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New Apple MacBook Pro

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I now own a Mac! More specifically I have bought an Apple MacBook Pro with the following specifications:

  • Model: MB985
  • 15.4″ display, 1440×900 pixels
  • 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8800 1066 MHz
  • 4GB memory (DDR3 1067 MHz)
  • 320GB 5400-rpm hard drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor with 256MB GDDR3 memory
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor (yes, it has two graphics processors!)
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8

I bought a Mac because I would like to explore iPhone programming – and this requires a Mac in order to run the necessary tools for iPhone development (i.e. Xcode).

I must confess that so far I am really enjoying the Mac experience! Am I slowly turning into a Mac fanboy?

New laptop from Zepto with Intel Santa Rosa technology

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I have just ordered a brand new laptop for private use from the Danish laptop manufacturer Zepto. I decided on the Zepto Znote 6625WD that uses the latest chip set from Intel known as Santa Rosa. I configured the laptop to have the following specifications:

  • Chipset: Intel Centrino Duo (Mobile Intel PM965 Express)
  • CPU: 2.20 GHz Intel Core2 Duo T7500 800MHz
  • Memory: 2048MB (2×1024) DDR2 667/PC5300 SODIMM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT
  • Display: 15,4″ WSXGA+ 1680×1050
  • LAN: Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 54Mbit
  • HD: 120GB 7200rpm SATA Harddisk Hitachi
  • OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

I look forward to see how it compares to my work laptop: a standard Thinkpad T60. I expect that the Zepto Znote 6625WD will really outperform the T60.

This will also be my first time using Windows Vista for more than just installing a release candidate version in VMware 🙂

Update: this also means that I won’t be switching to an Apple Macbook Pro this time unlike others. I seriously considered trying a Mac but in the end decided to go for the Zepto and Vista.