New MacBook Pro benchmarks show marked improvement

I'm wondering... when will the MacBook Air be updated to include Thunderbolt... and what do we think the processor will be?

I've got the early 2008 black MacBook, and I'm considering a new computer since my battery is shot, HD is smaller than I'd use, and when I put my palm on the computer it registers a touchpad 'click'...

I'm still undecided between a MBP 13", an 11" MBA, or the HP convertible tablet... the only thing I've missed switching to Mac is how amazing it was to have the ability to do homework on my computer and just print it off if a professor insisted on a paper copy. Mr. Jobs obsession with not having a pen is a little misguided. Wacom precision is vital for handwriting... If I got the HP, I would definitely keep my current computer and kind of... desktop it... Mini-DVI to DVI to HDMI, bluetooth keyboard and mouse/trackpad, makes it great for replacing my desire for a Mac Mini...

I would just like to see the day when it will be easy to upgrade a laptop. pop in new processors add thunderbolt and what not with no issues. Still little bit sad no sub 3.0 on these.

How long before we can get an updated Mac Mini with one of these quad-core processors, two drives (no optical, one SSD) and Lion with built-in OS X Server, for about a grand? All the pieces are in place!

I'm thinking of upgrading from early 2008 to this model, although I'm wondering if the second revision in the summer or fall would be much better, or just a bump in specs. I've got a 2.8 C2D, 4GB RAM 15" MBP.

If you have a pre-2007 Mac, and Lion won't support pre-2007 Core 2 Duos, you have NO CHOICE but to get one of these.

Well, maybe you do...but this is your emotions talking, not logic. Let your desire overrule your supposedly rational being.

Looks fantastic, I really wish the matte screen is available on the 13" model, and shame that 7200 rpm 750 GB drive is not available, guess I'll pick one up from Fry's with 8 GB of RAM and save $200 from Apple's pricing scheme.

I have an early 2009 MBP (2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM). Would I notice enough of a performance increase to justify the upgrade? I mainly use the MBP for some games (will be playing Diablo III), Garageband and iMovie.

Nuts to the people with 2010 models, I'm trying to get my boss to upgrade our 2008 models!

Interesting, but I'm a bit suspicious of -real world- performance in a 4-core configuration. Not all apps make full use of multiple cores. (One such app is Mail.app, which seems to have some significant concurrency problems when trying to check multiple accounts at the same time, particularly during startup.) The faster RAM sure helps, though. Too bad this didn't come with the rumored SSD "startup drive," that would have been very cool.

Writing concurrent applications is -hard work-, and as usual Apple has their preferred way to do it (Grand Central Dispatch).

But then this could just be sour grapes on my part, since I just bought a MB Pro a couple weeks ago :-( Yeah, I should have waited, but my 4 year old machine was on the fritz... That older machine has a Seagate Hybrid drive in it, which might have been the causes of its problems. The Hybrid drive did run cooler and faster than the previous 7200 conventional drive. That experience indicates to me the idea of 'SSD startup drive' could be a real winner!

DAYUMMM!

Now how do I sneak this $2000 purchase past the wife?