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IPS screens in devices like iPad was unheard of before LG put one together for Apple and hard to imagine. Haven't seen PVA panels in those sizes and power envelope or anywhere near. Many of them simply don't make any IPS screens at all. They can't use something that aren't manufactured, and a display like that isn't in the catalogs of the Korean and Taiwanese panel manufacturers and are frankly out of most of theirs capability.
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It's still spread out over two DIMMs (making upgrading more expensive than it should be), but it's enough to get you going. On the bright side, Apple finally outfitted the 13-inch MacBook Pro with a sufficient amount of memory: 4GB. While the rest of the MacBook Pro lineup got shiny new Core i5 and i7 processors (dual core + Hyper Threading), the new 13-inch is stuck with an older Core 2 Duo. Keeping up with recent tradition, a NVIDIA GeForce 320M chipset is also under the hoo.err, keyboard. Priced at $1199 you get a 4.5 lbs aluminum unibody chassis, a 13.3" display and a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU.
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It got a faster GPU and bigger battery, but only a mild CPU bump.
#2010 macbook pro 13 inch i5 upgrade#
When Apple made its 2010 upgrade public however, the 13-inch model was somewhat neglected. I've praised the 2010 15-inch MacBook Pro as being the one to get thanks to its combination of performance and battery life.
#2010 macbook pro 13 inch i5 portable#
And for portability, that choice often leads you to something a bit larger than a netbook for performance, but small enough to comfortably carry around.įor Apple users this portable sweetspot is the 13-inch MacBook Pro.Īpple's 2010 13-inch (left) vs. Unfortunately having a set of notebooks and mobile devices isn't really an option for most. You may use some more often than others but having the entire set helps. You get a desktop-like screen resolution and mainstream desktop performance. And given how thin the system is, it's also not hard to make an argument for Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro. Other times you need to do actual work but don't need a ton of CPU horsepower that puts you into 13-inch notebook territory.įor even more productive beings there are larger 15 and 16-inch systems. Sometimes you don't need to do a lot but want to be able to couch around and browse the web on a tablet. There's simply a time and a place for everything. You can make arguments in favor of and against everything from the smartphone and tablet to 17" desktop replacement notebooks. I'm convinced that there's no perfect mobile form factor.