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Apple's 15-inch Core i5 MacBook Pro: The One to Get?by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/14/2010 10:38 PM EST
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san1s - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkThis or one of the new Sony Vaio Z series? Reply
rowcroft - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI chose the Sony Z- love the size and was able to get it with the i5 and a SSD for around $1,900. 3.5lbs and 1600x900 13" was too much for me to resist (and I do like OS X). Reply
androticus - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkI just tried out a Z at the Sony Store -- sweet! The 15" MBP is huge and heavy by comparison. I really feel that Apple is not offering a compelling upgrade this time -- and even upping the base model price by $100! Reply
SandmanWN - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkSteep price for only 5400 rpm drives!
All that room and can't add a number pad to the keyboard.
The plug on the power brick has got to be annoying sometimes.
Nice resolution on the screens.
Overall for the price the attention to detail is kind of disappointing. Not to mention the styling feels sooooooo old now. Reply
Brian Klug - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkHonestly, I'm really confused why they're shipping 5400 RPM drives as well. Ordering online, the 7200 RPM drives are a whole $50 more, which, in the big perspective of things is change next to the MacBook price.
It seems like the volume discount from shipping exclusively 7200 RPM drives on a "pro" machine would've made more sense than a bunch of default configurations with 5400 RPM drives destined to sit in stores.
-Brian Reply
randfee - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkstyling = old? Kidding me?
The Style is rather new, just one and a half years now, isn't it? The prior design lasted for 6 years and my mid 2007 MBP still looks stunning, a timeless design and the aluminum surface is VERY durable. Comparing my almost three year old one to a most other brands with the same age makes people say mine looks like new. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkI'm still curious why Apple chose the nVidia GT330M with it's 23W TDP. ATI's Mobility HD5650 is supposed to have a TDP between 15-19W, while still being faster so would seem like the ideal choice if performance/watt is the major concern. Hopefully, Apple developing their on dynamic GPU switching implementation was motivated by trying to make a GPU agnostic method to not be tied to say nVidia and Optimus. Presumably, the GT330M drivers are more mature in OS X due to similarity with existing nVidia GPUs and that combined with price and bundling offers with the 320M cause Apple to choose nVidia in this round, but hopefully ATI isn't permanently locked out of Apple notebooks.
It's also interesting to note that the GT330M is underclocked at 500MHz core versus up to 575MHz and 1100MHz shaders versus up to 1265MHz being supported by nVidia. Apple's clocks actually match the GT230M. If this was done to reduce power consumption and thermals, that's another reason the HD5650 would have been a better choice. Reply
jimhsu - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkOr simply opting for 335M (50% more shader cores) would boost graphics performance even more. Though with the heat comments, maybe that isn't such as good idea. I'm reminded with the quite unsatisfactory heat performance (i.e. OMG WTF THIS IS BOILING) of my first gen Macbook Pro (early 2006) with some of the comments in this article. Worrisome. Care to post some temps? Reply
redbone75 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI would guess it's because Nvidia, not ATI, is their partner and they have to honor that relationship. Think of how p/o'd Intel was when Apple ditched them in favor of Nvidia's chipsets. Reply
MySchizoBuddy - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkbased on the table Core i5 540M looks better than Core i7 620M Reply
MySchizoBuddy - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linksorry i was looking at the 620UM. someone needs more clearer names Reply
DLeRium - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkseriously? Didn't the 15" get the 9600GT in the two higher level ones?
The 9400M was a 13" MBP model and also for the base 15". But clearly the 330M GT is designed to replace the 9600M GT not the 9400M. The 320M GT now in the 13" MBPs is designed to replace the 9400M. The base 15" MBP got an upgrade this year from 9400M to 330M GT, but it's clearly two different classes.
I would've preferred if you benched the 330M GT against the 9600M GT which was an upgrade to the old 8600M GT that I have from an early 2008 MBP. The 9400M is just the wrong card to bench against. Reply
DLeRium - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkso yes, it's obvious the 330 will be faster than the 9400, but how much faster than the 9600? I think that's the most crucial question.
The 320 should've been pitted against the 9400 and 330 against 9600. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkI agree, I just don't have any of the MBPs with the 9600M around the lab anymore :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
DLeRium - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkaww how unfortunate. I just figured that since you put the 2.53 ghz MBP in comparison that it would be the 9600M one. Oh well. I'm glad you at least included my 2008 MBP in the benches (way to make me feel like I need to upgrade :D )
Great review Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI always try to have at least n-2 generations of MacBook Pro hardware laying around for comparisons like this :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
youguy - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - linkWith SSDs offered as an option, why aren't we seeing TRIM support in Snow Leopard? Reply
Griswold - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkAsk email@example.com
Should he respond, it might be something along the line of "We dont believe people want to trim anything". Or that SSDs "are a mess".
Good luck. Reply
ggathagan - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkBattery life would be my guess.
To a lesser extent, I suppose a 5400rpm drive also generates less heat than a 7200, but I don't know if the difference would be significant. Reply
Brian Klug - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkYou know, that used to be my thought as well, and I was totally concerned back when the first notebook form factor 7200 RPM drives swung around, but there's no truth to those assumptions anymore. In fact, back then I found that the newer 7kRPM drive actually gave me *better* battery life and reported cooler temps through SMART. Not sure how, but that's just how it worked out. Obviously there are going to be small differences, but there's also that HUGI (hurry up and get idle) consideration to be made here the same way intel rationalizes turbo mode on a notebook; get the task done fast, then go into a low power state. It ends up being a net energy savings.
But it's obvious that heat/battery aren't the real reasons; the 7K RPM drives are still options, just not default. $50 isn't that much for a "pro" notebook is my point.
At the same point, a platter drive is a platter drive; the performance gains aren't going to be anywhere near what you'll see with an SSD, so perhaps it makes more sense to just forget about upgrading the HDD and save the $50 for your SSD. There are arguments for both I suppose.
-Brian Reply
oldbriones - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI am disappointed, once again, that apple slapped on crappy TN panels to their MacBook Pro.
Use of IPS panels in iPad, new iMacs, and new Cinema Displays were welcome changes for the better
(far superior viewing angle, color integrity). Why not in the Pro line of MacBook ?! Reply
beginner99 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkto increase margins. fanboys will buy it anyway (no sane person would for this price...)
It's like 800$ extra compared to similar dell, hp,... models. Reply
that_guy_mike - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkby that logic no one would drive a mercedes or bmw either since you can get a honda for way less, and they're clearly the same since they are all just cars. Reply
The0ne - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkThat's retarded. When referring to laptop the margins/difference in hardware and much less than comparing vehicles. It's the same hard drive, same memory, etc. A car may be a car but the process of getting there is absolutely different, less being the same part.
Now if you were to say, why not buy a car with almost the same parts and materials, slap on a Mercedes logo, and charge a premium for it then that would make more sense. Reply
mikesmithson - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkYou mean how like the difference between a Honda Accord and an Accura TL? Like how they use a lot of the same parts... Accord starts at $21,000; TL at $35,000... Reply
maler23 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkProlly the odd man out, but I'm waiting for a review of the 13 inch model. I was already pretty much decided on the MBP 13in anyways, so any upgrades for the same price is a perk.
The lack of Arrandale kinda hurts though; I'm also wondering if the nVidia 320M makes things run any hotter. I'd love to hear a good reason why Apple skipped the Core i3 and stuck with the Core Duo. I'm assuming it was a space concern due to the whole Intel/NVidia chip kerfuffle and they wanted to keep the same sized chassis?
Anand, any bets on an Arrandale update for the Fall for the MBP 13?
-J Reply
solofest - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI second the request for a 13" review. I'd like to see how the 320M stacks up, as well as some real world battery tests. Re: an Arrandale update for the 13" in the fall, sounds like Apple may as well wait until Sandy Bridge? Reply
solipsism - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkDitto.
