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« on: February 24, 2011, 04:18:38 PM »
http://www.macworld.com/article/158134/201...mbp_update.html

While not a major overhaul visually etc., it's a very nice processor bump (early benchmarking is pretty impressive...) and it includes the new Thunderbolt connector. Someone at ehmac noted that the price on the matte screen option has come down and that a very similar top of the line MBP he bought in December would now cost him some $600 less for the same features. smile.gif

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/24/macbook...rbolt-hands-on/
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2011, 05:41:32 PM »
Ahhh yes. One can save tons of money by waiting... laughhard.gif

"Thunderbolt connector" We have some thunderbolts around here earlier today and more out to the west moving this way. But I'm not sure I'd want to get close enough to connect to any of them... Thinking.gif nono.gif

So, is that what Apple (or Intel) decided to call "Light Peak?" The new 'light-through-fiber-cable-that still-uses-copper-for-a-while-till-we-get-the-[moths attracted to light]bugs-squashed' data transfer method? I suppose the Apple lawyers figured "Thunderbolt" was a pretty safe copyt-right-free name...as long as you're not building an aircraft, anyway.
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P-47 Thunderbolt (The Jug)
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I can 'see' real problems with "Light Peak" becoming "Light Leak" if it started having problems...no photographer would ever buy a machine with 'light leaks!!!' wink.gif
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 04:09:24 PM »
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Take a look at the parts, am I the only one that thinks the circuit "board" is a vanishing animal?! smile.gif Dick Tracey's wristwatch computer/radio/TV/etc. is getting closer every day! eek2.gif
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2011, 06:06:24 PM »
"Light Peak" was only a code name, according to Intel's official Thunderbolt page (also linked from Apple's Thunderbolt page). I won't be paying that much attention to the name.

Let's hope there will be more devices adopting Thunderbolt technology.
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2011, 09:31:30 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2011, 02:08:19 PM »
Hey, anotny! As we say down South, "Are your ears burning?" We say that when we talk about someone who we haven't seen for a long time and then s/he shows up! I came across your name looking for a TS member hat was in New Zealand. I knew it wasn't you but I was hoping to contact you and see if you knew who I might be thinking of. Turns out, I was simply having a few stray neurons firing between what few synapses remain of what was one time called my brain... Anyway, good to hear/see you again, no matter where you may be living! tiphat.gif
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