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The New Mac Book Pro

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Twinjibber77
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I purchased a Mac Book Pro right before college (summer of '09) when the new ones at the time were released. Now they are releasing the newer Mac Book Pros. I'm no computer expert so can someone tell me why the new ones have less GHz than the ones from my release?

Thanks

Feelings experts on the new ones for kids purchasing for college and random reasons this year? +k
Apr 13 2010 11:06PM
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skiierrrrrrr
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the new core i5 and i7 process are supposed to boost performance up to 50% according to them
Apr 13 2010 11:17PM
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teleTay
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funny how you cant get the i7 in the 17inch only the 15inch

they should have at least give the 13inch the i3 or i5 because C2D is outdated
Apr 13 2010 11:49PM
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Twinjibber77
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Alright alright. thanks guys. Makes sense. So when should my beast start slowing down. Cause this bug fella is still a rocking and rolling like no tomorrow.
Apr 13 2010 11:52PM
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Keyjibbs
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Not anytime soon. Apple releases new shit all the time but that doesn't mean the previous generation is bad or hell even the generation before that. I still have a black macbook from 07 and it still kicks just as much ass as the day I got it. I am looking at these new Macbook Pro's just because I need to upgrade soon but I'd even settle for a previous gen.
Apr 13 2010 11:59PM
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1337
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i love my nigbook. runs photoshop and final cut like a champ
Apr 14 2010 2:33PM
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teleTay
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you could probably get a previous generation MBP for pretty cheap before they run out
Apr 14 2010 2:51PM
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BryantPhoto
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The main improvement I personally see is their upgrade to extremely large solid state hard drives. It's truly a feat to see a 500gb solid state hard drives. This means that there is no spinning drive inside, so drop your computer all you want and you won't lose any data.
Apr 14 2010 9:47PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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yeah i wish it wasnt such a dam expensive upgrade
im gonna go for the 256gig solid state when i get my mbp
Apr 14 2010 9:55PM
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freeskibum82
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they updated the graphics card as well and its suppose to handle graphic performance. my 13" from last year is still solid as ever. more than likely they keep finding better deals on stuff and still charge the same to increase their profit margin.
Apr 14 2010 10:08PM
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ROOS.
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im reppin the original powerbook and this badboy still does great, mac = old faithful, windows= Armageddon of your compy stuff
Apr 14 2010 10:18PM
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shintastic48
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Will the cheapest new 13" mbp work fine doing full HD editing?
Apr 16 2010 10:00AM
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Kornn101
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my computer died last week and i got a raise last week so i kinda felt like a champ when i went on tuesday to buy the brand new one :)

yea its got updated graphics, and switches intelligently between intel HD and nvidia depending on what ur doing to save battery life, already been copying files over the wireless network for 4 hours and browsing and working in flash and still at 45% battery, its silly how long this thing can run

got the 15 inch 2.66 ghz core i7

and u can get i7 in the 17inch its just a customizable option.
Apr 16 2010 10:56AM
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Blandct
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it has more cores as well, and hyperthreads the 4 cores which creates 8 virtual cores.
Apr 16 2010 11:49AM
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49566738265
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Agreed, the 13 inch is a total waste of money for what you get.
Apr 16 2010 12:32PM
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Blandct
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apparently you didn't look because you can get the i7 in a 17 inch.
Apr 16 2010 1:43PM
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teleTay
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i just looked at their site again and yes you can get the i7 in the 17 inch

but its odd that they are not in the base 17 inch model you have to add as an upgrade
Apr 17 2010 2:33AM
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squibble
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10 hours of batter life wtf? it was time for an update my 13" "pro" cant even run aperture 3
Apr 17 2010 8:50PM
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Keyjibbs
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The fuck? I can run Lightroom 2, Photoshop CS4, and Firefox all at the same time on my Black 2.16ghz with 2gb ram Macbook. 10hrs of battery life seems so fucking awesome, I'm sick of having to recharge like every 3 hours.
Apr 17 2010 9:26PM
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