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Who's buying the new MacBook Pro?

Ordered today, top end 15 inch stock. According to Apple it will ship by June 11-13, and arrive June 13-20. Slowest case, two weeks isn't too far away, and its a lot quicker then my G5 tower shipped.
 
i caved. i ordered a base 15" macbook pro just now. i now need to find a buyer for my six-month old c2d white macbook. :eek:
 
Wolfpup said:
10.5 is supposed to bring resolution independence, which would make it a moot point if it really works. Vista supposedly has resolution independence too, although I don't know how well it works (it has to do some tricks to get older programs that don't know about it to work right, and possible 10.5 would have to do the same thing)
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What is resolution independence when it's at home?:confused:
 
Ordered a MBP 15" 2.4 GHz (glossy screen) first thing on Tuesday Morning from the local Apple retailer. According to the sales clerk the unit should be here sometime around the 12th.
 
new MBP

I'm going with the faster 15" with 4 GBs of RAM baby!!! Can't wait. I'll get it sometime this summer.

Thank the Lord for the LED displays too!
 
kdum8 said:
What is resolution independence when it's at home?:confused:
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Different monitors have different pixel size. One new MBP model has a 17 inch monitor at 1900 x 1200 pixels; on the other hand you can buy a 22 inch monitor with 1650 x 1080 pixels. In 10.4, every program that draws things tells the OS about sizes of things in pixels. Because the pixels on the MBP are a lot smaller than on the 22 inch monitor, everything appears smaller. So on the MBP, you can see more things, but smaller.

With resolution independence, the user can set a preference how big things should appear. So if you are forty years old and your eyes are not the best anymore, you can buy an MBP with 1900 x 1200 pixels and tell the operating system to draw everything bigger. Your menubar, your icons, text, cursor, everything will be exactly as big on the MBP as on the 22 inch monitor. On the MBP, you will have better image quality, because the pixels are smaller, but you see less because 17 inch is smaller than 22 inch. A different user will choose to display everything smaller, so they can see more information at the same time on the MBP, but smaller.

Today, when you compare the two 17 inch screens, the high resolution one gives you more data but displayed smaller. That is fine for some people, but not for others. In Leopard, the high resolution screen _can_ give you more data but smaller if that is what you want, or it gives you the same data in same size but better quality if that is what you prefer.
 
Elvis is in the building!

My new MBP just arrived!
It was shipped from Holland last night and arrived at my adress i Denmark today!
Thats Fast!
Now I know how to spend my weekend!

/Boel
 
Ordering next week 2 base model MBP's, a mac mini (not sure which one yet), and a High end white MB for my business. Very excited. Good bye iBook!
 
gnasher729 said:
Different monitors have different pixel size. One new MBP model has a 17 inch monitor at 1900 x 1200 pixels; on the other hand you can buy a 22 inch monitor with 1650 x 1080 pixels. In 10.4, every program that draws things tells the OS about sizes of things in pixels. Because the pixels on the MBP are a lot smaller than on the 22 inch monitor, everything appears smaller. So on the MBP, you can see more things, but smaller.

With resolution independence, the user can set a preference how big things should appear. So if you are forty years old and your eyes are not the best anymore, you can buy an MBP with 1900 x 1200 pixels and tell the operating system to draw everything bigger. Your menubar, your icons, text, cursor, everything will be exactly as big on the MBP as on the 22 inch monitor. On the MBP, you will have better image quality, because the pixels are smaller, but you see less because 17 inch is smaller than 22 inch. A different user will choose to display everything smaller, so they can see more information at the same time on the MBP, but smaller.

Today, when you compare the two 17 inch screens, the high resolution one gives you more data but displayed smaller. That is fine for some people, but not for others. In Leopard, the high resolution screen _can_ give you more data but smaller if that is what you want, or it gives you the same data in same size but better quality if that is what you prefer.
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Thanks for the good explanation Gnasher. Learning little by little...:)
 
Worth every penny, guys! This thing is the fastest computer I have ever owned. I have been running every program you can think of at the same time and it hasn't skipped a beat!

:apple:
 
New MBP Case??

tejota1911 said:
I've decided to wait until Leopard to upgrade. I was waiting to see what all got updated. There are some nice improvements, especially the 8600m graphics card, but nothing I can't live without. The truth is my MacBook Pro C2D is more than capable of doing everything I need it to do. Besides, if I upgrade now, I'll be kicking myself in a few months when they redesign the case and include Leopard. For now, I'll order the new Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160gig drive and be happy with what I have. Congrats to all who are ordering the MacBook Pro. It looks Sweet!
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I was not aware of a case redesign. How far down the road is that supposed to happen, and what is the case supposed to be made of??
 
I bought mine, first mac ever, on the release date. I wonder if it can handle Starcraft 2 when it came out?
 
Coastal61 said:
I was not aware of a case redesign. How far down the road is that supposed to happen, and what is the case supposed to be made of??
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He's taking out his butt, they most likely won't redesign the case for an OS update. That's one of the silliest things I've heard in a while. Wishful thinking, but that's all.


kajitox said:
Worth every penny, guys! This thing is the fastest computer I have ever owned. I have been running every program you can think of at the same time and it hasn't skipped a beat!

:apple:
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Glad to hear it. I'm excited for mine to arrive.

I'm curious to know how these stack up to other macs. Right now, I use my PM G5 2.7. It's lovely, still incredibly fast after two years. I'm just wondering if my macbook will be quicker, on par, or a few steps behind.

Anyone know of any benchmarks? Aside from Geekbench, which doesn't really mean much to me. I just don't get what the numbers mean.
 
I ordered mine today. 17" Hi-Res. I waited until today because of the slim chance of a leopard coupon being released at WWDC. Mine ships monday-wednesday and arrives wednesday-tuesday. I cant wait.
 
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