http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/ Engadget Comments for Apple refreshes MacBook Pro family with Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors... at long last! http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
whoa the 13 inchers now get 10 hours of battery life...did the old ones get 5 and did they get the new gfx too? ( cant remeber old specs)]]>Apr 13th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
There's no way that sentence could ever be misinterpreted. Ever. No way.]]>Apr 13th 2010 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
1680x1050 as the highest resolution available? Why isn't it 1080p?]]>Apr 13th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
The wireless productivity test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing various websites and editing text in a word processing document with display brightness set to 50%.

Testing conducted by Apple in March 2010 using preproduction 2.66GHz Intel Core i7–based MacBook Pro units. Battery life depends on configuration and use. ]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/My 13" MBP which they claimed to last 7hrs doing "wireless productivity" things actually lasts me about 6~7hrs, literally just having safari + iTunes open with screen half-bright, which I find very impressed. I owned the very first unibody 15" MBP as well (replaceable battery one) and even that one lasted about 4 hours... Must be something wrong with yours?]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
I can't believe I entertained the idea of buying a Mac, but no worries...

No quad, no deal.]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/The 17" can be ordered with an i7 chip via build-to-order. The performance boost over C2D looks fairly small though. I thought the graphics switching was developed by Nvidia (Optimus)? But these machines switch between the Nvidia processor and an Intel "HD" chip (the previous generation had two Nvidia chips, 9400M and 9600M GT).

BTW, what's the fascination with 1080P resolution on a 15" screen? ]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
With the 128Gb ssd option they both end up almost the same. Is it that much harder to put that drive in the cheapest fifteen inch model?]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Agreed! Atom based netbooks with led backlit 10" screens can't even do that. I say BS!]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Incorrect.]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
Engadget can we please be neutral? I appreciate the Apple posts but how about toning them down to ONLY THE IMPORTANT ONES?

zomg apple store down. zomg! BREAKING new macbooks with technology PCs have been using for months. ZoMg indeed]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
Anyone know the specific i5 and i7 processors for the new MBPs?]]>Apr 13th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
My wife's previous generation 13" MBP runs for 6-7 hours of no problem (medium screen brightness, audio, web browsing, word processing). For more intensive stuff, 4-5 hours is more common.]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
Actually, Apple quotes all of its runtime with WiFi enabled and screens and all other settings at default. for example: "The wireless productivity test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing various websites and editing text in a word processing document with display brightness set to 50%." The wireless productivity test is the quoted battery life number....

OTHER vendors quote battery life based on "optimized" or "prefered" battery saving settings. Apple uses 50% brightness, wifi on, and actually surfs the web while running multiple background applications (as a user would).

I can attest that a MacBook Pro 15" with nVidia 9600GT (enabled for high performance) and with the machine in high performance modes, and at about 70% brightness gets beyond 6 hours battery life on WiFi, and over 7 hours with the GPU disabled, which are in excess of apple's quoted stats for the previous generation. Apple's battery numbers have continuously been reliable for ALL their products based on expected use patterns, not ideals. ]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Funny last January, we saw a brochuer about macbooks running i5-i7 cores. Maybe it was for real. http://bit.ly/corei5i7-macbook-series
]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
deciding between the 13" 2.66ghz macbook or
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj284/davidli919/6-4.jpg

The asus will probably save me about $400 or $500.
]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
Someone else mentioned Apple screens being 16:10 not 16:9. There is another reason, one despised by feature hunters.

It's called the Lechner Distance. A 17" screen displaying 1080p is optimal at a viewing distance of 67cm. At 15" it is 59cm.

So unless you are quite short or like having your face closer to the screen than your forearm length it's a wee bit pointless jamming 1080 into 15" cause you won't really see the detail.

As I mentioned though, feature hunters don't care about such things, they just want to tout the biggest specs.

HD phones are rather dumb as well but the worst is HDTV sets which based on lounge room viewing distances are available at sizes that leap over the pointless line because of how small they are. Obviously some are bigger and suitable.

It's an interesting ratio and why he figured this out, google it if you are interested.

As for the update, I just got a like for like replacement on my dead mbp 2 weeks ago. 2 f'ing weeks ago. I upgraded to a 17" for the express card slot, now the price has dropped for it I could have gone the ssd.

Some false data in the article though, the screen of the 17" can be matte.

In oz the price of the 13" dropped $200, the 15" dropped $200 ish depending on version and the 17" dropped $300.

If they had lightpeak I would be flipping out pissed right now but this is but a wee bump really. A minor refresh.]]>Apr 13th 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
Core2Duo on any 'new' machine in 2010 is pretty ridiculous. Intel usually phases out their previous architecture over a 12 month period, so it would make sense for the remainder of the Mac line to see Core iX bumps before Q4 2010, including 13" MBP.

But this is apple, so who really knows...]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/What! No Core i7 720QM Quad Core?]]>Apr 13th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
If your coffeemachine doesn't make anymore coffee, are you going to keep it for the looks?]]>Apr 14th 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 14th 2010 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
and especially DO WANT since Steam is coming to mac]]>Apr 13th 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/I'd like to see ATI 5650M in these babies along with 1920x1080p with up to 6GB of RAM..then we are talking. I might consider MacBook for the first time and maybe it will complement my iPhone but will see because I know I can get a better laptop with similar or higher specs for half of what they are asking. Damn it Jobs cut the prices and up the specs!]]>Apr 13th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
Took the words right out of my mouth...]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/
It's worth a shot!]]>Apr 13th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/apple-refreshes-macbook-pro-family-with-intel-core-i5-and-core-i/Apr 13th 2010 9:35AM