New 13" Macbook Pro Unboxing pics...

[klover]

Rumor has it the screen is dimmer than the previous gen., any comment on that?

 

[kbt1020]

Naaa, just went for a run...

Screenshots? Coming up...

Lol Matt, remember to do the tests. Especially do the geekbench.

 

[macmyworld]

Purchased mine earlier today also. After I set it up I unplugged it and it showed 11:25 for battery life. After using it for 30 minutes it now shows 7:43. This is with the brightness all but 4 notches to the right.

The display does seem to not be as bright for the same settings as the previous model (I had that one). But cranked all the way up, it is very bright.

The new MagSafe is different and I think a little harder to use.

So far, so good. No issues with the machine.

 

[macmyworld]

One other quick note. The edges are sharper on this one than my previous MacBook Pro. Wish Apple would do a better job with them, they can bother the wrist after a while.

 

[kbt1020]

One other quick note. The edges are sharper on this one than my previous MacBook Pro. Wish Apple would do a better job with them, they can bother the wrist after a while.

have you tried geekbench it macmyworld? lol sorry to bother i'm just really curious cuz imma order mine tomorrow.

 

[macmyworld]

Here are the geekbench results

Summary

Overall: 3360

Section Description Score Geekbench Score
Geekbench 2.1.5 for Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Integer Processor integer performance 2667
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 4859
Memory Memory performance 2678
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 1911
System Information

Operating System Mac OS X 10.6.3 (Build 10D2125)
Model MacBookPro7,1 Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-F222BEC8
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
Processors 1 Threads 2
Cores 2 Memory 4.00 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Processor Frequency 2.40 GHz Bus Frequency 1.06 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB
L2 Cache 3.00 MB L3 Cache 0.00 B
BIOS Apple Inc. MBP71.88Z.0039.B05.1003251322
Integer Section

