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Current MacBook Pro Models Deleted From Best Buy's Inventory System? Updates Imminent?
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predictions for mbp pros specs
heres what i think apple may do with new mbp (they may or may not)
Base 13" mbp: core i5 430m 2.26GHz
Higher 13" mbp: core i5 520m 2.4GHz
Base 15" mbp: core i5 520m 2.4GHz
Mid 15" mbp: core i5 540m 2.53GHz
High 15" mbp: core i7 620m 2.66GHz
Base 17" mbp: core i7 620m 2.66GHz
heres what i think apple may do with new mbp (they may or may not)
Base 13" mbp: core i5 430m 2.26GHz
Higher 13" mbp: core i5 520m 2.4GHz
Base 15" mbp: core i5 520m 2.4GHz
Mid 15" mbp: core i5 540m 2.53GHz
High 15" mbp: core i7 620m 2.66GHz
Base 17" mbp: core i7 620m 2.66GHz
i5/i7 is faster at the same clock speed, even without taking HyperThreading into account.
Not to forget the turbo-boost function which overclocks the CPU if not all cores are in use. The i7-620M for example clocks up to 3.33ghz.
Despite the decrease in clock-speed, the new CPUs will be the biggest jump in CPU performance for the MacBook Pros since 2006.
God I hope so haha. I've been waiting to buy a mbp since December. I think there is a chance for this Tuesday. This is the last Tuesday in February and I would think they would at least want to announce it before the ipad shipping steals all the media attention. Fingers crossed!
Hehe, but the bad news is: Most applications are not CPU-limited these days. Hard-disks are the big bottleneck for most "consumer applications". However, people using stuff like professional video/audio/graphics-editing or 3d-rendering applications will definitely notice the difference.
I still have a glimmer of hope.
IF there was a production problem with i5 or i7 core MBP updates, I would think it would be advantageous for Apple to at least say, "Hey, we are trying to update. Hold out a little longer; there are some technical issues to be worked out." That would probably help with everyone's itch, and possibly save some PC-defectors, no? It would help my itch for a new - knowing they are not just milking these old chips and watching the faithful buy old tech.
I would hope they would do that but being a nice rich company, they don't have to. I think they like seeing people stand in line for hours and hours. The only way that would happen if someone were to hear it from the inside and tell a forum or some tech site.
What is good about this is that there are some of you out there that would have been in that line ahead of me so now I can be closer to the front to get mine...hehehe
They might as well stop sales now, because thats how many MBPs will go before the update if they announced it
wich mouse is perfect for a MBP?? will a bluetooth mouse eat up your battery??
I don't know wich mouse to buy for a MBP.
Is the magic mouse a good mouse if you work with the adobe suite??
I don't know wich mouse to buy for a MBP.
Is the magic mouse a good mouse if you work with the adobe suite??
So how would the current 2.8GHz C2D stack up against the Core i5 540m 2.53GHz???
Tomorrow is the day right? Let's all rally and send Apple a note saying we are tired of waiting! It's time Apple!
I think it's time... so tomorrow sounds good
For those like me who are thinking about switching to mac it's strange that apple waits such long and is taking the risk to lose customers.
But that's obviously part of the politics of Apple leaving their customers in dubiety about their future products. For me it's unacceptable tu buy now a macbook pro and see a bigger release in the nearer future... So I'll wait furthermore a short time and otherwise I'll stay at PC.
Hope for tomorrow
For those like me who are thinking about switching to mac it's strange that apple waits such long and is taking the risk to lose customers.
But that's obviously part of the politics of Apple leaving their customers in dubiety about their future products. For me it's unacceptable tu buy now a macbook pro and see a bigger release in the nearer future... So I'll wait furthermore a short time and otherwise I'll stay at PC.
Hope for tomorrow
When will the Macbook Pros come??
People say that Apple sometimes like showing new products when they have reached a certain milestone. One such milestone they will achieve is the 10 billion itunes downloads: http://www.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-song-countdown/
According to my calculation:
(7 seconds/1000 songs)*(13 000 000 remaining songs) = about 25 hours
itunes will reach the 10 billion milestone in about 25 hours.
Not too favorable for an update to the MBPs by tuesday! But they might release on wednesday!
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK cuz im dying to get a MBP 15!!!
People say that Apple sometimes like showing new products when they have reached a certain milestone. One such milestone they will achieve is the 10 billion itunes downloads: http://www.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-song-countdown/
According to my calculation:
(7 seconds/1000 songs)*(13 000 000 remaining songs) = about 25 hours
itunes will reach the 10 billion milestone in about 25 hours.
Not too favorable for an update to the MBPs by tuesday! But they might release on wednesday!
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK cuz im dying to get a MBP 15!!!
They might as well stop sales now, because thats how many MBPs will go before the update if they announced it
Hmmm. Good point.
I don't think they are coming this month. Maybe second week in March! Or after the release of the iPad. That might be in May......
That would suck a big one!!!
That would suck a big one!!!
Yes, but some people might choose to buy now if they know it's another 1-2 months or something long like that. If I knew the update wasn't coming until June, I would be less hesitant to buy a MBP tomorrow. But the fact that an update may come in 1-4 weeks is a different story.
It's a double-edged sword.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
Release the new MacBooks Pro... tomorrow!!!
(and tomorrow, and tomorrow)