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MacBook Pro Specs, LightPeak Known As ThunderBolt?
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March-May appears to be rather interesting.It seems a shame that Sony's mid-range 13.3 SB Series manages to get real graphics (Radeon HD 6470M) along with the same CPU i5-2410M.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/sony-vaio-s-series-get-an-updated-design-core-i5-2410m-cpu-and/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4190/hps-business-notebook-hat-trick/
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyID=43483&MarketSegment=MBL
That's really all you need to know. Not a single i5 mobile quad core in that list, direct from Intel.
Furthermore, how is the wiki wrong? Did you actually read it?
the difference is the price. dedicated gpus are since a longe time possible in smaler notebooks. but this cost money.
But thats their mid-range, not the expensive Z series. It's aimed directly at the 13" Macbook & 13" Macbook Pro.
I have a feeling Apple is going to use LightPeak as a reason if they keep the price range while having medicore specs. "New tech = more $$$"
I hope this is the spec of a very very very low priced macbook, but I want a high end 13" notebook. The resolution is crap, I hope we will get better news tomorrow otherwise I am going to buy a 13" vaio with Full Hd and 1.4 kg!!! I can live with win7 its not too bad.
They already have a very very very low priced macbook, it's called the MacBook Air
Yes and there will be people which accept this excuse.
Such a long waiting cycle and then we get useless "Thunderbolt"
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Core i5 on the 13"? I'm definitely getting one of these babies
Core i5 on the 13"? I'm definitely getting one of these babies
Sorry to disappoint you but the Radeon HD 6470M is junk. Barely and I mean, barely surpassing the Intel HD 3000. Also consider this, Apple has more than likely tweaked the HD 3000 for performance. Just throwing that into the mix.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6470M.43075.0.html
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Core i5 on the 13"? I'm definitely getting one of these babies
i second this
I guess this just confirms we'll see i7 quad cores as the default processor for the 15" and 17" models. WOOT.
Ditto. Upgrade price for the panel will probably be something silly like $150. Hopefully 1680x1050 will be standard on the 15".
Survey says, underclocking.
Not likely since it is onboard but we have experienced it in the past for discrete solutions. Not to mention Turbo Boost is partly based on cooling as well.
Well I guess my point is there really isn't a point of adding a "dedicated" GPU of such horrible quality in that Sony Vaio hence why it's a Sony. I bought a 13" MBP once and never againI'm not dispaointed in the slightest
The size is great but it just never has that same level of GPU performance as it's bigger siblings. If they could put a true dedicated GPU into the 13" MBP ala Alienware m11x, I would consider one.i think only the top 15'' / 17''... there are goog enough core i7 with 2 cores.
+1
This is EXACTLY What I would expect from the new Base 13" MBP.
Rumours until this AM were also saying it would be an i3 chip, not an i5. So count your blessings there
Apple never puts out high-end stuff (7,200RPM, SSD, etc...) for the base-model. I bet there'll be options to add those on the higher-end models (just like how you can't get any higher than 1.6Ghz or 128GB SSD on the 11" MBA, even though there's a 256GB on the 13" MBA.
I don't see the logic. The base 15'' might very well retain the i5 for all we know.
ok im a mac noob.
if this is infact the new macbook pro 13.3" specs, and going by peoples reactions on here it appears its not very good!
is this because you expected more or is it not that much better than the current mbp 13.3"
i would like to know got the MBP in my pocket but was waiting till this came out....
should i wait or is the new mbp......p00?
if this is infact the new macbook pro 13.3" specs, and going by peoples reactions on here it appears its not very good!
is this because you expected more or is it not that much better than the current mbp 13.3"
i would like to know got the MBP in my pocket but was waiting till this came out....
should i wait or is the new mbp......p00?
There are no quad-core 35W Core i5/i7 Sandy Bridge processors. You're going to have to wait until next year for those.
The Network Connector is next
look how thick the network connector is, compared with the others.
I won't be surprised if Apple moves this one behind the new Thuntherbolt-thing with a dongle.
It could make the Macbook Air almost iPad-thin.
look how thick the network connector is, compared with the others.
I won't be surprised if Apple moves this one behind the new Thuntherbolt-thing with a dongle.
It could make the Macbook Air almost iPad-thin.