The tests of Core-i3 and having to use Intel HD over a speed bump in C2D and Nvidia 320M tell me that Apple made the right choice. I can't see the 13" MBP maintaining the same price point or increasing the battery duration with a discrete GPU.
I think Anand is correct in that the a Fall release is inevitable. While this is is a decent update I think it is meant to be a stopgap for more radical changes. What should have come about 7-8 months later may jut 4-6 months later due to the Arrandale supply issue.
For the next release, the 13" MBP may have to drop the ODD to make room for the component and cooling, and to lessen the blow of the GPU cost. Apple obviously isn't going to offer Blu-ray so I'd say they are just holding onto the internal ODD until offering Mac OS X Restore Discs on a 16GB SD Card is more viable. I don't think they added SD to the 13" and 15" so many years after it was standard, just to say "me too". I think it'll be the new way to restore the disc. It's how I've been doing it for a couple years.
PS: I wish Anand would have mentioned the other aspects of this revision: audio over DisplayPort or HDMI, and force accelerated scrolling.
PPS: I don't recall seeing any mention of how Nvidia Optimus doesn't power down the IGP when the GPU is active. I'd like to see the power usage differences between Windows and Mac OS X on these machines now that Apple has graphics switching in place. It's too bad Optimus won't work under BootCamp. Reply
DLeRium - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkHow easy is it to replace HDs in the new unibody MBPs? I have a 2008 MBP (15") and it takes a great amount of work to disassemble just to change out a hard drive. With HD prices so cheap, it's not too hard to buy a 500gb 7200 RPM drive and stuff it in. However, I'm often discouraged when it takes a lot of tampering. I've disassembled my Wii to mod chip it. I've disassembled camera lenses to blow out dust behind the front element, but I'm not the most hands on guy and I hate repacking things together. I often mess up there. Reply
solipsism - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkIt's pretty simple. Check iFixit for the 2009 MBPs. You basically take the entire bottom off, about 10 screws, and then a 1-3 screws for the HDD. It'll takes you an extra 2 minutes over the previous models with the latch and door exposing the HDD and battery. Reply
Rod Hagen - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkIt is much, much easier on all of the unibody models than on the pre-unibody ones from before October 2008 (assuming this is what you had previous experience of) .
Pretty much a five to ten minute job at worst in terms of the hardware side of things.
Rod Reply
MadMan007 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkSo I read this and I thought 'OK, Anand is impressed with the battery life' so I figured 'Hey why not see how it compares to other laptops?' I had to go to other articles because this review only has Macs - fair enough for the Mac fanbois who won't consider anything else anyway but not for those who might be open-minded. But what did I find? Sadly Windows laptops run an entirely set of battery test suites. 'Completely idle' 'Flash web browsing' (I think the Macs get a big boost by having non-Flash browsing and that seems like a big fudge to me) and then '720p video playback.'
To my surprise, looking at results, the Macbook batery life is NOT super overwhelmingly impressive. Most of the other laptops that have high(er) battery life have CULV CPUs, fair enough they aren't as fast as the MacBook but then they will run any of the 'battery test' suites just as well. The recent Lenovo is however a Core i5 and gets good battery life.
So Anand, please stop the shenanigans with Apple battery life hype and use tests that are actually the same (as much as possible -Safair might not be available on Windows for example) across platforms. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI addressed the Windows comparison in some earlier articles, the most recent of which is here:
You'll also note that Jarred runs an idle battery test in all of our Windows reviews, that's the most comparable to the light web browsing test. Some of the recent entries we've tested have gotten a lot better but take the Lenovo ThinkPad T410 for example:
With a 94Whr battery it delivers less battery life idle at the Windows desktop than this 77.5Whr 15-inch MBP while running our light web browsing test.
The gap is closing but it's still there. The first link shows that the gap only really exists in light load scenarios where there's lots of idle time (e.g. reading, web browsing, writing).
Take care,
Anand Reply
maler23 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link@MadMan007
Hey dude, show a little respect. I can understand wanting a little perspective but maybe rephrase your request...unless it's a rant, in which case, flame on, sir :)
How about this:
Anand, once you get all three models tested, could you include some comparison battery tests that include Flash as it that is a reality for most webpages(including the comment page I'm typing out right now). In addition, I would love to see a display comparison. I often see this site grumbling about contrast and color range and such with other laptops(recent Asus models, for example) but I would love to see Macbooks thrown into the bunch for comparison.
-J Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI should also add that I do have a video playback and flash web browsing test for the MBP, they simply didn't make the final cut for yesterday's review due to time constraints however I'll be adding in the data in the next day or so :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
sky7i - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkHmm, I was all set to get one but now I'm worried about heat and noise issues. I absolutely detest sweaty palms and am very sensitive to machine noise, often preferring my Acer netbook to the Mac as the Acer is silent.
My current machine is an original Core Duo 15" MacBook Pro. It also has two fans (one a bit wobbly) but temperature wise it's fine. Will the new 15" be warmer?
I was also contemplating the SSD 128gb option for an extra $280, for the silence and performance. Will this help it run cooler? Is there a better option in that price range? The Intel SSD seems wonderful but it's $500. Maybe I'll just try to find a single-platter 250gb drive instead.
Thanks for any input. Reply
solarisking - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI have a late 2006 MBP and every since I had a warranty claim on the power brick (it stopped lighting orange/green/off correctly) they sent me a new one which was smaller. I think I figured out over time that it *seemed* like the new brick charged my MBP slower than the old one. Without the old brick I was unable to confirm. As it stands now, it can take up to 4 hours to charge the damn battery, if not longer. And I have two batteries! So hopefully, the new brick has more DC current and charges more quickly. Given a larger battery capacity that's my guess, and warmer laps are the result. And BTW, my MBP can get pretty dang hot when being recharged. Reply
laela - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkHow is the battery life under Windows 7? Thanks for a great review! Reply
mikeev - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI too would like to know this. I am extremely curious as to how bad the Windows 7 battery life is with that GPU cranking away the whole time, since I play a lot of games.
Also, do you have any guess as to if NVIDIA or some 3rd party (a passionate user?) might possibly create a Windows driver/utility that will allow switching between the IGP and GPU like in OSX? Reply
jasperjones - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI think it's completely reasonable that Anand doesn't provide results for battery life under Win 7. iyam, if you don't use OS X as your primary OS, you shouldn't get a Mac. It's as simple as that. Reply
The0ne - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkWait, huh? I run Win7 and have XP and redhat and ubuntu running. Why can't he do the same? I'm totally confused. So it's meant to be MacOS only? Reply
jasperjones - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI said primary OS, not "only" or "exclusive" OS. It's well-known, for example, that MBPs has some issues on Windows that they don't have on OS X. My point is if you don't plan on running OS X most of the time, get something different.
Anand wrote:
"You're paying for the design, build quality and ultimately the right to use OS X. If those things don't matter to you (particularly the OS X item) then you'd be much better off with an ASUS or Dell."
I would assume he made that comment in similar spirit. Reply
mikeev - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkWhat's wrong with at least him testing Win7 battery life and letting us know? Is it some sort of secret? We know it's going to be bad- we just want to know how bad.
I swear, fanboys sometimes... *facepalm* Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkIf I get the time to I'll run some Windows 7 numbers on it for you guys :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
mikeev - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkThanks Anand!! Reply
Jimbo - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkWhy not just get your own Intel 80GB SSD and call it a day?
I think that 15" I5 with an SSD would would be about as much speed as anyone could reasonably want from a notebook these days. Reply
damianrobertjones - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkHas Anand every reviewed or posted about the HP Envy? Just asking as I'd hate this all to be about apple Reply
Phynaz - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkYou would hate a Mac article to be just about Apple?
