That's why I'm seriously considering this as well; audio editing this is. I'll definitely keep you posted as to how it goes, and if you make the transition before I do, as it will be a few months yet, please do the same. Also, we can take this off-list if the mods feel it is OT. For my part, I want to hit the ground running with this switch, and so am now trying to clear up any nuts and bolts necessary to make it as smooth as possible.
Twitter: @IndigoCellist Skype: shameless_FanGirl Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:00 PM, "Dickson Tan" <[email protected]> wrote: > I was so impressed by the review that I subscribed to the rss feed for that > site. > > If you've decided to get the high-end configuration of the 15-inch macbook > pro, do share your experiences with it. I myself am a windows user but am > thinking of trying out snow leopard by installing it on windows. > > The notebook that I'm using is powered by a sandybridge quad core I7 > processor and I'm pretty impressed at the performance particularly for doing > things like video and audio conversion. What I'm not so happy about is the > below-average batterylife of this computer because of the processor. I do > wonder how apple manages to get so much batterylife despite the fact that it > uses a quad core i7. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ShamelessFanGirl > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 11:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: macbook pro specks? > > Hello Dickson, > > This is perfectly geeky in all the best ways. :) Thanks so much for sharing, > and in spite of what I said earlier regarding size, etc, I'm in your camp on > this one as well. > > Have a fabulous afternoon > > > Twitter: @IndigoCellist > > Skype: shameless_FanGirl > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:16 AM, "Dickson Tan" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ShamelessFanGirl >> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 10:18 PM >> To: [email protected] >> 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" <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kliph&Sharrie >>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 5:20 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dickson Tan >>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:24 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kliph&Sharrie >>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 1:01 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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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