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Some pics of the new 17" MBP at Macworld
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This is new to me, why doesn't apple promote this speed difference on their website, the way they word it to a hardware newbie like me:
I didn't even consider it as they didn't say anything about performance.
You're wrong. A hard drive is rated in function with the speed of the inner disk in the machine, which make revolution (RPM: Revolution Per Minute). In a SSD, nothing move nor make any revolution. You've just made that number (40,000) out of your head.
Not really, it's just a bit of a misstatement. Manufacturers sometimes give equivalent-rpm speeds to let consumers know how fast the SSDs are.
Anyway, 40000 rpm equivalent is only for the newest and best SSDs, and I don't know if Apple's are that fast.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5126848/sandisks-g3-ssds-deliver-40000-rpm-speeds-without-breaking-the-bank
The future of SSD drives looks very good indeed...
Dont be rude, its not some number i made out of my head its the number Apple gives, of course there are no working parts, but its equivalent if it was a normal hard drive with working parts it would run at 40,000 RPM.
I know it might be difficult for you to understand especially if you dont know a lot about hard drives and how they work, but thats standard industry practice to give SSD hard drives a normal RPM figure so professionals can get an idea about how fast they work.
You're kidding, right? This is such B.S., nobody and I mean nobody rates RPM on an SSD. Go to any manufacturer of these drives and find me a single instance of this.
Dude, follow this link, it's not BS:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5126848/sandisks-g3-ssds-deliver-40000-rpm-speeds-without-breaking-the-bank
I haven't found out yet if Apple's new SSD offering is as fast, but the tech exists, and the way of referring to SSD speed by RPMs is just a convention, to help put their performance into perspective.
Sorry if I sounded rude, wasn't my goal. It just that using RPM to give an idea of how fast they go just didn't make sense to me. I've also never seen some using RPM for SSD until now.
So, the consensus is the now is the time to buy the 17" Macbook Pro in lieu of the nehalem processor which doesn't seem like its going to happen until Q1 2010 at the earliest?
If I waited for a few months, summer? for the speed bumps I don't think I would notice a difference that much? between 2.93 to 3.20...
From what I can deduce/guess Snow Leopard would come out in the summer or April at the earliest. Although I don't want to through money away buying a new OS, $129 is a small price to pay to have the machine potentially 6 months earlier.
SDD and 8GB is the way to go but currently cost $2273 (tax) for the upgrade. So I will buy:
And swap out the drive and memory when the price drops. I also need a new monitor and time capsule. So every bit helps.
I am guessing that this will be the road map for the Mac Book 17" for 2009
If I waited for a few months, summer? for the speed bumps I don't think I would notice a difference that much? between 2.93 to 3.20...
From what I can deduce/guess Snow Leopard would come out in the summer or April at the earliest. Although I don't want to through money away buying a new OS, $129 is a small price to pay to have the machine potentially 6 months earlier.
SDD and 8GB is the way to go but currently cost $2273 (tax) for the upgrade. So I will buy:
And swap out the drive and memory when the price drops. I also need a new monitor and time capsule. So every bit helps.
I am guessing that this will be the road map for the Mac Book 17" for 2009
