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Seriously]]>Oct 24th 2006 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Nov 11th 2006 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
Ashley]]>Oct 24th 2006 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/I hate that companies (not just Apple) can't find anything good about their product other than someone elses input.]]>Oct 24th 2006 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
The best part is that now there won't be posts in every single XP Core Duo 2 lappie annoucement exhorting Apple to do the same.]]>Oct 24th 2006 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
Is the $600 (CAD) price difference betweeen the 2.16 and 2.33ghz versions worth it? I dont play games so I dont see the additional video memory being beneficial.

I see a piece of 1GB DDR PC2-5300 can be hand for about $175 USD.

Should i save myself the $600?]]>Oct 24th 2006 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
for the purposes of web design, cpu speed (especially a paltry 200mhz) won't make any difference, but RAM is your friend. save the $600 and max out the RAM.]]>Oct 24th 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
soupbanana, the 200GB disks are only 4200RPM, the 160GB is 5400RPM, and the 100GB is 7200RPM.]]>Oct 24th 2006 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
While I am willing to believe in actual benchmarks there's only a 10% increase.. I just pointed this out because the post uses Apple's 39% increase numbers for the new MBPs. Although, having just come out this morning, I doubt that anyone will get a chance to benchmark it for real for a few days at least..

Me? I'm just waiting for the unboxing post!]]>Oct 24th 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 31st 2006 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
I recently bought a Dell Latitude D620, Core 2 Duo, and have to say, I am very glad I can return it. The displays that Dell uses in thier laptops are absolute junk. I am so sorry that I gave up on Apple. So, as soon as I can hide enough money from the wife, I will pick up one of these new C2D MBP's, to match my awesome MacPro.

I hope you rot in hell Dell!]]>Oct 24th 2006 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
Do the new 15" C2D's have a brighter screen? compared to the CD's...]]>Oct 24th 2006 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
HAHAHAHA.]]>Oct 24th 2006 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
thats the standard speed for a 200 gig drive at the moment.]]>Oct 28th 2006 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
I wanted a MacBook, but I wanted C2D more - I'll probably end up selling or giving this D620 to my sister or my dad after Leopard comes out, though. ]]>Oct 24th 2006 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
any input?]]>Oct 24th 2006 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
don't go with bootcamp - it requires you to restart your computer and choose which partition you want to run. I have been using Parallels now for a few months on my MackBook (not pro) and love it - of course, you need a copy of windows and any ther program you would want to run on your windows OS, but if you get a big enough hard drive to accomidate everything you want to run on it, and enough ram to handle it all, it should run fine. i have 1GB RAM and a 10GB partition to run windows and it works great for all the office applications and some minor web work i do that requires windows OS, but if you are going to do gaming, etc, i would max out your specs wherever you can.]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 24th 2006 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
Bootcamp works OK on a laptop since you cannot 'tap' on the trackpad and you need to hold the apple button and then click to perform a right click. Right clicking with this method works in most games though. I play counter strike with my trackpad regularly and right clicking is just as easy and fast. But the apple+click doesn't work in GTA because you either click a dedicated right mouse button or an assigned keyboard button, I assigned caps lock for that. Other than the problem of not being able to tap, the MacBook (Pro) works fine in Windows.]]>Oct 25th 2006 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 28th 2006 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Oct 30th 2006 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
Thanks.]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/
Jobs said "next Spring" at WWDC. Nothing to go on besides that.]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/macbook-pros-go-core-2-duo-at-last/Thanks!]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:20PM