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Performance testing of the new MacBook Pro

We did not have to wait long to see the first tests and benchmarks of the new range of laptops that Apple has filed with the WWDC’09. And the results are not for anything negative.

To begin with, the performance testing of the 13-inch MacBook Pro to have kids Macworld (speedmark 5) make this model over the 15-inch MacBook Pro unibody which was renewed recently, but barely.

But what is really special in the battery. Thanks to the new architecture with the internal battery, the 15-inch MacBook Pro gets a life of up to 8.13 hours with the laptop on and nagevando Wi-Fi. Any brand that until recently was considered impossible, and that puts Apple laptops well above the average of its competitors.

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iFixit: change the battery to the MacBook Pro 13″

As usual, iFixit has been made to the work and has taken apart piece by piece, the new MacBook Pro 13 “Unibody submitted to WWDC’09 in recent days. The information leaked as always have been enlightening and, among other things, to change the battery just pure  economic – do it yourself.

The battery has a weight of 360 grams, then 60 degrees more than the previous model and has a capacity of 6000 Ma.h, compared with 4500 Ma.h of the previous one. Officially should not even be touched by the municipality, but iFixit’s experience shows that it is incredibly easy to access them using a simple Phillips screwdriver, and without resorting to labor Apple € 139 (which but also manages the disposal and does not invalidate the warranty). E ‘Enough to remove the 10 screws that join the body below the rest of the computer, whereas previously there was a lever that performed for the purpose. The more daring will be pleased to know that even the replacement of an optical reader, and the RAM and hard drive should not be a problem too complex.

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Unibody MacBook Pro: a comparison between the old and new models

On stage at the keynote last night was postponed to the full range of portable Unibody. A day later the update, it may be useful to rearrange the ideas by comparing the old with the new configurations.

MacBook (Pro) 13 “

We start from the entry-level laptop family Unibody. Together with the word Pro added next to the name, the MacBook 13 “Aluminum gained 260 Mhz of additional processor speed, the return of the FireWire port as 800 Mbit / s and the backlit keyboard even the basic version. While there has been (re) adding the FireWire port, the other was removed for the jack audio input. Still possible to use an external microphone through the audio jack of removal.

Also improved the autonomy that goes from 5 hours of the old model at 7 again, although now no longer possible to remove the battery. The second model is gaining in the 130 Mhz processor and 2GB of additional RAM. Really not bad, considering that prices have decreased by € 50 in the basic version and € 100 in the “advanced”.

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10 Reasons I Spent $3,000 on a MacBook Pro

Apple began shipping the updated 17 “MacBook Pro at the end of February to the incredible price of $ 2799. Whoa. Many of you are thinking:” There is no reason to buy this laptop. ” Well, I did. In fact, paid $ 2845.84. While you May not agree with them, I thought I share 10 reasons why I decided to buy the latest and greatest the MacBook Pro instead of another laptop.

We spent much time here at Tom’s Guide covers the difference between Mac against PC. Well, I’m over it. For me, a laptop is a device that runs the software. CPU, memory, hard disk drives (HDD), optical drives and other components from the same source, if you buy an Apple computer, HP, Dell or any other supplier. This article was written in a 17 “MacBook Pro with Windows Vista Ultimate, with a Fujitsu hard drive 320 GB, a Nvidia 9400 based motherboard, an Nvidia 9600M GT GPU, Matshita optical drive and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU running at 2.66 GHz

For me, the only thing that defines this team is like an apple design and engineering of a few options regarding the type and quality of material. Apple is a premium product, and in my opinion, is no different from Alienware, Voodoo PC, or any other manufacturer of custom. Apple will include a Unix operating system that is very polished and is marketed to a type of consumer. So, with that of the way, here are 10 reasons why we did this upgrade, 17 “value of my MacBook Pro dollars. More »

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Top Mac-10: the third place the PowerBook G4 “Titanium”

The motto “nothing will be as before” were often used for the presentation of a new apple product with the above, and the Titanium PowerBook G4 has largely deserved.
Introduced in January 2001 at Macworld in San Francisco, had an immediate, resounding, commercial success. Never, in fact, had seen a notebook with features only an inch thick, widescreen display for more than 15 “, weight and autonomy at the top. “Sex + Power”, this was the definition given by Steve Jobs, and all agreed once seen live in the beautiful houses titanium.

The heart of this revolutionary laptop was provided by Motorola, the PowerPC G4 chip 7410 from 400 to 500MHz, allowing to use a Powerbook G4 from real mobile workstation.

And nothing, in fact, was the same as before, but mostly everything is still as then, even the current MacBook Pro are a large part of their basic design of this extraordinary head of the notebook of the new millennium.
This ensures the Powerbook G4 Titanium the podium of our Top-10, which square on the third.

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