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Just got my new MBP!!

joey4127

joey4127

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Oh my friend went to USA, so I ordered a MBP from amazon because they had a great deal and I got the Penryn 2.4Ghz for $1680 after rebates. I was really worried about getting one with some problems...But it's amazing!! Beautiful screen!! I am on it now and it is so so so sexy :eek: Time to get some apps on it :p

I love it :p
 
I Dont Think thats The Penryn model may be the earlier Santa Rosa Model, still a good deal though and you should enjoy it nonetheless.
 
joey4127 said:
Oh my friend went to USA, so I ordered a MBP from amazon because they had a great deal and I got the Penryn 2.4Ghz for $1680 after rebates. I was really worried about getting one with some problems...But it's amazing!! Beautiful screen!! I am on it now and it is so so so sexy :eek: Time to get some apps on it :p

I love it :p
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If it's the specs you quote in your signature then that's a Merom/Santa Rosa MacBook Pro, not a Penryn/Santa Rosa.
 
There is actually a way to get the Amazon 2.4 Penryn for less than $1680. It's currently $1918 right now, and if you use the "gold box trick" posted on slickdeals.net, you can get an additional 5% off. Basically this is just tricking Amazon into putting the computer into your "quick picks list", where everything is 5% off. This brings it down to $1822. There's a $150 rebate on top of that, dropping the price to $1672 with no tax.

I'm typing on my $1672 Penryn MBP right now :)
 
eyespii said:
There is actually a way to get the Amazon 2.4 Penryn for less than $1680. It's currently $1918 right now, and if you use the "gold box trick" posted on slickdeals.net, you can get an additional 5% off. Basically this is just tricking Amazon into putting the computer into your "quick picks list", where everything is 5% off. This brings it down to $1822. There's a $150 rebate on top of that, dropping the price to $1672 with no tax.

I'm typing on my $1672 Penryn MBP right now :)
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Thats what I got except mine was $1830 and then a few days later went down to $1822
 
joey4127 said:
Amazon had the super cheap one with a 160gb HD...But it's Penryn, I checked.
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That's weird.
At the Apple site they start off at 200 GBs.
 

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What size are the 7200rpm units? Maybe that is the reason for 160gb size.

I just ordered the last revision model.....got tired of waiting.
 
joey4127 said:
Amazon had the super cheap one with a 160gb HD...But it's Penryn, I checked.
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160GB HDDs were available only in the Merom/Santa Rosa machines. The current machines are stock with 200GB or 250GB with options for a 7200rpm 200GB or 4200rpm 300GB.

Open up System Profiler and take a screenshot of the Hardware overview. The amount of L2 cache will indicate the processor.

No Penryn/Santa Rosa MacBook Pros come with a 160GB hard drive, nor is it an option.
 
Yeah, profiler should look like mine (I have the base Penryn MBP)
 

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