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Loving my MBP 13" so far 24 hours in. A lot less painful to adjust to as a long time Windows user than I thought, though a few quirks to get used to. Though the location of the @ symbol does induce some "but we're British dammit!" thinking. Indeed, just typing this made me reach for the 2 key for the quotes. :roll eyes:
But overall, its a fast, responsive little machine that even seems to manage an impressive batter life for light usage (which goes through the floor if I forget that is it not a gaming machine for a bit). One detail I find a little ironic is that Macs often get so much stick for the lack of a second mouse button, yet in fact I reckon they handle alternate click better than a typical Windows PC.
But overall, its a fast, responsive little machine that even seems to manage an impressive batter life for light usage (which goes through the floor if I forget that is it not a gaming machine for a bit). One detail I find a little ironic is that Macs often get so much stick for the lack of a second mouse button, yet in fact I reckon they handle alternate click better than a typical Windows PC.
Just ordered a 15" base MBP with the high res screen option. Chuffed to bits but the wait for delivery is going to seem like an age. 
I went for the standard 4GB but I'm planning to upgrade to 8GB shortly after getting it. Will I have to ditch the RAM that's supplied (think its 2 x 2GB) or is there going to be enough room to just add another 4GB stick?
Coming from a 2007 24" iMac so looking forward to jump.
I went for the standard 4GB but I'm planning to upgrade to 8GB shortly after getting it. Will I have to ditch the RAM that's supplied (think its 2 x 2GB) or is there going to be enough room to just add another 4GB stick?
Coming from a 2007 24" iMac so looking forward to jump.
Just ordered a refurbished Early 2011 15" MBP-
2.0 ghz quad core i7
4 gb ram
500 GB hdd @ 5400 RPM
Estimated Delivery: Dec 5th
(WILL IT REALLY TAKE THAT LONG??)
I'm switching from a Dell 1545 so I'M STOKED!!
2.0 ghz quad core i7
4 gb ram
500 GB hdd @ 5400 RPM
Estimated Delivery: Dec 5th
(WILL IT REALLY TAKE THAT LONG??)
I'm switching from a Dell 1545 so I'M STOKED!!
Just ordered a refurbished Early 2011 15" MBP-
2.0 ghz quad core i7
4 gb ram
500 GB hdd @ 5400 RPM
Estimated Delivery: Dec 5th
(WILL IT REALLY TAKE THAT LONG??)
I'm switching from a Dell 1545 so I'M STOKED!!
Ha, I just bought the same - I went back and forth on the 13" MBP New, the new MBA 13", and a new low end 15" MBP. I figured that I don't really need the power, but I wanted a 15" screen, so why not go refurbished. Anyway I am quoted a Nov 30 Estimated Delivery (Hopefully doesn't take that long). I plan on beefing up with 8GB Ram and an SSD. Probably make the 500GB HDD an external drive with enclosure because I would like to keep the optical drive.
Mine also says 5th Dec. Seems a bit extreme. On the initial order page it says "ships in 3 days"
Hopefully it's just a maximum estimate and it'll arrive a lot sooner.
Hopefully it's just a maximum estimate and it'll arrive a lot sooner.
Just ordered a refurbished Early 2011 15" MBP-
2.0 ghz quad core i7
4 gb ram
500 GB hdd @ 5400 RPM
Estimated Delivery: Dec 5th
(WILL IT REALLY TAKE THAT LONG??)
I'm switching from a Dell 1545 so I'M STOKED!!
New mac convert
Well after being a windows user since 3.1x, I finally decided to make the switch to a mac. I got my first mac book pro 13" (early 2011) this past Friday, and have been making the transition over the weekend and I couldn't be happier. Every thing just really works! I am horrible at new things, I will search every forum and read every article before buying something new. There were some horror stories about the mac transition(which almost made me not buy it.), but so far this weekend I haven't had any problems what so ever. My old asus laptop has been collecting dust all weekend, and it will stay that way for a long time. Good Bye Windows! Now to get my wife to let me buy an iMac and replace our desktop...
Well after being a windows user since 3.1x, I finally decided to make the switch to a mac. I got my first mac book pro 13" (early 2011) this past Friday, and have been making the transition over the weekend and I couldn't be happier. Every thing just really works! I am horrible at new things, I will search every forum and read every article before buying something new. There were some horror stories about the mac transition(which almost made me not buy it.), but so far this weekend I haven't had any problems what so ever. My old asus laptop has been collecting dust all weekend, and it will stay that way for a long time. Good Bye Windows! Now to get my wife to let me buy an iMac and replace our desktop...
Have you gotten your confirmation email yet? I checked my spam folder, and the address was correct in my order. I ordered it around 10:30 last night.
Yes, I received my confirmation from apple shortly after I ordered. My confirmation came through about 10:45pm EST.
