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MacBook Pros Upgraded and Shipped
Moby Cock writes "Apple Insider is reporting that Apple has started shipping the new MacBook Pro with an upgrade to the CPU clock speed. The two models now sport 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz Core Duos (up from 1.67 GHz and 1.83 GHz). A 2.16 GHz upgrade is also available. The price point remains the same." Dear Apple: Slashdot needs to review 5 of these indefinitely. Thank you XOXO ;) Seriously, i'm waiting for someone to give good benchmarks on these- especially testing for Warcraft. Now that it has a new Universal Binary I can't wait to see how it holds up against a modern windows machine.
So that means it is 6 times faster right? RIGHT?
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I was just warming up to the idea of a 1.8 this 2.16 Ghz is gonna take some getting used to. Can I handle that much speed?
"1.8ghz should be enough for anybody."
Had another quick look at my order (I'm in the UK).
MBPRO 15/1.67 CTO. Estimated shipping date: Feb 15, 2006.
Estimated delivery date: Feb 22, 2006.
Still, if it comes with a faster processor, I won't be too disappointed - but with it being leading-edge hardware, it'll probably explode in my lap and permanently neuter me...
Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
Seriously, i'm waiting for someone to give good benchmarks on these- especially testing for Warcraft.
;)
So you are spending close to $2000 so you can have slightly better graphics in WarCraft?
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OK, so you can't get the TPM reports for another 10 days, that's fine. The important question is could you just go ahead and use the new cover sheets? That'd be great, thanks.
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Does anyone else here get the irony of /.-ers spending virtual lifetimes bashing 'Doze, hating every byte of M$ kruftware, and yearning for an environmental catastrophe in Redmond, then getting all excited about the potential of running XP on a new MacBook?
Am I alone here when I utter a collossal WTF?
Now, I do think native speed virtualization would be a major boon for the platform. And, yes, native x86/DirectX gaming on a Mac would be nice.
However, with all of the talk about Mac performance gap, *NIX on the desktop, Win Sux, etc, one would think that the community would get very excited about fast portable, Darwin on dual-core, i.e all of the great native things already going on, and more extensible than Doze will ever be.
Yet, what we hear is crying that, unless it runs Windoze, it is useless or somehow disappointing. WTF, again I ask.
My 550 TiBook is a classic piece of machinery, like the NeXT Cube (got one), Sparc 10/20 (got two), the compact Mac (got two), and other timeless designs.
These new machines signal new life for Apple's manufacturing, and innovation for years to come, thanks to a high-speed portable line and its revenue stream. Get excited about that!
First time I see someone booting XP on a Mac, I'm gonna kick them in the nuts, Roshambo style.
Mabey you should learn to spell. Then your opinion might count for something...
They've been working on the iBrick for years. I heard it makes the satisfying Apple boot sound when you throw it through a window.
> As far as I can tell, the MacBook lacks any kind of feature that sets it apart, other than running MacOS X.
Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?
Wow a whole slashdot article solely on Apple upgrading the CPUs to the next highest without changing the price. I know this must be a big deal for you apple users who are used to paying the extra 500 for a 80 dollar more CPU but this is ridiculous.
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Yeah, but what about the people who pre-ordered the 1.83 because they wanted the fastest? If they aren't in a position to change their order to the 2.16 (e.g. 2 week long business meeting in a remote village of Greenland) they get screwed. I think fastest should be bumped to fastest.
A single user isn't in the target market for particular product: Film at 11.