New MacBook Pro today?

[Curran Giddens]

Apple store is down!

http://store.apple.com/

hmm....? New MacBook Pro's today?

 

[Aiden Cornwell]

Maybe or maybe an update to Proapps with better red workflo. Nope it is a new macbook pro

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

New MacBook Pro

Latest Intel mobile architecture
Powered by the most advanced mobile processors from Intel,
the Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro is up to 74% faster than
the original Core Duo-based MacBook Pro and supports up to
4GB of RAM.

LED backlit displays
Both 15-inch MacBook Pro models feature power-saving,
LED backlit widescreen displays. And now you can even configure
the 17-inch model with the ultimate creative canvas —
1920 by 1200 pixels with LED backlighting.

Leading-edge graphics
Now featuring up to 512MB of dedicated video memory,
the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT in every MacBook Pro offers
exceptional graphics processing power for creative
and scientific applications.

LINK>>>

 

[Curran Giddens]

$3,997.00

2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Accessory Kit
4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB
200GB Serial ATA @ 7200 rpm
MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Resolution LED Widescreen Display
Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English


EDIT: oops... forgot AppleCare

AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook Pro (w/or w/o Display) - Auto-enroll

 

[Harva Raj]

scratch on mac book pro

scratch on mac book pro

Leading-edge graphics
Now featuring up to 512MB of dedicated video memory,
the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT in every MacBook Pro offers
exceptional graphics processing power for creative
and scientific applications.

i heard the only reason scratch is not available on mac is the lack of NVIDIA support. so is it possible now to run scratch on mac? maybe not full featured but a portable,cut down version of it for on side previewing?

 

[Jeremy Hughes]

Don't forget multi-touch!

 

[luis bustamante]

skywalker, yes, it's possible running windows on boot camp.

cheers

 

[Häakon]

I wish they would offer 1920x1200 in the 15" model already. I've had it on my aging HP laptop for 3+ years and hate the giant form factor of that 17" beast.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Not really a "new" macbook pro... Looks to me like a minor spec-bump and price adjust, multi-touch trackpads. Wheeee... Call me when they update the CPUs and video chipsets.

 

[Steve Sherrick]

New Macbook Pros

New Macbook Pros

What's everyone's impressions of the specs?

Steve

 

[Häakon]

Call me when they update the CPUs and video chipsets.

They actually upgraded both. Although they are still under the name "Core 2 Duo," the new Mac Pros are using the new 45mm Penryn chips and offer 512 MB Nvidia 8600 cards.

 

[Steve Sherrick]

I guess the question is, have they been improved enough to improve Redcine performance? Or do we still need to wait for tweaks to the drivers? My biggest disappointment was buying a MB Pro only to later find out that they don't work great with Redcine.

 

[Curran Giddens]

I thought the nVidia drivers have been fixed?

I just wish they did their performance comparison against the previous MB Pro with Core 2 Duo instead of only the really old MB Pro with Core Duo. There probably wasn't much of a speed increase in the apps they tested.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I guess I overlooked the Penryn update since they're not offering the 2.8GHz version. I thought 512MB for the 8600 was already an option, at least on the 17". Anyway, Intel's chipset to fully support Penryn won't ship until May, so like most other Penryn notebooks, there probably won't be much (if any) performance increase. And by June/July, the quad-core mobile CPUs should be here or really close. But the Penryn CPU does run cooler and eats less power. So I guess this is a nice upgrade and it looks like prices came down a bit for the drives and RAM.

 

[Alexis Hanawalt]

The Penryn uses less power = less heat = faster performance. I wouldn't be surprised if this CPU offers a 30% performance increase.

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Really? That seems like a lot, but I'm not an expert on those new chips, so maybe you are right. It's all moot for me though if Redcine doesn't play nice with the MB Pros in their current state.

Curran, did Leopard fix the drivers? I'm still running 10.4.11

Steve

 

[Yannick Hagman]

this means no imacs for about another 1 or 2 months..

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

Just got back from the Apple store with a 2.5 15" MBPro.:w00t:

 

[Curran Giddens]

Curran, did Leopard fix the drivers? I'm still running 10.4.11

Steve

I thought the drivers were fixed for the new nVidia cards. But maybe they weren't. I guess we'll just have to wait for Rob's official testing results.

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

Just got back from the Apple store with a 2.5 15" MBPro.:w00t:

Please test it out with REDCINE for us.

Also, if you know anyone with an older MB Pro, compare it against theirs in performance.