New MacBook Pros Released today??

[glitchrock-buddha]

Uh oh, guess what I just got

Performance test tonight after restoring from backup!

[Tarekith]

Of course. I have a whole bunch of things to compare.

[oblique strategies]

A shiny new OSX dongle?

exactly!!!

[Hidden Driveways]

I might wait until they show up in the refurb section...

What are your specs, Tarekith?

Looking forward to your full report!

[Tarekith]

Got the i7 15", regular screen. The hi-res option just means faders and what not in my music apps will be even smaller, so I kept the standard glossy display. The unibody compared to the last gen's is awesome, this thing feels like a chunk of metal, no flex at all.

[nebulae]

You kids with your shiny new toys all seem so happy. So so happy.

[Tarekith]

Very happy, this thing is FAST. I haven't even ran any tests, just installing software is so much faster. This rocks, very happy.

[nebulae]

^good, I'm happy for you - hope the excitement turns into lovely new creativity and great music.

[auditory canvas]

high-res 15" i7 is the way to go. It is a quad-core that has hyperboost so it virtually is an 8-core laptop. I know 9.1.1 64-bit Logic will take advantage of that and to me that is all I need to make a purchase. 60% faster than the dual-core with an 8 hour battery, awesome

Intense Mojo claims the new MBP's are quad-core. Apple claims that they're dual-core.

I think I'm going to have to go with Apple on this one:

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/performance.html

two cores and 4 threads i.e. 4 cores for the i5

two cores 8 threads for the i7

Not quite.

Both processors are 2 cores, 4 threads.

The i7 is a 620m, mot the 720.

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=43560

Here's a comparison of all three porcessors they are using for the different specs, 520m, 540m, and 620m.

http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=43560,47341,43544,

[dancing Ray]

Very happy, this thing is FAST. I haven't even ran any tests, just installing software is so much faster. This rocks, very happy.

Hey Tarekith, would you mind posting the results in a sepeate thread?

[nicogrubert]

I am wondering about the CPU power of the fastest old model (Core2Duo 3.06 GHz) in comparison to the Core i7 2.66GHz of the new models.

Any idea which one will win the CPU benchmark test?

[UKRuss]

I love my macbook, but damn those prices are insane.

I'll be waiting til my MB falls over and dies before I go anywhere near that shop again.

madness. Two grand....for a laptop. Jebus.

[tamtam]

Pro - Better gfx chip in the low end models
Contra - Exorbitant pricing

I liked the powerbook pismo best so far.

lol
the faster pismo was > 3000$ new.

[0815]

Pro - Better gfx chip in the low end models
Contra - Exorbitant pricing

I liked the powerbook pismo best so far.

lol
the faster pismo was > 3000$ new.

And it was one of the first who enabled videoediting on a laptop, was black, had two hotswapable bays for batteries or drives, two firewires, vga and shvs out and a pcmcia slot. Ahead of the time like once C= Amiga was.

But as the history tells: the good does not always win.

[netchaiev]

I am wondering about the CPU power of the fastest old model (Core2Duo 3.06 GHz) in comparison to the Core i7 2.66GHz of the new models.

Any idea which one will win the CPU benchmark test?

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