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Haave a late 2008 13" Macbook (now considered macbook pro). Absolutely love it, and unfortunately so does my computer illiterate wife. So I just placed an order for a 15" i7 Hi-Res AG for myself so I can pass the macbook along....ordered a 500gb Momentus XT Hybrid to throw in it as soon as I get it as well as 8gb mem (non-apple, saved $200 doing so). All arrives tomorrow....looking forward to a screaming machine!
 
christophermdia said:
Haave a late 2008 13" Macbook (now considered macbook pro). Absolutely love it, and unfortunately so does my computer illiterate wife. So I just placed an order for a 15" i7 Hi-Res AG for myself so I can pass the macbook along....ordered a 500gb Momentus XT Hybrid to throw in it as soon as I get it as well as 8gb mem (non-apple, saved $200 doing so). All arrives tomorrow....looking forward to a screaming machine!
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Please let me know how your upgrades go! that is the exact combination I am looking at getting (still not 100% sure on my RAM at this point though) to throw into my new MBP (same config as yours!) congrats on the new purchase
 
Just got in my 15" i7 MacBook Pro! Didn't do much for upgrades from Apple - did opt in for the High-Res Glossy screen. Other than that just the basic 5400 RPM 500GB HD and 4GB DDR3 RAM.

I am planning on eventually getting a 7200 RPM HD or potentially one day an SSD (until they have a overall higher success/price ratio, i stick with HDD) and will be upgrading to 8GB of RAM. I am not sure of what type of RAM I want to get as I am doing the "watch the RAM prices" game right now.

I am overall very happy with this laptop so far. I have only had it a few hours and already started setting it up for school. Got VM Fusion running with Windows 7 64bit with literally no problems what so ever. Got my both Skype and Google Chrome set up and running and am very happy so far with how both are performing. Next up I will be loading Visual Studio 2008 into Windows 7 (part of a school requirement) and am eager to see how the machine with the base configuration can handle it!

I can say this already, I love the way this machine feels in comparison to my older PPC PowerBook. I know its a night and day difference but still, this is so much snappier!
 
Well just got all my new toys today, 15" MBP Hi-Res/AG i7, Momentus XT, Crucial 8gb Ram. I have been running this thing all day, didn't even boot it up with the config it came with, opened it right up put the new drive and memory in and then used the discs to reboot it. So far, very peppy, much peppier than my 13" C2D. We will see what happens though when I load up all my music and pics....I know 500gb is not going to be enough for me, I have 640 in my 13, but wanted the speed advantage of the momentus...

memory works great, and only $185 on amazon...lots of great reviews of it functioning well on MBP's

One more point..for everyone who tells you go to the apple store and compare the difference of the AG screen vs glossy, you will get an idea of the difference, however, at home to me it looks completely different...I absolutely love this matte screen way more than my glossy. even my wife who inherited my 13 was jealous when she saw my screen....
 
evonietzsche said:
Thx for comment but ''next few weeks''?? no leaked intel, no rumors,maybe the end of the cycle yeah.BUt waiting 1 month is not the same that wait until christmas and then wait again 2 month for buyin' it.
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woooooooooo whats that about no intel or rumors;), I called it right and a possibility of mac osx 10.7 lion is awsome yes im so glad I waited !:D:D:D:D
 
Ksb-online said:
Im looking to get the exact same ,, how is the size and the speed of it?? Have you tried any majorly intense programs at all?? Like Photoshop, video editing??
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I have to say that I run tons of programs simultaneously and often I will close apps thinking my laptop might lock up (that old windows mentality) I am slowly getting rid of these days.

The speed in opening programs and running them has been a dream. I have to say this machine is well built you will LOVE IT I do. I do run photoshop and other programs NO issues at all.
:D
 
My 15" runs well most of the time but sometimes I am getting the beach ball regularly which is frankly unacceptable...
 
hey,
first post here:) though I've been visiting this site for quite a while now.
And as I've got my MacBook Pro 13" 2.4GHz today, I though, I'd post first in this thread :D
 
Sl33pyD said:
hey,
first post here:) though I've been visiting this site for quite a while now.
And as I've got my MacBook Pro 13" 2.4GHz today, I though, I'd post first in this thread :D
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How come you didn't wait for the event on weds too see ig they would be releasing a new 1?
 
Ksb-online said:
How come you didn't wait for the event on weds too see ig they would be releasing a new 1?
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because it's not very probably that they going to announce a new one on this event!? it's all going to be about to be about OS X 10.7 and the MacBook Air. I think before spring next year, they're not going to release anything new.
 
