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EDIT: my bad with with the late- vs mid-2009. I meant the mid-2009Quote:
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
The first unibody was up-to the mid 2009 and is not as good. weak battery, the screen is not good. BTW, it was not labeled with MacBook Pro - it's just a Unibody MacBook.
the 2.53 is not the first, but high-end 13" from the second revision ;). I have the 2.26 from the same revision and it's great.
what happened to the small OS SSD?
Looks like the small OS-only SSD was a lie for now.
And I did see (in Canadian store) that the 13" 2.4gHz c2d (the last generation) refurbished model has dropped to $979 ($270 off original price). That is a nice drop, and would cover 2/3rd of the $400 to do my after-market 240GB SSD upgrade.
The Intel HD 3000 is a bit of a disappointment on the 13"... but I rarely ever us my current MacBook for games, and don't see that changing even if I went high end... it's for surfing, djing and other work. My bigger complaint about graphics isn't the video card, it's about not seeing a jump in screen resolution. 1280x800 has been used on the 13" Macbook (Pro) for 4+ years now. Only change has been LED backlit screen.
Engadget's article confirmed with the thunderbolt port they got to see a 5GB file transferred in seconds, and 4 HD videos streaming from a raid drive simultaneously (aprox 600-700 mbps)... pretty impressive. Looking forward to seeing some external enclosures.
So... for me... for an extra $270 (price above the refurbished Core2Duo last generation 13" model) gets me the i5 (4 threads & intel 'turbo boost'), faster RAM (now 1333mhz) & thunderbolt for future external devices. I think I may hold out until the Summer... than it will be pre-bundled with OS X Lion, and should be able to get one of these new i5 ones at a refurbished price (~$150-200 off or so) by than.
Smokin deal on a refurb
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC...co=MTgwOTc3Mjg
Yes.. that's the refurbished model I was quoting... except in the canada store it's $979.
Also my friend just pointed out something to me that makes me rage. The 13" macbook air's... they have a 1400x900 screen! Why didn't the 13" pro's get that upgrade? WTF!
hi guys!
I'd like to know if there is no problem between core i5 and VCI-100? I heard there was some (big) problems on pc... what about in mac? Maybe i'm gonna buy a MBP 13"...
i was about to post that!Quote:
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kinda disappointed as higher res and ssd were the main features I was holding out for... Those features were already standard on the air, so why no love for the mbp?
Just save your pennies and buy a new model with the i5 or better. Don't waste your money on a crap c2d. Why anyone considers that an amazing deal for $900 is mindboggling...Quote:
Originally Posted by photojojo
For simple use of traktor or serato the previous gen will handle them with no problem. I really havent seen anyone use a macbook pro to the max.Quote:
Originally Posted by firebr4nd