![]() ![]() ![]() Once divested of its box and opened up for the first time, the next thing to hit you is that the screen is just so shiny compared to that of the older Mac – when the display goes to sleep while in battery mode, glancing down at the screen is like looking into a dark mirror, which as anyone who knows me personally will confirm, is a disconcerting image to be suddenly presented with at any point in the day. Not just the computer, the whole package is noticeably smaller and lighter. The first thing I noticed on removing the MBP’s box from its cardboard sleeve was how dinky it was compared to the packaging of its predecessor. Yet who in the real world buys a new computer to replace the one that came out merely months before? Surely more people are going to be interested in how much of an improvement the new machines are over a four or five year old MacBook that’s nearing the twilight portion of its operating window and thus needs to be replaced.Īfter much soul-searching, I’d chosen to replace my late-2007, 13″ white MacBook 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo with the new 13″ Ivy Bridge MacBook Pro, with the snappy 2.9GHz i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and 750GB hard drive. Of the reviews that do exist, most will undoubtedly have focused on how the new hardware compares to the version that came directly before it. So, having had to make the difficult decision this month to put my ailing, late-2007 Santa Rosa MacBook out to pasture for one of the new models, I thought I’d share the experience. ![]() Somewhat overshadowed by the Retina MacBook Pro, the refreshed, original case-design Ivy Bridge range of Apple laptops, released simultaneously with the Retina MBP at June’s WWDC Keynote, doesn’t seem to have received a great deal of attention in the media. ![]()
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