Sl33pyD said:
because it's not very probably that they going to announce a new one on this event!? it's all going to be about to be about OS X 10.7 and the MacBook Air. I think before spring next year, they're not going to release anything new.
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True..I'm hoping there will be a speed bump at least :)
 
going to order my first mac today!

Hi,
i have been reading around on this forum for a while now.
A few months ago i decided that i'm going to buy my first mac. I'm getting realy annoyed that my second laptop starts to slowly die on me after only two years. I hope my MBP wil last me a lot longer!

I'm Going for the 17 inch AG, 2,6 I7, the store will put in 8gb RAM that will save me €100 from ordering it directly from apple. I Hope they can order the momentus XT for me for a nice price to becouse then it wil be under the insurence i'm getting.

the insurence is a nice deal i think, for €250 it extends the warrenty to 3years and it covers all accidents. the only thing is that after 2years you have to pay 25% yourself. So that means that if i kill it in that period i'll have a new MBP for about €750. sounds fair to me.....
I think it's a better deal than applecare that doesn't cover accedents.
 
MBP, dusting off me circuit boards :p

I'm currently researching hardware for a laptop solution.

All things considered i wont be able to wait for a "viable" refresh of the MBP line so instead i'm about to order a 17" MBP BTO with a 2.8ghz processor, 256gb ssd and 8gb 1066Mhz RAM as well as the antiglare screen.

I've also decided to buy an MCE Optibay and slot in a second ssd where the superdrive is meant to be, i've almost forgotten dvd's existed with all this flash medium flying around.

To be installed if one of the following:

OCZ Technology 240 GB Agility 2 Series SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive

OR

160gb X-25 M Intel mainstream SSD series

Both drives are MLC, i don't have the money or the needs to justify an SLC purchase even for a boot disk.

I will use this drive purely as a bootcamp drive, it also seems to be the best SSD option for my purposes at the moment, hopefully it fits in the 2.5" MCE enclosure, no reason why it shouldn't.

Since the unibody design makes allot of post-purchase alterations difficult or impossible Ie: discrete graphics upgrades i'll have to bear with the 330M that comes shipped with the MBP, if i'm wrong about the graphics card upgrade situation for the MBP's then please make my day and inform me otherwise :D

I'm really posting this to get impressions and find any bright sparks out there who have found a better performing deal than what i've opted for, i've done my own research but one person can only cover so much of the internet.

Is the setup described a decent deal? or would i be better spending the money on a windows machine? I'm a mac fanatic, but i'll part with my standard and favourite OS environment for the sake of performance if there is a noticeably better choice.

so anyone out there can enlighten me, correct me if i'm wrong????? I want this laptop to perform and last(I know in 2 years everything installed apart from the SSD's will be relics), As a uni student my uses for this machine will grow rapidly as i move from games design to writing assembly code for the micro-architecture in engineering projects.

I'm still learning and I know many of you have been here before so i'm all ears.


:apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple:
 
beowulf70 said:
...your source? ;) That's when I will spend my cash.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/article...s_sandy_bridge_cpus_sooner_than_expected.html

Sandy Bridge chips are expected to go on sale late this year, making it likely that they'll find their way into Macs by early 2011.

"I am more excited by Sandy Bridge than I have been in any product that the company has launched in a number of years," Otellini said. "Due to the very strong reception of Sandy Bridge, we have accelerated our 32-nanometer factory ramp and have raised our capex guidance to enable us to meet the anticipated demand."
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timh said:
Hi,
i have been reading around on this forum for a while now.
A few months ago i decided that i'm going to buy my first mac. I'm getting realy annoyed that my second laptop starts to slowly die on me after only two years. I hope my MBP wil last me a lot longer!

I'm Going for the 17 inch AG, 2,6 I7, the store will put in 8gb RAM that will save me €100 from ordering it directly from apple. I Hope they can order the momentus XT for me for a nice price to becouse then it wil be under the insurence i'm getting.

the insurence is a nice deal i think, for €250 it extends the warrenty to 3years and it covers all accidents. the only thing is that after 2years you have to pay 25% yourself. So that means that if i kill it in that period i'll have a new MBP for about €750. sounds fair to me.....
I think it's a better deal than applecare that doesn't cover accedents.
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Update: i think i got a realy good deal! The store will replace the 500gb 7200 with a momentus XT without any extra charge!
 
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