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TheDrizzle-0

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Hey guys right now I believe I have the 2008 Alumin. unibody macbook, and right now my mom is saying she wants a laptop for her b-day. So basically im thinking about getting a Pro and just giving her the one im using right now. Is there a huge significance between my old one and the Pro, should I wait for the back to school thing. Her B-Day is June 13
 
youre talking about a 3 year gap. Of course the 2011 macbooks will be much faster.
 
lol I know but I just dont wanna buy it and then regret buying it, because I dont HAVE to get her a macbook.
 
an important thing I learned is that you can wait infinitely if you want "better". the 2011 MBP is an awesome machine and totally worth the investment.

You will always want to wait for the next version and wont ever be able to buy this way. Just get it :)
 
The 2011 13 inch MBPs are faster than the fastest 2010 Macbook Pro (the 2010 17" Dual Core 2.Xx i7).

Meaning that it'll destroy your 2008 Macbook with ease.
 
Eddyisgreat said:
The 2011 13 inch MBPs are faster than the fastest 2010 Macbook Pro (the 2010 17" Dual Core 2.Xx i7).

Meaning that it'll destroy your 2008 Macbook with ease.
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Im thinking of getting a used 15" 2.2GHz i think it is on amazon. and im pretty sure the 13 are slower than the fastest cuz of the dual core and quad core. Im also a gamer mostly playing portal and stuff so the macbook pro shouldnt have a problem with that right
 
The baseline 2011 13" MBP is not faster than the 2010 15" i7 2.66GHz model. If you get the high end 13" 2011 MBP then it would be about equal to the 2010 15" Processor wise, but the Intel GPU isn't anywhere close to the 330M in the 2010 15" model.

But on topic: Any 2011 MBP will wipe the floor with any 2008 MBP; 13", 15", or 17".

Why not be nice and keep your 2008 MBP and buy your mom a 2011 13"? :D
 
My personal preference is my fully spec'd 2010 15" MBP. I also have the 2011. Yes its faster but runs hotter and has only one fan, not two like my 2010.

I'd suggest a refurbished 2010 from Apple, they look like new and you save money.
 
maclaptop said:
My personal preference is my fully spec'd 2010 15" MBP. I also have the 2011. Yes its faster but runs hotter and has only one fan, not two like my 2010.

I'd suggest a refurbished 2010 from Apple, they look like new and you save money.
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Um, yeah...The 15" 2011 MBP has two fans not one and the heat difference is negligible.
 
There is a difference if you use your MBP up to it's potential. Get yourself a new one and give your mom the current one. She's a Gemini so she's probably pretty awesome. :D

My birthday is 5 days after hers.
 
lol ace yea shes a chill mom, she keeps taking my macbook to go on facebook....but another question I had was if anybody knows when that Back To School deal apple has.
 
You might consider like you said that the Back to School promo is coming up soon. Also, the MBPs are starting to become mid-cycle, and the new ones have been rumored to have a new case design. If you wait, you can also get one with Lion pre-installed. I would wait, but that's me.

Also, do you know if your mom wants a MacBook? That's a big present! My parents are usually happy with a handmade card.
 
swingerofbirch said:
You might consider like you said that the Back to School promo is coming up soon. Also, the MBPs are starting to become mid-cycle, and the new ones have been rumored to have a new case design. If you wait, you can also get one with Lion pre-installed. I would wait, but that's me.

Also, do you know if your mom wants a MacBook? That's a big present! My parents are usually happy with a handmade card.
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Yea I know for a fact that she wants one, she has told me for like 2 days that shes wanted one. She even had me look up prices to see how much they cost, and she actually seems ok with me buying me a new one
 
Icy1007 said:
Um, yeah...The 15" 2011 MBP has two fans not one and the heat difference is negligible.
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Heat difference is not negligible when running CPU intensive application that can utilize all 4 cores. Anandtech measured a 40W difference.

Then again .. the 2011 model is almost 2X faster when running that test.
 
Icy1007 said:
The baseline 2011 13" MBP is not faster than the 2010 15" i7 2.66GHz model. If you get the high end 13" 2011 MBP then it would be about equal to the 2010 15" Processor wise, but the Intel GPU isn't anywhere close to the 330M in the 2010 15" model.
:D
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You are right about the intel GPU vs 330M.

However, for the CPU, tests shows that the Sandy Bridge processors can be up to 20% faster at the same frequency compared to the 2010 Arrandale processor.

i.e. the 2.7Ghz i7 Dual core Sandy bridge is around 20% faster than the 2010 i7 2.66Ghz Dual Core Arrandale.

e.g.
http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp34.html
 
thunng8 said:
You are right about the intel GPU vs 330M.

However, for the CPU, tests shows that the Sandy Bridge processors can be up to 20% faster at the same frequency compared to the 2010 Arrandale processor.

i.e. the 2.7Ghz i7 Dual core Sandy bridge is around 20% faster than the 2010 i7 2.66Ghz Dual Core Arrandale.

e.g.
http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp34.html
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The baseline 13" has a dual core i5 not an i7.
 
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I have the base 15" and it is great for slightly older games, such as portal and half life 2. For most of my gaming I use an xbox.

For any other tasks the performance is great. It thrashes my 2008 imac with video encoding, autocad, video/photo editing etc.

The current mbp is a great machine, but there is likely to be a refresh late 2011 or early 2012 to consider.
 
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