Check this bad boi out

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:07 pm

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:11 pm

Let me guess....

It's a faster computer for queers?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:12 pm

Post by **busetibi** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:16 pm

Intel

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:33 pm

busetibi wrote:Intel

yeah, those dumb fucks really don't have a clue

Oh, hold on....

Post by **mad** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:13 pm

im actually thinking about getting one but dunno when
would you recommend waiting til later in the year til possibly any bugs would be sorted out?

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:44 pm

na, bugs will be fixed with firmware and hotfixs. my mates just ordered his and i'm putting in a rec for one next week. just had a duel screen x64 dell put on my desk so best not to put another £2000 order in

Post by **mad** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:04 pm

you know if they are gonna bring out a 17" version?

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:49 pm

i think they will

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:26 pm

yeah, the MacBook is sick. this might push me over the edge. the magnetic power plug is a simple but good idea too. steve's claiming 4-5X faster performance than the Powerbooks - pretty hefty.

check out the keynote address at around the 1:21:50 mark.

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:01 pm

very nice, if I needed a laptop I'd get one of those

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:21 pm

very nice, if ever need something i don't need i'll get one of those

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:24 pm

yes, basically

just like if I needed a portable media player I'd probably get an iPod

Post by **Wizard .3** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:40 pm

Like Jugg mentioned, I really like the Magsafe idea. Something so simple makes for such a nice addition.

Post by **neh** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:43 pm

i might get one of those - need to flog the power book 15" though aswell I guess

Post by **Dave** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:03 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:yeah, the MacBook is sick. this might push me over the edge. the magnetic power plug is a simple but good idea too. steve's claiming 4-5X faster performance than the Powerbooks - pretty hefty.

check out the keynote address at around the 1:21:50 mark.

lol.. don't buy into the hype man.. it's maybe 2.5x faster--given the extra core and another percentage bump for architecture if that offers a performance boost.

Post by **saturn** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:04 pm

damn, gonna buy a 12" macbook to replace this 8-month old G4 powerbook :s

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:25 pm

I'm wondering how they get more performance when the OS was designed to run on a whole different chip architecture, RISC vs CISC. Seems to me they would have to redo a ton of OS stuff to get good performance out of the deep queues in the intel chips.

Post by **S@M** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:16 pm

seremtan wrote:very nice, if ever need something i don't need i'll get one of those

loooooools, thanks seremtan, thats my new sig...truly funny shit

Post by **Canis** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:37 am

MidnightQ4 wrote:I'm wondering how they get more performance when the OS was designed to run on a whole different chip architecture, RISC vs CISC. Seems to me they would have to redo a ton of OS stuff to get good performance out of the deep queues in the intel chips.

The OS was designed from the beginning to be portable. Since the conception of OS X they had it running natively on both x86 and PPC. That is why they were able to make this transition so rapidly and with such seemless results.

Post by **Canis** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:38 am

I'm curious to see how well Windows runs on the thing, and whether or not drivers recognize the hardware properly.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:02 am

Dave wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:yeah, the MacBook is sick. this might push me over the edge. the magnetic power plug is a simple but good idea too. steve's claiming 4-5X faster performance than the Powerbooks - pretty hefty.

check out the keynote address at around the 1:21:50 mark.
lol.. don't buy into the hype man.. it's maybe 2.5x faster--given the extra core and another percentage bump for architecture if that offers a performance boost.

my "pretty hefty" remark was directed towards the claim.

Post by **glossy** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:08 am

How long until I can get retail OSX on my PC then ?

Post by **Canis** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:57 am

I'm sure some folks will find a way to either emulate a mac or hack up OS X to get it running, but it will be a royal pain in the ass, unstable as all hell, and updates will kill the install, etc. so it just wont be worth the effort.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:43 am

took long enough