MacBook Pro - This is promising...

dougieb · Post by **dougieb** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:32 am

check this: http://logic-users.org/forums/LUG/thread/95048

And this is only the 2.0 - not the 2.17 or whatever - and only with 1g of RAM.

This could mean only good things...

shankyboy · Post by **shankyboy** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:57 am

Wow!! That is good news. I've been thinking about giving my step daughter my older 15" powerbook and getting a new one. ( at least that's the reason I'm going to use while convincing the wife that I need the new Macbook Pro.)

kwiz · Post by **kwiz** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:58 am

Wow!!!

I wonder what the MacIntel towers will be capable of?

Once DPXX/LogicXX starts running in 64 bit mode the new MacIntel towers will really be a must have. Until then I'm still going to be riding with my 2 dual 1.8's

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:00 am

That's wonderful. Wow.

My plan: Ride out the next 2 yrs or so with my Dual 1.8 G5 and 1.5 PB G4. At that point my G5 will be four yrs old in need of an upgrade, and by then I'll exclusively be using a laptop rig, as long as the 2gig of RAM barrier isn't an issue.

But who knows, maybe I'll buy a used MacBook Pro this time next year!

Jeff

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:48 pm

I thought the Intel chips are 32-bit, not 64?

giles117 · Post by **giles117** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:24 pm

grimepoch wrote:I thought the Intel chips are 32-bit, not 64?

That is a an unanswered Q. or is it. I have scoured intels site over the past few weeks trying to get that answer and to no avail....

mandoman · Post by **mandoman** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:24 pm

Yonah chips (in present intel imac, macbook pro, and mini) are 32 bit.

64 bit intel chips come out in the second half of this year. Merom (laptop),
Conroe (desktop), Woodcrest (Server). Check out this thread for more info.
The higher end destkop/server chips will be available as QUAD CORE - SWEET!

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=185178

Mandoman