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post #21 of 35
4/24/06 at 6:25pm
Shoot but even the 17' doesnt have s-video ... hey I have just noticed - Does any of the macbooks pro have bluetooth !!!???? Me love that thingy .....
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post #22 of 35
4/24/06 at 6:41pm
yes the 17 incher does have s video. Apple said something about me having to purchase a video connector from the apple store and supposedly it has svideo so i connect the laptop to a tv. They said check the pdf file which i did and says the same thing.


Also it does have a bluetooth.
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post #23 of 35
4/24/06 at 7:28pm
This thing is so sexy that I wanna buy it and have sex with it.

I think I'll wait a while to see if any inital issues(I'm sure there will be few. like heat and whining noise with 15.4 model) get addressed.
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post #24 of 35
4/24/06 at 8:15pm
It has a DVI connector which requires a DVI to s-video adaptor. S-video is gone from the PowerBooks now.
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post #25 of 35
4/25/06 at 12:48am
http://images.apple.com/ca/macbookpr...BookPro_TO.pdf
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post #26 of 35
4/25/06 at 1:03am
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Originally Posted by C@LV!N
??? if thats concerning the s-video issues.... yeah its gone
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post #27 of 35
4/25/06 at 4:37am

17" macbook pro 0,5 mm (0,02 inch) thicker..

.. this is why they can build in the faster optical drive. the 17" model is also 3,6 cm (1,42 inch) wider and 2,1 cm (0.83 inch) deeper (0,56 kg heavier). that is very good for a 17" notebook!
but most importantly - it finally answers my questions why they didn't include the faster optical drive in the 15" model..
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post #28 of 35
4/25/06 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by gernot
.. this is why they can build in the faster optical drive. the 17" model is also 3,6 cm (1,42 inch) wider and 2,1 cm (0.83 inch) deeper (0,56 kg heavier). that is very good for a 17" notebook!
but most importantly - it finally answers my questions why they didn't include the faster optical drive in the 15" model..
Well, Stevie wanted thinner and the thinner the notebook got, availability for cd/dvd-rom drives shrunk. I am not sure if they are going to making a 8x DL burner included with the 15" since they would have to make it thicker or wait for new technology.
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post #29 of 35
4/25/06 at 12:25pm
I wonder in the 17in model whether the x1600 is still heavily underclocked. Since there should be more room for thermals maybe apple have increased the speed? And whether it still suffers from the heat issue and the electrical whine...

Pls do let us noesis when you get it.
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post #30 of 35
4/25/06 at 1:10pm
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Originally Posted by Caffeine
2800 may be alot, but with developers it is $2239 + the $99 fee for joining
If you're a student.
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post #31 of 35
4/25/06 at 1:36pm
Will let you know about the heat But the whine will be subjective since I dont have any other apple to compare it too. But i can compare it to my alienware and ibm. I could compare it to an apple imac 20 incher since a friend owns one of those though.
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post #32 of 35
4/26/06 at 2:02pm
I would buy a 17inch macbook pro in a heartbeat if the dual core processor was 64bit compatible. Too bad they wont put in an AMD Turion X2 which is supposed to be released in the next few weeks. I guess I will have to wait till the end of the year when Intel releases there 64 bit Dual Core chip. Maybe by that time a better video card will be included. I cant wait for a review of the current 17" Macbook pro. Hopefully the video card is not as underclocked as the 15" model.
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post #33 of 35
4/29/06 at 2:08pm
Apple's 17" MacBook Pro looks really awesome!!!

I wish I had an Apple store closeby to test drive it, I hope to visit one soon and check it out!
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post #34 of 35
4/29/06 at 2:36pm
64 bit compatibility is being overrated just now. Tiger is 32 bit and so also will Leopard be. As to Turion, Core Duo already outperforms it and a Turion X2 will only achieve partial parity with Core Duo, but Merom will own it.

AMD has been the performance king in the desktop space, but Intel is the best for mobile (and when Conroe launches it will dethrone AMD in desktop as well).
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post #35 of 35
4/29/06 at 5:41pm
Joeslist you are probably right On the desktop thingy. I am waiting for the conroe and cant wait to build another system this summer with it.
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