I pulled the trigger and ordered a new MacBook Pro, vs a Mac Pro today. The differences will be:
- Slightly slower hard disk (5400rpm vs 7200rpm)
- Larger hard disk (160 over 100). I can now store my music and photos internally, and update to a larger/faster drive later.
- LCD backlit screen - uses less power, more uniform lighting
- Faster CPU - From 2.1ghz Core Duo to 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo
- Faster video - The nVidia chipset sounds nice
- Same RAM, 2gb, more potential. Apple is shippig with 667 RAM, vs the 800 the FSB can support, but crucial.com has the 800 ram for $539 for 2×2gb. Later I can double the RAM and get better performance to boot (and keep my old ram)
- 802.11n
- FW 800 port added
Should be here within a week.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
No Love
Is this a developers purchase?
June 5th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Of course it is! Otherwise there would be plenty of love
June 7th, 2007 at 2:23 am
Why not the 200gig drive, or even the 250? Or did you go 17″?
June 7th, 2007 at 6:09 am
250 is 17″ only and is too slow anyway. 200gb is only 4200rpm, far too slow (5400 is slow enough) Will wait for a larger/fast drive.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
New egg has the 7200 200gb hitachi for $219. Get one now!