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got your C2D MBP? please tell us....

shecky said:
this guy is lying thru his teeth. a n00b that makes his first post about how he got a new machine out of a store that custom on stuff nobody else has gotten and now it turns out he ordered it 3 weeks ago?

please. :rolleyes:
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Agreed, especially as tight-lipped Apple is about releases...Steve J. probably didn't even know about the new Macbook 3 weeks ago :)
 
cmptrs826 said:
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he is lying, don't worry about it.

look at the way he even made his post - the same way it comes on the apple order page. if he picked it up in person at the store he would not even have a place in any electronic documentation where it looks like that, and if he ordered it 3 weeks ago, it would read as the CD machine, not the C2D.

he is full of crap.
 
Garden Knowm said:
why would anybody get the 15 inch MBP? when the 17 inch is only a few bones more..

please explain..

am I missing something?

cheers
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Also, in the UK the 17" MBP is about £500 more then the basic 15" model. Its also very large, and in my eyes is more of a mobile desktop then a laptop.
 
Garden Knowm said:
what.. perfect size...? When is 17 inches to big?
please explain...
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What's this "the 17 inch is only a few bones more.."? It's starts off at $800!
 
Garden Knowm said:
why would anybody get the 15 inch MBP? when the 17 inch is only a few bones more..

please explain..

am I missing something?

cheers
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Not to be obvious, but um....size. Some prefer a smaller laptop. I love my 12" G4 PB and if there were a 12" MBP that's what I'd be buying. I use my laptop to record concerts (legally) and the 12" was great because at outdoor fests I had my little folding stool, on which sat my M-Audio FW410 preamp on top of which my powerbook went. I'm a little worried that the 15" is going to be too large, but I don't see a 12" update in the future. A 17" would just be out of the question for feild recording where space is never guaranteed, imho.
 
Interseting. I just can't imagine 15 inches being ok. and 17 inches being to big.. I had a 15 inch for 4 years and I am soooo looking fowrad to a 17 inch..

When you get the computers juiced up to the hilt, the price difference is less than $300.

I appreciate all your input.
 
Upgrade video card

Hi,

I'm planning to get a new MBP soon (waiting to hear from my uni on what kind of an edu discount I can get -- does anyone know what is the range I might expect beyond the 7% standard) but I would like to ask a few questions in the meantime.

I want to go with a lower-end model and avoid 256 MB ram in the video card. Is this something I can upgrade later?

Also, has anyone done any more conclusive tests on the battery life. A few people have had the new MBPs for a few busy days (of being harassed by the rest of us) so I was wondering if someone can post a good average battery life, in a similar vein to this old review:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbookpro.ars

many thanks
 
bcavanau said:
A few days ago? I didn't put up the ads until yesterday morning (Saturday), and only after my website hit 4 gigs of downloads.

And glad I did, as I got "slashdotted" sometime overnight....bandwidth is not free...however I am glad the information will get out to more people than just the macrumors crowd...

Still taking questions...send them in to mbp(at)charter.net
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Ok well I thought I saw them on Friday evening here. No big deal, its understandable that bandwidth isn't free.
 
dpope said:
Hi,

I'm planning to get a new MBP soon (waiting to hear from my uni on what kind of an edu discount I can get -- does anyone know what is the range I might expect beyond the 7% standard) but I would like to ask a few questions in the meantime.

I want to go with a lower-end model and avoid 256 MB ram in the video card. Is this something I can upgrade later?

Also, has anyone done any more conclusive tests on the battery life. A few people have had the new MBPs for a few busy days (of being harassed by the rest of us) so I was wondering if someone can post a good average battery life, in a similar vein to this old review:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbookpro.ars

many thanks
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The video card is not upgradeable, and you can't add extra VRAM to it.
 
Garden Knowm said:
Interseting. I just can't imagine 15 inches being ok. and 17 inches being to big.. I had a 15 inch for 4 years and I am soooo looking fowrad to a 17 inch..

When you get the computers juiced up to the hilt, the price difference is less than $300.

I appreciate all your input.
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The other hidden factor is resolution. In some cases, a lower native resolution is preferrable. When rendering 3D graphics, such as in a gaming situation, a lower resolution can yield considerable performance benefits, especially when dealing with the rather weak X1600.
 
shecky said:
a similarly spec'd 17 and 15 are only $200 apart in price.

i think the 17 is perfect and anyone who says that its not portable is kidding themselves.
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Many things are "portable"; but for a lot of situations, a 17" laptop is not as pleasant to use, and it does take up more space, requires a larger case, etc.
 
Bill Gates said:
The other hidden factor is resolution. In some cases, a lower native resolution is preferrable. When rendering 3D graphics, such as in a gaming situation, a lower resolution can yield considerable performance benefits, especially when dealing with the rather weak X1600.
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Seriously, the X1600 isn't that weak. In the class of 15" notebooks it is a very solid card. It's only "weak" related to the super-high-end GPU's like the 7900GS and X1800.
 
Bill Gates said:
The other hidden factor is resolution. In some cases, a lower native resolution is preferrable. When rendering 3D graphics, such as in a gaming situation, a lower resolution can yield considerable performance benefits, especially when dealing with the rather weak X1600.
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please explain further.. does a 15 inch have lower "native resolution" ?

FYI - I will primarily use my MBP for FCP and Motion.
 
Garden Knowm said:
please explain further.. does a 15 inch have lower "native resolution" ?

FYI - I will primarily use my MBP for FCP and Motion.
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Yes. Normally a higher resolution is better, but in some situations lower is better. The 15" has a native resolution of 1440x900, while the 17" is 1680x1050.
 
shecky said:
a similarly spec'd 17 and 15 are only $200 apart in price.

i think the 17 is perfect and anyone who says that its not portable is kidding themselves.
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Yeah, I wouldn't upgrade a lower end model to meet a higher end one. You usually end up getting a better value on the higher end model for a few dollars more.

I still think that the $1799 model is MORE the enough.
 
Garden Knowm said:
Interseting. I just can't imagine 15 inches being ok. and 17 inches being to big.. I had a 15 inch for 4 years and I am soooo looking fowrad to a 17 inch..

When you get the computers juiced up to the hilt, the price difference is less than $300.

I appreciate all your input.
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Well, like I mentioned, I'd rather have the 12" but will settle for 15". The preamp my comp has to sometimes rest on is only 9 1/4" by 7"
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But lately my G4 PB is having problems keeping up with the audio recording and stalls out, so I'm hoping an upgrade will help that.
 
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