Just took the plunge for Penryn+Multitouch

[hojoon0724]

I can't believe I did this

Moving from Powerbook G4 is just awesome.

Now, if I can get all the stuff I had on PB to MBP.... It's taking forever!!!

 

[markrivers]

congratz!
enjoy your new toy

 

[Michael CM1]

I can't believe I did this

Moving from Powerbook G4 is just awesome.

Now, if I can get

Oh lord, you HAVE waited long enough. I never used a PowerBook, but I had a Mac Mini G4. Nothing like two processing cores and a bus about twice as fast to make you feel better.

From what I read tonight, I think my target for a new notebook is when USB 3.0 devices start hitting the market in the next 3 years. Maybe by then SSDs won't cost an extra $1000.

 

[pionata]

Im upgrading from a mac mini 1.42ghz with 512 megs of ram to the 15" MBP with 4 gigs of ram.

8 times more ram!
Who knows how much faster (Im guessing near 6 times faster of a processor, perhaps more)?!

Still, I liked that mini, it was a cute little machine to go with the 23" acd.

 

[Michael CM1]

Im upgrading from a mac mini 1.42ghz with 512 megs of ram to the 15" MBP with 4 gigs of ram.

8 times more ram!
Who knows how much faster (Im guessing near 6 times faster of a processor, perhaps more)?!

Still, I liked that mini, it was a cute little machine to go with the 23" acd.

I hope they keep something like that around for a while because even though I sold mine, at some point I'd love another one to work as something like a music/print server. I knew someone who wanted a Mac, and I wasn't really using it.

I put 2GB in here (came with 1) and I don't even think it tops out all of it. Someone must tell me how you can literally utilize even 2GB of RAM. Maybe I need to compile something with iMovie, but I think my processor bottlenecks first.

 

[porterboy]

Hardware defect in new MBP penryn

Hi Guys,
this is my first post. i bought a mbp penryn (2.4gh) last thursday night.
today, friday, i started to configure things and then i realized that the laptop doesnt close well. the left side of the screen is more lifted than the right side?
i mean i just opened it today...its about 2-3 mm ajarred compared to the right side.

will i get an exchange without having to pay restocking fee?

 

[pionata]

I hope they keep something like that around for a while because even though I sold mine, at some point I'd love another one to work as something like a music/print server. I knew someone who wanted a Mac, and I wasn't really using it.

I put 2GB in here (came with 1) and I don't even think it tops out all of it. Someone must tell me how you can literally utilize even 2GB of RAM. Maybe I need to compile something with iMovie, but I think my processor bottlenecks first.

When working with music samples, like sampled instruments, you can fill up the ram quite fast. The best piano sample sound I tried for example is around 4 gigs and loads up over 512 megs of ram. Imagine now loading an entire orchestra, where each instruments take about 1/6th in ram what they take in hd space (and each instrument is between 700 megs and 2 gigs).

And they do not tax the processor too much, as you can limit the number of "voices" that are played simultaneously.

 

[wolfattack]

Hi Guys,
this is my first post. i bought a mbp penryn (2.4gh) last thursday night.
today, friday, i started to configure things and then i realized that the laptop doesnt close well. the left side of the screen is more lifted than the right side?
i mean i just opened it today...its about 2-3 mm ajarred compared to the right side.

will i get an exchange without having to pay restocking fee?

From what i understand, they all do that, none of them close all the way like the macbooks do.