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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 13 Apr 2010 11:02 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:31:25 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> The new ones have cameras, GPS in the non-3G version, a gig of RAM and >> an SD card slot. > >If only... Then it might even be worth buying one. Oh yes, and with >Flash. I'm with the RDF crowd on Flash (ie sod it), but I'd go for the others. It's a shame that Apple didn't get at least 512meg RAM in the iPad, that is really going to bite in a year or so - it's clearly going to be the prime item making this gen obsolete, just like low memory will with OS4 for older iPhones and Touches. Cheers - Jaimie -- "If we do not change the direction we are going, we are likely to end up where we are headed." - anon
From: Ben Shimmin on 13 Apr 2010 11:55 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com>: > David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>: > > [...] > >> I'm less certain about which options are new. The 15" now mentions a >> 1680x1050 optional display resolution (required if you want the >> antiglare option), and SSDs are available up to 512 GB. > > The higher resolution is definitely new. If I could change two things > about my 2008 unibody MBP, it would be the battery life (mine predates > the ones with the allegedly much improved batteries, and thus struggles > to manage three hours) and the resolution; 1440x900 feels a bit limiting > sometimes -- 1680x1050 would be lovely and it'd match my 20" monitor > nicely too! Turns out the i5 and i7 processors in the 15" and 17" models are *not* quad-core: <URL:http://www.apple.com/uk/macbookpro/performance.html> b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: SM on 13 Apr 2010 14:45 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Turns out the i5 and i7 processors in the 15" and 17" models are *not* > quad-core: > > <URL:http://www.apple.com/uk/macbookpro/performance.html> You're right - I'd assumed they'd be quads. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: David Empson on 13 Apr 2010 20:06 SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > > Turns out the i5 and i7 processors in the 15" and 17" models are *not* > > quad-core: > > > > <URL:http://www.apple.com/uk/macbookpro/performance.html> > > You're right - I'd assumed they'd be quads. Ditto. Presumably a heat/power budgeting issue for not using the same series as the iMac. I see Apple is claiming an improvement for CPU-intensive tasks despite the drop in frequency from the previous generation. Confusingly, even the Core i5 has hyperthreading (four virtual cores), so what is the difference between the i5 and i7 apart from the frequency? -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: D.M. Procida on 14 Apr 2010 02:41
David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Confusingly, even the Core i5 has hyperthreading (four virtual cores), > so what is the difference between the i5 and i7 apart from the > frequency? What on earth is a virtual core? Daniele |