I received a new work-horse for my job some days ago, a MacBook Pro. It’s very nicely equipped, featuring the following items:
- 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM – 2x2GB RAM
- 200GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
- extra power supply
- AppleCare Protection Plan
The whole package cost almost EUR 2.900. 🙂
What I found strange is that the MacBook came preinstalled with 2 RAM sticks of 1G each, which I had to remove and replace with 2 sticks of 2G each, “Kingston” brand. I don’t know whether this is Apple’s official policy, or whether it was our local dealer who wanted to earn some extra bucks. 😉 Anyway, I now have two spare 1G sticks which I will put into the old Dell D810.
The MacBook already has the new multi-touch trackpad, but it hasn’t got the fastest CPU available today, which is the 2.6 GHz model. I don’t think it makes that big of a difference, tho. 🙂
I’ve already installed a lot of applications I need, and so far I like the Mac very much, altho I must admit that it’s quite different than a Windoze PC which I have been using for the last 20 years. 🙂
