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15'' MacBook Pros Shipping

itsbetteronamac said:
Also, did anyone else notice the difference in color on both sides of the hinge. It almost looks like a different metal, or maybe there are two small hinges, I can't tell.
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The colour difference on the hinge is due to the Airport antennas being moved there from the display. Part of the hinge is coated in rubber for better reception. You will notice that the display doesnt have the rubber bits that are present on the PowerBooks.

Look at the bottom of this page for an explanation.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/design.html
 
LaMerVipere said:
That powerbrick is huge.:eek:
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It looks huge, yes. Partly it is an optical illusion (the other items are all very small), but it is bigger than the iBook/Powerbook bricks and the Airport Express case.

It looks to be approx. 90mm x 130mm x 15mm (3.5" x 5" x 0.75"). Interesting that it is an 85W supply but not the same as the Mac mini supply (which is bigger still at 65mm x 160mm x 30mm).

Smaller 85W supplies are much more expensive, so this is clearly one of the places Apple are making a cost saving.
 
Boy do I need to ring our buyers on Monday. We still con't actually order them and I want to know when they are expecting our shipments to be coming in. All this talk of MBPs shipping is starting to make me salivate.

Just to make things a little worse though, memory prices still don't look like falling yet and the 500GB LaCie I was eyeing up is no longer sold at the store I was looking to buy from. They do have the 600GB version though. One or two others do still have the 500GB drive if I still wanted it though.

I have also been blitzing display models at work. We got the Sony FE11S in yesterday, (Core Duo 1.83GHz - £1299), and the Toshiba A100-161, (Core Duo 1.67GHz - £999). While each have their disadvantages, both are great value overall. Neither show the full benefit of the chips, but I haven't really tested them much more than switching on. Now all we need is a display MBP to compare to them, (£1429), which will also mean there will be stock for me to buy. :)
 
sushi said:
Good to see. I imagine that there is a significant savings in shipping costs.
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My guess is the overall weight of the box will be close to, if not the same, as the PowerBooks were. Dimensions can make some savings, but they wouldn't be that significant. When you talk about shipping thousands of models at a time though, obviously every little helps.
 
steve_hill4 said:
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Just to make things a little worse though, memory prices still don't look like falling yet and the 500GB LaCie I was eyeing up is no longer sold at the store I was looking to buy from. They do have the 600GB version though. One or two others do still have the 500GB drive if I still wanted it though.
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Are these memory stick the same as the ones used in Rev-E (HD) PBs per chance? I just noticed I got 2gb worth of them sitting around after I got rid of my liney PB :p
 
From the photographs circulating it appears that the track-pad on the macbook pro is larger than the old 15" powerbook track-pad, it appears as if it is like the larger track-pad on the old 17" powerbook. If anyone has a macbook pro to check - sorry just curious.
 
mustard said:
From the photographs circulating it appears that the track-pad on the macbook pro is larger than the old 15" powerbook track-pad, it appears as if it is like the larger track-pad on the old 17" powerbook. If anyone has a macbook pro to check - sorry just curious.
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I understand where you are coming from, but if someone did have a macbook pro right now there would be a few more things people would want to know about than the size of the trackpad. But it does appear to be larger.
 
Ughhh

I shouldn't have viewed this thread...those pictures just made me want one so bad that I went and ordered one. :D
 
guffman said:
I understand where you are coming from, but if someone did have a macbook pro right now there would be a few more things people would want to know about than the size of the trackpad. But it does appear to be larger.
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Trust me I know there are many other questions I personally would like to ask but they will take time to be answered where this is just a yes or no, time & setup involved is non-existant.

It is not a deal breaker or anything but I haven't heard any mention of a differing track pad than that of previous 15" powerbook models, while the images online lead to the contrary.

Sorry to waste anyones time I just figured it would be a simple yes/no if anyone has one.
 
steve_hill4 said:
Boy do I need to ring our buyers on Monday. We still con't actually order them and I want to know when they are expecting our shipments to be coming in. All this talk of MBPs shipping is starting to make me salivate.

Just to make things a little worse though, memory prices still don't look like falling yet and the 500GB LaCie I was eyeing up is no longer sold at the store I was looking to buy from. They do have the 600GB version though. One or two others do still have the 500GB drive if I still wanted it though.

I have also been blitzing display models at work. We got the Sony FE11S in yesterday, (Core Duo 1.83GHz - £1299), and the Toshiba A100-161, (Core Duo 1.67GHz - £999). While each have their disadvantages, both are great value overall. Neither show the full benefit of the chips, but I haven't really tested them much more than switching on. Now all we need is a display MBP to compare to them, (£1429), which will also mean there will be stock for me to buy. :)
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For cheap MacBook compatible memory, check out ZipZoomFly, I ordered a
512MB PC2-5300 SODIMM from them for 59 dollars with no sales tax and free 2nd day air!

