MacBook Pro 15" vs HP Envy 15

[MartiNZ]

Originally Posted by Prom1

I think we'll see a mobile version of Intel's Core i5/i7 and 256mb/512mb/1GB gpu memory used. Ati or nvidia. His should happen in February next year.

With smaller chips we'll also see more room for battery size and thus increased life/performance. Maybe even USB3.0

Yeah that's the sort of thing I think will be really interesting to see. The step-ups in GPU and processor in the new iMacs are hopefully a sign of things to come in terms of a bit better future-proofing.

New shiny GPUs in early '10 MBPs would not surprise me –*I didn't even realise the 15" ones only had 256MB VRAM now; my early 2008 MBP has 512MB. USB3 would also be quite interesting to see, and maybe another random disappearance of FireWire . I know I would certainly happily give it up for another USB slot, but apparently some people use FW.

As for the actual subject, I don't like it how people feel so much need to bash the construction and such of the competition –*IMO in terms of raw numbers, it would make one go huh! if it weren't for the aesthetics and the ability to run OS X plus whatever other OS you feel like running. The 15" could use a resolution hike as well, and a switch to 16:9 is another thing that would not surprise me.