Section Score 2667

Blowfish
single-threaded scalar 1681
73.8 MB/sec

Blowfish
multi-threaded scalar 3352
137.4 MB/sec

Text Compress
single-threaded scalar 1872
5.99 MB/sec

Text Compress
multi-threaded scalar 3421
11.2 MB/sec

Text Decompress
single-threaded scalar 1665
6.84 MB/sec

Text Decompress
multi-threaded scalar 3226
12.9 MB/sec

Image Compress
single-threaded scalar 1704
14.1 Mpixels/sec

Image Compress
multi-threaded scalar 3047
25.6 Mpixels/sec

Image Decompress
single-threaded scalar 1467
24.6 Mpixels/sec

Image Decompress
multi-threaded scalar 2877
46.9 Mpixels/sec

Lua
single-threaded scalar 2652
1.02 Mnodes/sec

Lua
multi-threaded scalar 5044
1.94 Mnodes/sec

Floating Point Section

Section Score 4859

Mandelbrot
single-threaded scalar 1784
1.19 Gflops

Mandelbrot
multi-threaded scalar 3443
2.25 Gflops

Dot Product
single-threaded scalar 3268
1.58 Gflops

Dot Product
multi-threaded scalar 6629
3.02 Gflops

Dot Product
single-threaded vector 2614
3.13 Gflops

Dot Product
multi-threaded vector 5956
6.19 Gflops

LU Decomposition
single-threaded scalar 676
601.8 Mflops

LU Decomposition
multi-threaded scalar 1378
1.21 Gflops

Primality Test
single-threaded scalar 3913
584.5 Mflops

Primality Test
multi-threaded scalar 5743
1.07 Gflops

Sharpen Image
single-threaded scalar 5017
11.7 Mpixels/sec

Sharpen Image
multi-threaded scalar 9415
21.7 Mpixels/sec

Blur Image
single-threaded scalar 6303
4.99 Mpixels/sec

Blur Image
multi-threaded scalar 11896
9.35 Mpixels/sec

Memory Section

Section Score 2678

Read Sequential
single-threaded scalar 3470
4.25 GB/sec

Write Sequential
single-threaded scalar 2837
1.94 GB/sec

Stdlib Allocate
single-threaded scalar 2131
7.95 Mallocs/sec

Stdlib Write
single-threaded scalar 2425
5.02 GB/sec

Stdlib Copy
single-threaded scalar 2530
2.61 GB/sec

Stream Section

Section Score 1911

Stream Copy
single-threaded scalar 1803
2.47 GB/sec

Stream Copy
single-threaded vector 2091
2.71 GB/sec

Stream Scale
single-threaded scalar 1936
2.51 GB/sec

Stream Scale
single-threaded vector 2095
2.83 GB/sec

Stream Add
single-threaded scalar 1669
2.52 GB/sec

Stream Add
single-threaded vector 2170
3.02 GB/sec

Stream Triad
single-threaded scalar 1844
2.55 GB/sec

Stream Triad
single-threaded vector 1681
3.15 GB/sec

 

[matteconcepts3d]

could you get the LCD panel number for me?

how do i find this?

 

[matteconcepts3d]

some screenshots

Graphics/Displays:

Serial/ATA:

 

[laela]

One other quick note. The edges are sharper on this one than my previous MacBook Pro. Wish Apple would do a better job with them, they can bother the wrist after a while.

Actually there is a very easy and simple solution to this:

http://onemansblog.com/2010/03/11/video-rant-taking-the-sharp-edge-off-the-macbook-pro/

Well worth it.

 

[Gator24765]

Damn the new mbp looks the same. They could have at least put a sweet decal or some flames on it lol

 

[kbt1020]

Lol I have never had a MBP before so how does flash run on it really?

Update just ordered mine will be here soon

 

[mikeo007]

Lol I have never had a MBP before so how does flash run on it really?

Update just ordered mine will be here soon

Not that well I would imagine. Running flash in windows is the best option currently due to the Apple/Adobe issues.

 

[fuzzielitlpanda]

Lol I have never had a MBP before so how does flash run on it really?

Update just ordered mine will be here soon

Not that well I would imagine. Running flash in windows is the best option currently due to the Apple/Adobe issues.

flash will run just fine on any imac/macbook/macbook pro. it's only a problem on the iphone and ipad

 

[mikeo007]

flash will run just fine on any imac/macbook/macbook pro. it's only a problem on the iphone and ipad

Not as well as it will under windows in bootcamp. The newest windows version of flash is hardware accelerated, the OSX version is not.

I will run fine, but it will run comparably better in Windows.

 

[cys920622]

This would be so much more exciting if it wasn't exactly the same as unboxing an old 13"

Though, thank you for the geekbench scores.

My emachines PC scores a little over 1100 overall. MBP here I come.

 

[Minovsky]

Thanks for the post. I just bought a mbp 13" last week and will probably return this for the new one.

 

[Yoh]

3360 from geekbench... is that kinda low? My friend's "old" 13'' base got 3000

 

[mikeo007]

3360 from geekbench... is that kinda low? My friend's "old" 13'' base got 3000

Well it is just a slightly higher clocked Core 2 Duo, so there shouldn't be much difference.

 

[silversx]

got mine tonight too.. 3410 geekbench.. unplug after fully charge shows 11hr 33min battery left.. but i doubt that with real usage.. still very nice

 

[katyoshi]

I have a 15" MBP from late 2009. Should I sell my mac mini to get the 13" to take around with me and keep my 15" at home?

 

[dooyou]

Two MacBooks doesn't make any sense.

 

[matteconcepts3d]

battery life

battery life is doing well so far, although i'm not really pushing the machine yet. i've just been downloading software, and getting my mobileme acct set up, but once it was fully charged, i removed the power cord, and it's been going like a champ since then.

just wanted to post an update -

oh, and for some reason, i cannot register this laptop with applecare - not sure what's going on... so, i may have to drop by the store again tomorrow...

Cheers, everyone!

Matt

www.matt-conway.com

 

[fuzzielitlpanda]

Not as well as it will under windows in bootcamp. The newest windows version of flash is hardware accelerated, the OSX version is not.

I will run fine, but it will run comparably better in Windows.

i doubt anyone can tell the difference

 

[Patrick J]

Geekbench shows that the 2010 13" laptops perform SLIGHTLY better than the 2009 13" equivalents. As in a hundred points more.

 

[AdamA9]

Rumor has it the screen is dimmer than the previous gen., any comment on that?

How else do you think they achieve the increase in battery performance?