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  1. Noel

    Noel F1 Veteran Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    Got the new one today, great machine, super fast. recommended if anyone is on the fence.
     
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    REMIX Two Time F1 World Champ

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    This is the Thunderbolt i7 machine, right?

    Played around with a 15" MBP at BB today but I'm not sure it was the newest one.

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    Kind of an interesting device.

    Caveat to those wanting to use Thunderbolt for external disc I/O: you are going to need a next-gen SSD to use even half of Thunderbolt's xfer speed. 80-110MB/s using spindle drives (still waaay better than USB 2). Micron's upcoming C400 can push out 410 MB/s sequential reads, so @ 375 MB/s xfers to (very fast) external disc array.

    Find out the specs of their optional SSD before ordering one...might be a better option to use the base 5400 RPM drive until Micron releases their C400 next month.

    Also, does this use Intel's Quicksync for video transcoding?
     
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  4. Noel

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    yep.
     
    Noel, Feb 28, 2011
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    How did you build it out?
     
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  8. Etcetera

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    Thermal joint compound = heat sink compound. They put on enough for a dozen or more applications.
     
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  9. Noel

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    standard 17 inch, 750 GB hard drive, didn't customize it at all.
     
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    Matte screen?

    I need a new laptop, and it's either this + SSD or whatever Lenovo's SB refresh looks like.
     
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    Macbook Pro is amazing experience of portable computers as compare to i7 any machine and Macbook Pro.
     
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