Comments on: Macbook Pro MKII: Future Artifact http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/ The blog of Scott Hansen (aka ISO50 / Tycho) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:03:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Neil http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-168466 Neil Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:34:36 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-168466 Great Scott!!!!! Great Scott!!!!!

]]> By: Benny http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-143824 Benny Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:15:49 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-143824 I just got my new Unibody MacBook Pro for a few days and I love it!! I had a Santa Rosa MBP, but it died. Well, at least, I had the black screen of death, the system is still working. I like the glossy display, it is very nice in the evening. I have the base model and now I'm looking for good retailers for the ram upgrade. I love the design of the machine, so sleek. And the keyboard is great! I just got my new Unibody MacBook Pro for a few days and I love it!! I had a Santa Rosa MBP, but it died. Well, at least, I had the black screen of death, the system is still working.

I like the glossy display, it is very nice in the evening. I have the base model and now I’m looking for good retailers for the ram upgrade. I love the design of the machine, so sleek. And the keyboard is great!

]]> By: grovenstien http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-129161 grovenstien Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:23:57 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-129161 I am gutted that there is not a straight forward way to get s video out of the new MBP and no simple way to get firewire 400 in! It's very annoying having lots of peripherals plugged into the new MBP just to make it do what the G4 powerbook did with ease! Also staff at the apple stores seem miss informed about the MBP's abilities to output video. I am gutted that there is not a straight forward way to get s video out of the new MBP and no simple way to get firewire 400 in! It’s very annoying having lots of peripherals plugged into the new MBP just to make it do what the G4 powerbook did with ease! Also staff at the apple stores seem miss informed about the MBP’s abilities to output video.

]]> By: TJTIGER http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-120979 TJTIGER Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:12:41 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-120979 well, i'm pretty sure now that Scott will come up with new awesome designs. Right Scott ??!! ^_____^ well, i’m pretty sure now that Scott will come up with new awesome designs. Right Scott ??!!
^_____^

]]> By: Andrew http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-120920 Andrew Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:21:08 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-120920 As mdoane stated, the glossy screen as the only option is a major turn off for me. I've used Macs before, and was a previous owner of a first gen MBP 15" and it was awesome. The fact that Apple is trying to sell a High-End Media workhorse with a glossy screen makes me wonder if form and function were lost on a trivial detail. Glossy screens just aren't practical to me for a professional digital media artist. Constantly dodging and adjusting to get rid of glares is just a pain, and for Apple to only give the option of glossy seems somewhat absurd. Imagine shooting with the MBP outdoors, with your camera tethered. Good luck seeing the image on the screen without half the screen covered in a glare. Hopefully Apple will wisen up and release a matte screen. But anyway, congrats on your new MBP. Enjoy that beast machine :) As mdoane stated, the glossy screen as the only option is a major turn off for me. I’ve used Macs before, and was a previous owner of a first gen MBP 15″ and it was awesome. The fact that Apple is trying to sell a High-End Media workhorse with a glossy screen makes me wonder if form and function were lost on a trivial detail. Glossy screens just aren’t practical to me for a professional digital media artist. Constantly dodging and adjusting to get rid of glares is just a pain, and for Apple to only give the option of glossy seems somewhat absurd. Imagine shooting with the MBP outdoors, with your camera tethered. Good luck seeing the image on the screen without half the screen covered in a glare.

Hopefully Apple will wisen up and release a matte screen. But anyway, congrats on your new MBP. Enjoy that beast machine :)

]]> By: Marco http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-119309 Marco Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:13:00 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-119309 Re: Display Port to Composite - if you had the old apple DVI to Composite adaptor couldn't you just attach that to the Mini-Display Port to DVI adaptor? Re: Display Port to Composite – if you had the old apple DVI to Composite adaptor couldn’t you just attach that to the Mini-Display Port to DVI adaptor?

]]> By: micael http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-119113 micael Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:36:11 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-119113 more bad news about the apple display port: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/11/apple-adds-copy.html it has HDCP, which will limit what monitors/screens/projectors you can output some high def content to. more bad news about the apple display port:
http://blog.w...ds-copy.html

it has HDCP, which will limit what monitors/screens/projectors you can output some high def content to.

]]> By: Scott http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-117780 Scott Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:10:59 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-117780 Jason- I'm on it....been meaning to do that, perhaps this week. Jason-
I’m on it….been meaning to do that, perhaps this week.

]]> By: moni http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-116994 moni Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:03:11 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-116994 Congrats on the new machine. I still prefer the previous model MBP for my needs. In my current workflow, I often use all my ports. Taking those away is a nono. Same with the connections. It's also pretty damn solid... moreso than anything else I've used... the new one probably bests it in that department, but not by much. Hopefully in the next go-round, they bring the pro back to the macbook pro. - m Congrats on the new machine.

I still prefer the previous model MBP for my needs. In my current workflow, I often use all my ports. Taking those away is a nono. Same with the connections. It’s also pretty damn solid… moreso than anything else I’ve used… the new one probably bests it in that department, but not by much.

Hopefully in the next go-round, they bring the pro back to the macbook pro.

– m

]]> By: James http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-115705 James Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://blog.iso50.com/2008/11/10/macbook-pro-mkii-future-artifact/#comment-115705 "This is the first laptop I’ve used where I wasn’t constantly wishing for a mouse." this makes me want to have one! “This is the first laptop I’ve used where I wasn’t constantly wishing for a mouse.”

this makes me want to have one!

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