Yeah, that makes sense. Reply
sportherz - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkThanks alot for the great update! However, I was wondering if you have any information on the new 13inch MacBookPro. I was looking to upgrade from an older ThinkPad T61p to the new 13 inch MacBookPro, mainly because I hate the time it takes my ThinkPad to wake (running it in Windows 7, using a Vertex SSD) and more importantly the battery life. Due to having to fly often I was also not happy with a 15inch notebook and thus I was eyeballing the 13inch. It would be great if you could post some benchmarking on the 13inch graphics card. It seems that from general performance alone there is really no need to go to the arandale (4% increase in speed seems marginal), is that true? Thus would you second Steve Job's saying that the more important upgrade was the graphic chip?
Any additional info would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for doing such an excellent job! Reply
fsardis - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkdo the edges still cut through your wrists as you type?
does it still get too hot to touch when doing any sort of intensive task?
does the screen still tip over the moment you tilt the laptop forward in your lap?
i wonder why i never see these obvious design flaws mentioned. Reply
yodasz - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI wonder if the SSD performance and compatibility issues have been addressed in this revision? Does anybody have an update on that? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link3Gbps works out of the box (confirmed on Corsair's Force 100GB drive). The system seems to work fine with the SandForce controller, but the same is true for the previous gen. I haven't tried Indilinx yet. Intel also appears to work fine.
Take care,
Anand Reply
solipsism - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkThat is the most important information from this release. Sadly, you are likely the only one to report on it.
How does the use of SATA II over SATA III affect the performance of SSDs? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkThe only SSD that can benefit from 6Gbps SATA is the Crucial/Micron RealSSD C300, which I've briefly talked about here:
The problem today is some 6Gbps SATA controllers are actually slower than Intel's 3Gbps SATA controller:
Realistically I don't expect 6Gbps SATA to be that important to SSD performance until next year.
Take care,
Anand Reply
Pat69 - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkDo you know which kind of SSD Apple is providing through the 3 options (128, 256, 512)? Are these SSD good ones? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkApple doesn't like confirming this kind of stuff, but I'm guessing they are supplied by Toshiba and/or Samsung. If so, the drives are ok but not particularly great. I'd save the upgrade cost and do it yourself aftermarket.
Take care,
Anand Reply
kirkrw - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkI take it then that your recommendation would be to that same $500 that Apple wants for their 256G SSD and put it toward a 160G x25-M gen 2? Reply
bradpowers - Monday, April 19, 2010 - linkCould we get benchmarks on the MBP with the Corsair F100? I'm very interested in that combination. Reply
stimudent - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkStill measuring in inches and feet... Reply
Squuiid - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkAynbody know what model the 256GB SSD is? Reply
michal1980 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkthats what this place feels like now. I geuss the website redesign was timed to that reflect change. Reply
Cardio - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkApples guarantees "Up To" 1,000 battery recharges is complete idiot speek. 7 recharges would comply with that guarantee. That is just the same as saying "not more than". Apple you always double-talk or just outright lie. Reply
solipsism - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkWow! What an asshat comment. Apple and Sony are the only two PC vendors that I know of that report accurate battery specs.
"The built-in battery in the new 13-, 15-, and 17-inch MacBook Pro is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at up to 1000 full charge and discharge cycles."
• http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
I just returned a 2.5 year old battery to Apple a couple months ago because it wasn't holding a charge and only a few hundred cycles on it. It wasn't under any warranty and they gave me a new one right then and there for free. Reply
omgrtm - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkAlso, as a company you have to show proof (based on statistical analysis) for all your advertising claims. Not entirely sure about numbers, but something like 9 in 10 at least should meet the stated (would be 1000 recharges in this case), for you to be able to use 'up to'. You'd be incredibly unlucky to get 7 in reality. Reply
sebmel - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkApple changed my last battery, too... 2.5 years old... it got the Sony problem... swelled up.
The internal regulations appeared to be change if less than 300 cycles.
Mine was 320 or so and they changed it anyway.
Apple seem pretty good at offering a new battery that fails to meet their advertised expectation so I'm guessing they are going to honour these ones up to 1000 cycles. Reply
sebmel - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkError, apologies:
Apple seem pretty good at offering a new battery WHEN ONE fails to meet their advertised expectation so I'm guessing they are going to honour these ones up to 1000 cycles. Reply
tynopik - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link"Less than 20 fps under World of Warcraft at 800 x 600"
Actually, it's 52.3 Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkhaha, wow, fixed :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
surgex - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkCan you tell us how this will work, or IF it will work at all? Reply
surgex - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkSorry, I see it now..
"Despite using a NVIDIA GPU, there's no support for Optimus under Windows 7 on the new MacBook Pro. The GeForce GT 330M is always in use there regardless of whether you use an Optimus enabled driver or the 196.21 driver that comes with the MacBook Pro."
That is really BS if you ask me, but who would expect anything less from Apple...
Do you forsee any way of a third-party enabling this functionality in the future though, or no? Reply
anactoraaron - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkArrandale CULV 13-14" 1440x900 res with discrete ATI 5770mobile + GPU switching.... Imagine having up to 10+ hrs battery life for light internet, word processing work related tasks, being able to watch 2-3 dvd's on battery and then plugging in to game on very high for almost every game! CPU would be 1.3-1.5ghz on battery and "prefer" to run everything single threaded and would run upwards of 2.0ghz "preferring" to be multi-threaded plugged in. That's what I'm waiting for.... the next gen of CULV + Centrino. Can't wait.
By the way, it's pretty sad that even you Anand are making comments on Apple's prices (since you love Apple the way you do). Guess all relationships that are good eventually become more "Love-Hate" Reply
l0ts - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI Wonder what difference can You find between GT330M and GT240M.
I checked my GT240M in GPU-Z and looks like i got "GT330M "with higher clocks. In six months i'll probably have GT420M. :)
Thanx NVIDIA! Reply
Jamahl - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkWho buys this overpriced garbage? Reply
TEAMSWITCHER - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkMyself, and a lot of people. I have a late 2006 MacBook Pro that was the first with a Core 2 Duo chip. I have been waiting for the first MacBook pro with a Core i5/i7 processor. This new machine looks exactly like the replacement I have been waiting for. Thank you Anand for the great (and very timely) review. Reply
ppayne - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkI buy Macs and am happy to. I run a business and the improved reliability of the Mac means they pay for themselves very quickly. I use my laptop about 8 hours a day (that's on top of my normal work, which I use a Mac Pro for) and any improvement in my workflow is worth a paltry $2000 to my company. If we had PCs at my company I'm sure we'd have a tech guy on payroll who kept things running by now (15 employees). Since I can literally take a hour a month to go around and make sure all updates are run on our Macs instead, there's a pretty clear savings over options we could choose (Windows, "free" Linux etc). Time, convenience, and reliability are actually worth *some* money you know?
Not everyone is a college student/hobbyist/penny pinching type, although clearly you (and other commenters here) are hating for the sake of hating. For the record, I do PC software development and database work on the Mac and love the irony of not having to keep crap PCs around work to get work done. Reply
rumimonkey - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI'm curious for Anand's (or others') thoughts regarding the glossy screens... I'm looking to get my first MBP, and would prefer the 13" (in spite of the C2D). However, I was hoping for a matte option on the smaller model. Is this litmus test really good enough: indoor = glossy, outdoor = matte? I want the 13" because I'd like to be truly mobile, and thus will be beholden to variable lighting conditions. And so if I'm in a public (indoor) place trying to write or read online, what will my experience be? Or if I'm working on the couch at home with the blinds open (hey, I like sunshine), would the gloss drive me bonkers and cause eye strain? Thanks in advance to all who (hopefully) respond with comments and recommendations. Reply
kmmatney - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI have a Dell with the upgraded, glossy screen, and its great in all situations indoors. As long as you can avoid any direct reflections from light sources, a glossy screen is much better indoors, IMO. I've been able to use mine outdoors as well - just need to find some shade. Reply
T2k - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link... and you can answer your question, which one to get. :)
http://bit.ly/acer750 Reply
quiksilvr - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkActually, if you get the base 15" model, its $150 extra, because they don't offer 320GB HDD at 7200rpm.
