Which Mac Book Pro?
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- Ranger
Going freelance - need a portable machine.
Has anyone heard when the new 3GHz machines are coming out in UK?
Also do you think it more important to have a 7200rpm hard drive or a graphics with 512MB SDRAM?
I tempted by a refurb 15inch with the graphics card rather than the faster drive.
- Dancer0
If you can, wait till June 16th hopefully new MBP design being launched
- pascii0
if u can't wait, get the actual 15" - i have it since 2 mths with 4 GB ram on my ext. 20" and it works very fine!
- dconstrukt0
a new MBP??? WTF?
oh great. mine just arrived today.got a 17 inch 2.6 with 4 gigs of ram, 200 gb 7200 rpm HD
- 16th june, 99%moamoa
- measure ur penis often?geralddean
- i got the same about a week ago... I dont think it will change much...joseprieto
- Dancer0
Ranger,
It was been widely reported and speculated on loads of Mac/Geek Sites, most recent articles:
http://www.appleinsider.com/arti…
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/05…
- dconstrukt0
fuck... i'm not opening it.
send that bitch back till the new ones come out lol
- Come on man. If you had really researched what you were buying surely you would of heard these whispers :pDancer
- Ranger0
Damnit I was almost sold... can I wait another month...
Don't they do some kind've deal whereby you can return your mac if they release another model within a month or something?
- dconstrukt0
dude, they"re ALWAYS releasing new stuff.... if you get like that you'll always be waiting for the next one to come out.
- this is a re-package though, not just a speed bumpDancer
- Dancer0
4 times in the last 9 or so years does not constitute as "ALWAYS" in my book
- Seanbot0
I would recommend the 7200 RPM drive, but battery life can be shit w/ it.
- YAYPaul0
Mactactic are saying 4 months till an update release.
- Raniator0
Wait until after the WWDC...
What is worse – waiting another month, or getting pissed off 'cause you just bought something that has been replaced?
- Ranger0
What does a re-package involve do you think? Maybe a 24 inch macbook pro?
- Dancer0
I doubt a 24inch'er will be in the package, not that portable really is it...?
Have a look through the sites and comments. It may well be a move into line with the New iMac and the Air:
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/04…
- senseg0
update? i got mine a month ago...
- winkelried0
You will need the 512 graphics card for gaming under windows... if you dare to install it...
I have a 2.2 ghz and it runs like hell...
- Meeklo0
yeah, there is no need to have the last one, if you need to make bills now, you need a computer to work on. when (and if) the new comes out, and it really has something worth the update then you can sell it.
a new computer is only new for a few months, so if you depend on having the last one to do work, then from a business point of view, you are going to take a big hit.
my 2 cts
- Meeklo0
it sucks, but everytime you buy a new computer or ipod, there is a newer model being released.. who here never went through that?
if you want top of the line, get a dell, they never really update and if they do, no one keeps track of it :)
- akrokdesign0
might be different in the u.k. in the state the 15" 2.5GHz already comes with the 512 graphics card. and its only 50 bucks for the 7200 rpm upgrade.
- yaphi0
7200 runs too hot in my opinion without that much gain in performance. I'd rather have a bigger drive at 5400 rpm than the slight increase in speed.
You need more than 512 MB of RAM, just don't buy it from Apple. Get it at http://crucial.com and max it out.
- I just noticed you were talking about video ram, yes 512. Leopard loves your video card.yaphi