On 09/11/2006, at 7:37 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Which poses a question,.
On the surface it makes these new models very attractive with the
Core2 Duo
now in the MacBook.
I would have thought they would have waited a little while to sell
some more
MacBook Pro's before putting C2D into the MacBook.
I would think, and this is where the question comes in, that from a
"consumer" point of view doesn't it make it hard for them to work
out what
they are getting for their extra $1000 (roughly)?
Yes, I know the MacBook Pro has dedicated 128MB video and the
MacBook has
shared video and the screen size is bigger, etc etc but I'm sure
when some
customers are just "looking" at the specs I'm sure they'll wonder
what the
difference is in price for the features they get.
And I'm sure this could start a big flame war, but I'd be curious
on what
people think....
Unless Intel have made it more attractive to Apple and other computer
manufacturers to sell machines with the Core 2 Duo rather than the
original. Its also quite possible that Intel may not have had enough
Core Duos available for the Macbook, as their fabs would be tooled
now to produce Core 2 Duos. And Apple don't ever want to be left
behind in the laptop space because of speed again ;-)
Seeya
Rod!