That is a complete insult. Not only are these things ridiculously overpriced (and their performance isn't even that great for the price either), their upgrades are an insult. Its not like these are magical iPod HDDs. These are the SAME HDDs available on HP and Dell computers. At HP, you can upgrade from a 160GB 5400RPM HDD to a 250 7200RPM HDD for only $30.
And don't even get me started on their lack of ports. No SD slot on the 17" model? No eSATA? No Blu Ray? Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these laptops intended for the PROfessional field? Reply
ReaM - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkI agree with you.
I have had 10 macs in my life, currently macbook pro and imac.
This update is ridiculous. The extra cost for the - what now is standard display - is hilarious.
The only update worth considering is the base 13 inch. But still no i5 nor i3 in it and no display bump up.
As I wrote, for 1700 buck you can build i7 980X system (hackintosh, if you will) - just as a comparison.
The current macs are not worth the money.
Last worthy update was the when unibodies were introduced. But since then, two years went by and nothing changed, except of higher price Reply
mckirkus - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkI have a feeling a lot of the people that use these make movies which requires bulk storage. Even a 256GB SSD would tack on at least $500 Reply
Pneumothorax - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkAs being one of those poor saps that "upgraded" to the previous gen MBP and realized I can only run my Intel 160gb G2 reliably at SATA I speeds, this new laptop makes me wary of going for another round of disappointment... So is it fixed? Reply
webdev511 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - linkEnvy 15 has
a better GPU ATI 5830
better top end CPU i7 820m
higher ram capacity 16GB
7200 RPM drives standard Dual SSD available
I had high hopes for this rev of MBP, but suffice to say, I'm unimpressed. Reply
flyguyjake - Friday, April 16, 2010 - link1) Is the display refresh rate 60hz, or 120hz?
2) What is the contrast/dynamic contrast ratio?
I phoned Apple today 3x and couldn't get the answers from them. I did however get the following information.
I'm told that if I install boot camp / Win 7 w/USB Blu-Ray drive I can get 1080P on the LCD panel. BUT what's even more exciting is that the MiniDisplay port, via HDMI Griffin adapter, will fully support 1080P video & DTS-HD, TrueHD audio bistream. The i7-620M has PVAP 1.5 (protected video audio path) which is needed for the HD audio & the 330M is HDCP compliant.
What is even MORE exciting is the possibility of 3D !!! The Geforce 330M supports Nvidia 3D vision.
Can this setup play Blu-Ray 3D?
Can this all really be true? Reply
prof.yustaz - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkAnand Lal Shimpi,
"The day has finally come. For nearly a year now I've been telling everyone who wanted a new MacBook Pro to wait for Arrandale."
Right. But at the end of the review you also said this: "With a Core i5 and GeForce GT 330M, the new MacBook Pro can get uncomfortably warm under use. I found that the previous generation unibody ran cooler. Intel expects to see Arrandale power consumption go down sometime after the middle of the year with a future rev of the processor. I'm guessing that's what'll be used in the inevitable Fall update to the new MacBook Pro lineup."
Are you saying that Apple will do another refresh in about 5 months just because Intel will release another rev of the CPU? And if that happens, do you expect to see a meaningful reduction of heat and perhaps an even better battery performance? In other words, is it really worth the wait?
"You're paying for the design, build quality and ultimately the right to use OS X. If those things don't matter to you (particularly the OS X item) then you'd be much better off with an ASUS or Dell."
Those things do matter to me, a lot, minus the OS X. But I do not see being much better off with an ASUS or Dell precisely because those things matter to me. Grinding my teeth, I would be willing to sacrifice Apple's design and build quality for function, but ASUS, Dell, HP or Sony do not offer the same battery life and screen resolution as Apple's 15 inch laptop. Am I missing something here? And isn't it true that somewhat comparables offerings from Dell and HP, for example, run even hotter than the most recent Apple's 15 inch laptop?
"If you're curious about what's next, I have two words for you: Sandy Bridge. Due out sometime in Q1 2011, Sandy Bridge looks incredible based on early performance data. No word on when we'll see it in notebooks but if you like torturing yourself, waiting for Sandy Bridge will pay off."
I need a laptop, but I do not have to have it right now. Plus, I do not want to pay over $2,000 for a laptop now if it is going to be blown away in a year or so. Could you please elaborate a little on what can we expect to see in terms of design and function assuming Apple implements Sandy Bridge in a future rev of MBPs? Will they be thinner? Will they have a significantly better battery life and run a lot cooler?
P.S. Also, if you were to purchase the current 15 inch MBP, which combination of the CPU, Memory and HD would you choose to stay below $3,000 (closer to $2,500).
Thank you. Reply
lparsons - Sunday, June 20, 2010 - link"ASUS, Dell, HP or Sony do not offer the same battery life and screen resolution as Apple's 15 inch laptop."
I have to agree with you here. I've been looking around a lot, and while the MBP is expensive, Apple has put together an excellent set of components. They make good choices wrt battery life and performance tradeoffs. The closest thing I can find is the Thinkpad T510 which is a very solid machine, but lacking in 3D graphics performance and I'm not keen on the 16:9 screen. It doesn't have quite the same build quality (though it's still very good) and the batter life isn't quite as good, in part due to the lack of switchable graphics.
I'm hoping to keep the machine for while, so the i7 seems to make sense. Annoyed that the 4GB is 2x2GB, making a future upgrade more expensive than necessary, so I'm debating the 8GB. Would also love an SSD, but I'm thinking that I'll upgrade to that later when the price (hopefully) drops, since I could really use the capacity of the 500GB drive and the Apple SSDs are extremely expensive. Also, the Hi-Res screen is a must for me. Reply
ihouman - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkAnand, I read this article yesterday and your conclusion between the i5 and i7 were slightly different, as were a few other points. If you had a change of heart, you should append the changes to the end as opposed to removing your original opinion. It creates the image that 'someone' helped persuade your new opinion. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkSince the original publication I got my hands on a Core i7 based 15-inch model. While I expected the clock speed/cache increase to only result in a less-than-10% performance increase, it ended up doing more than that. It's based on this data (and only this data) that I updated the conclusion, I will edit the conclusion to reflect that this change was made however :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
Apolloe - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkAm I right in assuming that your Left 4 Dead and World of Warcraft tests were done with the i5 15", and not the i7? I assumed this since your info on the GPU there had 256MB, while the i7 MBP has 512MB.
If so, any chance of showing the fps results from these games? If not, an answer to the above would be suffice :) Reply
cyrexo - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkThanks for the nice review. Could you please measure the battery life with the i7 also?
the heat difference between i7 and i5 would also be a nice information which could help me with my decision^ Reply
ReaM - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkI think the update is not worth paying the extra for.
330GT is not much better than 9600GT and the Core2Duo in overall is not that much faster. It feels I will pay more for just a slight improvement.
For 1700buck you can build a i7 980X Six core computer and be happy with 30,000 cinebench scores.
I am having my 10nth mac right now, but they seem to get more expensive for what they can do. If you add the 1050 display, that's gonna cost you even more.
I hoped for more. Reply
ReaM - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkThe new MagSafe connector seems to be crappy. If pulled on cord, because if it is now vertical direction, will pull the whole macbook with it. Reply
overzealot - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkI want some on my 5770 Reply
overzealot - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkFar more fun than stream processors Reply
DanaGoyette - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkNo USB 3.0? And no ExpressCard slot, so you can't add it later? FAIL. Oh, here's an SD Card slot for you, instead. Good luck trying to connect an external hard drive to that.
