new macbook pro tomorrow...

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raf0
Advertised battery time went down from 9-10 hours down to 7. Apple claims it is due to a change of the way they measure it.
So what were your real world battery usage times with latest MBPs?
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- 4-5 hrsJG_LB
- hmmm interesting!genfour
- Mine lasts forever...Bargels
- 3-4 hrs i7 8gb 2.66x2Atkinson
- 9-10 hours must be if you have it on but not doing anything with it.akrok
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SteveJobs0
dun dun dun!!!!
and there you have it..
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kgvs720
This looks very promising http://www.apple.com/thunderbolt…
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- Using PCI Express and DisplayPort technology.kgvs72
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genfour0
http://www.electronista.com/arti…
pretty cool stuff!
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LOKi0
do people think the SSD drives are worth the exorbitant price?
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- I guess it depends on what you're doing. Right now the average is $1.25-$1.50 per gbkgvs72
- ugh, want.LOKi
- i wouldn't buy one from apple but OWC instead.Chief
- chief right.akrok
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jamesomega0
Do these new MBP actually have Quad Core i7's with HT for 8 virtual cores?
I kinda feel ripped for buying last year's model thinking that their "i7" was going to be something similar to my 8 thread i7 950.
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monNom0
so with thunderbolt... is that basically a proprietary port that you're going to need to buy an adapter to use DVI or PCIE devices with?
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- I'm getting nauseous thinking about how many $29.99 adapters I'll need to buygenfour
- nope, works with all out of the gatespifflink
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Atkinson0
wait for next year I reckon. Nothing exciting here. New model out next year that will be made from the membrane of Dolphin eyes.
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GeorgesII0
but monNom,
it is called Thunderdolt,
please take out your credit card.
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- thunderbolts are fast and exciting!
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- and powerful. 1.21 jigawatts to be precise.monNom
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horton0
@ MonNom... Thunderbolt is Intel's Light Peak.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lig…
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- these are horrible names. they sound like pokemon characters or somethingSteveJobs
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Atkinson0
but what exactly does thunderbird do? Do we have to buy new adapters, only to find the speed is no better because our monitors dont have thunderbird?
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- it does what USB, Firewire, eSATA all do, but faster.Chief
- no. can use displayport or whatever elsespifflink
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ItalianStallion0
Same as when USB came out 10 years ago and everybody was new with that...
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SteveJobs0
thunderbolt! pkkkeeeew!
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Chief0
Thunderbolt was to use the same connector as USB, but USB said no.
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- i don't think so ChiefSteveJobs
- really? i read they were using it in early models, but the USB "group" wasn't ok with it.Chief
- damn internet.Chief
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brodster0
i'm sold, buying a new macbook
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GeorgesII0
I said,
get me the PRESIDENT
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- Never fear, I is here.
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inteliboy0
getting the industry to jump on a new technology must be a bureaucratic nightmare -- see blu-ray vs hd-dvd. props to apple & intel for giving it a shot.
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- oppose to blu-ray vs hd-dvd, i don't think they're trying to make it as an industry standard. just a faster way to tranfser large datadijitaq
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The USB Implementers Forum -- which oversees the evolution of that ubiquitous variety of connectors -- put out a statement last summer that did not sound particularly friendly to Light Peak. "USB connectors are not general purpose connectors and are not designed to be used in support of other technology applications or standards or as combo connectors," the group said.
so, USB said no.
from: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011…
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SteveJobs0
isn't it just firewire 2.oh?
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- 3.oheficks
- oh.oh.SteveJobs
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Cool, so I'll be able to sync my iPhone in a second rather than a minute?
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- Light Peak to iPhone... crossing fingers!
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- but you'll need iPhone 5 :Phorton
- or iPad 2Amicus
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