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Apple Releases New MacBook Pros with Santa Rosa

So, some of you guys already have the new MBPs? I haven't been keeping up with this thread...but were they available today at Apple Stores?
 
dartzorichalcos said:
I wish they made the 1900 x 1200 pixel resolution on the 17" MacBook Pro standard, not an option. Other than that, it looks like a good update to the MacBook Pros. Now, just the iMacs and a "true" Mac Pro update.
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Some people want to preserve their vision:D so they go with the regular 1680x1050.
 
iW00t said:
It would be very nice if you happen to have boot camp installed on that... to run Astra32 and tell us the make and model of the screens Apple used in that machine.

http://www.astra32.com/
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Haha, I knew iWoot was going to ask for a make and model of the screens.

I hope not another strained grainy screen fiasco happens again.
 
Hi. I'm new on this forum and I'm from Spain so excuse for my bad english.
I have one important doubt. I have ordered the new MBP with Apple Care, with total cost of 2056 € ( 2,780.41 USD ). This is the basic version with Santa Rosa 2'2 Ghz, 120 GB HD, and nVidia 8600M Gt 128.
I have also noticed that next MBP ( C2Duo 2'4, 160 GB HD and nVidia 8600M Gt 256 ) is 414 € (559 USD) more than basic version.

I'm not interested on more HD, more speed but I would like to know if nVidia card 8600M GT 128 is a good card. If I'm going to be "enough" with 128 Mb.

I have to choose basic MBP with Apple Care or Medium MBP without Apple Care. What would you choose?
 
Eidorian said:
Two possible problems...

1. No new Boot Camp Drivers for the new MBP.
2. No SATA drivers for the Windows XP installer (Well maybe Intel has some...)
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windows xp??? im going to try and see what happens when i attempt to run Vista Ultimate 64-bit
 
binamo said:
Hi. I'm new on this forum and I'm from Spain so excuse for my bad english.
I have one important doubt. I have ordered the new MBP with Apple Care, with total cost of 2056 € ( 2,780.41 USD ). This is the basic version with Santa Rosa 2'2 Ghz, 120 GB HD, and nVidia 8600M Gt 128.
I have also noticed that next MBP ( C2Duo 2'4, 160 GB HD and nVidia 8600M Gt 256 ) is 414 € (559 USD) more than basic version.

I'm not interested on more HD, more speed but I would like to know if nVidia card 8600M GT 128 is a good card. If I'm going to be "enough" with 128 Mb.

I have to choose basic MBP with Apple Care or Medium MBP without Apple Care. What would you choose?
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that was exactly my choices and I chose to go with the Medium one and since it comes with a one year warrenty I will be purchasing the Apple care later
 
Gah, I wish there was an Apple Store close by! The nearest to me is a couple of hours away, in Nashville. I live in Kentucky, so even if I could have made the trip today, I wouldn't have. Tennessee has a ridiculous sales tax!
 
travistaylor said:
Gah, I wish there was an Apple Store close by! The nearest to me is a couple of hours away, in Nashville. I live in Kentucky, so even if I could have made the trip today, I wouldn't have. Tennessee has a ridiculous sales tax!
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PIFF! cmon dude! If i can drive 2 hrs one way to get mine you can drive hours as well! :) :apple: :apple:
 
I just picked up the base 15" at my local Apple Store (Old Orchard).

One thing though. This is my second one. The first one had a problem with the trackpad button. It would only work 80% of the time.

I am very happy with this machine. It screams. :)
 
Damn!!! No blu-ray drive. or even option of blu-ray drive.

this is kinda lame. For apple to be HDTV backward is ridiculous at this point.

What the heck is going on over there?

also, it's time for a new case.
 
mdntcallr said:
Damn!!! No blu-ray drive. or even option of blu-ray drive.

this is kinda lame. For apple to be HDTV backward is ridiculous at this point.

What the heck is going on over there?

also, it's time for a new case.
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BluRay in computers is not popular yet. Wait till the next revision in 6 months or so.
 
Xelnaga15 said:
that was exactly my choices and I chose to go with the Medium one and since it comes with a one year warrenty I will be purchasing the Apple care later
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Is it possible to buy Apple Care during first year? I think in Spain is not possible.
 
binamo said:
Is it possible to buy Apple Care during first year? I think in Spain is not possible.
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I dont see why not... Call the Spain Apple store they can tell you on the phone . I know in the U.S. you can upgrade to apple care any time durring the first year... personally without calling i see no reason why you could not purchase applecare after the first purchase due to the fact that the one year still remains
 
A question about this new LED backlight. It may have longer lifetime, but if I drop the MBP on the ground, will it be more vulnerable or no difference or better? I ask this because I just dropped my powerbook G4 on a very hard floor and the backlight was completely broken. I just bought a cheap external monitor and it works fine as a desktop computer....I don't know whether I should go ahead and buy a new MBP right now, or actually I probably don't mind waiting for a few more months until leopard is out.
 
Xelnaga15 said:
Sure can!

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Well that just makes those that are waiting 4-6 weeks for the 7200rpm drive look even more stupid as the 5400RPM Fujitsu has kicked the ass off most 7200RPM drives on toms hardware
 
tuc said:
Just in the last five minutes they have fixed the pricing mistakes that were giving unexpected discounts.

no longer save $50 (instead of charging $100) for 1920x1200 17" screen
no longer save $50 (instead of charging $175 or $100) for 200GB hard drive
no longer save $150 for glossy 15" screen

Perhaps I should have struck while the iron was hot.
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I'm pretty sure those were page glitches and not reflections of what you were actually going to pay. I messed around with the glossy screen thing and went to checkout, and it showed up correctly with the +150 charge.
 
eenu said:
Well that just makes those that are waiting 4-6 weeks for the 7200rpm drive look even more stupid as the 5400RPM Fujitsu has kicked the ass off most 7200RPM drives on toms hardware
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Can someone please elaborate on this. Maybe links or other thoughts? Is it possible the 7200RPM is also an equally impressive Fujitsu (or do these not exist)?

Thanks..
 
klharper said:
I'm pretty sure those were page glitches and not reflections of what you were actually going to pay. I messed around with the glossy screen thing and went to checkout, and it showed up correctly with the +150 charge.
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My total was really weird. on my Order Summary the Estimated Total was $2,666.96 and then the amount that appeared under my Payment Method was $2,647.88. Is this because the estimated tax was wrong or something?
 
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