“Apple has updated the MacBook Pro with the latest Intel Santa Rosa chipset,” Rory Reid reports for Crave at CNET.
“Importantly, the 15-inch models use LED-backlit screens, which Apple reckons will increase battery life by around 30 minutes. The 17-inch model uses ordinary cold cathode flourescent lamp technology, but has the advantage of a higher resolution. If you edit movies in HD, you can opt for a 1,900×1,200-pixel screen,” Reid reports.
“Apple fantatics are probably firing up a second browser window to buy one now, but even sceptics should be tempted. Apple says the Intel Santa Rosa chipset in the new MacBook Pros boosts performance by up to 50 per cent over previous MacBook Pros,” Reid reports.
Full article here.
Fantatics? Fantastic!
I can’t wait to order one!
4GB RAM, 7200rpm HD…. YEAH-YUH!
I’m very sceptical about this.
Take that Greenpeace, now go bother DELL, HP and Microsoft if you really believe you are trying to save the planet… or your budget.
and the news are…?
I’m very fanatical about this.
“Apple says the Intel Santa Rosa chipset in the new MacBook Pros boosts performance by up to 50 per cent over previous MacBook Pros,” Reid reports.”
Oh man, another blogger who didn’t get it right. They claim a 50% boost over the first MacBookPro (DoreDuo):
“… every MacBook Pro now includes the state-of-the art NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and is more than 50 percent faster than the original MacBook Pro with Core Duo.**” (from the Apple press release).
Unless something better is announced at WWDC, I will be buying the 15 inch model for my wife, but only after reviews confirm that she can really run it as a laptop, while sitting on the couch. It just has to be cool enough to operate on a lap for an extended period.
I might add in more memory, going to 4GB. Santa Rosa allows for actually being able to use the full 4GB, unlike the old chip set which could only use 3GB of the installed 4GB.
Sounds great! The technology for the MacBooks and the iMacs can’t be too far behind, kids!
HP and Dell…don’t you people with more resources than a grizzly bear get tired of Apple and their measly now 6 percent market share always being first?? What if you had made the choice to have a complete hardware/software solution? Reminder…the turtle eventually won the race.
Apple says it’s a 50% improvement over the _original_ Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) MacBook Pro. It’s a bit disingenuous to make that kind of comparison.
As for how much of an improvement we’ll see over the MacBook Pros you could buy 2 days ago, that remains to be seen. I expect the graphic card to assist nicely, but otherwise no great performance boost.
This is a good step towards my new “dream machine”. However, I’d like to see the 17″ MBP get the LED screen, too. Add a Blu-Ray drive option and I’m sold.
I’m downsizing from a 17″ MBP Core Duo to the 15″ new one. Much better performance plus I think my 17″ is just too big to carry around.
These MacBooks need Blu-Ray, g-ddamnit! Then I’d be all over them like white on rice.
P.S. Hey, Jeff — I know what you mean. I often feel that my 10″ is too big to carry around.
Bring back the 12″ !! I guess the next best portable computer is the iPhone. Joy of Tech has a great one today.
“Bring back the 12″ !!”
It’s so refreshing to hear someone beg for fewer inches.
Does anyone know if the new MacBook Pros us integrated flash memory?
Am I remembering correctly that Santa Rosa is not supposed to run as hot as older Core 2 Duo stuff? Different manufacturing process…?
11″ MacBook. I will repeat this, until it happens, because it WILL happen. You read it here first.
>”Does anyone know if the new MacBook Pros us integrated flash memory?”
Nope, but they do have a nice large 4MB L2 cache onboard the CPU. This is a performance enhancement that is often overlooked.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to drool again…..