I've found this ridiculously long, 21-page review (which is very good, with all the techy details you could want). This review talks about all the new macs, the 13 and 15 inch models. I highly recommend reading through the whole thing.
http://www.anandtech.com/print/4205 If I were getting a new sandybridge macbook, I would get the 15" high-end configuration option. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ShamelessFanGirl Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 10:18 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: macbook pro specks? Morning all, I find myself in that exact position with regard to which system to go for. I love the form-factor, size, and weight of the 13 inch pro, intend to max it as far as I can, certainly with regard to processor and ram, but to those of you who use this system/configuration, how do you find it to play ? One of the biggest complaints I've encountered from those folks who own them, is the heft of carrying around a 15 inch pro. ideally, and in a perfect world, I eventually want to get a Macbook pro for travel, an iMac for home usage to alleviate a lot of my demand, wear and tear on the pro in other words, and throw my wickedly huge media library at something like a mini, but as I said, that's in a perfect world, so I'm brought back to the unending loop of where to begin this venture first? Decisions, decisions...If the trend in cases, etc is anything to go by, the 13 inch footprint seems to be where a lot of folks fetch up, yet for me, it comes down to power, as I'm the sort of person who pushes my system hard, simply to watch it surpass expectation. Thanks for any/all input, and for that given so far. Twitter: @IndigoCellist Skype: shameless_FanGirl Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2011, at 8:42 AM, "Dickson Tan" <dickson.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you tell me, in as much detail as possible, what you can remember > of the specs of the 2 macbook pros you are thinking of buying? > > If performance is important to you, then getting a 2nd generation core > I7 quad core processor (also known as a sandybridge processor is the way to go. > When looking at the internal hard drive, the 7200RPM hard drives > perform better than their 5400RPM counterparts or if you really want > even better performance, then get a solid state drive (though it is > very expensive), the performance of an SSD is unparralelled. You'd > also want to get 4gb of ddr3 ram, running at 1366mhz or more, if you're running a 64-bit system. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliph&Sharrie > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 5:20 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: macbook pro specks? > > More detail is better for me, that way I know what I am getting with > my choice. So please elaborate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dickson Tan > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:24 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: macbook pro specks? > > No; you cannot compare processors from different generations that way. > Which quad core I7 processor are you referring to? There is the first > generation quad core I7 processor and the new second generation > sandybridge quad core > I7 processor, released only 2 months ago. > > Although the duel core processor you mentioned has higher clock speed, > that doesn't mean that it is faster; clock speed isn't the only thing > that determines a CPU's overall performance. Things like the number of > cores (the higher the better), the size of L3 cache, whether the CPU > supports turboboost 2.0 technology or not, how many threads the CPU > can support at once are also contributing factors of the CPU's speed. > > Essentially, the quad core I7 processor is a lot faster than the duel > core one. There are other things like a more powerful integrated GPU > Chip which makes them so much faster, but I won't go into detail here. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliph&Sharrie > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 1:01 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: macbook pro specks? > > So, shopping around a little bit for what I might want. And I see > that the > 15.4 model macbook pros have a i7 quod core processor, and the 13.3 > has a dool core. Now on the quod core the processor is listed at 2.2 > GHZ, and on the dool core it's listed at 2.7 GHZ, both with 4 gigs of > ram. 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