Just swung through the Express Lane at the Polaris Apple Store and got my (late) 2011 15" MacBook Pro. This was the last computer upgrade I needed to do for a good long while, so I'm happy :-D
Trust me man, my macbook unibody is getting three hours now. that 7 hours your talking about will be lost within the first 6 months
So, I had my first few days with my new 15'' MBP, 2.2 GHZ, small SSD. My previous mac is/was a 2008 pre-unibody model. Of course the new one is faster and stuff, and I'm very happy with it. A few comparisons besides the obvious speed increase:
- screen: Both have hi-res antiglare screens. The new one seems to have a warmer color spectrum and seems to be a little bit brighter. Anyways, not much to win here for apple, the screens have always been great.
- keyboard: The black chiclet thingy is not bad, but is a little louder than the old one. Also the old one had an almost smooth surface that matched the aluminum body, which was kinda nice. Typing is good on both.
- the unibody feels a lot more solid than the old aluminum case. No bending of the screen case, no squeaking when picking it up one handed... nice!
- temperature: Cooling seems better than in the old model. Been playing SC2 for a while. The CPU gets hot of course (80s), also the area between keyboard and screen. But still touchable, while with the old model, I couldn't let my fingers there. The palm rests stayed comfortably cool, the keyboard and the speaker areas were comfortable too. The HD and battery seemed to stay at a very low temperature, probably below 40C most of the time. The fans are more efficient at actually getting the heat out. One minute after quitting the game the temperatures were back to 40s. Now idling in high 30s, but it's also not too warm in my room right now.
The battery life is great, and I will finally have to learn how to write parallelizable code.
Lion eats up all the ram. I'm happy I didn't upgrade the old machine, since it only has 2GB. On the other hand, right now I don't feel the urgent need to upgrade to 8GB. The reason is that with the SSD, swapping doesn't slow down your system that much.
Not sure what to do with the old system. I will probably keep it as a backup machine, but it feels like wasting a still very good laptop.
edit: Also, screw optibay, screw storage... with the SSD, the laptop is completely inaudible!
Also, I don't get the iCloud thing. Since I don't have any iOS devices, and the other macs run SL, there is nothing I can do with the cloud...
- screen: Both have hi-res antiglare screens. The new one seems to have a warmer color spectrum and seems to be a little bit brighter. Anyways, not much to win here for apple, the screens have always been great.
- keyboard: The black chiclet thingy is not bad, but is a little louder than the old one. Also the old one had an almost smooth surface that matched the aluminum body, which was kinda nice. Typing is good on both.
- the unibody feels a lot more solid than the old aluminum case. No bending of the screen case, no squeaking when picking it up one handed... nice!
- temperature: Cooling seems better than in the old model. Been playing SC2 for a while. The CPU gets hot of course (80s), also the area between keyboard and screen. But still touchable, while with the old model, I couldn't let my fingers there. The palm rests stayed comfortably cool, the keyboard and the speaker areas were comfortable too. The HD and battery seemed to stay at a very low temperature, probably below 40C most of the time. The fans are more efficient at actually getting the heat out. One minute after quitting the game the temperatures were back to 40s. Now idling in high 30s, but it's also not too warm in my room right now.
The battery life is great, and I will finally have to learn how to write parallelizable code.
Lion eats up all the ram. I'm happy I didn't upgrade the old machine, since it only has 2GB. On the other hand, right now I don't feel the urgent need to upgrade to 8GB. The reason is that with the SSD, swapping doesn't slow down your system that much.
Not sure what to do with the old system. I will probably keep it as a backup machine, but it feels like wasting a still very good laptop.
edit: Also, screw optibay, screw storage... with the SSD, the laptop is completely inaudible!
Also, I don't get the iCloud thing. Since I don't have any iOS devices, and the other macs run SL, there is nothing I can do with the cloud...
I great deal on 13" mbp
Ive had a few experiences with the mba and mbp and finally settled. I picked up an 11" mba as an open box item at bestbuy a few months ago but just before the 2 week return date expired i took it back. I found i wasnt using it but was still using my ipad2 more. I felt the little mba was like a delicate jewel and the screen was just too small. It was however a good deal -- $750 with a free apple tv and 18 months no interest payment. I then ordered a refurb early 2011 13" mbp from apple but it arrived with a subtle dent on the case. They sent me a replacement but once again i didnt see myself using it. It too seemed like a good deal at $929. It came with lion but i went to the genius bar and they downgraded it to sl which i needed for use with officd 2004 that i have in all my other macs but only for word. Dont use the other office programs. Still, i returned it but had a gnawing feeling i still wanted one. A couple of weeks ago i went to best buy after getting an email coupon offering another $100 off any open box mac which are already $100 or more off list. They had a slew of macbook airs and just 2 mbp. I checked both and they were pristine. The one i chose had just been returned after a week by the buyer. It was a base early 2011. It was a STEAL at $800. When i got it home i found it had lion. I took it to the genius bar again but after i returned an hour later the bad news was that it had the firmware upgrade. It was a unit apple had shipped in late july. So it could not be downgraded to sl at least by the genius. I got office 11 now and it is 100 percent compatible with my 2004 word doc files. I have also come to like lion. So far no problemx. The mbp is eonderful. I will orobabky uograde ram to 8gb as it is so inexoensuve niw.
