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Apple Releases New MacBook Pros with Santa Rosa

Newbie Paranoia

On my 2.4Ghz 15.4 the side of the box says:

"15.4-inch (diagonal) TFT glossy widescreen display"

This is an LED backlit system, right? Why don't they say that.
 
garethlewis2 said:
To reply to a previous post.

NVidia do not write the drivers for the MBP. Apple do that themselves. They still have a mentality of Not Invented Here. No doubt this machine will scream when running the official NVidia drivers on XP or Vista, but will still be a steaming pile of sh** with the Apple drivers until Apple really concentrate on trying to gleam every ounce of performance from the GPUs.
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Ah, that would explain the lower xbench scores, when in reality the 8600M GT should have the horsepower to walk all over the 7600GS.
 
diamond.g said:
Ah, that would explain the lower xbench scores, when in reality the 8600M GT should have the horsepower to walk all over the 7600GS.
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It's possible!

This is what has always ticked me off about Apple. Why don't they wise up and let NVidia write the drivers for Apple. Apple does a sh*t job of writing graphics drivers.
Apple performance is always below windows and linux simply because of this fact.
 
AidenShaw said:
Almost everyone in this thread who's contemplating buying or upgrading to the Santa Rosa MBP certainly is a "rich kid".

Those who aren't "rich kids" are trying to decide whether to pay the rent, put food on the table, or put gas in the car - because they don't have enough money to do all three.

I once thought that I was one of the "poor kids" because I could only afford to spend one week in Aspen over the New Year's holidays, while some of my friends did two weeks. As I matured, I realized that I wasn't really one of the "poor kids".
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*clap*

Val-kyrie said:
I am holding out hope for at least an upgrade to SR with an x3100 integrated GPU shortly after/alongside Leopard. It's not the greatest, but its sure beats the 950. Perhaps Apple will consider a Blackbook with dedicated graphics, but they might be saving that option for their upcoming sub-portable.
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I wish the MacBook had seen a Santa Rosa update.
 
jnyepu said:
On my 2.4Ghz 15.4 the side of the box says:

"15.4-inch (diagonal) TFT glossy widescreen display"

This is an LED backlit system, right? Why don't they say that.
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I had that same panic. Especially since my apple store mistocked the back. They had the glossy screens where the mattes should have been and the mattes where the glossys should have been. I was about to pay when I noticed the box said glossy - they got me another one - also glossy. Then the guy figured out what had happened and brough out the proper one. I took their word for it that it was the new LED but since I didn't know what TFT widescreen display was I was a little considered I was being screwed again.

Its the LED though for sure - I've compared it to my bfs powerbook and there is a MAJOR difference in brightness.
 
majapapaya said:
AND...?
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And its brighter...

His I usually use at full brightness. I can put my new on at like 60% at its just as bright. I can also dim mine to lower levels before it goes black. I like it - its good for night time when the brightness is hurting my eyes. Can't imagine anyone wanting to use it at full brightness all the time though - that would kill my eyes.
 
Zadillo said:
I imagine Apple is still waiting until resolution independence becomes standard before bumping the res up beyond 1440x900 on the 15.4" machines.
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I have an iMac 20" with 1680 x 1050. I would actually prefer a 22 inch monitor at 1680 x 1050, and so would you when you are 40 or older. A 15.4" MBP with 1680 x 105 without resolution independence would be just too small.
 
gnasher729 said:
I have an iMac 20" with 1680 x 1050. I would actually prefer a 22 inch monitor at 1680 x 1050, and so would you when you are 40 or older. A 15.4" MBP with 1680 x 105 without resolution independence would be just too small.
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I'd imagine the 1900 res on the HiRes 17" is going to be nasty until Leopard comes out. But it will be sweet to have all that space!

I'm 40 and I'd be happy with more pixels on my 15"....to a point of course ;)
 
Graphics Card

Final Cut 2
Motion 2
After Effects
PhotoShop
Maya 8.0 - 8.5


To utilize the latest versions of these programs with the current Macbook
what will 256 graphics card do for me that the 128 can not. I doubt that I'll be using a second monitor for my laptop and I'm learning Maya so I am not at a professional level on this program. Finalcut however is my bread and butter and Motion and After Effects will soon be also. I don't want to spend the extra $500.00 dollars for a graphic card that will not benefit me.
 
Shipping yet?

Anyone's online orders for SR MBP's shipping yet? I ordered yesterday at 1PM CA time and neither the iPod nor the MBP has shipped yet.
 
alwaysaangel said:
And its brighter...

His I usually use at full brightness. I can put my new on at like 60% at its just as bright. I can also dim mine to lower levels before it goes black. I like it - its good for night time when the brightness is hurting my eyes. Can't imagine anyone wanting to use it at full brightness all the time though - that would kill my eyes.
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That is so awesome!!
My dilema was which screen to buy Matte/Glossy on the old PROs. I really wanted the Matte, but Glossy felt brighter(at least in The Apple Store). Now I know I will be getting the Matte for sure. Thanks

I am not a rich kid, an adult that saved her money for 3 months and glad I waited till June.
 
As for the LED being brighter, remember most people are comparing against old machines, whose screens will probably have dimmed slightly. That *could* be the reason.
 
ahhhh my bad thats what i get for not reading the date... also the part where it says "there is no release date for the iPhone" should have given me a clue as well. My bad just trying to keep everyone ahead of the game.
 
According to Tom's Hardware web it seems 8600 GT it is not so good at we thought. Poor 3D aceleration compared with older graphics card. Any opinion?
 
stonecipher said:
MacBook Pro, 15-inch, 2.2GHz
Part Number: MA895LL/A
Accessory Kit
MacBook Pro 15-inch Widescreen Display
2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
120GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB

^^that one costs $1999.00

MSI's similarly spec'd laptop: $1373.00

http://www.rkcomputer.net/store/index.php/action/item/id/183
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You are surely trolling in MAC forum, but I will ask anyway...

What is MSI?

Does it run OS X?

Who cares?
 
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