Yeah. Its the architecture. Its a quad core sandy bridge processor. Battery life is rated lower then the 2010 Macbook pros but take this with a grain of salt. Apple has gone to a new more accurate system to rate battery life. The battery size is exactly the same as found in the 2010 models. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:10 AM, T wood wrote: > I already have the core i7 15 in model of mid 2010. What I'm wondering, > though, is why the newer ones are 400 mhz slower than mine (2.2 ghz from 2.6 > ghz)? Are they the newer archetecture (720q) or something? I'm curious to see > battery life. Mine is currently at 92 percent, mail, fusion, skype, and > yourufukuru (however you spell that, i never get it right) are running, and I > still have 4 hours 32 minutes left, which imho is impressive. If this were > windows I've be getting maybe 2 hours. > > T > > On 2011-02-25, at 6:00 AM, Cristina Afonso wrote: > >> Hi Ricardo! >> >> The new MacBook Pros are already available here in Portugal too, so I'll >> have the chance to get a new model. I really thank you for your help. I'm >> only geting the newer because you were so kind and helped me. I'm so >> greatful for what you've done. Many, many thanks Ricardo. God bless you. >> >> All the best >> >> Cristina Afonso >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:31 AM >> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: New Macs >> >> >> No problem. The people at Apple aren't allowed to talk about products >> before they are launched. It looks like they new stuff should be coming >> out tomorrow or friday. Stay tuned. :) >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx >> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 23, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Cristina Afonso wrote: >> >>> Hi Ricardo, James and Laura! >>> >>> >>> Thank you all for your information! With out your help, I would not have >>> known anything about this. At the store, nobody told me a single word about >>> the release of the new Macs. >>> >>> Well, I don't have them yet, I've made an order. They didn't have nor the >>> iPad Wi-Fi + 3 Gs with 64 GB, nor the 15.4 inches MacBook Pro that I've >>> chosen. So, if Apple is really going to release the new iPad 2 and new >>> MacBook Pros, I'll do my best to try to buy the newer models. I'll go there >>> to get more information and see if I can cancel this order and place >>> another one. Wish me luck! >>> >>> I'll report something about as soon as I know. Many, many thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> >>> >>> Cristina Afonso >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >>> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >