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Apple Releases Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
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AidenShaw said:
rotational latency inproves by 0.00158 seconds by spining the platters faster. That's 1.5 milliseconds. But rotational latency only applies to the first sector in a block
On a large server seek time matters much more because the disks are serving the files for many users and the heds tend to move at random. On a sigle user system like a Mac even when multi-tasking the main use of the disk is for large sequential reads (loading files) and seek times mater much less then the sustained bit rate. Seek times hardly matter because the drive is mostly acting as if it were a tape drive.
sixth said:
Same ship dates here. I order a half hour ago.
I think Apple uses the cheapest non-ground international shipping option from FedEx. So, at most 5 days. I took my iPod 5 days to get from China to rural New Hampshire.
Negative votes???
As of 700 posts, there are 164 negatives compared to 180-ish positives.
Friends, what gives? If you are bummed that there is not a C2D MB today, that is independent of the fact that the MBP went C2D.
I think negatives should be if you think this was a bad upgrade to the MBP.
edit: fixed typo
As of 700 posts, there are 164 negatives compared to 180-ish positives.
Friends, what gives? If you are bummed that there is not a C2D MB today, that is independent of the fact that the MBP went C2D.
I think negatives should be if you think this was a bad upgrade to the MBP.
edit: fixed typo
CanadianGrit said:
What are you talking about? Centrino is a platform spec and a marketing label, nothing more. Both the Macbook and MBP can be considered "Centrino" or more properly "Centrino Duo" notebooks because they contain all the components necessary for the "Centrino Duo" platform. Core Duo "Yonah" CPU, i945 chipset, WiFi b/g, BlueTooth, etc.. Any notebook that has all these things, can buy into Intel's Centrino marketing program an place that "Centrino" sticker on their system. ...Last time I checked, metallic Centrino stickers didn't increase battery life. But then again, people will believe anything -- afterall, a few months back, a company here in the states was selling stickers to put on your gas tank that were supposed to increase gas mileage by as much as 5%.
And no, the battery life in a Macbook would be the same if Apple had licensed the "Centrino Duo" label for it and placed that ugly-ass sticker on there. Battery life in the MB is what it is due to the components and design of the system... Same with PCs. A Mac doesn't magically get better battery life than a PC. It's a balance of what components are in a system and how the system is designed as well as what software is run - and more than just the OS. But, FWIW, Windows actually has some pretty darn good power management features.
direzz said:do you guys think i should just go ahead and buy a macbook then? i would love a MBP, but its to expensive.. im just a highschool student, and the black would really be great.
i dont know what to do
If refurb doesnt sound scary to you then you can also consider that option as well. Refurb 2.0CD MBP is now available for only 1449(plus taxes). Sounds like a good deal to me.
Squonk said:As of 700 posts, there are 164 negatives compared to 180-ish positives.
Friends, what gives? If you are bummed that there is not a C2D MB today, that is independent of the fact that the MBP went C2D.
I think negatives should be if you think this was a bad upgrade to the MBP.
edit: fixed typo
I don't get it myself either?
I think people just don't know enough about the C2D chip and it's added benefits. People should read MacRumors Guide about the C2D, Wikipedia, and Intel site to get more info on it.
digitalbiker said:
In high intensity, CPU dependent usage, tests of Merom have been shown it to dissipate slightly more power than Yonah-nope on PC's which are thicker than the MBP, so how do you know the MBP C2D is cooler? The systems have not been run throught the usual tests, they only became available today. I'd wait for a few weeks before making such casual statements about being "cooler".
very good update, and Apple could not have put all of these things or than Merom into the MBP15 at the same time they had all these items in at the introduction of the MBP17? Please, that hardly constitutes a 'very good update', I'd say it's a very, very long overdue minor update to the MBP15.
mac4evan said:I don't get it myself either?
People alwyas expect more. AAPL -0.41 (-0.50%)...same idea.
pre-n airport cards hidden?
id be curious of exactly the same thing. makes sense if this is something they are gearing up toward.
id be curious of exactly the same thing. makes sense if this is something they are gearing up toward.
4np said:In some earlier posts people noticed that the new 20" Imac's Airport Extreme (54G) cards were being detected as pre-N cards in Windows Vista (bootcamp).
Can any early buyers have a look at how the MacBook Pro's Airport Extreme cards are being detected under Windows Vista?
I would assume these would make use of pre-N chips as well which could hint at possibly iTV support or driver/firmware updates in the (near) future without having to upgrade the hardware...
Looking at the specs I'm not too upset that I didn't wait for the new model. Been 3 months since I bought my MBP. Most of the new stuff I wouldn't use. (Though the inclusion of a 1GB memory stick instead of a stupid 512 is nice)
Has anyone ordered a CTO 15" 2.33GHz from the developer store? I did this morning, and a 20" cinema display appeared out of nowhere. If you go to the USA developer store (a few clicks away from here) and select the 15" 2.33GHz, the Apple Displays section doesn't appear like it does for other configurations and other stores. If you add it to your cart without changing anything, no monitor shows up. However, if you do change an option, you get a 20" display in your cart after adding it. Here's my order as it appeared in my cart:
The price doesn't indicate any extra charge for the monitor. Yay, free monitor? But, after I placed my order, on the order status page:
What happened to the monitor I didn't explicitly select, but, according to my shopping cart, I agreed to receive? I remember seeing the monitor on the "confirm your order" page, but, in my excitement, I didn't save it or take a screenshot. This was completely accidental, so I won't be very disappointed if I don't get a free monitor, but, it seems like I should get one, according to the way the developer store behaved this morning and still behaves now.
unce said:
Newegg.com had them a week or so ago for about $589 (ouch). What's sad is 2GB sticks were available back at the end of August for under $400, but people have been snatching them up now that Dell and other big vendors (even Apple) have started offering them. So price is going up....
I'll swap out one of my 1GB sticks for a 2GB to give me 3 total when the prices normalize a bit more. Not worth it right now... OTOH, I may just tough it out for another year and then buy a new MBP that can take and use a full 4GB.
mac4evan said:
Apple's stock probably always goes up on Mondays when new stuff is expected and down when it is released.
viccles said:
Yes but in my opinion the 64-bit support is a bigger deal then people are making it out to be. Like I said in a previous post... "I unerstand about not needing the 64-bit capabilities but remember that with Leopard not too far off (having all that 64-bit support) then you may want to think about it for the future. After Leopard, more apps will take at least SOME advantage (or maybe all) of the 64-bit power. And after 10.5 64-bit support and performance will just get better (optimization etc.)
And like I said in a previoous reply (page 19)... the C2Ds have much improved SSEx integer units. For me thats a HUGE plus!!!
aka rendering, ripping, and encoding = faster faster faster"
Silverspirit said:
I saw that earlier today when I was playing with the dev store and a shopping cart. I think that this is a glitch of how the applecare is being displayed back. The AppleCare covers a MBP w/ or w/o up to a 20" display. I'm sure they are not giving away a 20" display to it's developers. If so, then I'm signing up for ADC today!
Congrats on your new MBP!!!
