Voidnothings » macbook pro http://www.voidnothings.com From pixel to markup. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:35:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Macbook Pro now with i7/i5 http://www.voidnothings.com/2010/04/macbook-pro-now-with-i7i5/ http://www.voidnothings.com/2010/04/macbook-pro-now-with-i7i5/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:06:06 +0000 Lance http://www.voidnothings.com/?p=369  

Apple finally released the long awaited refresh to the Macbook Pro line. The i7 2.66Ghz is available only for the high-end 15″ and 17″ models, according to Apple marketing for this configuration battery power should be around 8-9hrs (wow!). The rest of the 15″ got the i5 series ranging from 2.4 to 2.53Ghz, also it is interesting that the 13″ still feature a slightly bumped Core2Duos from 2.4 to 2.66Ghz and feature a 10hrs batter life.

Head on and read about the rest of the new features.

Update: A few months later, Apple added the 2.8Ghz i7 to the 15″ variants :) As for me, I think the 2.66Ghz is still rocking!

]]> http://www.voidnothings.com/2010/04/macbook-pro-now-with-i7i5/feed/ 2 The holiday lineup is set http://www.voidnothings.com/2009/10/the-holiday-lineup-is-set/ http://www.voidnothings.com/2009/10/the-holiday-lineup-is-set/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:18:30 +0000 Lance http://www.voidnothings.com/?p=15 This is the official statement given by Apple. Last week, the update on the iMac sparked a lot of speculation that more product updates could be coming later this year, just in time for the holiday season. Read the article here on AppleInsider

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Also with the recent seed of Snow Leopard 10.6.2, there are indications of two new models for the MacBook Pro lineup, further speculation says that it could include mobile quad-core i5/i7 chips from Intel and AMD Radeon HD4500 mobile GPU. You can view the article here

Would it be OK to shop for this coming holiday?  I think it depends, If you really need the unit and can’t wait for around 4-8 months then go for it, the Core2Duo lineup is still OK in terms of performance, but If you want a future proof rig, then  wait. The next product update could be in Jan or in June, just in time for WWDC.

I find the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide useful, note the trend of each product release.

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