Just bought 17" i7 Quad core monster!

[iPadThai]

I did it, finally bit the bullet. I'm restoring now and can't wait to do some aperture, photoshop, and video encoding tests!!!

Restoring from time capsule at the moment...and the laptop is COOL to touch (on the top strip above keys/function keys) - my C2D would be hot by now

Comparing to my current 17" C2D 2.8Ghz.

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[cburton04]

Very nice. What is the display resolution on the 17?

 

[Nein01]

1920x1200. Delicious.

Congrats on the new beast, mine will be arriving sometime after Sunday, hopefully Monday

 

[MBX]

Once i get mine i'm going for the full monty.

2.3 quad core
8GB Ram
512GB SSD
Anti-glare

 

[iPadThai]

Youtube HD 1080p videos - dude, it handles these videos like they were running in 480p resolution mode!! (second shot was history of cpu during full screen video playback. I was actually watching using h.264 format not flash btw.

 

[Eddyisgreat]

willow smith? really?

 

[iPadThai]

willow smith? really?

dude, don't judge - it was the first thing that popped up in youtube by itself

 

[MBX]

willow smith? really?

She whips her hair back and forth.

lol

 

[iPadThai]

I'm happy to report my APIOTEK ESATA PCExpress Slot Card and thermal take dual X dock with port multiplier all work flawlessly! Desperately awaiting harry potter interface devices!

BTW - I'm going to install a WD Scorpio Black 750GB to replace this 5400 Toshiba. Which in fact sucks because I've noticed the performance isn't that great...

Then I'm going to run some encoding tests using iMovie with and without using my Turbo 264 HD dongle! We'll see what performance we get from this bad muthertrucker.

 

[toondw]

And i only have 15 inches!

 

[iPadThai]

Put in the new WD Scorpio Black 750GB - it's a noticeable difference (seat of your pants type of test)

Love the new harry potter port even though I can't use it for **** right now...

Stock 750GB 5400RPM:

 

[splashnader]

Sweet machine. I would love to get a 17", but I am waiting to see if I upgrade to another iMac later this year.

 

[vincenz]

I'd love the innards of a 17 to be put into a 13. That'd be a few years off and by then that'll be considered slow. Ah well. Congrats on the new machine, enjoy!

 

[Pink∆Floyd]

That's one hell of a Mac

 

[elpmas]

That's a sexy MBP! :}

 

[baypharm]

Congratulations! Good for you! Enjoy your new beast!

I would have gotten the 500gb HD 7200 rpm model. But hey they are easiest enough to replace - what the heck!

 

[iPhone1]

Congrats. Now post a Geekbench score up or else!

 

[aplmcintosh]

SXDC card slot on 17 inch model???

I did it, finally bit the bullet. I'm restoring now and can't wait to do some aperture, photoshop, and video encoding tests!!!

Restoring from time capsule at the moment...and the laptop is COOL to touch (on the top strip above keys/function keys) - my C2D would be hot by now

Comparing to my current 17" C2D 2.8Ghz.

On the sticker with the specs it is mentioned "SDXC card slot, FireWire 800 and two USB ports". Seems to be a mistake from Apple right? or does your 17 inch model have SDXC slot and only 2 USBs?

By the way congrats to the new machine. I am going to get mine soon...can't wait...

 

[TheHoff]

Hah you found a typo that went out on every 17" Apple box worldwide, I'd bet.

You're right. The 17" has 3 USBs and Expresscard, there is no SD slot.

 

[iPadThai]

I did it, finally bit the bullet. I'm restoring now and can't wait to do some aperture, photoshop, and video encoding tests!!!

Restoring from time capsule at the moment...and the laptop is COOL to touch (on the top strip above keys/function keys) - my C2D would be hot by now

Comparing to my current 17" C2D 2.8Ghz.

On the sticker with the specs it is mentioned "SDXC card slot, FireWire 800 and two USB ports". Seems to be a mistake from Apple right? or does your 17 inch model have SDXC slot and only 2 USBs?

By the way congrats to the new machine. I am going to get mine soon...can't wait...

NO!!! I missed that too! Must be a huge typo

These are the only ports I have PLUS the express card slot 34mm:

 

[jordey85]

Nice wow!!! Put that thunderbird port to work (or whatever that new technology thats called) I'd really like to do some benchmarking with that

 

[iPadThai]

It's consistently getting over 10000!

 

[T-bag]

I just ordered mine. 17" antiglare with the 128GB SSD. Going into waiting-mode, again!

 

[iPadThai]

So I spent the good night restoring and then starting over from scratch without restoring my previous data using my TC.

The performance is substantially better if I did not restore from my previous backups!

I've also noticed the cpu barely being used when installing apps via my apiotek esata express card nor internal hdd. I believe it has to the be new SATA3 controllers or sandy bridge design. It's just very efficient!

And everything remains so cool compared to my c2d 17"! The new laptops are just amazing! I bought my 2009 model late and I was expecting to use it for 5 years. I didn't upgrade to the 2010 because it wasn't that big of a performance leap and the new 2011, I swear it is a true desktop replacement! I'm happy with the ESATA performance already at 2.5Gb/s I can only imagine external drives using the thunderbolt interface!

 

[orangepeel]

Congrats, I'm so jealous. I have the 2010 17" MBP upgraded to the i7 @ 2.8ghz. Looking at the geekbench score the current low end $1200 13" mac get's similar score to mine... In fact it scored higher! I am so sick to my stomach.