Frankly, Apple's MacBook "Pro" line is thoroughly outclassed by HP's "EliteBook" series. Rather than making myself sound like a rabid fanboy by describing why, I'll just link to this:
http://hpfansite.com/category/hp-elitebook/ Reply
kuwan - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkJust a comment on the Aperture 2 RAW Import...
Importing RAW images is actually more disk bound than it is CPU bound - at least it is in Bibble 5. It usually involves decoding to a low-resolution image and saving a preview which can often be done faster than the disk can read the files. If you're looking for a CPU benchmark then exporting the images to JPEG after you've imported them will likely give you a much better metric on how the CPUs perform.
Also, why not use Bibble 5 as a RAW image benchmark? ;-) I've seen it included in a number of CPU reviews and it runs just as well on Mac OS X as it does under Windows or Linux. Aperture doesn't actually scale very well with multiple CPUs/threads so it isn't a particularly good CPU benchmark now that 2-4 cores is pretty much standard. Also, the nice thing about Bibble as a benchmark is that we actually report the times it takes to run a batch - so you won't have to use a stop watch. ;-)
Anyway, thanks as always for a great review.
Note that I'm the lead Mac engineer for Bibble Labs.
Cheers Reply
I am as mad as hell - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkNo (Cr)apple product reviews on Anandtech please! Make this site Apple free. There are tons of other sites devoted to the "other" OS. Thanks you. Reply
TEAMSWITCHER - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkDon't you think that you should be a bit more open minded? There are a lot of AnandTech readers and many of us look forward to reading the Apple coverage. No one is forcing to read the Apple related material. Reply
webdev511 - Sunday, April 18, 2010 - linkApple computers do a great job at running Windows. I enjoy reading reviews of Apple hardware. If AnandTech hadn't reviewed this crop of MacBook Pros, I would never have know that they fall short of what I expected.
I'd actually like to see a Spring 2010 Laptop shoot out that includes the MBP running the same OS as the rest. It would be a great way to see how Apple hardware stacks up to the rest of what's out there. Reply
Tempsis - Monday, April 19, 2010 - linkMy only issue is that, these days, it seems like the only notebook systems that get deemed worthy of Anand's review time are Apple's system. All of the other notebook reviews get dealt out to other writers, but when it comes to Apple-based information/product reviews, only Anand seems to do it/etc. Seems to indicate a favoritism towards Apple on Anand's part. Reply
n0dder - Friday, April 16, 2010 - linkWould you say that the increased working temperatures in the new MacBooks prohibits its use as a real Laptop? I'm currently using a rev 2.1 MacBook (2.16GHz), and spend 3-6 hours with it in my lap every day, and while it gets too hot if I stress it, surfing the web and doing light work is fine - if the new MBP's run hotter than that, I guess that I shouldn't have waited this long, but have gone for the previous model.
TIA, Reply
Terry1 - Saturday, April 17, 2010 - linkOn page 5 of Anand's review, he notes that OS10 manages the switching between imbedded graphics and the Nvidia board. No user control apparently provided. Question: what happens when you are running bootcamp with Windows 7 as second operating system? Is OS10 lurking in the background to keep this process functioning, or (my concern) does the system just default to the imbedded GPU mode? Reply
Terry1 - Saturday, April 17, 2010 - linkRE my prior post it looks like I missed this comment in the review: "Despite using a NVIDIA GPU, there's no support for Optimus under Windows 7 on the new MacBook Pro. The GeForce GT 330M is always in use there regardless of whether you use an Optimus enabled driver or the 196.21 driver that comes with the MacBook Pro." That's the way I would want it given manual control is impossible, but has this been verified by a user/tester? Reply
PubicTheHare - Sunday, April 18, 2010 - linkAnand said to wait until the next revision of Arrandale if we want cooler laptops.
"Next revision of..." meaning these new MBPs are Arrandale?
If they are (I'm assuming Arrandale is 32 nm), then what would the next revision bring to equate to cooler machines?
I'm disappointed in the heat issue. My Santa Rosa MBP (early 2008) runs hot as hell, especially when I watch YouTube but even if I'm not running video or flash. It bugs me.
I won't upgrade until:
1) OS X supports TRIM (so I can throw in a Crucial C300 SSD or higher capacity Intel G2)
2) USB 3.0 or Lightpeak is available on the MBP
3) The laptops run cooler with discrete graphics
I was really hoping to upgrade this time... Reply
BillyboyPC - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - linkThese MacBooks will be perfect with more affordable SSDs and USB 3. Until then, it's still a no-go for me. Reply
R0N1 - Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - linkGreat article, but at least one aspect not mentioned:
All the Arrandale chips mentioned are the standard voltage M version with 35W TDP. True, this TDP also includes integrated GPU, but still: 35W is a lot for a laptop.
The 18W 640UM, 620Um & 540UM are probably "reserved" for new MacBook Air,
But it would surly be beneficial for MBP to use the 25W LV parts (current lineup lists i7 620LM & 640LM) - any chance Apple would consider using them in MBP?
After all, all the Penryn P series CPUs are medium voltage 25W TDP chips, compared to cheaper (per MHz) T series standard voltage 35W ones.
The new Arrandale revision you mentioned - is this really silicon respin supposed to trim excessive power from the standard voltage M chips, just production process improvement or merely chip binning?
Thanks. Reply
jvin85 - Friday, May 07, 2010 - linkAnand Lal Shimpi,
I didn't see any mention about the memory difference for the Geforce GT 330M. I was wondering what differences the extra 256MB makes.
I'm considering upgrading as I use an early 2008 MBP. Back then going for the better graphics card was always a big debate. I am wondering if it truly makes a difference in these models.
Thanks. Reply
Kathi - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - linkI am thinking about bying a 13″ because I like the size and it would be perfekt for me. But I prefer the new i5 processor. Do you think there is a chance that there will come a new 13″ with the i5 processor? Soon? I don´t want to wait too long, but it would be stupid if a new version comes out just after I bought one… Reply
xxunrealdudexx - Friday, August 20, 2010 - linkHeading off to Uni in the fall but can't decide between 13" or 15". Which should I get? I'm in the BBA program so I don't think ill be needing Photoshop/Final Cut/etc.?? And I would like it to last for the full 4 years at least. Thanks guys! Reply
juhku - Friday, September 03, 2010 - linkGreat article! Thanks!
Any new information about Arrandale update to get the MacBook run cooler? Is it happening and when? Reply
NYC Heather - Tuesday, November 02, 2010 - linkI'm a photographer and I'm finally getting ready to switch from PC to Mac. A lot of friends have recommended the 13" mac book pro with the 2.4ghz processor. When i went to the Mac store they were recommending the 15" because of the 2.53GHz intel Core i5...
I see that the 13" now has a 2.66ghz core 2 duo. Do you think there is a big difference between the 13" 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo vs 15" 2.53GHz ntel Core i5? It's a $500 price difference and i just wondered if it was worth it...
THANK YOU! Reply
tbtbtb - Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - linkMacBook Pro 17" is my favorite and I really want it for X-mas, and it actually on sale right now for 2130$ on http://amzn.to/eP79Nk Reply
MiddletonBanks - Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - linkIf you are looking for a macbook to run memory hungry games or to do a lot of photo editing and won't be looking to carry it about everyday then the macbook pro 15 is the one for you. You can buy it here http://www.middletonbanks.com/acatalog/Apple_MacBo... for only £1,240 including VAT and delivery. Reply
MiddletonBanks - Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - linkIf you are looking for a macbook to run memory hungry games or to do a lot of photo editing and won't be looking to carry it about everyday then the macbook pro 15 is the one for you. You can buy it here http://www.middletonbanks.com/acatalog/Apple_MacBo... for only £1,240 including VAT and delivery. Reply


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"Morgellons" or "Morgellons disease" is a controversial name that has been given to a speculated and equally controversial medical condition. Currently, there is no known etiology or treatment, and the diagnostic criteria has not yet been formally established. Patients who claim to have the disease describe the polysymptomatic syndrome as primarily characterized by skin lesions and the appearance of fibers and granules coming out of the skin. Most dermatologists deny that the disease exists and attribute it to a variation of delusional parasitosis; [1] however, formal research is needed to make a conclusive determination. In June 2006, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a full investigation into Morgellon.
