macbook pro

afaik the hdd is easily exchangeable in the unibody models? so no warranty seal breaking.

but, ssd's aren't technically flawless still and yes, still a bit too expensive. for some reason they don't get cheap quick enough. i'd go with the standard drive, you can always upgrade that later, and invest the money in a model with fatter CPU (i7 over of i5? let's see tomorrow) instead. imo.

hmmm. i was under the impression that apple did away with the matte screens and are only selling glossy. that was the case a year or so ago anyway...are both available again?

They both have been available. Matte is $50 extra

well shit ill pay 50 bucks to get rid of that damn glare and whatnot. i dont know but allyall but i think glossy screens look like piece of shit dollar store plastic

i swear there was a point where you could only get glossy...and i hated the world

  On 4/13/2010 at 4:35 AM, jules said:

They both have been available. Matte is $50 extra

totally worth it, plus if you want the satisfying 'im a mac fag' feeling like i experience on a daily basis, the black border around the screen on the glossy version makes it look TOO PC LIKE FOR ME

I haven't seen the matte in person but I will have to before I buy. That glossy drives me nuts that they would make it that glossy and then just stick to their guns after tons of complaints. There is a reason all hdtvs are not mirrored glossy...

my mac laptop is matte and my HDTV is mirrored glossy. I'm a big backwards fuckup.

  On 4/13/2010 at 5:30 AM, Awepittance said:

the glossy version makes it look TOO PC LIKE FOR ME

you get me

so, i picked up a 24" cinema display yesterday. it's giving off an overly strong "new electronics" smell, like fresh superglue and cheap plastic. burns my eyes :(

i've got a big fan pointed at it right now, trying to get rid of the fumes while i'm out of the house. if it still smells in a couple days, it's going back.

my macbook didn't have this smell.

also, new macbooks are out: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

15" core i7 looks like what im going to go for. now i have to spend an extra $150 for a hi res matte screen? wtf. also, that ships with a 500 gb 5400 rpm drive. 7200 is $50 more and the 128 ssd is $200 more. eek.

don't buy the ssd from apple. sell the included drive on ebay and replace it with an ssd from intel.

also, the high-res screen costs extra because it's 1680x1050 instead of 1440x900.

yeah but the glossy hi res is cheaper than the matte. is the matte the only acceptable option here?

  On 4/13/2010 at 3:19 PM, chaosmachine said:

don't buy the ssd from apple. sell the included drive on ebay and replace it with an ssd from intel.

 

also, the high-res screen costs extra because it's 1680x1050 instead of 1440x900.

is that an easy swap?

im def going for the higher pixel count screen. i still have to see the matte in person, but i kind of like the black around the edge. i dont really find it too pc looking. the silver bezel makes me think of the powermac g4 and that was like 2002. i really dont care about that too much though, i just want to see if the matte screen looks washed out at all.

  On 4/13/2010 at 3:53 PM, jules said:

is that an easy swap?

can you operate a screw driver? ;)

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3419

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_Pro_15inch_Mid2009.pdf

  On 4/13/2010 at 4:17 PM, chaosmachine said:

  On 4/13/2010 at 3:53 PM, jules said:

is that an easy swap?

 

can you operate a screw driver? ;)

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3419

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_Pro_15inch_Mid2009.pdf

so it seems the matte is only offered as the higher pixel count which means that its now $150 extra for matte.

that's Apple for you hehe

first benchmarks: http://gizmodo.com/5516050/macbook-pro-15+inch-core-i7-benchmarked-its-so-fast?skyline=true&s=i

hm. these diagrams look fast.

nice, so im looking at the 15" core i7. i guess ill ad the 7200 rpm drive and possibly swap it out in the future for an ssd. now to decide on the $150 upgrade for matte or not....

so if you're planning to add a ssd later…. then why throw the extra 50$ for the 7200rpm soon-to-be-disposed drive at them instead of, like, saving it for the ssd or more RAM?

economics, i don't get them.

  On 4/13/2010 at 9:31 PM, phling said:

so if you're planning to add a ssd later…. then why throw the extra 50$ for the 7200rpm soon-to-be-disposed drive at them instead of, like, saving it for the ssd or more RAM?

 

economics, i don't get them.

it may be much later