappointment of this bump was the optical drive, namely the fact that it's still there and you have to take it apart(which isn't allowed for a lot of company owned laptops....) in order to put two disk(ssd/hd) in there.....
To hell with this update because the graphics on the 13 inch models sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Intel HD 3000 is garbage!
I'll keep my late 2008 13 inch Al macbook thank you. Nvidia rocks!
Intel HD 3000 is garbage!
I'll keep my late 2008 13 inch Al macbook thank you. Nvidia rocks!
Agreed. That graphics card update should help the performance of the base 15" models a pretty good bit. I'm excited.
Apple's prices have actually been the same since as far back as I can remember being an Apple user. Which was about 2001.
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Mac uodates? On a Monday? Really?
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Mac uodates? On a Monday? Really?
I feel a little remorse because I just bought my 2.2ghz/6750 15" pro like 2 months ago.. Oh well, I knew this would happen
I'm thinking i'll be waiting for Ivy Bridge or 2nd gen Ivy Bridge before an upgrade seems worthwhile.
I'm thinking i'll be waiting for Ivy Bridge or 2nd gen Ivy Bridge before an upgrade seems worthwhile.
As already stated, the 15" low end now is now the high end 15" MBP (with half the VRAM) from February. If this 15" was out in February, I wouldn't have gone with the high end MBP. It's okay though, I'm very happy with my MBP.
It's reassuring to know that, despite Steve's sad passing, Apple haven't taken their eye off the ball. Speed bumps FTW!
Still no 1440x900 display on the Macbook Pro 13", one aspect of the Air that's technically superior. I was hoping to see that addition on the latest revision.
I do like the 1GB graphics bump on the 15 and 17" though.
Well hopefully by the time I add a Macbook to my Apple family they will have the Air 13 or Pro 13" in Quad Core option. I'd also like to see 8GB RAM option for the Air one day. But it's getting to the point of interesting me into purchase.
I do like the 1GB graphics bump on the 15 and 17" though.
Well hopefully by the time I add a Macbook to my Apple family they will have the Air 13 or Pro 13" in Quad Core option. I'd also like to see 8GB RAM option for the Air one day. But it's getting to the point of interesting me into purchase.
What exactly do you do where the HD 3000 makes any difference whatsoever to you?
A Monday release? Is nothing sacred
Looks like the Tuesday release tradition is the first to go after Steve.
This is a fine update. Not only did they upgrade the CPU, they upgraded the HDD size and GPU as well. Couldn't ask for more (besides a redesign).
Hopefully this means they will do the same with the iMac refresh in regards to HDD size. The base iMac had a 500GB HDD since the first release back in 2009 and hasn't change since.
Hopefully this means they will do the same with the iMac refresh in regards to HDD size. The base iMac had a 500GB HDD since the first release back in 2009 and hasn't change since.
