New MacBook Pro series

Post by sandipc » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:50 PM UTC

emilepetrone wrote: post #82

Ask HN: Get an old 13in MBP or new 13in MBP? The battery is more important to me than Thunderbolt.

Post by xuki » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:53 PM UTC

beaumartinez wrote: post #83

xuki wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple will never include a Bluray drive. Period.

Why?

Post by synacksynack » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:53 PM UTC

SandB0x wrote: post #78

Didn't get as much coverage, but there are also new ThinkPads this week: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/lenovo-trots-out-new-thin... The 14" models look good: 30 hours (claimed) battery on the T420, 0.83" ultrathin T420s with discrete graphics. Edit: Here's the official announcement, which took a bit of digging around to find: http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1421 . synacksynack has posted a…

Post by hackermom » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:55 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…

Post by wheels » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:56 PM UTC

siglesias wrote: post #64

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…

>>• 3 hours less battery life The old battery tests were unrealistic. They advertised 8 hours on the 17'', but who really got even close to that under normal use? I'm thankful they're taking the hit on pure battery life numbers to report an honest, realistic test.