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    Mac book pro rewievs???

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Spazy, Apr 28, 2006.

  1. Spazy

    Spazy Notebook Guru

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    i am seriously thinking about buying a mac book pro 17".
    but i want to know more about it before.
    is there any real rewiev of mac book pro 17" out yet`??
    plz post a link if you know any

    oh, and is this notebook going to be much better than the one i have now?

    1,86 ghz Intel Pentium M Processor 750, 512 MB PC4200 533 MHz RAM, DVD Super-Multi Double Layer Drive
    FX6600 GO 128 MB, 100 GB 4200rpm, 17.0” Widescreen XGA TFT w/TruBrite
    Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG

    yes i know the specs are much better, but i am thinking about performance in games and such??

    thanks
     
    Spazy, Apr 28, 2006
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  2. fenderboy

    fenderboy Notebook Consultant

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    Hey Spazy,
    The machine you have currently could still be considered a good overall machine. Your need to upgrade depends completely on what you want to do with the machine. If you are going to use it solely for Windows, I don't think you should upgrade yet. When the new 'Merom' Core duo processors are released in August, Apple will surely upgrade their notebooks to the Merom processors (faster, offer 64bit capabilities). Apple is also slated to release OSX 10.5 (Leopard) between August and December, which will contain a revised version of "boot camp", so Windows should run even better.

    Gaming wise, the Macbook Pro has the underclocked X1600, which will score ~3000 in 3dmark05 with stock clock settings and Apple drivers. Your go6600 will be about 2/3 as powerful compared to the underclocked x1600 in the Apple.

    The Macbook Pro 17inch certainly appears to be an awesome computer, but if you can wait until August the updated computer would be a much more worthwhile upgrade. For the time being, try another 512mb RAM, it certainly helps in gaming, as well as general use.
    Hope that helps,
    Steve
     
    fenderboy, Apr 28, 2006
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  3. Spazy

    Spazy Notebook Guru

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    Spazy, Apr 29, 2006
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  4. xAMDvsIntelx

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    The 17" MBP is way to new to have a review already - I suspect it'll take a month or two before we get one and about a month or so before places like CNet will have them.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Apr 29, 2006
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  5. Spazy

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    the notebook is out now.
    plz post links to reviews here if any one knows any.

    thanks
     
    Spazy, May 9, 2006
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    bazotic Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm been surfing the macrumors forum and several people over there have gotten their MBPs in. Here's a few blurbs,
    There's also been some bad things. One guy's screen went DOA 10 minutes after startup. But he talked to apple, and they've sent him a new one on express. A few others have complained about the latches that hold the screen down, but oddily they've all fixed themselves. Not the users, but the latches just started to work.
    That's basically all for now. It looks like the major problems have been fixed and everyone seems happy with their purchases. Even the guy with the ****ped out screen, it still kinda works and he's been playing on it and enjoying it.
    ahem, sorry for the long comment
     
    bazotic, May 10, 2006
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    bazotic Notebook Enthusiast

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    its only about 2 weeks old. I haven't found a review on it yet
     
    gridtalker, May 10, 2006
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  9. Spazy

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    Spazy, May 11, 2006
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  10. ez2remember

    ez2remember Notebook Evangelist

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    Very interesting insight to the 17" MacBook Pro but I still couldn't find any info about whether the GPU is still heavily underlocked in this model. It would be really nice to know...
     
    ez2remember, May 12, 2006
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  11. Spazy

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    Spazy, May 13, 2006
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    is there any good review out there about the mac pro 17"?
    a thorough review


    cant find any
     
    Spazy, Jun 11, 2006
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    cashmonee, Jun 11, 2006
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