IPS panels are TFT
I guess you meant TN and most likely that is what MBPs will use. Some HPs have BTO for IPS and it costs ~500$
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15/17-Inch MacBook Pro Specs: AMD GPU, Quad Core i7
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IPS panels are TFT
I guess you meant TN and most likely that is what MBPs will use. Some HPs have BTO for IPS and it costs ~500$500GB and 750GB HDDs. That's a new move by Apple. They are usually a couple of years behind the rest of the market in HDDs. Let's hope they offer a 500GB 7200 RPM and 1TB 5200 RPM BTO.
Example, my 13 inch 2009 MBP had the same 160GB Fujitsu hard drive I bought in my 2007 MBP, and I had one in a very cheap Fujitsu computer that was bought in early 2006.
Apple puts out dated hard drives that you could be found in sub £400 notebooks that are a year or so old. Not good when you have a machine worth £1.5k and the major bottle neck is the HDD. Always been my main criticism with Apple along with having little RAM on default models.
Example, my 13 inch 2009 MBP had the same 160GB Fujitsu hard drive I bought in my 2007 MBP, and I had one in a very cheap Fujitsu computer that was bought in early 2006.
Apple puts out dated hard drives that you could be found in sub £400 notebooks that are a year or so old. Not good when you have a machine worth £1.5k and the major bottle neck is the HDD. Always been my main criticism with Apple along with having little RAM on default models.
What makes you so sure it'll be included in the next refresh that's possibly up to a year away?!
wow
wow they give us quad, amd 1GB(!), more frotsidebus and thunderbolt... imo thats a massive upgrade! biggest i can remember... combined with ssd this should be an amazing performance gain. never thought we'd get so much!
if this all is true i'm very happy... shops are down for how long average? .... i'm refreshing every minute
wow they give us quad, amd 1GB(!), more frotsidebus and thunderbolt... imo thats a massive upgrade! biggest i can remember... combined with ssd this should be an amazing performance gain. never thought we'd get so much!
if this all is true i'm very happy... shops are down for how long average?
.... i'm refreshing every minute 
Wow, so Quad-core? I'm freaking out right now. I was just thinking that I was going to have to wait until late 2011/early 2012 for the quad-core models to come out. I can't believe how crazy fast these are going to be! Leapfrogged my expectations!! I can't believe Apple is pushing top-of-the-line processors right after release. They must mean business now!
I really really want to pull the trigger on this one now. Especially since I've been up all night long dealing with a slow-as-balls CS5 on my 3 year old MBP trying to finish my school projects. But quad-core? Oh hells yes. HELLS YES!
But I think I might wait. I really want to get in on the free iPod Touch 4 with Mac purchase this summer. It's for my wife, who is using my original iPhone 1 as an iPod Touch and it runs so slow.
How easy are these unibodies to open compared to the old-style MBP? I will need to install more RAM and an SSD from OWC. Also the optical drive kit if Apple doesn't provide a solution. I want 128gb SSD for OS and apps and 1Tb HDD for file storage.
Wonder what the battery will be like on these quad-core machines?
My mind is racing right now, sorry but I'm having a nerd-gasm!!
I really really want to pull the trigger on this one now. Especially since I've been up all night long dealing with a slow-as-balls CS5 on my 3 year old MBP trying to finish my school projects. But quad-core? Oh hells yes. HELLS YES!
But I think I might wait. I really want to get in on the free iPod Touch 4 with Mac purchase this summer. It's for my wife, who is using my original iPhone 1 as an iPod Touch and it runs so slow.
How easy are these unibodies to open compared to the old-style MBP? I will need to install more RAM and an SSD from OWC. Also the optical drive kit if Apple doesn't provide a solution. I want 128gb SSD for OS and apps and 1Tb HDD for file storage.
Wonder what the battery will be like on these quad-core machines?
My mind is racing right now, sorry but I'm having a nerd-gasm!!
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Quad core and 1GB graphics?!! I can BTO the ram upgrade and ssd. This feels like Christmas morning!!!
Quad core and 1GB graphics?!! I can BTO the ram upgrade and ssd. This feels like Christmas morning!!!
They support Turbo Boost 2.0, which means they overclock automatically if necessary to 2.9 GHz.
More info:
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=52219
looks like the 256mb is only on the cheaper 15. which is fair enough, people wanting the larger screen but not the power.
There is the problem, you have to pay more to not have a screen with an ancient PPI spec. Many apps are bitmap based, and therefore a screen like that makes the UI pretty bad since all the buttons are -- X -- pixels.
These chips are seriously the BOMB! the 17" has the 2720QM which will blow almost any other Apple CPU out of the water!!!
Apple has one of the fastest laptops in the world!
NICE that I can have bragging rights over my windows friends for once.
Check out my predictions on https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1101568/
Was slightly wrong with GPUs and may now be proven wrong as Apple have finally decided to be FAST with QUAD CORE CPUs.
I've got some MBA predictions come the upgrade to Sandy Bridge too. There should be a link on that thread before the end of the day.
17" Display. 2.2Ghz Quad i7. 4GB 1333MHz RAM. 750GB 5400 RPM HD. AMD 6750 1GB. 1920x1200
15" Display. 2.0GHz Quad i7 4GB 1333MHz RAM. 500GB 5400 RPM HD. AMD 6490 256MB. 1440x900
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Article Link: 15/17-Inch MacBook Pro Specs: AMD GPU, Quad Core i7
As long as the 15" Pro is able to have the 750GB hard drive option, and as long as the AMD GPUs aren't hot like the ATI Mobility X1600s were and are better in terms of performance than the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330Ms are, this may shape up to be a pretty awesome refresh as far as the 15" and 17" MacBook Pros go. I can't say the same about the 13", but we knew that was coming.
Hopefully the high end 15" will have better graphics
the base graphics is a downgrade!!!!
IPS panels are TFT
Yes, TN. Thanks for the correction.
Well at least the 17", the one I want is quad core now!
Damn quad core.... put my dual core i7 to shame
However.... Still rolling out 256MB graphics (of any kind) on a high priced mbp? seriously apple? thats ridiculous...its 2011... you've been using that ***** for the past 5 years
No different than what they've been doing (for better or worse) on the lower ends for years. Not "apologizing" for them; just stating it as fact. That's why I made sure to get the 512 on my last purchase.
Not sure what you mean but maybe Apple will put in a slightly more powerful GPU for the next refresh. A 256MB 6490 is pretty weak.