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meepzork
2008-02-27, 13:13
ok since they announced the new laptops yesterday the prices on the old models have taken a dive. I dont know much about the new chips but now im wondering...

2.4 Penryn Black Macbook @ $1618 at apple.com
-price after tax

vs

2.4 Santa Rosa Macbook Pro @ $1744 at amazon
-price after $150 rebate

-Penryn vs SR?
-both come with 2GB RAM with a 4GB max
-MB has 250GB hdd vs 160GB MBP
-both have 8X superdrive, 802.11n, etc..
-144MB shared video on MB vs 256 dedicated on the MBP
-easy replace hdd and RAM on MB vs not so easy MBP
-13" glossy vs 15" matte

what do you guys think?

bassplayinMacFiend
2008-02-27, 13:23
At that price range I'd rather get a lower-end MBP than a higher end MB.

MCQ
2008-02-27, 13:35
What are you planning to use it for?

Also, a fairer comparison would be when Amazon gets the MB in stock and you could pay $1499 for it.

Koodari
2008-02-27, 13:37
As usual, there's no point in answering before you know what you want to use it for.
Things like laptop size are hugely personal too. I think Macbook is a little too big already.
I will say one thing though - the black Macbook has always been priced as a luxury item, so unless you really love the color, you should be looking at the white one instead.

meepzork
2008-02-27, 14:03
hmmm thats a good point about waiting for amazon to get the new macbooks....

Well i grabbed one of the amazon MBP's. im currently on a 2.0 macbook so im pretty excited. Hopefully I can get a decent price for the MB to help recover the cost :)