Strangely no real life benchmark to be seen of those new GPUs, so we'll have to wait for anandtech test or something like that before judging.
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15/17-Inch MacBook Pro Specs: AMD GPU, Quad Core i7
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Strangely no real life benchmark to be seen of those new GPUs, so we'll have to wait for anandtech test or something like that before judging.
I know that most of the higher end NVIDIA desktop cards are able to use the Mercury Playback Engine for CS5 tasks that can benefit from GPU acceleration, and I was puzzled why Apple went with the Radeon 5870 for last year's MacPro.
Is this true to some extent for the top tier NVIDIA mobile cards as well, or are they on equal footing with AMD mobile cards for CS5?
Is this true to some extent for the top tier NVIDIA mobile cards as well, or are they on equal footing with AMD mobile cards for CS5?
Damn. I was planning on driving over to my local best buy that sells macs to get one. It's like an hour drive and I don't want to waste 2 hours of my day if they don't even have the new ones.
light usage
You know, lots of goobers will probably argue, but considering what the price difference will likely be, you will be fine with a 13" if you are legitimately light user. HOWEVER, i wouldn't get less than the lower end 15" myself if I were you.
You know, lots of goobers will probably argue, but considering what the price difference will likely be, you will be fine with a 13" if you are legitimately light user. HOWEVER, i wouldn't get less than the lower end 15" myself if I were you.
I just noticed that theirs only 2 versions of the 15inch macbook pro.. Theirs usually 3... Could this mean a slight price reduction..
I have a core duo
Me too. When I said something to wife about these new MBP's coming out and I was really wanting to upgrade to one, she said why you already have one!
She just doesn't get it....<grins>
Im under time constraint so i could only be able to go and arrive when they open. Maybe I'll just give it a shot.
I plan on going to bestbuy to return my macbook pro that i bought last week.. I do think that the Bestbuy store will have them for 2 reasons.. The first.. When I went last week.. I got the last Macbook they had in stock.. And also, from a picture that they had earlier this week, showing a cart of new macbooks at a BestBuy store..
The ol' ball and chain gets off work in a bit, so we'll probably grab breakfast and stop by Best Buy when they open. She's gonna be PISSED if she has to listen to me talk about the new MBP's another couple days!
I just hope the Apple store comes back up before then, so I can at least see if I even want to go by or simply go ahead and BTO.
I just hope the Apple store comes back up before then, so I can at least see if I even want to go by or simply go ahead and BTO.
Nope your wrong. The very FIRST day that the arrandales came out, I went to go to my local Galleria and I exchanged my core 2 duo 15" mbp for a high end 17" i7 2.66GHz MBP.
I'm guessing the same thing can be said about today. Looks like I'm headed to the Apple store around late this afternoon again.
my mom doesnt get it either, i'd still be using a PC with worse specs than the iPhone 4 if it were up to her and a video tape recorder instead of blu ray
Just tell her that the new facebook won't work on the old macbook.
ROFLMAO!!!! Wait.... that could work for me TOO!
Nope your wrong. The very FIRST day that the arrandales came out, I went to go to my local Galleria and I exchanged my core 2 duo 15" mbp for a high end 17" i7 2.66GHz MBP.
I'm guessing the same thing can be said about today. Looks like I'm headed to the Apple store around late this afternoon again.
Well if that's the case, I guess my Best Buy in NYC should have them.
Performance bump aside, there's nothing terribly exciting about this upgrade. Maybe Thunderbolt will amount to something, but how many devices are available now?
I'm gonna guess Best Buy just bought a special purchase
of the previous configurations to sell to the unaware average
buyers who don't keep up with these updates.
of the previous configurations to sell to the unaware average
buyers who don't keep up with these updates.
Nope your wrong. The very FIRST day that the arrandales came out, I went to go to my local Galleria and I exchanged my core 2 duo 15" mbp for a high end 17" i7 2.66GHz MBP.
I'm guessing the same thing can be said about today. Looks like I'm headed to the Apple store around late this afternoon again.
I called 3 apple stores in NC and none of them had stock initially. I guess it depends.
The 6490m is slower than the 330m in last gen's gpu, concessions had to be made for the quad core processor. IIRC the dual core arrandale's from last year's model uses 35 watts, the quad core uses 45 watt's. The 330m uses 24 watts, I don't know how much the 6490m uses but it is almost certainly 5 watts or more.
Also the 2.0 ghz guad core shown is almost certainly the low or mid end 15 incher. The high end 15" might have a 6750m like the 17".
Also the 2.0 ghz guad core shown is almost certainly the low or mid end 15 incher. The high end 15" might have a 6750m like the 17".
I'm talking about the Apple's BTO one. I don't care how noisy it is with an aftermarket drive. I have an Apple computer with a 7200 rpm drive that makes no sound AT ALL. My previous one is noisier than this one and it had a 5400 rpm drive.