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    Macbook pro 15 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Cod4, Jul 21, 2009.

  1. Cod4

    Cod4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all

    I'm planning to buy a MacBook pro 15 soon and I need to know the following

    1. Are the processors 25w or 35w, the 2.66 ghz, 2.88 ghz.

    2. Are the SSD's apple sell with the MacBooks fast and worth the upgrade?

    3. Do the MacBook 15 overheat or get hot often

    thanks
     
    Cod4, Jul 21, 2009
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  2. Budding

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    1. The 2.66Ghz P8800 is 25W, and the 2.88Ghz T9600 is 35W. Do note that the 2.66Ghz CPU on the previous generation unibodies are the T9550, which is 35W.

    2. They are definitely fast and definitely worth upgrading to. Whether it's more economical to upgrade through Apple or to upgrade yourself is highly debatable.

    3. They do not overheat, and they don't get hot often unless you're running Windows Vista.
     
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  3. Cod4

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    Thank you btw how much space does mac os leopard take up?
     
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    9GB of disk space according to the system requirements. Snow Leopard will only require 5GB.
     
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    SSDs are a substantial upgrade... if you have the money. For me personally the speed of hard drives are adequate and the money for an SSD would not be worth it. However you will notice a difference with an ssd in boot time and program loading, and a tat more battery life. If you have the money go for it, the ones apple sell are the fast ones. But SSDs are still new and there is somewhat of an "Apple tax" on them.

    Also it depends what you mean by "hot." While surfing and office it won't be hot. But at full load, especially with the 9600 and a 35watt cpu, its runs hot. The new ones handle it better but macbooks have always run hot. My macbook cpu runs 70-80 at full load. You shouldn't have much of a problem tho except in windows. If you have the 15inch one with the 9400 you won't have any problems.
     
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    If you want SSD, upgrade it yourself. This way you'll have an extra hdd and an ssd in your macbook.

    Intel and OCZ vertex/summit are the best performing SSD's, better than what Apple uses. Intel should be releasing 2nd Gen SSD's soon, faster and cheaper.

    I've noticed that macbooks tend to get a little bit hotter than pc notebooks, but I think this is attributed to the fact that macbooks are much thinner and has less vents.
     
    MrX8503, Jul 22, 2009
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