Apple Releases Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro

CrackedButter said:
The 17" is cheaper by the way if you opt for the 100GB drive. In the last revision you didn't get a price drop on it. Now you do. With a higher education discount I could get a beast of a machine for the price of a 15" MBP.
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I wish they offered the 120GB HDD i dont need 160, but 100 is too little, 120 is just right + would save me nearly £60
 
aristobrat said:
Mac Store employees *don't* know anything specific about product updates.

There's almost 1000 Apple store employees worldwide. If they knew details, don't you find it really, really odd that none of them leaked any?
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Yes. But not so much about product updates. More about the history of the updates in the paste was what I was talking about.
 
duklaprague said:
Cheers - I suspected as much.

Looking forward to replacing it next year tho' - by then under £1500 is going to go along way - plus my wife qualifies for a discount because she works for the NHS.

Iain
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Are you joking! You can get a discount for working at NHS?! Maybe I should consider a job in medicine!
 
Hi-Def Screen?

I was disappointed that the resolution was not updated to 1920x1200...I would assume this would have added siginificant costs? or maybe they think the current resolution is good enough and that there is little noticable difference between the current vs 1920x1200 ? Anyone else feel this is a big deal? Reasons why the higher resolution is not necessary? Thanks
 
For the "why only MBP's and not MB's too"

As said, less press coverage, but also maybe more important is that now there is a gap between the [rosumer line and the consumer line ;)

750GB drives in iMac's , Mac Pro's , Xserves....!
 
In Australia, I'm getting the 15-inch with 2GB, 2.33GHz, 160GB HD, shipping on/before 1 Nov, arriving to Brisbane on/before 8 Nov. I couldn't justify spending an extra $A818.40 (edu price) for an extra GB of RAM nor an extra $A140.80 for the 200GB HD. Reviews of the 200GB HD at tomshardware.com say performance is very average, and I would have felt about queasy about such bleeding-edge HD technology.
 
timmillwood said:
I wish they offered the 120GB HDD i dont need 160, but 100 is too little, 120 is just right + would save me nearly £60
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I already have 2 160GB FW400 Drives so I'm more interested in speed than internal capacity.
However you might down the road decide you want the 160GB (needs change) and wished the opposite!
 
Platform said:
For the "why only MBP's and not MB's too"

As said, less press coverage, but also maybe more important is that now there is a gap between the [rosumer line and the consumer line ;)
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Is that good or bad..?
 
LSlugger said:
The MacBook Pro isn't the only model to get attention today. The iMac is now available with a 750 GB hard drive, for $200 more than the 500 GB drive. Good news for storing DVDs or high-def programs.
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The Mac Pro also has 750GB options (for bays 2 - 4 there are now options for 500GB or 750GB).

Cheers.
 
Very nice update... solid machines. I bought my MBP 17" 3 months ago, so I think I'll wait for OS 10.5 next year, and hopefully the next revision of these babies until I upgrade... though it *is* tempting right now.
 
No where on the sites does it mention 64-bit capabilities, unless i'm missing it. Can 64-bit be safely assumed?
 
triple: 20-30 dollar cost difference, probably less in quantity. It is just coming from apple not wanting to put a high res screen on the laptop for some reason, probably their misguided attempt at hitting a specific dpi count until resolution independance.
 
Finally, still confused as to why there is no 7200RPM drive option for the 15".

I wanna order with a glossy screen but i'm scared i wont be able to return this if it has probless. Isnt glossy screen a BTO option?
 
nick004 said:
No where on the sites does it mention 64-bit capabilities, unless i'm missing it. Can 64-bit be safely assumed?
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Yeah thats what I was thinking.. this may make or break my decision to get a macbook pro over imac..
 
Wolfpup said:
(Guess I would want the non-glossy screen? I guess that looks like a normal desktop LCD?)
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Do some google searches on the pros and cons. The glossy has a sharper image with brighter colors. It even has less glare under some circumstances.
 
Good thing I picked up a graphics card upgraded iMac instead of waiting :p

A bit disappointing in my opinion. If this happened a few weeks ago, it'd be nice but such a long delay - for what? I would also like to see those MBPs benchmarked.

Much as I like how the MBP looks, and know that it's a good performer, the lack of a good (gaming) graphics card won't tempt me towards saving money for one of these. x1600's all right, but not really enough, especially for the next couple of years.
 
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