Comments on: First Impressions: Santa Rosa MacBook Pro

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:09:45 +0000

I’d rather just run my MBP closed, but I run into problems whenever relocating or switching to using it as a notebook. The problem: Usually, something gets ‘mixed up’ when plugging in the DVI cord or when I open up the lid when I’m away.

@derek – Yeah, that’s happened to me with the MBP, MB and MBA.. it gets a little finicky when waking up, switching screens and so on. Haven’t really found a “bulletproof” solution to making it work all the time to switch screens without something annoying happening. Hard to explain as it changes everytime but I know what you’re talking about.

By: Derek Reiff

Derek Reiff — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:18:52 +0000

Hey Pstam.
Don’t know if you’ll be seeing this or not. Anyway:

Got a 15″ MBP and have it hooked up to my 24″ dell. I’d rather just run my MBP closed, but I run into problems whenever relocating or switching to using it as a notebook. The problem: Usually, something gets ‘mixed up’ when plugging in the DVI cord or when I open up the lid when I’m away.

I’m curious as to what you did in your setup.

-Derek

By: charles

charles — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:12:03 +0000

i noticed that you are using BlackBerry handset, me too, but mine is 7100V

By: charles

charles — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:10:04 +0000

This Mac Pro seems so cool, and i also like it, but i can’t afford to buy one, who can help me :-)

By: Speedmaster

Speedmaster — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:44:38 +0000

These look great, as I write this I see that Apple bumped the MacBooks again on Nov. 1st. My 2.5 year old G4 iBook is still plugging along. But I would LOVE a MacBook. ;-)

By: Dilip P

Dilip P — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:03:21 +0000

I’m gonna get my macbook in December. I live in India and so a friend of mine is getting it for me. I’ve always loved the white but I read about some discolouration problems in white. Its not easy for me to switch mac’s here in India. So which do you suggest?? Is the discolouration true? Should I pay the extra $200 for the black??

Do pitch in with your suggestion. Thanks in advance !!

By: Julien

Julien — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:23:05 +0000

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By: whattah

whattah — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:32:26 +0000

no its true, the mbp weighs .2 lbs more than the macbook… its slightly larger dimension-wise but on the other hand its thinner. but all in all the difference is really negligable. it just looks a lot bigger because of the screen etc but look at how the macbook has a much thicker border around the screen. check the specs and youll see youre just imagining it.

but i agree its annoying to carry around all day. but so is the macbook, no difference there.

By: happy

happy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:22:05 +0000

I’d love to get a MacBook pro because of it’s build. it’s tiring that i have to clean my MB everytime i use it.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:18:43 +0000

Anyone notice a vast difference when upgrading to 4GB of RAM, from 2GB RAM, while playing video games web browsing ect.?

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:10:50 +0000

@kram – the MBP definitely weighs more than “like 0.2 pounds” compared to the MacBook. Also it is just larger dimensions-wise. The point being, the MBP can’t compare to my older 3lb ultra-portable or even the MacBook. You will notice the difference immediately if you’re carrying something around for 8+ hours a day.

By: David Moore

David Moore — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:04:31 +0000

@kram – i agree with you…. i had it around campus today and it was fine walking around with it even if i was almost robbed for it!

By: kram

kram — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:59:47 +0000

How is it too big to lug around if it only weighs like .2 pounds more?

By: David Moore

David Moore — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:00:34 +0000

amazingly the last paragraph gives you the same information i gave you in the first response!

And if you choose to not use this site again thats your loss, if your stupid enough to not visit Paul’s site again because you didn’t get an answer you liked in the comments section of a blog post from someone completely unrelated to Paul’s site then thats your issue.

By: Brian Williams

Brian Williams — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:41:45 +0000

David,

Thank you for a straightforward answer to what was initially a simple question.

You needn’t respond again, I won’t be spending any more time on this website.

To all who have had to suffer through this sniping conversation, I apologize.

Brian Williams

By: David Moore

David Moore — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:33:05 +0000

Brian! Apple will never publish the chipset name! the old chipset ran at 667mhz, Santa Rosa runs at 800Mhz…. that is how they distinguish the difference on the tech specs. Putting ‘Santa Rosa’ in the tech spec means jack **** for 99% of the population hence the only real thing people care about is the faster bus speed….hence why they state this.

The reason i am finding it hard to understand your issue here is its very simple to tell!

All the Macbook Pros on the website at the moment are Santa Rosa….. They are the first line of Santa Rosa laptops out. Therefore anything before them was not Santa Rosa. Hence why comparing your machine specs to the apple website will give you your answer!

By: Brian Williams

Brian Williams — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:24:12 +0000

More rudeness from a clearly superior mind. Again a full search of the apple website reveals no mention of the words santa rosa. Neither under support or their store, the tech specs of the mbp.
To you, perhaps the knolwedge that the 8800m gt gcard only came with the santa rosa chip is simple, but i expect that it is not simple to the majority of mac users.

I have been exclusively using apple products since 1985, I guess i’m not as big of a nerd as you since your knowledge of the minutiae of the hardware is vastly better than mine. But wait! that’s why I posted here in the first place, to find someone who had more knowledge of this issue…
I thought the mac community was a friendly place. You’re just a prick. If the question is beneath you, don’t respond next time

By: David Moore

David Moore — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:35:39 +0000

also the bus speed is 800 on the SR MBP and 2 GB of ram MAY be a give away, i say MAY as the mid range non Santa Rosa also came with 2GB though the lowend one came with 1GB.

Again this is all info you could have got from Apples website!

By: David Moore

David Moore — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:19:05 +0000

brian, seriously it was a stupid question! AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID, look at the apple website. You will see that the 2.2Ghz MBP comes with an 8800M GT Gcard…. the non santa rosa did not use this card. Simple!

Where did you get your laptop? back of a truck? Apple boxes state the spec…..

By: Brian Williams

Brian Williams — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:08:08 +0000

David, thanks very much for the condescending non answer. It would have been easier and more straight forward if you had admitted that you don’t know the answer.
To clarify, the box my computer came with only states that it is an intel core duo 2.2 ghz. System profiler says the same thing. It doesn’t mention santa rosa or santa clara or even santa claus. Neither mentions anything about the display other than the resolution.
Lack of knowledge is forgivable, rudeness is not.

Brian Williams

By: David Moore

David Moore — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:00:10 +0000

@ alice and Brian why don’t you simply look at the processor/GPU/machine specs on the box and/or on the apple website? Sorry i must be mis understanding your questions as it appears to be really dumb.

By: alice nubag

alice nubag — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:56:37 +0000

please answer brian williams question. i want to know also if what i got is sta. rosa and LED on my widescreen.

By: Brian Williams

Brian Williams — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:10:55 +0000

Silly question, I bought a 15 inch mbp around the time these changes were made. How can I tell if I got one with an LED display and a santa rosa chip?

By: David Moore

David Moore — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:11:33 +0000

@Ray, RTFM or GIYF :)

Its really simple don’t worry….. google it or check out ifixit.com

By: Ray Horner

Ray Horner — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:57:36 +0000

Thanks for this great info Paul. Quick question, do you have a tutorial for changing the memory on the laptop? I know how to do it on my G4 quicksilver but thinking about getting the laptop. Great and insightful review. Look forward to your postings.