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Sam said 10:10AM on 11-01-2007
is this .2 ghz really worth 250 bucks?
i know 4 gigs of ram is a steal on apple's website but this....i dunno
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Josh said 10:12AM on 11-01-2007
What is the major difference between the low end MacBook Pro and the updated Black MacBook? Is the $2000 MacBook Pro really worth $500 more the than recently refreshed MacBook?
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mungler said 10:17AM on 11-01-2007
integrated gfx, bigger, higher-resolution screen, backlit keyboard. ;)
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mungler said 10:22AM on 11-01-2007
that is to say, NOT integrated gfx - dedicated gfx i meant. dammit!
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jwhitfield47 said 10:25AM on 11-01-2007
this makes me mad because i haven't had my macbook pro too long and i woulda jumped right on that 2.6 ghz. but, oh well. i couldn't wait on a laptop any longer. it's all right.
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rdas7 said 10:28AM on 11-01-2007
Of course, that's .2Ghz over two cores, so it's a 400MHz overall speed increase: not to be sneezed at.
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Jon H said 10:45AM on 11-01-2007
Looks like the hard drive options are now all 5400 rpm or better. The high-capacity 4200 rpm drive is now a 5400.
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Joe said 10:53AM on 11-01-2007
I was hoping this wouldn't happen until January, when I was considering getting a laptop. Now January will come and I'll wonder if another update is around the corner.
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Ben C said 11:53AM on 11-01-2007
re: Sam
How is spending $700 for 4GB of RAM on Apple's site a steal when I can get the same for $200 at Crucial.com? I say skip buying the RAM at Apple and get the 2.6Ghz if you need that speed. Honestly I doubt most people would be able to tell much of a difference over the 2.0Ghz.
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Digital said 11:30AM on 11-01-2007
I just ordered my mac book pro the other day 2.4 ghz - high res screen - glossy and now the update on the hard drives and processor damn , mines on its way from china as we speak lol damn it!
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Nelson said 12:08PM on 11-01-2007
The largest 7,200 RPM drive was also upped from 160GB to 200GB. It looks like I purchased my MacBook Pro a little too early ;)
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Meep said 1:18PM on 11-01-2007
Anyone know when the UK store will be updated? As i've been waiting a month for this. And people told me not to bother......
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Sam said 1:34PM on 11-01-2007
re: Ben C
i was being sarcastic, apples prices are a total ripoff.
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Dale said 1:38PM on 11-01-2007
I got my 15" MBP in September, at the same time my wife got her white MacBook (the faster one). Today's upgrades are nowhere near great enough to instill buyer's remorse. Hurrah!
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Jon Crawford said 1:39PM on 11-01-2007
Wait, I don't fully understand. It looks like just the options were improved. Not the stock models. What exactly changed?
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Ben C said 1:52PM on 11-01-2007
re: Sam
hmmm...need to tune the ole sarcasm meter, mine appears to be outta whack...
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henrrrik said 2:01PM on 11-01-2007
Josh: The MacBook Pro also sports FW800, ExpressCard slot, a MUCH better keyboard, and a full size dual link DVI-port that can power a 30" display.
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Kevin Seymour said 3:39PM on 1-03-2008
@ rdas
The fact that there are 2 cores does not mean the speed increase is 200MHz X 2 cores. Each core still runs at 2.6Ghz. You can just do two things at once at a speed of 2.6Ghz. This is a common misconsception about multi-core and multi-processor confogurations. If I had a quad-core cpu at 3GHz would you say my processor was running at 12GHz? No, just like if I had a 100 core cpu running at 200MHz I wouldn't have a 20GHz cpu. You have to think of the fact that a processor core can really only do one thing at a time.
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