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Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by marknutter » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

I remember when Apple used to have events for their notebook releases. Sigh.

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

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Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by DocSavage » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

CrazedGeek wrote: post #3

I was about to post something to the effect of "I'm disappointed that the 13-inch model replaced the Nvidia GPU with an Intel one", but it seems to be decently better: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-320M.28701.0.htm...

I'm a bit disappointed because I wanted to fool with GPU programming and I think Nvidia is still the standard there:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4638324/nvidia-vs-amd-gpg...

Does anyone have any experience with OpenCL versus Cuda?

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by borism » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:10 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #20

ugh wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren’t prices exactly the same as before?

Right, but now you are getting more hardware for your dollars.

that's how it is supposed to work

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by cjeane » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:10 PM UTC

ssn wrote: post #4

What's new?

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs-compare.html

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by rms » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:11 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #8

It seems as if for the last couple years every time Apple releases a new device it gets less expensive than the predecessor. I wonder if this is just an economy of scale effect, if as Apple grows they can afford to make less expensive computers, or if the lower prices are driven by falling hardware costs, or if they are deliberately driving the price down to grab a larger market share. Either way the Apple product li…

like clockwork!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moores_law

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by ugh » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:11 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #20

ugh wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren’t prices exactly the same as before?

Right, but now you are getting more hardware for your dollars.

Uhm, like everywhere else? Have you been alive those last thirty years? Hardware gets better, prices come down. This years MacBook is obviously and unsurprisingly going to better than last years.

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by whyohwhy » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:12 PM UTC

Why is this on HN?

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by sandipc » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:12 PM UTC

wheels wrote: post #18

Color me disappointed. I was hoping for: • Ditching the optical media for longer battery life • 4 cores in the 13" • Max RAM of 12 GB (this one isn't listed ... maybe?) • The higher resolution 1440x900 resolution in the 13" that the Macbook Air has Altogether it's a pretty wussy update. Basically it looks like the diff (on the 13" model, which is what I care about) is: • Faster CPU (finally!) • Thunderbolt port (coun…

I was really hoping the stock models would ditch hard drives entirely (for SSDs) like the MB Air.

Re: New MacBook Pro series

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Post by gumbah » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:13 PM UTC

pclark wrote: post #15

tsycho wrote: post #12

Interesting that they are now offering a SSD drive......does this mean they have now added the SSD TRIM command (or planning to add it in Lion)?

they've always offered SSD

Indeed, they've done so for some time now. I hoped it would be the default in the new MBP's... :-(