got your C2D MBP? please tell us....

shecky · Oct 25, 2006

.... a few things here:

-heating?
-any mooing?
-does the wifi card show up as 802.11n under windows?
-model number+manufacturer of the hard drive? (under system profiler)
-airport reception?
-real-life battery use w/ the apps you use?
-is the GPU underclocked?

and lastly, i just want to get a physical confirmation that the new units do not have the easy access HD bay, which everyone THINKS they do not, but nobody actually knows yet.

(thanks to rocketman for his post here)

EDIT: added GPU question

bcavanau · Oct 25, 2006

shecky said:
.... a few things here:

-heating?
-any mooing?
-does the wifi card show up as 802.11n under windows?
-model number+manufacturer of the hard drive? (under system profiler)
-airport reception?
-real-life battery use w/ the apps you use?

and lastly, i just want to get a physical confirmation that the new units do not have the easy access HD bay, which everyone THINKS they do not, but nobody actually knows yet.

(thanks to rocketman for his post here)

I can tell you later tonight.

I just got back from the local Apple store.

I bought a 15 inch 2.16 last Friday, returned it this morning for the 15 inch 2.33 (both top 15 inch model.)

My boss won't let me bring it into the office

, but I shall report back this evening....

FYI, the Apple store I was in today got 5-6 of the lower end 15 inch model, and I bought the "only" top end unit they got in.

I was standing at the counter, asking for a refund, (they were not expecting to get the new models until tomorrow) when one of the guys came out of the back with the new models right off the truck....I guess I lucked out...

Their "cheat sheet" says they will not get any 17 inch models until early next week.

Later,
Brian

Kingsly · Oct 25, 2006

I'd love to know about battery, heat and hard drive as well!

aaronfzr · Oct 25, 2006

stores are only getting small shipments of a few units at a time?

hope regent st gets in some decent stocks...or at least, decent enough til last after i walk out with mine

bcavanau · Oct 25, 2006

aaronfzr said:
stores are only getting small shipments of a few units at a time?

hope regent st gets in some decent stocks...or at least, decent enough til last after i walk out with mine

I cannot speak for all stores, but that is what I observed at the Troy, Michigan (Somerset Mall) location.

iBorg20181 · Oct 25, 2006

bcavanau said:
FYI, the Apple store I was in today got 5-6 of the lower end 15 inch model, and I bought the "only" top end unit they got in.

I was standing at the counter, asking for a refund, (they were not expecting to get the new models until tomorrow) when one of the guys came out of the back with the new models right off the truck....I guess I lucked out...

All I can say is ..... "YOU LUCKY $#@*&^^%!"

iBorg

prady16 · Oct 25, 2006

bcavanau said:
I can tell you later tonight.

I just got back from the local Apple store.

I bought a 15 inch 2.16 last Friday, returned it this morning for the 15 inch 2.33 (both top 15 inch model.)
...
Later,
Brian

Which City, Country?

bluetorch18 · Oct 25, 2006

If someone could check to see if the GPU is underclocked, that would be great.

shecky · Oct 25, 2006

bluetorch18 said:
If someone could check to see if the GPU is underclocked, that would be great.

added

bearbo · Oct 25, 2006

prady16 said:
Which City, Country?

did you read the posts?

ZildjianKX · Oct 25, 2006

Only other question I'd ask is if there are any dead pixels

bcavanau · Oct 25, 2006

UPDATE:

I am in the final stages of Installing OS X, which by the way the restore disks are 10.4.8. (I always like to start fresh, call me nuts)

Things I have noticed so far.

- There is definately no removable HD bay.
- Case has not changed, with only exception being new FW800 Port.
- I have no dead pixels.
- No screen whine, mooing, excessive fan noise. (even DVD drive seems quiter).
- Hard drive (120GB) is Fujitsu MHW2120BH
- DVD Drive (6X-DVD-DL) is Matshita UJ-857D
- Heat seems to be about the same, however I have not done anything taxing.
- Airport reception seems to be consistent with previous model. I never tested distance, but signal strength is the same on my desk.

View screen captures here--->http://lartren.com/mac

Battery performance will come in time, as I need to do a full charge/condition then put it under a load, etc...I expect a few days to really be able to judge the battery.

Is there a way to determing GPU clock settings within OS X? I am not sure I will get to putting XP on there tonight.

Anything else you wanna know/see, please let me know...

Garden Knowm · Oct 25, 2006

DUDE!!!!

you have a NEW MBP!! 2.333333333333333333 Ghz....

cheers

Abstract · Oct 25, 2006

bearbo said:
did you read the posts?

