First off, I have to say that I’m fairly happy, as a recent buyer of a MacBook Pro, to see that little changed with the premium notebook. Sure the new one is sturdier, has better graphics, and a cool new button-less glass trackpad. But the REAL stats didn’t change – same processor, same memory, a slight bump in the standard hard drive size… Kind of boring, really.
I would have liked to have seen a bump in processor speed and maybe 4GB standard. The quad-core Penryn would have been extra sweet. The memory thing is just a rip-off: I bought 4GB of memory for my MBP last month for $80. Yes, $80! Apple wanted to charge me $180 to go from 2GB to 4GB. And they charge $400 for that same 4GB kit!
I guess I think that the “Pro” line should push things a bit more. Get a super-fast CPU and tons of memory to pair up with the admittedly ingenius video subsystem. Charge a butt-load because you’re Apple. But make it COOL!
Don’t get me wrong – I’m not complaining! The value of my month-old laptop is still very high and it makes the sweet price I got all that much better.
