New Macbook Pro?

[DS23]

The old blackbook is finally being retired so I'm taking the plunge tomorrow:

instead of retiring my old blackbook i've maxed out the memory & hard drive and am using it as another backup option plus it's now connected to the tv alongside the other stuff (time machine, wii, dvd etc.) and i can access it via remote keyboard & pad.

 

[Sysman]

Multiple VM's running multiple DB instances with some nice fat sql queries.

Seconded. And backing up / restoring those VMs.

This is what brought Ubuntu to its knees on my PC. Dave's suggestion gives a far better reflection of real life than any benchmark.

 

[seyre1972]

Old Black macbook !!!

Old Black macbook !!!

instead of retiring my old blackbook i've maxed out the memory & hard drive and am using it as another backup option plus it's now connected to the tv alongside the other stuff (time machine, wii, dvd etc.) and i can access it via remote keyboard & pad.

Just sold mine on Ebay C2D 2Ghz with max 2GB ram and 120GB hdd - sold it for £370 - couldn't believe it how much it had gone for.

Helped offset the new Mac Mini I then picked up to replace the PC I've had to be running for my wife.


I've now got the family fully converted to mac's - and don't have to be doing desktop support when I get home from a hard day @ the coal face !!

 

[Pondlife]

Scheduled Delivery:
Wednesday, 06/04/2011, By End of Day

Last Location:
Shanghai, China, Friday, 01/04/2011

 

[pmeswani]

Scheduled Delivery:
Wednesday, 06/04/2011, By End of Day

Last Location:
Shanghai, China, Friday, 01/04/2011

I bought mine today. 13" Screen with 8GB of memory. It's the low end model though. But aim to upgrade the hard drive myself to 500GB when more funds come my way.

 

[realityhack]

STOP PRESS

I have a spanking new MacBook Air with an SSD as part of new-client's IT kit. It is significantly faster than this beast - and, I warrant, even with the 16GB possible upgrade. You really need to see it to believe it. PSCS5 starts up (with full libraries, brushes) <3 sec. Startup/shutdown blisteringly fast. I'm definitely upgrading to the best SSD possible. What a difference.

 

[d000hg]

I saw the 1st-gen Air when they came out and was pretty impressed but then assumed they had incrementally improved and never looked again. Happened to see the newest ones in an Apple Store, my gosh they are tiny and light now.

 

[Pondlife]

Scheduled Delivery:
Wednesday, 06/04/2011, By End of Day

Last Location:
Shanghai, China, Friday, 01/04/2011

Koeln, Germany 05/04/2011 0:09 Import Scan

Hurry up dammit!

 

[SimonMac]

If I was to get a MBP Retail and with the savings over Apple RRP buy a SSD and fit it myself would it void the warranty?!

 

[Durbs]

If I was to get a MBP Retail and with the savings over Apple RRP buy a SSD and fit it myself would it void the warranty?!

No, replacing memory or disk yourself does not void the Applecare warranty. Read that recently in Mac Format mag FAQ's.