Well, that
took long enough but
they're finally here. Without fanfare, Apple finally got around to updating their
MacBook Pro lineup with a taste of Merom just in time for the big holiday shopping season. While we were only expecting a
ho-hum bump in performance especially after the
Core 2 Duo iMac sibs only saw a
10% increase, Apple touts these new Merom-based MBPs as being a full 39% faster. The 15-incher ships with your choice of a 2.16GHz or 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo processor while the 17-incher ships only with the 2.33GHz proc. It also looks like the 15-incher now comes with FW800 like its big bro while upping the base disk capacity to 120GB and a faster 6x SuperDrive to boot. The 17-incher now starts with a 160GB disk and 8x SuperDrive to keep the cost premium viable. Both models max-out with up to 3GB DDR2 memory and 200GB, 4200RPM disks. Pricing still starts at that same $1999 though, so get out there kid, enjoy it, the long hard wait is over.
posted October 24th 2006 9:00AM
Running Windows on a Mac with Parallels:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/
Windows on a Mac (whether using BootCamp or Parallels) is just as susceptible to viruses as Windows elsewhere, and you should take the same precautions. It's OSX that is effectively virus-free; if you use OSX and don't touch Windows then there is no need to worry about viruses.
Hopefully you will be able to run that SMC Fan Control software on these guys to check you temps and control the fan. Anyway, I am going to buy one and get the warranty.
I was really hoping for a black MBP - cool tax aside, it would have been nice to have the option...
Great! Now for some Adobe CS3 and Leopard, and I am officially Intel ready.
is it possible to upgrade sans c2d
This took too long. Core 2 quads are right around the corner. The only reason it took them so long is because they didnt want the price to go up. Sp when are the core 2 quads going to be put in macbooks, late 2007
Intels road map for a quad core mobile processor is 2008 you chach. I am fine with waiting the extra month for mac to release them, because I know the quality is going to be higher. I am on one right now and I love it
I wish they offered a HD DVD drive already....
My take on a speed bump:
Core 2 Duo over Core Duo: 10%
2 GB RAM over 1 GB RAM: 15%
7200 rpm drive over 5400 rpm: 14%
Total: 39% increase
Reg - Other way around with the hard drives. They took away the optional 7200rpm... fastest you can get is 5400rpm now....
Yeah this is great and all, but I want a 12 inch model.
Anyone else notice that estimated battery life has increased to 5 hours from 3 hours in the specs??? Must be the 65nm process and new power stepping technology.
Ummm isn't the difference is CD is 32 bit and cd 2 is 64 bit. Plus, intel themselves claim a 40% iincrease. Anybody who bought a 32bit mbp was just impatence. I still use my G4s and they do just fine still. I guess it show you it's better to wait for the final product. Am waiting for the 3rd gen mbp to come out with the new OS.
CS using a trackpad? That's pretty hardcore.
now if they would just put an external sata port on the macbook that would be sweet
Great now lets wait for the Intel Core Duo 3 in March.
This computer kicks PCs butt so many times over for graphics processing, it is really silly to compair the two.