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    • Megatron1505M
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      Honestly, I am absolutely stunned at the difference. Interested to hear what other people find when they have installed it.

      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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      • urbanwoodsmanU
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        I'm getting confused about which new MBP to get. Geekbench numbers are starting to come in and the new 15in ones are slower than the previous generation. Doesn't make much sense. Any of you computer guys have time to help me out? I need to order a new one today or tomorrow for a trip on Sunday.

        I'm upgrading from a 2011 MBP so a refurb or new 15in MBP is what I want.

        Thinking about the high end 2.3ghz at $2300

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        • mclaincauseyM
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          Slower?  That's surprising.  I wonder if some of the OS optimizations don't play well with Geekbench.

          Think it, be it.

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            @urbanwoodsman:

            I'm getting confused about which new MBP to get. Geekbench numbers are starting to come in and the new 15in ones are slower than the previous generation. Doesn't make much sense. Any of you computer guys have time to help me out? I need to order a new one today or tomorrow for a trip on Sunday.

            I'm upgrading from a 2011 MBP so a refurb or new 15in MBP is what I want.

            Thinking about the high end 2.3ghz at $2300

            http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1658586

            Read comments too

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            • urbanwoodsmanU
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              So the new high end 2.6ghz MBP is about 4% faster, CPU wise, than the previous high end 2.8ghz MBP.

              I guess I'm fine with that. I was reading mixed comments and articles about the speeds.

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              • urbanwoodsmanU
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                Got the 2.3ghz high end 15in MBP.

                Siccccc. Gonna be a huge upgrade compared to my 2011 non-retina 2.0ghz i7.

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                • urbanwoodsmanU
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                  24hr Apple stores are awesome.

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                  • GraemeG
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                    Just upgraded my four year old Macbook from Leopard (cough) to Mavericks. It was getting a bit unstable after four years, but feels a lot happier now. It all went smoothly, but I did a bare metal install to get rid of all the cruft.

                    It's the second machine I've done updated, as I did my work machine yesterday. That went OK, except I had to fiddle around with getting IntelliJ to behave.

                    And now I'm just getting used to the reversed scroll…

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                    • Megatron1505M
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                      I reset the scroll back to how I like it in system preferences.

                      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                      • GraemeG
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                        That's probably the sensible thing to do. I just figured that I'd try to adapt.

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                        • GilesG
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                          When you get used to it, it is so much more logical….

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            ^ Best thing that happened to touchpads ever.

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                            • mclaincauseyM
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                              The best thing that ever happened to touchpads is apple period. The glass trackpad and gestures is the only acceptable pointer input device IMO.

                              Think it, be it.

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                                I cannot even go back to another one, not even the thinkpad ones which i used to like a lot.

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                                • ChrisC
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                                  @urbanwoodsman:

                                  24hr Apple stores are awesome.

                                  Interesting- I wouldn't think they'd have enough for traffic to justify the expense.  Then again, Apple has enough cash on hand to run their stores for years without a single sale.

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                                  • mclaincauseyM
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                                    Even on a per store basis it can fund itself. Highest net per square foot in all of retail.

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                    • DougNgD
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                                      @Chris:

                                      @urbanwoodsman:

                                      24hr Apple stores are awesome.

                                      Interesting- I wouldn't think they'd have enough for traffic to justify the expense.  Then again, Apple has enough cash on hand to run their stores for years without a single sale.

                                      How much more could it possibly cost? To keep the lights on and pay a couple kids minimum wage? They're already paying the rent

                                      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                      • toddjcoleyT
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                                        with the new mac os, it says you can surf the web longer. now is this an os (eg google) thing or just safari?

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                                          ^Code optimizations make it all run better.

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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            No more pornus interruptus!

                                            Think it, be it.

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