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OK, here's the thing: I switched from Windows to a Macbook Pro 15" about 8 month ago, and I KNOW there is no going back - I am hooked.

This is where the dilemma comes in: I will want to upgrade to the next MBP (i.e. the update to the unibody) when it becomes available, probably a year or so from now. Note that the timeframe is pure speculation, it doesn't matter when it happens, it will happen...

How on earth would I justify such an expense, taking into account that a machine I paid RK18,5 approx 8 months ago now costs RK24, and the fact that local Mac prices will never never go down, judging my the haste with which the only official local distributor hiked its prices? I mean, a grand for a freakin mouse is just insane! :confused:

Core, are you watching????
 
What benefit will you derive from the new MBP over the last generation? Unless you buy the top-of-the-range model, and the prices you quote suggest you're rather looking at the entry level ones, the difference between the two will be mostly in the build. The performance difference is marginal, at best.
 
simp said:
OK, here's the thing: I switched from Windows to a Macbook Pro 15" about 8 month ago, and I KNOW there is no going back - I am hooked.
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I use both and even I don't see a reason to upgrade. Use a Mac Pro Quad Core 3GHz with Leopard and numerous laptops latest one being a Panasonic 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo. I don't see a reason to upgrade. I won't be upgrading to Snow Leopard or Vista/Windows 7, unless these OS'es offer something revolutionary.
 
I said : "I will want to upgrade to the next MBP (i.e. the update to the unibody) when it becomes available"

Which means I am talking about a hypothetical situation that may arise in a year's time. Given that there is no major differences between the early 08 MBP and the unibody, I would expect something interesting to happen come the next update.

My gripe is with the way pricing on anything Mac has gone through the roof - I have NOT seen comparable price adjustments on PC stuff...
 
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simp said:
I said : "I will want to upgrade to the next MBP (i.e. the update to the unibody) when it becomes available"

Which means I am talking about a hypothetical situation that may arise in a year's time. Given that there is no major differences between the early 08 MBP and the unibody, I would expect something interesting to happen come the next update.

My gripe is with the way pricing on anything Mac has gone through the roof - I have NOT seen comparable price adjustments on PC stuff...
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The next update will also not be that interesting. Possibly a 10-20% increase in performance at best. Upgrading Mac computers annually is crazy but if you've the cash (and the love) you shouldn't even be asking about the price :).

Unless you use your MBP to render stuff and the 20% means a lot, I wouldn't bother.
 
PeterCH said:
The next update will also not be that interesting. Possibly a 10-20% increase in performance at best.
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The MBP is already available at up to 2.8 GHz (2.93 in the 17"). There isn't much faster available, only the 3 and 3.06GHz models, really, and that's a marginal increase in speed. What would be a more substantial update is if they make the quad cores available.
 
koffiejunkie said:
The MBP is already available at up to 2.8 GHz (2.93 in the 17"). There isn't much faster available, only the 3 and 3.06GHz models, really, and that's a marginal increase in speed. What would be a more substantial update is if they make the quad cores available.
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This is more or less what I'm hoping to see in the next 1 to 2 years, plus a Blu-Ray enabled superdrive. Also the usual advances in battery capacity/life, LCD technology etc.

Granted, I don't have anything to complain about currently: the MBP is a very decent machine and meets my every need. I just want that decoder ring. It IS going to be included in the box with new models, gratis, right ? ;)
 
koffiejunkie said:
The MBP is already available at up to 2.8 GHz (2.93 in the 17"). There isn't much faster available, only the 3 and 3.06GHz models, really, and that's a marginal increase in speed. What would be a more substantial update is if they make the quad cores available.
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Which unless you're rendering in Shake, After Effects or Compressor you probably won't feel the difference. Even at present I can't max any of these out on my 3.0 GHz Quad core Xeon machine.
At best case scenario, I have 25% of the cores idling.
 
PeterCH said:
Which unless you're rendering in Shake, After Effects or Compressor you probably won't feel the difference. Even at present I can't max any of these out on my 3.0 GHz Quad core Xeon machine.
At best case scenario, I have 25% of the cores idling.
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He he - don't underestimate a unix sysadmin :) I worked on a quad-quad (16 cores) this morning that was maxed out across all cores. And yeah, I do this kind of stuff on my desktop. But I'm an extreme case.
 
Sputnik said:
Is this an HPC application?
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Yes and no. In this instance the machines I work on are database servers, and most of what I do is fixing bad configuration, and troubleshooting badly written queries. I have seen queries that flatline a Dell R900 (16 core with 128GB ram) to produce a singe line result. To troubleshoot these, unfortunately, I can't poke around one the live server, so use a recent backup and import it on my workstation, where I can hack away. No imagine what a query like that does to my humble Athlon64 :)
 
koffiejunkie said:
Yes and no. In this instance the machines I work on are database servers, and most of what I do is fixing bad configuration, and troubleshooting badly written queries. I have seen queries that flatline a Dell R900 (16 core with 128GB ram) to produce a singe line result. To troubleshoot these, unfortunately, I can't poke around one the live server, so use a recent backup and import it on my workstation, where I can hack away. No imagine what a query like that does to my humble Athlon64 :)
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Nice!! I look after a 100 core grid with infiniband interconnect which pretty much runs 100% 24/7. If it aint' maxed out, then it's not busy solving ;-)
 
Scuse me for being stupid but what is a 100Core grid... is this something like Xgrid?
 
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