Dharxan said:
That seems delayed - when did you place your order, and was it by phone or internet? Is it because you're getting a 17" screen? I ordered late last night, BTO'd 15", and it's set to ship 10/31 and arrive 11/7.
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That seems delayed - when did you place your order, and was it by phone or internet? Is it because you're getting a 17" screen? I ordered late last night, BTO'd 15", and it's set to ship 10/31 and arrive 11/7.
iBorg
maverick808 said:
I see! I was on the fence between ordering a 17" vs. 15" - now more good news in my decision on the 15"! Don't know if I could wait 3 weeks ........
iBorg
Early arrivals!
In a few short hours the first shipments will be arriving. I hope folks look for issues people have talked about:
- Heating
- Airport reception of MBP vs MB which is typically better
- 802.11n card visible under Vista beta or Win XP
- moo
- real-life battery life (specifying apps used)
Publish your reports!
Publish links to reports on other sites!
Someone really should post an image of the latch and the HDD treatment just to settle it.
Rocketman
In a few short hours the first shipments will be arriving. I hope folks look for issues people have talked about:
- Heating
- Airport reception of MBP vs MB which is typically better
- 802.11n card visible under Vista beta or Win XP
- moo
- real-life battery life (specifying apps used)
Publish your reports!
Publish links to reports on other sites!
Someone really should post an image of the latch and the HDD treatment just to settle it.
Rocketman
Very good point, and one of the reasons why adding more RAM makes a system much faster - even if the applications per se don't need all the RAM.darkwing said:
Windows also benefits from extra RAM for file caching - basically any unused RAM is used to keep disk data handy. My desktop right now shows 1.2 GiB used for the cache, and my laptop is reading 840 MiB in the filesystem cache.
Still, the faster disk will be snappier for booting (you've got to jump all around the disk to grab those bits for cache) and all the other times when random disk IO is needed.
aaronon said:
That 3 yr warranty sounds pretty good, if there's no catch.
My wife works for the NHS in the UK, and so now also gets a discount - but not sure if it's the same deal as the education discount?
Iain
AidenShaw said:
Aiden, I somehow knew you'd agree with me since you seem to be one of the few people on this board making valid points. Must be a silicon valley thing.
(though I did move to UT last month. Today marks my 1 month anniversary on the new job.)question about RAM
Hey guys, Im planning on buying one of these new MBP's and I had a question about upgrading the RAM. I know the MBP has two slots for RAM and if I order the 2gb option it comes with 2X1 gb... in order to update it myself to 3 GB I would need to buy a 1x2 gb to replace one of the 1gb, right? I cant find a 1x2 gb for less than $600!!.... So, in this case, I would be saving money by updating to the 3 gb option through apple, and not installing it myself... (as I could do that for $517 with student discount...)
I dont know if I'm missing somthing... but everyone has always said update the RAM yourself... and in this case, i dont know if thats true.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Ryan
Hey guys, Im planning on buying one of these new MBP's and I had a question about upgrading the RAM. I know the MBP has two slots for RAM and if I order the 2gb option it comes with 2X1 gb... in order to update it myself to 3 GB I would need to buy a 1x2 gb to replace one of the 1gb, right? I cant find a 1x2 gb for less than $600!!.... So, in this case, I would be saving money by updating to the 3 gb option through apple, and not installing it myself... (as I could do that for $517 with student discount...)
I dont know if I'm missing somthing... but everyone has always said update the RAM yourself... and in this case, i dont know if thats true.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Ryan
Wow
SO glad I didn't buy one 2 weeks ago when I was in NH. I was seriously considering doing so because NH has no sales tax and it'd have saved me a decent chunk of change. Fortunately (I suppose) they didn't have in stock any 17" models with the 7200 rpm HD.
Now I really, really want one. My 1ghz G4 iBook is wearing thin for me.
SO glad I didn't buy one 2 weeks ago when I was in NH. I was seriously considering doing so because NH has no sales tax and it'd have saved me a decent chunk of change. Fortunately (I suppose) they didn't have in stock any 17" models with the 7200 rpm HD.
Now I really, really want one. My 1ghz G4 iBook is wearing thin for me.
mingspace said:
My dad recently got a macbook with a glossy screen, and I was amazed at how much brighter it was than our 3yr old PB.
There does seem to be a consensus that they reflect more light tho', but it didn't seem too bad under normal use I didn't think.
Can you get to a store to see both? Even if it's a PC store with both types of screen on display?
Iain
mingspace said:
You have posed an interesting question, here, my friend. Surely one that no one has posed before.
I recommend the glossy screen since it'll let you keep an eye on any enemies that might be approaching from behind.
zhd05 said:
I believe you only get the 3 year warranty online. It is only on HE purchases. I get it as a member of staff at a university, but my sister who is a high school teacher does not get it. So it is only on university purchases, I don't even think colleges get it. And I am almost positive you MUST buy online from the HE store of the university you are currently at.
Eww, what kind of explanation is that? That's like saying a popcorn is a corn that pops. Put it simple, a platform is a set of hardware components that make up the computer itself and a chipset is a group of integrated circuits that are designed to work together (wikipedia) but in my point of view, the 2 terms are the same.psychometry said:
tarjan said:
Yeah, I called the 3 Apple stores in my immediate area and got conflicting answers from all of them.
One place told me they were getting them yesterday, for sure, but never actually did. Another place told me they won't get them till next week. And lastly, one place told me they had a waiting list (which I got on) and that they would call us ASAP when they arrive.
As far as I can tell, the people at the Apple store know nothing about when the Merom MBPs will arrive.
Mine has shipped too now, estimated delivered by is 6th November but I am going away on the 3rd so I hope it comes by the 2nd.
Yep that's true, my classmate that works at Apple says he doesn't know sh*t about product releases. It seems to me like he's more dumbfounded than everyone else.barkins said:As far as I can tell, the people at the Apple store know nothing about when the Merom MBPs will arrive.
mingspace said:
The best way is to just go to a store and compare the displays for yourself. Everyone seems to have a personal preference. However in less than 5 years matte displays on lcd screens will be a thing of the past.
LCD displays work by transmissivity. A backlight provides the initial illumination and an electric current is run throught the liquid crystal lattice altering the transmission properties for each individual cell. This allows different wavelengths of light (ie colors to be filtered) out of the initial light source. Unfortunately when the backlight is on Black is the hardest color to reproduce because all of the light must be filtered.
In the past LCD displays were dim, small, and low resolution. Matte coatings were applied to the screens to diffuse the transmitted light and smooth the jaggies out of a low-res display. It also helped to reduce glare so that the dim display could be seen better in direct lighting conditions.
Todays LCD displays are much higher-res and have much better transmissivity characteristics. Today high-end monitors are being produced with glossy coatings to allow more light to come through, improve black levels, and diffusion to reduce jaggies is no longer neccessary. In addition, todays LCD's are bright enough that glare isn't as big a problem. In most cases the transmitted image is bright enough to compensate for the reflected direct light.
Eventually matte displays will be elimnated by brighter, higher contrast glossy displays.Just like CD's eventually replaces phonographs. However there will always be those that look back fondly at the good ole days and remember their beautiful out-dated matte displays.