Origin of nameEdit
The name Morgellons was coined in 2002 by Mary Leitao of McMurray, Pennsylvania, while investigating her son's unexplained rash. She named the condition Morgellons (with a hard g), after a condition from the monograph A Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne, in 1690, wherein he describes several medical conditions in his experience, including that endemial distemper of children in Languedoc, called the morgellons, wherein they critically break out with harsh hairs on their backs.[2] A 1935 paper by British doctor C.E. Kellett identifies the name morgellons with the Provençal term masclous, or "little flies".[3] It is doubtful that the 17th-century disease has anything to do with modern day Morgellons; however, the similarities were such that Leitao elected to use the name as a consistent label when addressing politicians, physicians and health departments.
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Morgellons Research FoundationEdit
Leitao, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston[4] and has worked as a chemist, formed the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) in 2002. The Morgellons Research Foundation website states: "This non-profit foundation is dedicated to finding the cause of an emerging infectious disease, which mimics scabies and lice." The foundation attempts to raise public awareness of Morgellons via web and press campaigns. They are conducting limited research into the cause of the symptoms. They also conduct letter writing campaigns to the U.S. Congress, urging that Morgellons be taken seriously.[5]
In February 2005, a report on a local Fox affiliate in Duval County, Florida, prompted the Duval County Health Department (DCHD) to investigate. Their report concludes:
- […] it was determined after extensive reviewing of these articles that Morgellons Disease is synonymous with delusional parasitosis (CDC, 1999).
- DCHD Epidemiology consulted a pediatric dermatologist within the health department for his professional opinion. It was concluded that this is a psychological condition that has been mentioned in literature for hundreds of years.[6]
The DCHD report notes that there was a significant spike in reported cases after the news report and that "this is attributed to the airing of Fox News' coverage of the illness and is not a true cluster of disease."[7]
In May 2006 the Morgellons Research Foundation was featured in a number of local TV news segments coordinated by the MRF's director of communications.[8] This resulted in a significant rise in the public awareness of the term Morgellons. In response, the Los Angeles County Department of Health services issued a statement that
- No credible medical or public health association has verified the existence or diagnosis of "Morgellons Disease." The current description of the disease is vague and covers many conditions. Until there is a credible, national standard for the diagnosis of this condition, there is no basis for making it a reportable disease.[9]
Three of the eight board members of the organization resigned in August 2006 over disagreements with Leitao over the treatment of charitable contributions to the organization, including former chairman Charles Holman, medical director Greg Smith, and treasurer Judy Smith.[10]
Dr. Randy Wymore, an Oklahoma State University assistant professor of pharmacology and MRF's director of research, has also resigned and distanced himself from the organization. He has stated that "The research I'm doing is not affected by this." [1]
Symptoms Edit
According to an opinion piece published in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, Morgellons symptoms include skin lesions which can be anything from minor to disfiguring in their appearance, sensations of crawling and stinging on and under the skin, and the appearance of fibers and granules coming out of the skin. In addition, "[a]ccording to statistics from the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF), the majority (95%) of affected patients also report symptoms of disabling fatigue and self-described "brain fog" or problems with attention. Patients also report a high incidence (50%) of fibromyalgia, joint pain, and sleep disorders. Other symptoms include hair loss, decline in vision, neurological disorders and disintegration of teeth in the absence of caries or gingivitis. Most patients are unable to continue working, and those who are able to continue working report that they do not function optimally."[11] The authors "declare[d] that they have no conflicts of interest related to the contents of this article." In fact, the paper was co-authored by the founder of the Morgellons Research Foundation and other MRF members involved in the treatment of Morgellons patients.
Differential diagnosesEdit
The symptoms of patients presenting with Morgellons are varied, and may match several other medical conditions. Frequently these symptoms may then be diagnosed as any of a number of conditions including:
- Nematodes - helminth or worm infestation, cause of biting and squirming sensation, moving from place to place in the body.
- Scabies - an infestation of the mite Sarcoptes scabei.
- Lice - an infestation of parasitic insects.
- Atopic Dermatitis or Eczema - a common skin condition with various causes including stress.
- Neurodermatitis - Eczema or other skin condition exacerbated by scratching
- Tinea - A fungal infection of the skin or hair.
- Folliculitis - An infection of the hair follicles.
- Cellulitis - A skin infection.
- Seborrhea - A condition due to over-active sebaceous glands
- Impetigo - A rash caused by bacterial infection
- Compulsive skin picking - Obsessive picking at ones own skin.
- Drug side effects - from use, overuse, or withdrawal.
- Delusional parasitosis - a tactile hallucination of insects, snakes, or other vermin crawling over the skin
If a specific complaint is not identified, the doctor could diagnose a medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) syndrome, such as fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome.
Delusional parasitosis is one of the differential diagnoses that is used for these patients that is controversial. The symptoms of delusional parasitosis are very similar to those presented by a Morgellons sufferer who rejects conventional diagnosis of their symptoms, or who presents a belief in the existence of an organism that cannot be observed except by the patient. There is no agreed upon differential diagnosis since Morgellons is not an accepted medical condition.
In her article Delusory Parasitosis, Nancy C. Hinkle[12] outlines thirteen indications attributed to delusional parasitosis, many of which are shared by patients claiming to have Morgellons. These indications include:
- The presentation of physical evidence such as skin scrapings and debris
- Obsessive cleaning and use of disinfectants and insecticides
- Rejection of the possibility of psychological or other explanations
- Emotional trauma, desperation, social isolation
- Having seen numerous physicians, to no avail
The belief that fibers are emerging from their skin is still present in these patients. This belief is generally regarded by doctors as either delusional or a result of simply mistaking fibers from clothing (lint) as fibers emerging from the body.[13] One doctor, declining to be named for a news article, indicated that he treats patients simply by placing a cast over the affected area of skin, protecting it from the patient's scratching, which results in healing in a matter of weeks.[14] This lends weight to the theory that perceived skin abnormalities interpreted as the manifestation of Morgellons are a side-effect of habitual scratching.
Patients who suffer from delusional parasitosis and who also believe they have Morgellons will often move from doctor to doctor in search of one who will offer them the diagnosis they are seeking. As a result, some doctors have adopted the use of the term "Morgellons disease" as "a rapport-enhancing term for delusions of parasitosis"[15]
Morgellons theories and researchEdit
No formal clinical studies have yet been done on Morgellons. Only one paper mentioning Morgellons has been published in a medical journal; the paper was co-authored by the founder of the Morgellons Research Foundation and other MRF members.[16]
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporting on Ms. Leitao's plight noted that Dr. Randy Wymore, Oklahoma State University assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, recruited two Oklahoma State faculty physicians who tweezed fibers from beneath the skin of some Morgellons patients. The samples were sent to the Tulsa Police Department's forensic laboratory. The police checked the samples against carpet and clothing fibers and other materials, and conducted chemical analyses and other tests, and found no matches against any fiber in their databases. However, the fibers taken from the Morgellons patients matched each other.[17]
George Schwartz of Santa Fe, New Mexico initially believed the cause may be the bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and has claimed success in treating patients with antibiotics that target this waterborne bacterium.[14] . He now believes it is a parasitic infection. In his booklet "Lisa's Disease, A Fiber Disease", he describes four stages to this condition. Stage four places body organs in jeopardy. Schwartz also treated patients with anti-worm medication and diatomaceous earth.[18]. He says it is "a modern day plague which silently grows within the host and after weeks may explode into cavernous, thread- bearing skin lesions, and can extrude eggs and larvae" and is "a highly contagious, world-wide epidemic which will soon reach a critical mass". He has developed a treatment plan for the early stages[19]. In August, 2006 he published a new book describing this disease and treatment plans.[20] Currently he is barred from practicing medicine , due to a narcotics violation. The Morgellons Research Foundation published a Case Definition for physicians.