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=90053&affiliate=dealram
 
kwajo.com said:
crazy box though, very very thin compared to the old one, which is good, I've got enough giant Mac boxes around here. :D anyone else have that Giant original G5 box? that thing is a monster
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I've got one in the basement. I'm gonna have to hang on to it until I move out too, no way I'm shipping my G5 across the country without matching Apple-quality styrofoam. not sure what I'll do with it in my apartment though, maybe an end table :D
 
Rules, great place for the ram. Better than the middle panel. And WAY better than under the keyboard.

But there goes my bet, I figured when they started shipping the macbooks they'd release (some or all) of the pro app universals.
 
I have to praise Apple for their reduction in packaging size (the software apps especially, but also the MacBook Pro). Inside there's still extra packaging, but at least more good can be transported on the same truck!

The huge boxes some products come in just to look impressive on the shelf are such a waste.

The holes in the foam are good waste-reduction too.

Any close-ups of the AirPort antenna out there? Ah heck, I'll just go to the store and look now that they're arriving :)
 
I am wanting to get a MacBook in the summer. Does anyone have any theories on how these will handle Aperture and Final Cut Express?
 
mustard said:
It is not a deal breaker or anything but I haven't heard any mention of a differing track pad than that of previous 15" powerbook models, while the images online lead to the contrary.
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Well you heard it here first then, the trackpad is the same size as the 17" PowerBook. It says somewhere on the Apple site, I'll see if I can find a link.

[EDIT] here you go: Right column at the top.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/design.html
 
boombashi said:
Well you heard it here first then, the trackpad is the same size as the 17" PowerBook. It says somewhere on the Apple site, I'll see if I can find a link.

[EDIT] here you go: Right column at the top.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/design.html
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Good catch - I missed it with all the other questions floating around I didn't think to go the source. Thank you: Boombashi
 
generik said:
That's very expensive.. I've purchased Transcent modules at $70 per GB, works perfectly on my former PB.
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The memory for the macbook is not the same as the powerbook and is very expensive now but luckily fry's had it on sale before all the duo core's started coming out so I picked up 1gb for 69 bucks but now the prices have risen dramiticaly since then
 
generik said:
Are these memory stick the same as the ones used in Rev-E (HD) PBs per chance? I just noticed I got 2gb worth of them sitting around after I got rid of my liney PB :p
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They use the same technology, but faster. Both use 200-pin DDR2 SO-DIMMs. The PowerBook uses PC2-3200 (the slowest speed available,) and the MacBook Pro uses PC2-5300 (the fastest 'official' speed available.) Speeds are downward-compatible, meaning the faster 5300 memory would work with the slower PowerBook; but not the other way around.

So unless you either accidentally bought 5300 memory for your PowerBook, no, it won't work. (On most generic PCs, you can overclock memory and get away with it. But Apple systems, as with many higher-end 'stability-oriented' PCs, enforce the memory speed, and will refuse to work with memory that is rated too slow; even if on a 'looser' system it would work overclocked to the faster speed.)
 
syklee26 said:
I am not bagging you for what the store guy said but to me it doesn't make much sense...old powerbook gets 4-5 hours by having about medium brightness of the screen. if macbook pro was getting 7 hrs of battery life by reducing the brightness down to powerbook level, Apple would be aggressively advertising that.

I think the main reason Apple is not saying anything about battery life is because of potential that it might fluctuate greatly depending on how it is used. if it is just about word processing and some minor stuff that requires activation of just one core, then battery life will be very good. if it goes through some extensive usage which requires both cores working at maximum level, i would be surprised if battery lasts any more than 2-3 hours at best.
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Any quotes on battery life made by any computer manufacturer are going to be with the screen on the minimum brightness, volume at it's lowest, and the processor speed reduced (which most likely is the default for "unplugged"). If they could quote that it gets 7 hours in any way whatsoever, they would. It won't.
 
nagromme said:
I have to praise Apple for their reduction in packaging size (the software apps especially, but also the MacBook Pro). Inside there's still extra packaging, but at least more good can be transported on the same truck!

The huge boxes some products come in just to look impressive on the shelf are such a waste.

The holes in the foam are good waste-reduction too.

Any close-ups of the AirPort antenna out there? Ah heck, I'll just go to the store and look now that they're arriving :)
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It's called forklift protection.
 
ariechel said:
I don't think that has never stopped them from providing (exceedingly optimistic) battery information before...
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You forgot

*cough* iPod *cough*


:D
 
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