next macbook pro reamp....WHEN????

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Shaner686868

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Hey everyone. I leave for penn state main july 1 for some summer classes and i am selling my desktop and getting a new mac book pro for college. My question is does anyone know when the mac book pro is due for a refresh with video card, cpu, etc... should i wait a month or just get one now? I was told that they may be using the new ati hd2600 series graphics cards which would be insane?
 
WWDC is June 11th, which is when a revamp is expected.
 
Shaner686868 said:
Hey everyone. I leave for penn state main july 1 for some summer classes and i am selling my desktop and getting a new mac book pro for college. My question is does anyone know when the mac book pro is due for a refresh with video card, cpu, etc... should i wait a month or just get one now? I was told that they may be using the new ati hd2600 series graphics cards which would be insane?
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Most folks reckon WWDC will have new MBPs (and maybe new iMacs), no-body knows how dramatic an upgrade it will be, the main rumors are that they will have the new led backlit screens (thinner, brighter, tougher than traditional fluorescent) , and use Intels new "santa rosa" platform.

No word on graphics, but it seems likely that if they go with Santa Rosa/CentrinoPro then they'll go with the matched intel "onboard" solution "GMA X3100" I have no idea how much that sucks compared to ATI or Nvidias mobile solutions, but it is DX10, which doesn't really mean much on a Mac...

Edit: I hope they don't go with GMA.
 
This is all total speculation, but I don't see any way that they'll go with integrated graphics on the MacBook Pros. Keyword is Pro. A large % of people using these things need discrete graphics, and Apple knows that. If there's one group they're not going to alienate, it's graphics professionals.
 
MartinX said:
Most folks reckon WWDC will have new MBPs (and maybe new iMacs), no-body knows how dramatic an upgrade it will be, the main rumors are that they will have the new led backlit screens (thinner, brighter, tougher than traditional fluorescent) , and use Intels new "santa rosa" platform.

No word on graphics, but it seems likely that if they go with Santa Rosa/CentrinoPro then they'll go with the matched intel "onboard" solution "GMA X3100" I have no idea how much that sucks compared to ATI or Nvidias mobile solutions, but it is DX10, which doesn't really mean much on a Mac...

Edit: I hope they don't go with GMA.
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Not just games use DX10, programs will use it too eventually.
 
I think his point (and rightly so) is that DirectX is only for Windows, and hence DX10 (or any other version) doesn't really matter for OS X (not that it hurts of course).
 
I can see them switching to the HD 2600 Moblie card. Better preformace, lower power consumption, and HD DVD/Blue Ray abilty to reduce cpu load.
 
MartinX said:
Most folks reckon WWDC will have new MBPs (and maybe new iMacs), no-body knows how dramatic an upgrade it will be, the main rumors are that they will have the new led backlit screens (thinner, brighter, tougher than traditional fluorescent) , and use Intels new "santa rosa" platform.

No word on graphics, but it seems likely that if they go with Santa Rosa/CentrinoPro then they'll go with the matched intel "onboard" solution "GMA X3100" I have no idea how much that sucks compared to ATI or Nvidias mobile solutions, but it is DX10, which doesn't really mean much on a Mac...

Edit: I hope they don't go with GMA.
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I HIGHLY doubt they will put onboard graphics in the Macbook Pro. These machines are designed to be mobile workhorses, and the majority of the target audience demand a powerful GPU. I'm sure the next MacBooks will have the X3100, but the MacBook Pro? Come on now..
 
well theres the signs already popping up of a MMP upgrade. If you to apples site on the refurb page they have a bunch of pros up for like 30% off, the same thing happened right before the MB upgrade..
 
Agent Orange 615 said:
well theres the signs already popping up of a MMP upgrade. If you to apples site on the refurb page they have a bunch of pros up for like 30% off, the same thing happened right before the MB upgrade..
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i dont think this has anything to do with it. these machines are in and out of the refurb store all month.

something is coming soon though, hopefully
 
kgeier82 said:
i dont think this has anything to do with it. these machines are in and out of the refurb store all month.

something is coming soon though, hopefully
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this is the first time ive sen these pros that cheap , ive been following the refurb store for a while now
 
The Hunter said:
I think his point (and rightly so) is that DirectX is only for Windows, and hence DX10 (or any other version) doesn't really matter for OS X (not that it hurts of course).
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Not true. OpenGL always implements all the features DX has so it does matter as OS X uses OpenGL. They are a bit behind on DX10 this time around but they'll do it. I might be tempted if they put in 2600 mobile in there (and they fix the dumb 6 bit screen).
 
I can get the new 15" model down to $1,664.00 with an educational discount and glossy display.

God it's tempting.
 
B. W. said:
I can get the new 15" model down to $1,664.00 with an educational discount and glossy display.

God it's tempting.
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That is a glitch on the configuration page that discounts the glossy diplay. If you add it to your cart it goes up to the normal $1,799.00.
 
is it just me of is this update just kind of ....meh. I was hoping for a little bit more, maybe SSD or a smaller screen size. The LED screen is nice and all, but not exactly groundbreaking and will be common very soon
 
DusanV said:
Not true. OpenGL always implements all the features DX has so it does matter as OS X uses OpenGL. They are a bit behind on DX10 this time around but they'll do it. I might be tempted if they put in 2600 mobile in there (and they fix the dumb 6 bit screen).
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It's not really that OpenGL implements features that Direct3D has; it's that they both implement features supported by the hardware.
 
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