CDC investigationEdit
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are launching a study of Morgellons disease:[21] "We're going into this with an open mind," said Dan Rutz, spokesman for the CDC Morgellons task force that first met in June 2006.
"The 12-person CDC task force includes two pathologists, a toxicologist, an ethicist, a mental health expert and specialists in infectious, parasitic, environmental and chronic disease. Among other tasks, the group is developing a case definition of Morgellons."[22]
See alsoEdit
- ↑ Mysterious 'Morgellons disease' prompts US investigation, Emma Marris, Nature Medicine, 30 August 2006
- ↑ A Letter to a Friend Sir Thomas Browne, 1690.
- ↑ Sir Thomas Browne and the Disease Called the Morgellons, By C.E. Kellett, M.D., M.R.C.P., Annals of Medical History, n.s., VII (1935), 467–479
- ↑ Delusions of Parasitosis versus Morgellons Disease: Are They One and the Same?
- ↑ Morgellons research Foundation, Letter to Congress
- ↑ Morgellons Investigation Summary Zaheer, et al, Duval County Health Department Epidemiology Program report. September, 2005.
- ↑ Morgellons Investigation Zaheer, et al, Duval County Health Department Epidemiology Program report. September, 2005.
- ↑ Morgellons research Foundation, Media page
- ↑ LADHS Statement on Morgellons Disease, Los Angeles Department of Health Services, May 2006
- ↑ Inside fighting endangers nonprofit group Chico Harlan, Pittsburg Post-Gazette, August 14, 2006.
- ↑ Savely V, Leitao M, Stricker R (2006). The mystery of Morgellons disease: infection or delusion?. Am J Clin Dermatol 7 (1): 1-5. PMID 16489838.
- ↑ Delusory Parasitosis Nancy C. Hinkle, American Entomologist, vol 46, number 1. Spring 2000.
- ↑ A Medical Mystery: Delusional parasitosis Frank X. Mullen Jr, Reno Gazette-Journal, May 8, 2005.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Making Their Skin Crawl Benjamin Chertoff, Popular Mechanics, June 2005.
- ↑ Morgellons disease: A rapport-enhancing term for delusions of parasitosis Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Volume 55, Issue 5, Pages 913-914 (November 2006)
- ↑ The Mystery of Morgellons Disease Savely, Leitao & Stricker, American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2006, 7(1): 1–5.
- ↑ Harlan C Mom fights for answers on what's wrong with her son, Pittsburg Post-Gazette, July 23, 2006, retrieved October 28, 2006.
- ↑ Doctor now focuses on disputed skin disease Wendy Brown, Free New Mexican, December 14, 2005
- ↑ Effective Treatment Presented For Morgellon's Disease Dr. George Schwartz, 2nd International Conference for the "Society for the Study of Global Warming and Emerging Parasitic and Infectious Diseases, August 2006
- ↑ THE PARASITE EXPLOSION August 2006
- ↑ "CDC considers Texas for Morgellons study", My San Antonio News, posted Jun 26, 2006, accessed Jun 26, 2006.
- ↑ CDC investigates whether bizarre Morgellons condition is real or imagined.
External linksEdit
- Morgellons Research Foundation
- Morgellons relation to Spirochetal infection
- Morgellons-Research-Organization Extended German research site with many pictures and videos
- Research at Oklahoma State University
- Morgellons Disease: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
- Gallery of images taken by a Morgellons disease sufferer
- Morgellons-Message-Board Morgellons-Message-Board
- High magnification images of fibers taken from a Morgellons disease sufferer at 700x to 5600x
- MorgellonsUSA.com Many typical photos of fibers.
- Morgellons Watch Skeptical website.
- Morgellons Research Group Germany
- New Canadian Website for Registering and Support
- Morgellon Site Morgellons Disease Information Research & Support Community
In the newsEdit
- "Doctors puzzled over bizarre infection surfacing in South Texas", My San Antonio, 15 May 2006.
- "Parasitic Infection Flummoxes Victims and Doctors", Slashdot, 19 May 2006.
- "Frightening Skin Disease Invades L.A., CBS News, 20 May 2006.
- "The Plague", Dallas Observer, 20 July 2006.
- "Mysterious Skin Disease Causes Itching, Loose Fibers", ABC News, 28 July 2006.
- "CDC Probes Bizarre Morgellons Condition", WREX-TV Channel 13, Rockford, IL August 10, 2006.
- "Online Campaign Sparks Interest in New Disease", NPR News, Day to Day, 27 December 2006.
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Buyer's Guide
By Elizabeth Ginns Britten — January 2005
In the market for a new boat but aren't sure what kind suits your needs? With so many new models on the market and with new versions of existing models coming out all the time, finding the perfect vessel to suit your requirements can be a daunting task. What kind of hull do you need? What size would work best for your family? Where do you even begin?
You might start by thumbing through the pages of The Ultimate Guide to Motor Boats by Barry Pickthall. The nearly 450-page book covers everything from design to propulsion systems and speed, to an overview of sportfishermen, express cruisers, and go-fasts from some of the top-name builders in the industry, complete with color photos.
Whether you use it as a reference book or as an attractive addition to your coffee table, The Ultimate Guide to Motor Boats is a sure bet. It retails for around $30 and is available at a number of stores nationwide, including WalMart and Barnes & Noble, and is also available online at Amazon.com.
Is there something you would like to know more about or see PMY put to the test? Write: Latest & Greatest, Power & Motoryacht, 260 Madison Ave., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10016. Fax: (917) 256-2282. e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. No phone calls, please.
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This article originally appeared in the December 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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HTC Commits to Android L For One (M7) and (M8)by Joshua Ho on 6/25/2014 4:00 PM EST
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Homeles - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - linkThey're continuing to atone for their past regressions. Very good. Good on them for being quick to speak up, too. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - linkSo the new Android doesn't have a name, yet? Reply
editorsorgtfo - Sunday, June 29, 2014 - linkL from ... Lollipop, suck it Apple :-) Reply
takeship - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - linkUntil HTC actually ships the update, this is meaningless. I can still recall their claims for updates (ala Thunderbolt and others) in the past-subject-to-revision when it becomes too hard/too long. I won't be fooled again. The One was released in March of 2013. If the dev preview is available in June, then 90 days after puts them very close to just past their 18-months of updates for the One (M7). Reply
willis936 - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - linkIt's 24 months. Don't pull details out of thin air because they would help your argument. Reply
HangFire - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - linkWhatever the date was, I remember finally getting ICS on my Thunderbolt around the time of KitKat and right before I replaced the phone... talk about a late, pointless exercise. I don't know if HTC or Verizon or both was to blame, but what a way to treat your customers! Reply
jramskov - Friday, June 27, 2014 - linkThey are not saying it will be available 90 days after the dev preview has been made available. They are saying an update will be available within 90 days after the final/stable release of Android L has been made available to them. That also makes a lot more sense (no pun intended) since the release date for Android L is "fall". Reply
HangFire - Friday, June 27, 2014 - linkThey didn't mention the other caveat, your carrier may decide to sit on the update for months... or years... or forever. Or near forever, as in the case of Verizon's HTC Thunderbolt ICS update. Reply
dkd84nn30dlc - Monday, June 30, 2014 - linkAfter years of Android phones, our next phone will be an iPhone. No more concerns about upgrades.
