MBP blues

[steve harley]

they whom i call Paul Sargent wrote:
> First thing, this update didn't really bring much in performance (and in 
> some cases a performance drop), so you could just not worry about it.
> 
> http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2008/03/macbook-performance-march-2008/

that test is for MacBooks, but there's another test on the same 
site that covers MacBooks Pro:

<http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2008/02/macbook-pro-performance-february-2008/>

since the new base model is measured against the old mid-range 
model, price/performance has improved unless (as noted in the 
comments) you get a close-out price on the old model; they also 
point out the possible improved battery life with the new 
processor (anyone seen a definitive test of this?)