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Apple Unveils MacBook Pro with Core 2 Duo
daveschroeder writes "Apple has just announced the upgraded MacBook Pro (15.4- and 17-inch models) with the Intel Core 2 Duo ("Merom") 64-bit dual core processor. The standard hard drive sizes have been increased, a FireWire 800 port has been added to all models (again, reaffirming that FireWire, and specifically FireWire 800, is not dead, and that Apple responded to customer requests to add it to the 15.4-inch model), and the optical drive is now dual-layer-write-capable on all models."
Apple has just announced the upgraded MacBook Pro (15.4- and 17-inch models) with the Intel Core 2 Duo ("Conroe") 64-bit dual core processor.
Screw that. I'm waiting for the MacBook Pro with Intel Core 2 Duo Twin Binary Pair featuring Extreme II Bifurcation technology.
I'm ordering mine today, another switch is about to take place
There is nothing inherently safe about liberty. That's why so many people died protecting it.
Mac guy yesterday: why do you need a Core 2 Duo? Mac hardware is better that Dell and more expensive because it's better better better
Mac guy today: I've been waiting for months for Apple to release the Core 2 Duo, finally now I can buy the MacBook of my dreams -- the Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro is the BEST COMPUTER EVER, EVER!
Windows guy: huh?
Maybe it's just me, but this is the first I've heard of 2,5" HDs > 120 Gb...
Wow. Finally a laptop with enough storage space.
(/me being cursed with a company laptop with a way-too-small 20 Gb disk)
has been Core 2 Duo capable for months and I could put one in if I wanted to do so
Yea.. you go find yourself a Core 2 Duo to drop in that Acer laptop of yours. I think Walmart sells them.
Lithium fires aren't that dangerous. Just decompress the cargo bay and hang on to the laptop for dear life.
Simple, probably a size constraint.
Ever hear of something called "virtual memory"? It made all the papers, back in the late 1960's. Check it out.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
"Microsoft Office Test Drive". That's a nasty one.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I'm a Windows user, but I think Apple laptops are great. However, I would never buy one until:
1-It ships with a 2-button mouse. When is Steve Jobs going to give up this obsession with a 1-button mouse. And, I don't care about "gestures". I want 2 mouse buttons.
2-WUXGA. If I'm going to lug a 17" laptop, I want WUXGA. I'm typing this from my Sony A690, and I'd never go back to anything less.
*sigh* I suspect that such limits do not exist on Linux or Mac OS X.
They do. It's an architectural, not OS, issue. Get a 64-bit version of Windows and you have nothing to worry about.
I just got the older Macbook Pro. This is like emerging KDE on Gentoo, right about the time it finishes they release a newer version!!!!
Si vis pacem, para bellum! For evil to succeed good men need only do nothing!