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Gah, no 2.0 GHz in the new MacBook Pro.
I realize that 1.83 GHz on a Core Duo is blazingly fast, but I was a bit dissapointed to see that Apple didn't decide to offer the faster 2.0 GHz version, if only as an optional upgrade.
Still, it comes with a ATI X1600 w/ 256 MB and a GB of RAM on one SO-DIMM on the $2,499 model, so I guess I can't complain.
I'll shell out the bucks for that, and buy a copy of Windows XP Home to install on a separate hard drive partition. Result? A dual-core laptop with a high-end graphics card that runs the best OS and the OS with the most compatibility. In my mind, the ultimate notebook.
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I was dissapointed at Apple's high prices, but they're fresh on the market - maybe they'll lower them.
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I'll shell out the bucks for that, and buy a copy of Windows XP Home to install on a separate hard drive partition. Result? A dual-core laptop with a high-end graphics card that runs the best OS and the OS with the most compatibility. In my mind, the ultimate notebook.
Has it been shown or confirmed yet that this can be reliably done?
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Im betting that the 2Ghz will appear in the 17" version which Im also guessing will make an appearance in about a month.
Im also gonna go out on a limb and say that I think that there will also be a small possibly 13" macbook, this will likely have an ATI x13/400 gpu, and it is likely that it is this part that has held up its release. The new ibooks will be single core and will likely have either an integrated intel gpu for a super budget model or a low end ati chip.
But then this is all just hot air out my a'"!ç'è.
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ps I really hope that there is a smaller macbook its the one I want!
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Has it been shown or confirmed yet that this can be reliably done?
Screw that! What I'm more curious about, is whether the new os/x will be stable enough to run on a laptop comparably specced to the macbook... and whether it uses any sort of DRM to make sure that it can only be ran on Apple machines... cuz face it, $2500 for a laptop with those speccs? man, that is EXPENSIVE! If I grab a better specced toshiba for $300 less, and have os/x installed on it, now THAT would be something else... :)
Now that Apple has joined the Intel world, more than ever they have to find ways to justify their pricing premium. Their hardware is no longer "exotic", and is essentially the same as everyone elses. In the end, what will ultimately save Apple would be their elegant softwares...
cheers,
yass
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Yup - that's all Apple really has on the PC world - the OS (which BTW can only run a limited amount of software). I have a few words for Apple: LOWER YOUR PRICES!!!
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2.0 / 1.83 gives you 1.09. Wow, a whopping 9% increase in speed. And keep in mind it's not the entire computer that's 9% faster since the GPU, RAM, HDD, FSB, etc are still the same - the only difference is the CPU.
I'm pretty sure that if you were to have two identical machines side by side, one with a 2.0GHz processor, the other with a 1.83GHz, there's no way you'd be able to tell the difference without the aid of a benchmark test.
Just be glad they didn't put in the 2.0. The fastest chips tend to be way more expensive for not much more performance.
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Well, it's still annoying that you're paying a premium (even by Apple standards) and not getting premium hardware.
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I was dissapointed at Apple's high prices, but they're fresh on the market - maybe they'll lower them.
I don't get this? They kept the prices inline with the previous models, basically. Spec out any dual core notebook from another provider and you'll be in the same ballpark. I built a Gateway with similar specs for $1600 and it only included a 128MB x1400, not a x1600. It also didn't include bluetooth, the optical in/out, built in camera, remote, backlit keyboard, magsafe power connector, dual DVI output, and a few other things that the Mac did have(for $1999 at the base model). All the standard performance specs were the same.
So the Gateway which is lower quality(I own a gateway and love it...but historically, Mac laptops have been some of hte highest build quality units out there), is only $400 cheaper, not even considering a slew of special features that few other manufacturers offer(like the DVI output...hardly any offer that...and how many offer dual DVI out?).
To me, it seems like the price is very reasonable. Again...also, Macs include a variety of software titles that are very useable in their installed form. Not quite as stripped down as many Windows programs that are provided on most PC's.
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Sorry to break the news, but it doesn't look like we'll be dual-booting OSX and XP on ANY machine. Read the story over at BetaNews...
http://www.betanews.com/article/XP_W...Mac/1137003330
For those of you who don't want to go read, basically it comes down to Apple going to Intel's new EFI hardware interface rather than the aging BIOS standard in Windows PCs. Microsoft's starting to move to EFI though, so we might be able to dual-boot OSX and Vista on an Apple soon (scratch that) in the near future (they're still behind schedule? scratch that too)...eventually!