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I spilled water on my 15" macbook pro this winter and fortunately after burying it in rice for 3 days, it came back to life. The screen however is shot...it's like looking at a very exposed picture however it is functional and I have been using it for 3-4 months. When I went to the store to explore "fixing it" the screen replacement was almost as expensive as a new macbook. I have been sort of holding out to replace because I do like the aluminum body of the "pro" better than the plastic but did not want to get the Macbook pro because it had been so long since it was updated. I just got some notice on the 13 being available. Have you looked at or tested the new version of macbook pro? Thoughts? I guess all the new computers run on snow leopard...will that effect the transfer of any of my old data over? What about networking with the MAC desk top we have upstairs? Our existing computers still have OS X 10.5.8. Please advise.
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You are one very lucky person that the computer still turned on. The rice was a great call. But too bad the screen couldn’t recover. Yes, the new macbook pros are out. The main difference is a new faster chip called the i5 and i7’s. You do not need to put a great deal of money into getting the faster i7 because for what you do, the i5 is plenty of speed. There are some difference in how the graphics card handles things but overall, they are very similar to last year’s models which are still very good. I have no compelling reason to run out an buy a new one but considering your situation, this is a great time.
If you would like to try to get the cost of the repair down a bit there are 3rd party companies that can do the repair at a reduced cost but you’re still looking at around $400 at least so you may want to put that money toward a new one anyway.
Yes, Snow Leopard is now the norm and you should have no problems moving data over to the new OS. Snow Leopard contains very few differences from 10.5 Most of it is reworking of code to allow for some under the hood things for down the road.
Scotty
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You are one very lucky person that the computer still turned on. The rice was a great call. But too bad the screen couldn’t recover. Yes, the new macbook pros are out. The main difference is a new faster chip called the i5 and i7’s. You do not need to put a great deal of money into getting the faster i7 because for what you do, the i5 is plenty of speed. There are some difference in how the graphics card handles things but overall, they are very similar to last year’s models which are still very good. I have no compelling reason to run out an buy a new one but considering your situation, this is a great time.
If you would like to try to get the cost of the repair down a bit there are 3rd party companies that can do the repair at a reduced cost but you’re still looking at around $400 at least so you may want to put that money toward a new one anyway.
Yes, Snow Leopard is now the norm and you should have no problems moving data over to the new OS. Snow Leopard contains very few differences from 10.5 Most of it is reworking of code to allow for some under the hood things for down the road.
Scotty
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