New macbooks?
10-19-2008, 10:04 AM
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I like Macbooks, but the new Sony VAIO Z series look mighty nice too~ 
Might get the IT guys at work to pick up one of these for work use~ 
* 2.26Ghz (P8400) - 2.53Ghz (P9500) Intel? Core™ 2 Duo Processor
* Intel? Centrino? 2 processor technology
* 1066Mhz Front Side Bus Speed
* 3MB - 6MB L2 Cache
* Up to 128GB (64GBx2) Solid State Drive, Ultra ATA with RAID technology
* Up to 320GB hard disk drive available
* Up to 4GB DDR3 SDRAM
* G-Sensor™ Shock Protection on hard disk drive models only
* Estimated Battery Life: Up to 6 hours (standard capacity battery)
* Up to 9 hours (large capacity battery)
* Power Requirements: 100W + 10%
* Memory Stick Duo™ media slot with MagicGate? functionality
* ExpressCard? 3/4 slot
* SD™ memory card slot
* 13.1" Screen
* 1366 x 768 or 1600 x 900 Resolution
* XBRITE-DuraView™ Technology
* LED Backlight
* Built-in DVD-RW drive or Blu-ray Disc RW drive
* Intel? High Definition Audio Sound System
* NVIDIA? GeForce? 9300M GS GPU with 860-1500MB total available graphics memory
* Mobile Intel? Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD with Intel? Clear Video
* 128 - 256MB of dedicated video RAM Hybrid Graphics System
* Mobile Intel? GM45 Express Chipset
* HDMI™ and VGA out with Smart Display Sensor
* QWERTY keyboard, 82 keys with 2.5mm stroke and 19.05mm pitch
* Built-in 0.3 megapixel (640 x 480 pixels) MOTION EYE? camera and microphone
* Electro-Static touch pad
* Biometric Fingerprint Sensor, Trusted Platform Module(TPM) TCG Ver 1.2 compliant
* Fast Ethernet (RJ-45) Protocol
* 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T
* Integrated V.92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11)
* Wireless LAN: Intel? WiFi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/b/g/n)5
* Wireless WAN—Sprint? Mobile Broadband Service15
* Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth? technology
Might get the IT guys at work to pick up one of these for work use~ * 2.26Ghz (P8400) - 2.53Ghz (P9500) Intel? Core™ 2 Duo Processor
* Intel? Centrino? 2 processor technology
* 1066Mhz Front Side Bus Speed
* 3MB - 6MB L2 Cache
* Up to 128GB (64GBx2) Solid State Drive, Ultra ATA with RAID technology
* Up to 320GB hard disk drive available
* Up to 4GB DDR3 SDRAM
* G-Sensor™ Shock Protection on hard disk drive models only
* Estimated Battery Life: Up to 6 hours (standard capacity battery)
* Up to 9 hours (large capacity battery)
* Power Requirements: 100W + 10%
* Memory Stick Duo™ media slot with MagicGate? functionality
* ExpressCard? 3/4 slot
* SD™ memory card slot
* 13.1" Screen
* 1366 x 768 or 1600 x 900 Resolution
* XBRITE-DuraView™ Technology
* LED Backlight
* Built-in DVD-RW drive or Blu-ray Disc RW drive
* Intel? High Definition Audio Sound System
* NVIDIA? GeForce? 9300M GS GPU with 860-1500MB total available graphics memory
* Mobile Intel? Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD with Intel? Clear Video
* 128 - 256MB of dedicated video RAM Hybrid Graphics System
* Mobile Intel? GM45 Express Chipset
* HDMI™ and VGA out with Smart Display Sensor
* QWERTY keyboard, 82 keys with 2.5mm stroke and 19.05mm pitch
* Built-in 0.3 megapixel (640 x 480 pixels) MOTION EYE? camera and microphone
* Electro-Static touch pad
* Biometric Fingerprint Sensor, Trusted Platform Module(TPM) TCG Ver 1.2 compliant
* Fast Ethernet (RJ-45) Protocol
* 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T
* Integrated V.92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11)
* Wireless LAN: Intel? WiFi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/b/g/n)5
* Wireless WAN—Sprint? Mobile Broadband Service15
* Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth? technology
10-19-2008, 11:40 AM
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I just bought two of the new macbooks...one for my wife and one custom ordered for me with 4 GB RAM and the solid state drive...they're beautiful.
10-19-2008, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='697469' date='Oct 19 2008, 08:30 PM
not a mac fan any more, cost way too much for what itis and can not over clock
10-19-2008, 09:09 PM
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Model Year: 2008
Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='697469' date='Oct 19 2008, 08:30 PM
not a mac fan any more, cost way too much for what itis and can not over clock
10-19-2008, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by tex_phil' post='697535' date='Oct 19 2008, 09:52 PM
I'm sorry but I think the new macbook is UGLY. Black bezel and black keyboard?! Yuck.
10-19-2008, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rodneyremington' post='697080' date='Oct 20 2008, 03:40 AM
I just bought two of the new macbooks...one for my wife and one custom ordered for me with 4 GB RAM and the solid state drive...they're beautiful.
). They're saying November so I've got a little wait ahead of me.
10-19-2008, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='697539' date='Oct 20 2008, 01:09 PM
Properly compare specs with the competition, and you'll find that the Mac notebooks aren't overpriced. Just better looking, nicer to use, more reliable, better supported and able to run just about any OS and software you care to throw at it.
these are my life, if I dont have these I dont have a e60
so no mac for me
10-20-2008, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='697570' date='Oct 20 2008, 09:06 AM
but you can not use 3D max or maya on it.
these are my life, if I dont have these I dont have a e60
so no mac for me
these are my life, if I dont have these I dont have a e60
so no mac for me
ON TOPIC: I dig the new macbooks alot. Seen the presentations and all the possible pics. Like the new SSD 128 GB and the upgraded graphics BUT i had to settle for an iMac. As a newbie to apple i choose an iMac 3.06 Ghzm 8800 GS graphics and 1TB hdd. No money right now for a new laptop and besides that i still rely on my Sony Vaio SZ-4XN that cost me a fortune with extended battery and premium leather carrying case.
Maybe for Xmas i'll go for an MBA since it also got upgraded (9400M graphics AND 128 GB SSD).
PS: Did some tests with an MacBook Air with 64 GB SSD (1.8 GHz CPU) and an iMac 2.8 GHz and i was amaized to see the iMac booting slithly quicker than the SSD MBA. Run it twice, cuz i thought no way the MBA with SSD to be slower at boot time than the iMac.
Now i'm sold to Apple. Soon to replace my rig with the iMac (for work) i only got to get a macbook to be apple 100% (PS: got the iphone 3g also
)PSS: PC & windows = crap (except for hardcore gaming). My current rig (that will go home after i swap with the iMac) is a Intel quad core extreme QX9700 3.2 Ghz, Nvidia quad SLI 9800 GX2, 2 x Velociraptor 10 000 rpm HDD, 2 x Samsung 1 TB hdd, 4 GB DDR3 1800 MHZ ram AND nvidia 790i ultra motherboard. Guess what?! This custom rig cost me an arm and a leg and the iMac "runs circles" around it. I was like WTF!?!?!