New 2.8GHz BTO options in 15" and 17" MBPs

[ridnhard19]

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Yeah. Apple is silly to think people will pay to get that last bit of speed. I was waiting y
to purchase a new MacBook pro post apple event in hopes of a speed bump for the 15" i7 but I'm not going to play 200 bucks for the 133mhz. Instead I'll get the 2.66 i7 and use the cash to buy an SSD (aftermarket of course).

Apple, you lost your head in greed with that option lol.

Another interesting tidbit; if you look at the price to upgrade to the 7200 rpm drive ($50) for that you can buy a better drive from newegg.com (WD Black) for 15 dollars more. Take the base apple drive and put it in a external enclosure. Win-win.

 

[George Knighton]

Some people will buy it.

They probably just got their hands on some and priced it at a point that would cause them not to run out in just a few weeks.

 

[ridnhard19]

That could be the case, but from what I've seen from apple they think their moves through pretty well.. I'm not sure what speeds the sandy bridge processors will be offered at next year but I think this is a power play on apples part to not offer something "too fast" where it will start to bridge the gap (without heavy expense) in terms of speed where it may impact those future sales. To me it appears to be a balancing act.

 

[George Knighton]

That could be the case, but from what I've seen from apple they think their moves through pretty well.. I'm not sure what speeds the sandy bridge processors will be offered at next year but I think this is a power play on apples part to not offer something "too fast" where it will start to bridge the gap (without heavy expense) in terms of speed where it may impact those future sales. To me it appears to be a balancing act.

LOL.... Yes, I guess that makes sense in an Apple kind of way.

 

[Blu101]

I think what we're seeing is one of two things:

A) either it costs apple additional funds to tweak the overal system for the 2.8Ghz, or

B) the extra $200 is value based pricing, as opposed to cost based pricing. How much value is an extra 5% performance worth?


Of course, we don't know apple's actual cost to buy the chips. Maybe they're buying the 2.6 i7 at lower discounts than the price on wikipedia but not so on the 2.8 i7, since its new. Who knows. For the professional that works in audio/video, $200 for the extra performance is worth every penny. For the casual user, it's not (best to go for best value here instead of top of the line).

 

[Frosties]

What is sad is not using the i5-560m or i5-580m, they are priced cheaper than the original processors and faster.