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Apple Launches MacBook Pros with Thunderbolt, Quad Core CPUs, AMD GPUs
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what difference does that make. the cpu is still made by intel, the graphics are still made by ati. just because its in a dell casing its considered bad?
How strange! Just waiting for my asus G53jw to arrive today! Was going to send it back if the macbook pro update was worth it but to be honest i think i'll stick to the asus. Love apple, i have a iphone 4, ipad and did have a imac but the macbook pro is just not worh the premium.
The specs at http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs-compare.html says 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor & 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor
Was hoping for a redesign, but the way Apple website presents it, it all looks great! The thunderbolt idea in my mind is brilliant, could you imagine if it was the standard a few years from now? Anything from TVs to arcade system boards would use it to connect to monitors, devices, etc.
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2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with 3MB shared L3 cache or 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache.
Says the high end 13" has an i7 on the website.
2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with 3MB shared L3 cache or 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache.
Says the high end 13" has an i7 on the website.
What tax? I can order one from B&H and pay no tax (and probably no shipping) to Arizona.
What absolute *******s.
They really screwed the UK over with this.
USD Price for the LOWEST spec one: $1199
This converts to GBP at £740 (todays rate)
Apple are selling it for £999!
You'd have to be a complete moron to be willing to pay that for such a poor spec 13" model!
They really are taking the piss big time with those prices. For another £300 you can buy a Mac Pro for goodness sake!
That's always been the case with uk v us Apple prices.
The entry level ipad was $499 in the US, but £429 in the UK. We always get shafted in the UK. On the plus side, the new entry level 13" Macbook pro is £20 less than the previous entry one.
Personally, I'll just stick with my 2008 aluminium Macbook. The specification difference and price just doesn't justify a change for me.
Great specs EXCEPT for the 5400rpm hard drives. Are they serious? Really? 5400rpm? These are $2000+ laptops, NOT some cheap $399 Walmart door special.
expresscard
Do you think there are going to be expresscard's to bring lightpeak (Thunderbolt) to older macs?
Do you think there are going to be expresscard's to bring lightpeak (Thunderbolt) to older macs?
I don't see a mini-display port for external monitors in the picture on the Apple site http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features.html
What a massive disappointment! Sure, those new CPU's may be fast but what the point when you've got a traditional HDD in there?
I'm sorry, I'm really disappointed with this upgrade.
I am sorry to hear that, but what did you expect?
MBP 13 starts off with 320 GB HDD. Apple cannot afford to put in 320GB SSD with price tag of 1199 dollars.
MBP go as high as 750GB. Again, that's too much for apple to put in as SSD.
They had to make a choice.
IF you want more performance, you have to give up storage. If you want to have a storage, then performance goes away.
Apple cannot get away with what they did with MBA on MBP. 64GB, 128, or even 256 GB SSD is not enough for pro users.
I can't understand why they didn't upgrade the 13" screens to match the res on the 13" MacBook Air. Doesn't make any sense to me. Guess I won't be buying after all.
Im currently debating between both 13in models and the low end 15in model. It will only cost me between $108 to $160 per month so its hard to decide on which to get. I don't want to spend more than for what I need.
Toshiba qosmio f60-10k here, 1 year old.
Price = same as the macbook pro 13" low-end.
Screen =15"
CPU= 2,4ghz core i5 (arrandale ofc, not SB.), which I think has a better performance than the 2,3ghz i5.
GPU = nvidia 330m 1gb.
Ram = 6gb ddr3.
Hard drive = 500gb 5400rpm.
Windows 7 (basic or? i have the ultimate now anyway...)
ports = 4 usbs, vga , hdmi.
Oh and forgot bluray player and dvd rw
Compare??
Cmon this upgrade is *****... just a little bit better processor than before, people say the gpu is worse than 320m too. so what the frack?
I still wanna buy a macbook 13" though, maybe the new white, or a refurbished mbp last gen. I mean its cheaper than the current and the same performance.