Ive had a few experiences with the mba and mbp and finally settled. I picked up an 11" mba as an open box item at bestbuy a few months ago but just before the 2 week return date expired i took it back. I found i wasnt using it but was still using my ipad2 more. I felt the little mba was like a delicate jewel and the screen was just too small. It was however a good deal -- $750 with a free apple tv and 18 months no interest payment. I then ordered a refurb early 2011 13" mbp from apple but it arrived with a subtle dent on the case. They sent me a replacement but once again i didnt see myself using it. It too seemed like a good deal at $929. It came with lion but i went to the genius bar and they downgraded it to sl which i needed for use with officd 2004 that i have in all my other macs but only for word. Dont use the other office programs. Still, i returned it but had a gnawing feeling i still wanted one. A couple of weeks ago i went to best buy after getting an email coupon offering another $100 off any open box mac which are already $100 or more off list. They had a slew of macbook airs and just 2 mbp. I checked both and they were pristine. The one i chose had just been returned after a week by the buyer. It was a base early 2011. It was a STEAL at $800. When i got it home i found it had lion. I took it to the genius bar again but after i returned an hour later the bad news was that it had the firmware upgrade. It was a unit apple had shipped in late july. So it could not be downgraded to sl at least by the genius. I got office 11 now and it is 100 percent compatible with my 2004 word doc files. I have also come to like lion. So far no problemx. The mbp is eonderful. I will orobabky uograde ram to 8gb as it is so inexoensuve niw.
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ordered this mac on Thursday and it is coming today. Very excited
Update: Just got it about an hour ago and I am loving it! It is every bit as good as my mid-2010 iMac, which I also love
Update: Just got it about an hour ago and I am loving it! It is every bit as good as my mid-2010 iMac, which I also love
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Just went through the express lane. Looks like it will be down for a few minutes for maintenance.
I ordered myself a late-2011 15" MBP yesterday through Amazon. It should be at my parents' house today, Wednesday. I unfortunately won't get to open it and play with my new toy until Thanksgiving.
I'm totally frickin pumped, too. This will be my first non-Hackintosh Mac since my old G4 Mac mini. Really looking forward to it!
I'm totally frickin pumped, too. This will be my first non-Hackintosh Mac since my old G4 Mac mini. Really looking forward to it!
I ordered a 15" MBP (2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB & AG) from MacMall... $1905 + Parallels 7 (free). Also 8GB of Crucial RAM on Amazon.com for $30. A nice upgrade to my old Santa Rosa MBP
Didn't see this thread. Sorry.
I ordered my latest MBP 13" yesterday from Amazon. $1049 shipped
I ordered my latest MBP 13" yesterday from Amazon. $1049 shipped
Ordered a 2.2 Ghz 15" Macbook Pro earlier tonight at PowerMax. Should be here next Friday! Over at Amazon I picked up a Targus Leather Sleeve and a Targus Leather Case to keep her nice and toasty on those cold walks to school in the morning. Not to mention I picked up a 120GB Intel 320 SSD and a caddy so I can run dual drives in this beast. Then I grabbed a cheap drawing tablet to work on, one of the Vistablets. Nothing fancy, just to use until I have enough money for a Wacom.
As you can probably tell, I am absolutely STOKED to get this. My school is giving me Autodesk 2012 and Adobe CS3 (we run CS5 now, they have some licenses left though) and my Computer Science teacher told me if I download the Win7 trial version and logged onto the school network with it the server would verify the software for me. I can't wait to start building my portfolio up, as my material is a little weak right now. Plus the leather case and sleeve will look really classy if I decide to do an internship at an architecture firm next fall.
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eh, I think I'm going to rip out the superdrive anyways. The way I see it, an SSD will weigh less and the HDD will only run when I'm using it. While working and surfing the internet, it would solely use the SSD since I'm keeping my apps there.
As you can probably tell, I am absolutely STOKED to get this. My school is giving me Autodesk 2012 and Adobe CS3 (we run CS5 now, they have some licenses left though) and my Computer Science teacher told me if I download the Win7 trial version and logged onto the school network with it the server would verify the software for me. I can't wait to start building my portfolio up, as my material is a little weak right now. Plus the leather case and sleeve will look really classy if I decide to do an internship at an architecture firm next fall.
