suleiman Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Apple announced today the release of the all new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duos. The machines are the second in Apple's lineup to receive the Core 2 Duo upgrade, after the iMacs received the upgrade some months ago. While speculation had existed for sometime as to when Apple might upgrade its Pro series of laptops, an October release date by the company comes as quite a surprise. In addition to the upgpraded processors, the new machines boast processor speeds up to 2.33ghz, 200 gigabyte hard drives, 6x double-layer DVD drive burning, two firewire ports (one 400 and one 800), and a price tag starting at $1,999 for the low end model, and $2,799 for the 17-inch high end model. With all the sweet new upgrades on this baby one thing is for sure, I'll be making a purchase sometime before December. http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Finally now all of you that were waiting for this can have your dream come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sHARD>> Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 That's a sweet upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 I think it's definitely a sweet upgrade, but I'm a little mift the graphics chip didn't get an upgrade, a 512 option would have been nice, especially with Apple underclocking its chips so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Was wondering when this topic would come and the front page change. The upgrade is nice, but prices are really high. I think the Core 2 Duos of the Macbooks won't go down either, which is sad. To high priced to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Oughton Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I wish I had firewire 800 on my MBP, but otherwise I'm not too upset that mine is no longer "current". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exscape Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Finally now all of you that were waiting for this can have your dream come true. Yup, that's exactly what I'm gonna do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 And now I'm thinking about another swap for that new MBP - the FW800 port was a big surprise and would come in handy for video work since I have a 300GB external drive with FW800 on it not being used. Dammit... 120GB drive too... and a single 1GB stick finally... {censored}. /me beats himself up over this now... Bleh. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 What annoys me is that a 2,000 Euro notebook (an awful lot of money) doesn't offer a 256 MB graphics card, not even as a paid upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 WOW. Thanks for the update! It makes me really consider selling my MacBook and upgrading to one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 if you get the 2.33 ghz 15 inch you can get 256 of vram http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html *see if you can find the typo* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 if you get the 2.33 ghz 15 inch you can get 256 of vram http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html *see if you can find the typo* I know. You must pay 500 Euro more. That is quite enough for a decent desktop (self built) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 yeah they do the same with the imacs, but 128 is decent with gddr3 memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth OS X Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Wow good thing I waited to buy one I was about to buy when it was released and then decided to wait a little and save some more for a better configuration and then they come out with this! Always a good upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i1sam Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 ill be waiting more when leopard will be pre-installed... nice configuration, the mid-range 15" will be my target.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tneely Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 i'm happy about apple updating it's software and hardware frecuently, this is good for us apple users, but i feel a little sad about my macbook pro, i spend my money in a good piece of hardware, but it took just 1 month to be outdated. well i'll have to make the money for the new macbookpro. it's simply awsome... almost 50% faster.. damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_4e Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Wow. A lot sooner than I anticipated. Well how much longer 'til my BacBook's outdated? This actually isn't upsetting to me as a MB owner. It really wouldn't have been worth the wait to get Core 2 Duo. Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unstatusthequo Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 FINALLY! I ordered mine one hour after it was released. Education discount through wifey = even nicer! Should be here Nov. 1st! As a switcher, I imagine that will be a big day for me, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro_sandchez Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 finally what I've been waiting for. And to think, today I had decided that I was probably just going to take the plunge this week anyway. And now you get 40 gigs more space, and twice the ram for the same money! Not to mention a dual layer burner. I'm excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unstatusthequo Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Don't forget FW800 in the 15 inch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 An important thing here guys is the additional 1 gb of ram you can now add for a total of 3gb. Especially when you consider the speed boost in Rosetta apps from having more RAM, and the amount of memory chewed up by running Parallels, this is a really important option. For me I'm going to see if I can't get a free upgrade from Apple (my current MBP has been in for repairs twice, has had a fan, hard drive, mouse, battery, and power adapter replaced, and now the keyboard backlight is broken). If not then I'll sell this on eBay and go for a maxxed out 17inch MBP. In hindsight the extra screen real estate will be nice for the web design work I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 well damn. id love the increased ram and the bigger hard drive, but oh well. anyone know how much id get if i sold my first rev high end(no whine)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 just checked on eBay and they're going for very reasonable prices. It'll probably sell for around 2,000 for at least the next 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I kinda wish they kept core duos and sold them cheeper :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukaniko Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Came out faster than I thought. Im after a 24" Imac or bigger. Hopfully with HD support and the Mrs wants the middle range 15" MBP. Ill wait til Leopard come pre-installed, who knows what hardware will be in then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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