Make sure you try OSX before you purchase, if you haven't. It could be disappointing going from one operating system to another. Just lots of little things not being where you're used to could get annoying. And then getting alternatives to programs you've been using for years.Personally I'm excited about these updates. I've been saving for a Mac since OSX first came out but other things (like house/family etc!) came first. Now I have the money and the updates are (almost!) just what I want. I say almost because I would have preferred a better discrete graphics card. The spec is perfect for me and I can afford either a 15" or 17". So a big smile from me.
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Apple Releases Updated MacBook Pros With Core i5 and i7 Processors
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Not true. I use my 13" for CS4 (and soon CS5), Logic Pro / MainStage, and in a pinch Aperture ("pinch" only from the display not being the best).
And, there are tens, maybe hundreds like me out there !!!
+1
$100 more for a discrete chip? How does that suck?
Exactly the same with me
...just had the logic board replaced a few weeks ago but Apple covered it, so no complaints here. But seriously, my MBP a few months shy of being three years old and I'm still not drooling over anything new
Nothing groundbreaking here. I'll stick with my Unibody, 2.4 core 2 duo. I'll upgrade when they make a better improvement than this. Definitely NOT worth selling my current one for 1,100 and spending 700-900 more on this update. iPad, here I come.
Pulled the trigger and no regrets
I'm rather surprised by the level of animosity from a lot of folks on here about this update. Personally, I was very happy with it and just got off the phone with the Apple Store to place an order for my first ever Mac - 15 inch, i7 with the high-res glossy widescreen. Very happy about it and eagerly looking forward to it arriving in the next few days.
This is a bit of a weird day for me since I grew up with a Dad who worked 30 years for IBM and I was a vehement Apple hater for a looong time... certainly back in the days when IBM was a desktop/laptop OEM in the 80's and 90's. We had every IBM PC you could imagine, so it feels odd about making the switch...
... but not SO odd that it stopped me, obviously. Now I hope I can contribute something a little more meaningful here going forward.
I'm rather surprised by the level of animosity from a lot of folks on here about this update. Personally, I was very happy with it and just got off the phone with the Apple Store to place an order for my first ever Mac - 15 inch, i7 with the high-res glossy widescreen. Very happy about it and eagerly looking forward to it arriving in the next few days.
This is a bit of a weird day for me since I grew up with a Dad who worked 30 years for IBM and I was a vehement Apple hater for a looong time... certainly back in the days when IBM was a desktop/laptop OEM in the 80's and 90's. We had every IBM PC you could imagine, so it feels odd about making the switch...
... but not SO odd that it stopped me, obviously. Now I hope I can contribute something a little more meaningful here going forward.
Absolutely. My last new laptop was March 2003 ("World's First 17-inch Laptop") with the 17" PowerBook G4. I've been borrowing my wife's uni-body MBP (2008) for the past 6 months as I just can't stand the terrible speed and battery life that mine has.
I'll be getting mine soon. Wish I could justify the 512GB SSD -- even with my wife's education discount, the $1200 is just can't be justified.
Anyhoo -- it looks it'll be a 15-inch for me. Financially, the 17-inch is fine, but after owning that big monster for so long, I think the 15-inch is the sweet spot of power and portability. The biggest one is just too heavy even though it is a beauty to behold.
Absolutely -- very impressive. New iPhones will come out in about 60-90 days. Mac Pros will probably come out in May when Adobe CS 5 comes out. New iPods will come out in Late August or September -- THEY ARE KICKING ARSE!!!
Exactly the same with me
You have officially NOT fallen into the new gadget hype. I bought my Penryn MBP right when it was updated, and have no desire for a new one yet. The longer I wait, the better the machines get, and the more choices I have for an update.
By the time I am looking for a replacement, I'll be happy to buy refurbished.
doesn't moores law say that the speed of computers (general) will double every 16 months...
why the heck did they raise prices in canada (coupled with the near par of the Canadian dollar)
that is my only complaint. speed wise, im alright with the C2D in the 13", i really dont need all that power. and really, if you are going to be doing something that requires an i5/i7, you shouldn't really be getting the 13" model.
why the heck did they raise prices in canada (coupled with the near par of the Canadian dollar)
that is my only complaint. speed wise, im alright with the C2D in the 13", i really dont need all that power. and really, if you are going to be doing something that requires an i5/i7, you shouldn't really be getting the 13" model.
