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15'' MacBook Pros Shipping

mrfop said:
Really?! I didn't consider this. I'm planning on running Ableton Live 5 on it, which is already Intel Mac native, and then eventually Logic Pro ... anyone else have any thoughts on this? 7200 drives are usually essential in music production, but with the battery life as it stands perhaps I should save my money and take an external 7200 drive for when doing the more demanding stuff (i.e. using Ableton as a DJ interface to play out, or intensive work in Logic).

The question is, does the MacBook Pro have so much power that the 5200 drive is enough?

Peace. :cool:

PS When I said battery life a it stands, I don't know what that is of course!!! But I'm guessing it's around 3.5 hours tops while running applications like Ableton.
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If you're rendering audio or video, the 7200 rpm drive is essential, imo.
 
this is my first ever mac, so i'm just dying for it to arrive like everyone else, pictures will do for now i guess :)
 
cased out

...along with the new chip they should have refreshed the case and implemented some ergonomic improvements.
 
kerbawya said:
oh god it's here, i dont know what to do right now... open it?
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I'd just frame and mount it if i was you and just look at it on your wall.
 
kerbawya said:
oh god it's here, i dont know what to do right now... open it?
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Lucky git!!!
I'm so jealous. I was this excited a month ago when my imac turned up...
Please, just use it and tell us how it feels... Everyone else is going on about the god damned packaging...
 
Antiquote said:
I'm UK and ordered standard 2.0 (1.83) on Jan 12th, though it was through my HE store. AFAIK the 1.83's are a couple of days behind in the shipping though I'm probably wrong, just that everyone here seems to be going for and receiving the 2.0.
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Can you go to your local Apple store and get an HE discount? Will they build it for you on site the same day (I'm gonna get the 7200 HD on the 2.0Ghz model).

I assume Apple stores won't stock MBP's for customers to take away on the day of purchase (not just yet anyway) ... otherwise everyone would be storebound, no?
 
tyzer said:
Hi Guys, i've been following this thread with great interest and i have to be honest i'm pretty jealous seeing all these posts from people saying their macbooks have been shipped or even out for delivery today. I'm from the UK and i ordered the 1.67 version with no upgrades on Jan 11th. My estimated ship date is February 28th, but i was wondering if anyone has any more info of whether it will ship before then? Do you think it will go out this week?
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I agree with you tyzer. I ordered my 1.67/1.83 version a while ago and it makes me jealous to see other people's orders shipping. At the same time I get completely excited every time i see a new picture of a MBP though. I hope mine gets here sooner than my March ship date though.
 
kerbawya said:
oh god it's here, i dont know what to do right now... open it?
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Have fun with it! And please, for god's sake, tell us about how it is actually performing and not the damn packaging.
 
Update: Mine just arrived!

I ordered a stock 1.8 (now 2.0) on the announcement day (1/10).

It left Anchorage at 8:48PM on Saturday night.

I live in Wilmington, NC (At the very right-end of I-40, on the coast).

Oddly enough, I woke up this morning to check the location and it was listed as in a city 4 hours away at 6:28am... so that driver was HAULING to get here by now... and he must have come to me first!

Thanks for the fun anticipation building! Fun!

dave
 
10:02am - God damn it's so pretty...
10:03am - I think I should let it warm up, FedEX trucks aren't insulated. :( It is 27 degrees out.
10:05am - Taking some photos....
10:07am - DAMNIT! I just spilled my Cheerios in excitement. DAMN IT! One sec...
10:09am - Noting point made earlier... MacBook Pro logo on bottem center of display IS IN FACT awesome...
10:10am - Official decision to wait to boot made. It's just too cold... doesn't feel right yet...
 
specs i ordered were
# Processor 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo/256MB
# Memory 2GB 667 DDR2 2x1GB SODIMMs
# Hard Drive 120GB Serial ATA Drive@5400rpm
# Optical Drive SuperDrive (DVDRW/CDRW)


come on fedex guy. move it!
 
kerbawya said:
10:02am - God damn it's so pretty...
10:03am - I think I should let it warm up, FedEX trucks aren't insulated. :( It is 27 degrees out.
10:05am - Taking some photos....
10:07am - DAMNIT! I just spilled my Cheerios in excitement. DAMN IT! One sec...
10:09am - Noting point made earlier... MacBook Pro logo on bottem center of display IS IN FACT awesome...
10:10am - Official decision to wait to boot made. It's just too cold... doesn't feel right yet...
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come on, we want to see pics, put it in the microwave or something :)
 
kerbawya said:
10:02am - God damn it's so pretty...
10:03am - I think I should let it warm up, FedEX trucks aren't insulated.
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I wouldn't worry too much.. it's rated by apple from 50° to 95° F... 50 aint hot...
 
bigfib said:
I wouldn't worry too much.. it's rated by apple from 50° to 95° F... 50 aint hot...
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No seriously, it's like... cold to the touch... 5 mins... then we'll all see...
 
Im on my 2.0 Macbook Pro right now!!! Woohoo!!!


Installing CS2, benchmarks with the "test.jpg" coming soon!

Its a pretty machine, and DAMN is it, and the box, small as ever.
 
mrfop said:
Can you go to your local Apple store and get an HE discount? Will they build it for you on site the same day (I'm gonna get the 7200 HD on the 2.0Ghz model).
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I cant get the HE discount in stores, but I spoke to a guy in Apple Regent Street who said that I could get a 9% discount with my student card.

Currently theres:
Standard uk price - £1,779.00
Education price - £1,636.78
HE Price (intranet only) - £1,512.23

Its probably going to be the same as the PB's after the inital hype dies down, with the most popular CTO's being kept in stock to be taken away, with the others still being ordered, save for ram.
 
RichP said:
Im on my 2.0 Macbook Pro right now!!! Woohoo!!!


Installing CS2, benchmarks with the "test.jpg" coming soon!

Its a pretty machine, and DAMN is it, and the box, small as ever.
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Yeah, looking forward to those benchmarks... Tho something that doesnt run under rosetta would be cool too....
PS. A lot of the intel imac folks found that the machine speeded up after the initial boots... (mine included). I put it down to spotlight indexing everything.
 
I just ordered my new 2.0 last night. As of this morning, it is supposed to arrive near the end of march, it gave me a date.

I was hoping to have it before my vacation in mid march but oh well.

I sold off all of my pc's to finally buy a mac!
 
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