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eh, I think I'm going to rip out the superdrive anyways. The way I see it, an SSD will weigh less and the HDD will only run when I'm using it. While working and surfing the internet, it would solely use the SSD since I'm keeping my apps there.
Bought a brand new macbook through ebay (Macman812)
Hi Guys,
I need you help... I recently bought a macbook pro through ebay Macman812... me and the seller agreed that when I recieve the macbook it will be sealed. So I paid him through paypal on 13th Nov 2011, after the payment was done, he told me that he had placed and order with Apple for my customized macbook, it was on the same day. He advised me that it will take about 10 working days to arrive and as soon as he gets it, he said he flick it to me on the same day. On 21 st Nov 2011 he told me that he has recieved it and will be posting it out to me on the same day, which he did and gave me a tracking #. Today 28th Nov 2011 I recieved the macbook, it was sealed but the packaging was a bit untidy but the plastic covering of the macbook was sealed. Anyway, after switching it on I wanted to register it on Apple website. While doing that it asked me for a purchase date, so I contacted this ebay guy Macman812 for the purchase date, and suprisigly he asked me to put 23rd of Nov 2011, with which apple successfully registered it. Now, my question is how can it be possible when the shipping date is 21st Nov 2011 and the purchase date is 23 nov 2011?
Any help in this regards would be greatly appreciated.
FYI: I got it shipped from USA to Australia.
Hi Guys,
I need you help... I recently bought a macbook pro through ebay Macman812... me and the seller agreed that when I recieve the macbook it will be sealed. So I paid him through paypal on 13th Nov 2011, after the payment was done, he told me that he had placed and order with Apple for my customized macbook, it was on the same day. He advised me that it will take about 10 working days to arrive and as soon as he gets it, he said he flick it to me on the same day. On 21 st Nov 2011 he told me that he has recieved it and will be posting it out to me on the same day, which he did and gave me a tracking #. Today 28th Nov 2011 I recieved the macbook, it was sealed but the packaging was a bit untidy but the plastic covering of the macbook was sealed. Anyway, after switching it on I wanted to register it on Apple website. While doing that it asked me for a purchase date, so I contacted this ebay guy Macman812 for the purchase date, and suprisigly he asked me to put 23rd of Nov 2011, with which apple successfully registered it. Now, my question is how can it be possible when the shipping date is 21st Nov 2011 and the purchase date is 23 nov 2011?
Any help in this regards would be greatly appreciated.
FYI: I got it shipped from USA to Australia.
You could still sync all your contacts/bookmarks/calendar entries etc there so they're 'backed up'... plus then if you ever get an iOS device or another Mac (even your old MBP) everything will be ready to go to stay in sync.
just bought a refurbished early 2011 15" 2.2ghz macbook pro 750hdd, 4gb ram, ag-hi res screen. i'm so excited that i can't stop refreshing the order status page lol
gonna upgrade the ram to 8gb and buy a 2nd hdd caddy so i can transfer my ocz vertex 2 ssd over from my old macbook pro. can't wait to see how fast this thing will be
gonna upgrade the ram to 8gb and buy a 2nd hdd caddy so i can transfer my ocz vertex 2 ssd over from my old macbook pro. can't wait to see how fast this thing will be
Pretty Good Deal
Just ordered a late 2011 base Macbook Pro 15" with AppleCare for $1722 shipped from B&H on Cyber Monday. I was planning on buying a refurb from Apple and I've been holding off on the purchase for a while but I couldn't pass it up this time(would have paid $2300 with taxes from Apple)! They still have a 50% off deal on AppleCare right now but the computer is selling for over $1700 again. For all those looking at refurb'd early 2011 15" Macbook Pros they have brand new ones for $1485 no tax and free shipping. Comes out to be cheaper than a refurb'd early 2011 15" with the extended warranty since you have to pay tax and pay way more for the AppleCare. This is my first post but I've been a long time lurker here. Hope this is useful to some of the community since I've got a lot of good info from these forums.
Just ordered a late 2011 base Macbook Pro 15" with AppleCare for $1722 shipped from B&H on Cyber Monday. I was planning on buying a refurb from Apple and I've been holding off on the purchase for a while but I couldn't pass it up this time(would have paid $2300 with taxes from Apple)! They still have a 50% off deal on AppleCare right now but the computer is selling for over $1700 again. For all those looking at refurb'd early 2011 15" Macbook Pros they have brand new ones for $1485 no tax and free shipping. Comes out to be cheaper than a refurb'd early 2011 15" with the extended warranty since you have to pay tax and pay way more for the AppleCare. This is my first post but I've been a long time lurker here. Hope this is useful to some of the community since I've got a lot of good info from these forums.