Did you read the post above yours?

bluetorch18 · Oct 25, 2006

bcavanau said:
UPDATE:

I am in the final stages of Installing OS X, which by the way the restore disks are 10.4.8. (I always like to start fresh, call me nuts)

Things I have noticed so far.

- There is definately no removable HD bay.
- Case has not changed, with only exception being new FW800 Port.
- I have no dead pixels.
- No screen whine, mooing, excessive fan noise. (even DVD drive seems quiter).
- Hard drive (120GB) is Fujitsu MHW2120BH
- DVD Drive (6X-DVD-DL) is Matshita UJ-857D
- Heat seems to be about the same, however I have not done anything taxing.
- Airport reception seems to be consistent with previous model. I never tested distance, but signal strength is the same on my desk.

View screen captures here--->http://lartren.com/mac

Battery performance will come in time, as I need to do a full charge/condition then put it under a load, etc...I expect a few days to really be able to judge the battery.

Is there a way to determing GPU clock settings within OS X? I am not sure I will get to putting XP on there tonight.

Anything else you wanna know/see, please let me know...

I don't think there is a way to determine GPU clocks in OS X...if it isn't too much to ask can you please install XP tonight to check it for me? I really would like to know and that is the only thing thats stopping me from pulling the trigger...thanks.

flalaw · Oct 25, 2006

do most apple stores have the new MBPs in stock yet? i called 3 and none of them have it yet.

bcavanau · Oct 25, 2006

bluetorch18 said:
I don't think there is a way to determine GPU clocks in OS X...if it isn't too much to ask can you please install XP tonight to check it for me? I really would like to know and that is the only thing thats stopping me from pulling the trigger...thanks.

I am running boot camp as I type this

Once I get XP up and running, how exactly do I determing clock speeds? Will windows tell me, or do I need a third party app?

Willis · Oct 25, 2006

congrats on the lucky purchase!

I look forward to seeing your battery review.

Konfabulation · Oct 25, 2006

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http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/downloads.php

CaptainCaveMann · Oct 25, 2006

bcavanau said:
UPDATE:

I am in the final stages of Installing OS X, which by the way the restore disks are 10.4.8. (I always like to start fresh, call me nuts)

Things I have noticed so far.

- There is definately no removable HD bay.
- Case has not changed, with only exception being new FW800 Port.
- I have no dead pixels.
- No screen whine, mooing, excessive fan noise. (even DVD drive seems quiter).
- Hard drive (120GB) is Fujitsu MHW2120BH
- DVD Drive (6X-DVD-DL) is Matshita UJ-857D
- Heat seems to be about the same, however I have not done anything taxing.
- Airport reception seems to be consistent with previous model. I never tested distance, but signal strength is the same on my desk.

View screen captures here--->http://lartren.com/mac

Battery performance will come in time, as I need to do a full charge/condition then put it under a load, etc...I expect a few days to really be able to judge the battery.

Is there a way to determing GPU clock settings within OS X? I am not sure I will get to putting XP on there tonight.

Anything else you wanna know/see, please let me know...

Very very cool of you to keep us all updated. Congrats on your new MBP, im getting the same one! I to am curious if they got all the bugs worked out on this revision. And id like to know if the new HD is perpendicular?

bcavanau · Oct 25, 2006

CaptainCaveMann said:
Very very cool of you to keep us all updated. Congrats on your new MBP, im getting the same one! I to am curious if they got all the bugs worked out on this revision. And id like to know if the new HD is perpendicular?

According to the Fujitsu website, the drive is Longitudinal Magnetic Recording (LMR), not perpendicular.

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/computing/storage/hdd/mhdd/mhw2xxxbh-catalog.html

CaptainCaveMann · Oct 25, 2006

bcavanau said:
According to the Fujitsu website, the drive is Longitudinal Magnetic Recording (LMR), not perpendicular.

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/computing/storage/hdd/mhdd/mhw2xxxbh-catalog.html

That link says that it IS PMR. Am i reading it wrong?

Konfabulation · Oct 25, 2006

Not if you ordered the 160 GB! Bada Bing.
But you are right, all the other capacities are LMR.

Garden Knowm · Oct 25, 2006

It comes with boot camp? And then you have to purchase XP?

correct?

ChickenSwartz · Oct 25, 2006

Garden Knowm said:
It comes with boot camp? And then you have to purchase XP?

correct?

Boot Camp here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/publicbeta.html
Buy Windows at your favorite reatiler.

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