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    They Are Here

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ArcadeGuest, Apr 13, 2010.

  1. ArcadeGuest

    ArcadeGuest Notebook Guru

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    As alot of you guys kept saying it was a Tuesday, congrats you were correct. The new line up of Macbooks are here :D


    13-inch MacBook Pro
    • 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM (twice as much as last year's entry-level configuration), 250GB hard drive (was 160GB last year), Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics, $1,119
    • 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive (was 250GB), Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics, $1,499

    15-inch MacBook Pro
    • 2.4GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive (last year's entry-level configuration was just 250GB), Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 256MB of dedicated memory, $1799 (a $100 price hike over last year's entry-level 15-inch model)
    • 2.53 Intel Core i5, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive (was 320GB), Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 256MB of dedicated memory, $1,999
    • 2.66 Intel Core i7, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 512 of dedicated memory, $2,199 (a $100 price drop compared to last year's high-end 15-inch configuration)

    17-inch MacBook Pro
    • 2.53GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 512 of dedicated memory, $2,229 (a $200 price drop from last year's 17-inch MacBook Pro)

    So, anyone ready to upgrade now that the i5- and i7-powered MacBook Pros are here? Wish the 13-inch MBP got the i5 upgrade along with the 15- and 17-inch models? Pleased or annoyed by the price points? Fire away below.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100413/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc1585
    Now it's time to order one.
     
    ArcadeGuest, Apr 13, 2010
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  2. ckthepilot

    ckthepilot Notebook Deity

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    not excited... seriously

    Apple is always behind on refreshing their products... Core processors have been on the market for quite some time now and Apple just joined the party. Oh well, they're still gonna profit from all the Apple fanboys. Don't even get me started on the ipad :/
     
    ckthepilot, Apr 13, 2010
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  3. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    not too excited either ... other than one of my commercial graphics customers said screw it no more MBP's ... they were looking at ordering 700 of them !!!

    you do know there are LOTS of threads in here already about the refresh????
     
    crazycanuk, Apr 13, 2010
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  4. ArcadeGuest

    ArcadeGuest Notebook Guru

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    Ya I realize that there are alot of threads about the refresh already. I'm not to excited about it now. The nvidia graphics are disappointing and, so is the processor instead of the quad core i7 they used the dual core.
     
    ArcadeGuest, Apr 13, 2010
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  5. min2209

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    Epic fail.
    Then again, still a status symbol. I think the advertising department of Apple must be greater than their engineering department, given that they're still afloat.
     
    min2209, Apr 13, 2010
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  6. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    the power efficient, nutered rebranded 9600 they call the 330 was a major contributor to why a bunch of my graphics pros said no thanks, any CUDA and OPEN GL optimized app for video rendering and photo editing is going to take quite a hit over something like a 240 or 260.

    we have quite a debate here at the office over why they even continued to call them pros since many of the " Pro's " are sitting around in total disbelief. and well my two other Mac technicians are spewing all kinds of interesting comments which should not be posted.
     
    crazycanuk, Apr 13, 2010
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  7. jsgiv

    jsgiv Notebook Evangelist

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    Meh - No wonder they spent more time/money promoting the iPad.... :rolleyes:
     
    jsgiv, Apr 13, 2010
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