New Macbook Pro

Not only you. I've seen this too. Pages not working properly yet and only a very minor update. Doesn't seem like they got rid of the optical....


Hey, lower end 15" now has 512 mb of VRAM! Guess that's improvement...

 

Nice light update. 0.1 processor bumps everywhere, finally a good GPU in the base 15, and a better (?) one of the high-end.

 

Moan

Just bought my 17" REALLY mad, as I was told "No updates soon" Somebody's head is going to roll.

 

Damn you beat me to making a thread
I posted it before you though on another thread

Pretty nice upgrade!

not only 512MB but also the HD 6750M!! the 6490M from the base 15" before was like a third of the performance of the 6750M. So definitely a huge improvement!

 

Thanks

I;m going to phone my Guru later....It's the top spec 17" with 16GB Ram, I guess if I calm down a little, the older I7 is still a fast machine.

 

I got a new base 13" just over a month ago. For me, this upgrade wouldn't have been worth waiting for. Is it a huge upgrade for the 17"?

 

no not a huge update, but I understand his frustration. Id want the newer one aswell if would've just bought the one before. Just for the sake of it

 

so they did update the gpu...I wonder how much a of difference via games?

 

Credit is going back to you mate, saw that i posted at 1 min after you
Yeh same, I didn't think we would see it before MacRumors

 

They KNow Me Pretty Well

And I did get a £300.00 Discount on the newbie. Still he must have known.

 

not much of a difference. If you would've overclocked the 6750M from the last models, you woudl have the same performance as the 6770M now.

 

It's not there yet if you go via the mac page and click on buy now.
Only when you go directly to the store

 

I Can Hope

Or dream

 

Can somebody advise me on the 13 inch, is it worth getting the more expensive model of the two, is there a huge improvement between them.

Main uses are surfing, listening to music, word processing and giving presentations at work.

Thanks

 

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Nice!! Buying it now!

 

Perhaps it would be more worth my while buying the base model then spending the £300 i would save on getting a good SSD and installing it myself ?

 

Go for the base model. For what you do, is more than enough. Regarding to the HDD 750GB, you can always upgrade it afterward. I believe 500GB is enough for your needs for now

Good luck with your decision.

 

Thanks guys, you are correct, any mac, even past macs would be enough for what i require, however i am looking to build up a machine which i wont need to change for a while (i know ivybridge might change my mind later )

But going for the base model which i have decided to do will give me some money to play with, i have been advised that getting an SSD will improve my performance significantly in comparison to doubling the amount of RAM, would you agree ?