MacBook Pro

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Trip

On the 23th June I traveled to Oslo for a look at the new portable Apple machines. At first sight I thought the scren-size of the MacBook as too small and the look of the MacBook Pro 15-inch was a bit bigger than what I imagined but still like it. I ran a heat test by using to terminal windows with yes >/dev/null for a few minutes and the MacBook Pro almost got to the point where I couldn't hold my fingers under the left portion of the machine. The MacBooks where a bit cooler and I could hear the fan on the black but not on the white model.

MacBook Pro Specs

2006-05-xx

Original specs

  • Processor: Intel Core Duo 1.83 Ghz 667 MHz FSB
  • Memory: OEM/Samsung 512 MB SODIMM-DDR2 667 MHz PC-5300 CL5
  • Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 128 MB
  • Harddisk drive: Seagate Momentus 5400.2/Toshiba 80 GB S-ATA 5400 RPM 8 MB Cache

Upgraded specs

  • Memory: 2x Crucial SODIMM-DDR2 1024 MB 667 MHz PC-5300 CL5 (Dual-Channel)
  • Harddisk drive: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100 GB S-ATA 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache

2006-06-17

Original specs

  • Processor: Intel Core Duo 2 Ghz 667 MHz FSB
  • Memory: OEM/Samsung 512 MB SODIMM-DDR2 667 MHz PC-5300 CL5
  • Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 128 MB
  • Harddisk drive: Seagate Momentus 5400.2/Toshiba 80 GB S-ATA 5400 RPM 8 MB Cache
  • Total: NOK 16 990

Upgraded specs

  • Memory: 2x Crucial SODIMM-DDR2 1024 MB 667 MHz PC-5300 CL5 (Dual-Channel) - NOK 1550 per stick (Komplett)
  • Harddisk drive: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100 GB S-ATA 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache - NOK 1495 (Netshop

Total including MacBook Pro: NOK 21 585

2006-07-14

Upgraded specs

  • Memory: 2x Crucial SODIMM-DDR2 1024 MB 667 MHz PC-5300 CL5 (Dual-Channel) - NOK 1595 per stick (Komplett)
  • Harddisk drive: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100 GB S-ATA 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache - NOK 1395 (Netshop)

Total including MacBook Pro: NOK 21 575

2006-07-29

Intel Merom

It looks like Apple might use the newly introduced Intel Merom mobile CPU in the MacBook Pro machines and hopefully announce it during the august World Developer Conference. The CPU I'm scoring for is probably the low-end T7200 2.0 GHz, or if Apple gives us a good deal, the mid-range T7400 2.16 GHz. More about Merom at endian.net and DailyTech.com.

2006-08-01

Upgraded specs

Total including MacBook Pro: NOK 21 175

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