Got my new Core 2 Duo

After 10 phone calls... I finally found a store that had some here in Toronto. I called early today they said 2 weeks, called back 3 hours later and they had some... go figure...

I am going from a 1.83 MBP to the base line 2.16 MBP.

Just transfered over all my stuff... my impressions so far:

- Definatly faster (I haven't even put in my extra gig stick and everything seems nice and snappy)
- Quiet and Cool (no buzzing and it is definitely cooler)
- The build seems more solid, could just be cause its new, but the hinge seems much stronger
- My illustrator didn't transfer over, not sure whats up with that but my photoshop did no problem

Just finishing up the drain on my battery then I will install the other gig.
I'm impressed and it was worth the extra $300 I paid (education discount - the $1950 I sold my old one for).

I'll give more updates later if anyone cares.

dont tell me that...i just got mine but just the core duo...i am thinking about sending this back, and getting yours..man...WHY??? like mine is only a 2 weeks old..

You get 14 days to return from Apple definitely do it man for sure

could i just deal w/my local apple store despite that i ordered it from the apple store online??

i just want to exchange..should i say that? or should I say i want to return? anyone deal w/ this??

just bring it to your local apple store with your receipt. Shouldn't be an issue if you are within 14 days or close to there. But don't wait too long

ok. what do you have the 15 or 17? how many usb ports do you have, and did you get a fw 800. according to the apple store online there are fw 800 ports on the 15..from the picture at least..

I got the 15" it has FW 800 and still only 2 USB's

just got off the phone with customer service..and i am very happy to say that i "THINK" im gonna get an exchange. they will be contacting me via email to set up the shipping of back and fourth of each machine...

APPLE is great!

will post developments in the story.

just a side note, I LOVE My new MBP, LOVE IT. I just spent alot of $$$$$$ on it, and would like the full value of it ie: the latest version.

I should be ordering my Core 2 Duo MBP pretty soon. So where did you get the other gig of ram from?

I get all my ram from powerlinememory.com
They have never failed me, I have used them 3 or 4 different times in the past. (its the same ram as the old MBP)

i got mine at newegg.. if i get my mbp swapped for a new core 2, then i will have an extra stick available...

when you buy ram from a website like newegg, is all ram the same? i have a macbook pro with on 512.. so if i wanted to upgrade to 1gb, which is a good brand?

If you can exchange your older one, I definitely recommend it. I'm loving mine (15" 2.33 Core 2 Duo), ...got it set up next to my work PC (which I think I'm just going to use for email now...LOL).

I can't exchange mine, I got mine the day they came out like in april or so. Bummer huh.

try and sell yours... I sold mine for $1950 CAN and I bought my new one for $2280... well WELL worth it. See what you can find

ehh i just bought a new car so even with a good selling price like that it would still be hard.. Anyway, after 6 months, there will be an intel core 3 duo that is 39% faster lol. just like what happended to me. So i'll just have to wait it out! thanks though.

I just arranged to return my month-old 17" core duo version for the core 2 duo. I bought mine a month ago and was told by the store that the core 2's wouldn't be around until next year. They agreed to take mine back, and for $150 more then what I paid I'll get the core 2 version. Very accomodating store!

Thats great. Good job! Seems you got pretty lucky.