You just can't get enough of those wrist-cutting edges on the MacBook/MacBook Pro/PowerBook/iBook. Why doesn't Apple just follow the crowd with this one and make the palm rest edges of their laptops smooth. I mean the original iBook and PowerBook had smooth edges. Sadly, its one of the reasons I don't buy Apple laptops. I got a PowerBook G4 and learned to never get another laptop again until they changed that. Although the right-click button as well. But they seemed to have dogged solving that problem.
I'm considering it as well. I like the MBPs, although I think they're now too expensive when compared to what you get in a MB. I wish it came with a 1680 x 1050 resolution, which is the only thing holding me back from getting a MBP instead of a MB. The MB is very close to the MBP in terms of resolution.
I'm a bit surprised by Engadget's full on review and coverage of the new MBPs and MBs. New notebooks are released every week, and even when another manufacturer creates a new, really nice laptop line, they don't get nearly this much coverage.
JAmerican: I don't own a MacBook, and I agree with you for the most part, but... if you typed correctly, with the proper hand position, you wouldn't be slicing your wrist on the edge.
Wow, you must be rich. At £1400 for the base model MBP, I think I'll pass, especially when more powerful gaming laptops are available for the same price..
yeah it's quite a surprise that apple lowered the upgrade prices. Lenovo charges about the same as apple for memory ( ddr3 ) and hdd options are about the same or non-existent if you go through the private customer site. Except that with lenovo you can still use the cpp site even you are buying stuff for home ... Apple's edu discount is a total joke. They keep on reducing it all the time. Used to be $200-300 then $100-200 and now it's $50-100. Come on Steve April's Fool is about 6 months away ...
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Buying the 15" Macbook Pro with SSD first thing tomorrow morning.
would there be a significant performance difference between a 2.53 gigahertz with ssd and a 2.80gigahertz with a 7200rpm drive?
You just can't get enough of those wrist-cutting edges on the MacBook/MacBook Pro/PowerBook/iBook. Why doesn't Apple just follow the crowd with this one and make the palm rest edges of their laptops smooth. I mean the original iBook and PowerBook had smooth edges. Sadly, its one of the reasons I don't buy Apple laptops. I got a PowerBook G4 and learned to never get another laptop again until they changed that. Although the right-click button as well. But they seemed to have dogged solving that problem.
I'm so getting low ranked for my opinions.
I'm considering it as well. I like the MBPs, although I think they're now too expensive when compared to what you get in a MB. I wish it came with a 1680 x 1050 resolution, which is the only thing holding me back from getting a MBP instead of a MB. The MB is very close to the MBP in terms of resolution.
I'm a bit surprised by Engadget's full on review and coverage of the new MBPs and MBs. New notebooks are released every week, and even when another manufacturer creates a new, really nice laptop line, they don't get nearly this much coverage.
JAmerican: I don't own a MacBook, and I agree with you for the most part, but... if you typed correctly, with the proper hand position, you wouldn't be slicing your wrist on the edge.
I'm actually scared to ask how much the SSD upgrade costs - considering the obscene rates Mac asks for memory.
**On a side note, NASA has declared the new Mac track pad a suitable test sight for their new lunar lander**
If you are slicing your wrist while typing on a mbp, you deserve to win the Darwin awards.
The 128 GB SSD adds $500 to cost.
The 320 GB 7200rpm adds $50 to cost.
from apple page:
Hard Drive
* 320GB Serial ATA @ 5400
* 250GB Serial ATA @ 7200 [Subtract $50.00]
* 320GB Serial ATA @ 7200 [Add $50.00]
* 128GB Solid State Drive [Add $500.00]
Actually the upgrade price to 4GB of ram from Apple is not too bad this time around:
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB [Add $150.00]
Take a look 4GB DDR3 kit prices here at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010260381+1052939102+1309121118&Configurator=&Subcategory=381&description=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=
Uhm, no. Still not 1600x display? WTF?
Wow, you must be rich. At £1400 for the base model MBP, I think I'll pass, especially when more powerful gaming laptops are available for the same price..
yeah it's quite a surprise that apple lowered the upgrade prices. Lenovo charges about the same as apple for memory ( ddr3 ) and hdd options are about the same or non-existent if you go through the private customer site. Except that with lenovo you can still use the cpp site even you are buying stuff for home ... Apple's edu discount is a total joke. They keep on reducing it all the time. Used to be $200-300 then $100-200 and now it's $50-100. Come on Steve April's Fool is about 6 months away ...