Uh... every video producer. Uh... every audio studio that does audio for video. Uh... every wedding videographer. Uh... everyone having anything to do with video, period. All have been dealing with clients screaming for Blu-ray for THREE YEARS now.
This insane suicidal aversion to providing true cutting-edge workstations will kill Apple.
And good riddance.
+1
Tons of people still use optical and being able to back up 50gb at a time onto very, very reliable media (discs are unaffected by the many things that cause hard drive failures) would be of great use to a lot of Pro customers. And since I stopped buying DVDs and only buy BDs last year, it would be nice to be able to pop one in on a flight. I really think Blu Ray WRITING as, at least, an option is a no brainer. Also, I want some form of BD Studio Pro in Final Cut Studio 4, damnit!
I'll probably be getting a refurbished 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro 13" (Early 2010) as a replacement to my Late 2007 Macbook.
It'll more than like be $999 then.
Haha and the more money we can save up
...Years ago when I bought my iMac, the later updates had me wanting a new one pretty quick and I was afraid the same thing would happen when I bought the MBP...but so far I'm still content. Don't get me wrong, the new MBP's are very nice computers. But as far as specs, they're not THAT much diff than my SR MBP. At least not enough for me to warrent spending that much money for the upgrade.Ok, so let me see if I have this straight...
All their screens used to be non-glossy, then they made them all glossy, and now they're charging you $150 if you want to go back to what they all previously used to begin with.
Apple is quickly becoming the new Microsoft.
Let me explain some basic economics to you.
Back when all their screens were non-glossy, *all* laptop screens were non-glossy. Then the various win-box manufacturers started using glossy screens and promoting how vivid they were, and how much better the contrast was. Somewhere around here, glossy screens became a BTO option on MacBooks (around $50-$100 as I recall, depending upon exactly when).
Over time, the display manufacturers switched more and more of their production lines over to the glossy displays. As this progressed, glossy screens became more and more common until people were complaining that you had to pay extra for a glossy screen on Macs. At some point, the glossy screens became the default option everywhere (at which point people started to complain that they couldn't get a non-glossy screen on Macs, go figure). At this point, there is so little demand for non-glossy screens, and correspondingly little supply, so the prices have gone up because they're essentially considered a 'specialty' item. There's just barely enough demand for non-glossy screens to justify making them any more, and not nearly enough to make the same savings on production scale that they used to.
That's why a non-glossy screen is more expensive now, even though a glossy screen *used* to be more expensive.
(But then, I suppose you were just complaining for the sake of being heard to whine, so I don't expect you to actually listen.)
No, it's the number of transistors every two years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law
As for the updates... No blu-ray, no hdmi out, no sale.
Question between 2.4Ghz and 2.53Ghz?
Hey everybody, I'm curious on the difference between the 2.4Ghz Core i5 15" MBP and the 2.53Ghz Core i5 15" MBP? I'm trying to save as much money as possible, at first i looked into the 2.53Ghz expecting that it would be like the older line up, where the slightly more expensive 15" would have another GPU. But from what I see, the lowest 15" model (2.4Ghz) has exactly the same hardware as the 2.53Ghz? Just making sure I'm seeing it right. Because saving a couple hundred bucks for a difference of 2.4ghz - 2.53ghz seems great!
Hey everybody, I'm curious on the difference between the 2.4Ghz Core i5 15" MBP and the 2.53Ghz Core i5 15" MBP? I'm trying to save as much money as possible, at first i looked into the 2.53Ghz expecting that it would be like the older line up, where the slightly more expensive 15" would have another GPU. But from what I see, the lowest 15" model (2.4Ghz) has exactly the same hardware as the 2.53Ghz? Just making sure I'm seeing it right. Because saving a couple hundred bucks for a difference of 2.4ghz - 2.53ghz seems great!
+1
I bought a 2007 Penryn MBP second-hand on E-Bay, worked a treat and I've had it for 2 and a half years. Had the logic board replaced last July free by Apple when the display died and just added a new hard drive and all is good. Needs a new battery but can live with it for now.
Every update I get the great feeling that I'm not missing anything.
mybad about the 2 years. it is generally 18 months now
but i always assumed and was taught # of transistors directly related to speed