By the time L is released on my HTC One, the phone will be retired. Reply
Morawka - Thursday, July 03, 2014 - linkJust get a google play version of whatever phone you want. It gets instant updates from google themselves. iphone is just as bad, its pretty closed off Reply


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JoustRebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
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2nd R.Heart (Bold Type), Prize = Female Blonde
3rd B.Heart (Light Grey Type), Prize = Female Brunette
AnswerFaint heart never won fair lady.
1st, 2nd and 3rd place were all taken by people called Heart.
The first two both won female blondes as prizes.
Another term for blonde hair is fair.
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A DOG found wandering the streets on Christmas Day has been reunited with its owner - who saw an article in the Lancashire Telegraph.
The terrier, nicknamed Stan, was taken to Blackburn fire station by off-duty firefighter Gordon Mitchell, who found him alone outside St Mary's College, Blackburn at around 9am.
The dog, who is actually called Alfie, belongs to Laura Brown, landlady of the Royal Oak pub, who was planning to have him rehomed after Christmas.
She had been walking Alfie on Christmas morning with her other dog, a labrador called Charlie, when Alfie ran off.
Laura spent some time trying to find him but had to get back to the pub to open up on Christmas Day.
When Alfie did not return she began to worry, as he was due to go for a Boxing Day walk with his new family.
But Laura later saw an article in the Lancashire Telegraph, which said Alfie was being cared for at Aspen Valley Kennels in Oswaldtwistle.
Laura collected Alfie from the kennels, and he is now safe and happy with his new owners.


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"I'm Afraid Fox Loses This Round."
Blog ››› ››› ARI RABIN-HAVT
As Glenn Beck's television show came to a close, Fox News launched a flurry of attacks on Media Matters for America making the ludicrous argument that the Internal Revenue Service should revoke our status as a nonprofit organization. Over the past three weeks, Fox News has run more than 30 segments on this topic on both its "news" and opinion shows, with additional coverage on the Fox Business Network and on its Fox Nation website. The network has repeatedly encouraged viewers to file complaints with the IRS, even providing a direct link to a pre-filled form on Fox Nation.
This attack is nothing more than an attempt by Fox News to silence a vocal critic. The network's parent company, News Corp., is a $10+ billion company. Because of its size and influence, News Corp. believes it can intimidate anyone who takes issue with its overt political agenda and distortion of facts.
Media Matters and our supporters will not cower from Fox's ridiculous accusations. We are not at war with Fox. Fox is at war with the truth and Media Matters will continue fighting back against the network's lies that pollute our cable boxes.
It is no coincidence these attacks began as Glenn Beck's Fox News program was coming to an end, and after our research had documented the pervasive spread of misinformation and bigotry throughout the network. Fox News knows that Media Matters and our allies have succeeded in exposing it as a political organization that misinforms the public, not the "fair & balanced" news organization it claims to be.
Our researchers exposed Fox News Washington Managing Editor Bill Sammon slanting coverage and even acknowledging that he lied on air about Barack Obama in the days leading up to the 2008 election. "Fair and balanced" news organizations do not employ people who willfully mislead their audience.
It also is no coincidence that David Brock and I were personally targeted by the network's hosts. We just completed a book titled The Fox Effect that uses internal Fox emails, interviews with insiders, and analysis of Fox's on-air content to demonstrate the network's role in manipulating the public during the 2010 election. Why not attempt to smear the authors of a book that exposes their network?
News Corp. now faces increased scrutiny due to the phone hacking controversy in the U.K.. Every day new evidence of the company's malfeasance emerges. And yet Fox's coverage of the scandal remains at a minimum.
Fox's attack on Media Matters proves our organization's operating theory about the network. We've developed a formula we call the Fox Cycle that demonstrates how the network launders attacks on progressives, attempting to elevate them to the mainstream:
Step 1: Conservative activists make an inaccurate charge designed to make progressives look bad.
Step 2: Fox News devotes disproportionate coverage to the story.
Step 3: Fox News attacks mainstream journalistic outlets for ignoring the story.
Step 4: Mainstream outlets begin reporting on the controversy.
Step 5: Media critics and pundits weigh in on Fox News's coverage, crediting Fox with breaking the story.
Step 6: The facts emerge and the accusation is shown to be baseless, but many Americans are left with the impression it might be true.
This is how the Fox Cycle has played out in the network's attacks on Media Matters:
Step 1: Former Fox News consultant and current FreedomWorks Foundation board co-chairman C. Boyden Gray publishes an op-ed in the Washington Times suggesting Media Matters should lose its tax status.
Step 2: In three weeks, Fox News runs more than 30 segments on the story.
Step 3: This past weekend Fox repeatedly asked on-air why no mainstream media outlet other than Politico has reported on the story.
Perhaps because Politico's story points out:
"Marcus Owens, a partner at Caplin & Drysdale and former director of the Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS, said the law is on Media Matters's side on both counts. . ."
"The bottom line is, as long as an organization is following a process and establishing or attempting to establish that its views have some basis in fact, then as long as it isn't doing something like the equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theater or encouraging people to commit crimes, then it probably is going to qualify as educational," he said. "As a result, we have Media Matters, and we have Brent Bozell and the Media Research Center, and we have all kinds of other organizations that are doing the same thing."
He argues that MRC's website is not substantially different from Media Matters in that both attack media companies on what they feel is the opposite side of the ideological aisle.
Owens concluded, "I'm afraid Fox loses this round." That is certainly clear.
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Hello, could someone please point out some good software / video maker for making short videos for youtube, use on websites etc. etc?
I have the scripts but would like to make video animations such as video here http://www.sands-trustee.com/consumer-proposals/
It's a good question, and one I don't have a definite answer to. But I assume the graphics are probably made in something like Photoshop or Illustrator, and then animated in something like Adobe Premier Pro or Apple's Final Cut Pro. There are also add-ons for programs like these for creating various effects. But I'd also be interested in what other options there are, as it's something I've been wondering about too. I've watched a few videos on these programs and seen them do some of these things, but I'm sure there's more to it.
All of the pros will tell you Final Cut by Apple or Premier by Adobe. I think you should invest in those and learn via tutorials on how to fully edit material for publishing.I am sure both have 30 day trials. Try them out before purchasing of course.
For a lower cost solution than the $100 price range, take a look at Adobe Premeire Elements or Pinnacle Studio.
Final cut pro and premiere are editors, not motion graphics applications. There's no way you could produce that video in either of those singularly, as their primary function is editing clips, but they only have very basic facilities for animation and creation of graphics.
At a quick glance in that video there are scripted counters, boned animation, shutter blur and 3d camera movement - you could animate the graphics in Flash (good animation tools and scripting) and composite the result in After Effects (proper camera processing). Other options are apple motion, autodesk combustion/smoke, eyeon fusion.
You can try animoto, sony vegas, power director, camtasia.. Or, you can hire an expert in the field.


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Beloved Daughters Photographs by Fazal Sheikh
10 Oct, 2009 - 31 Jan, 2010
Beloved Daughters unites two projects by photographer and activist Fazal Sheikh. The exhibition focuses on women from two specific communities in India. The first project, Moksha (Heaven), portrays the northern Indian city of Vrindavan, where dispossessed widows go to devote themselves to Krishna and seek moksha: final release from the cycle of death and rebirth. Sheikh's next project, Ladli (Beloved Daughter) portrays the lives of girls and young women in a society where, despite progressive laws, their human, civil, and economic rights are routinely suppressed.
The two projects combined in this powerful exhibition provide intimate and revealing portraits of the faces and words of the old and young -- widows of great age, mothers and their children -- that paint an eloquent picture of women's prospects in modern India, a nation of 1.1 billion people. Sheikh pairs intense camera portraits with testimony from his subjects, offering a voice to those who would otherwise remain anonymous, conveying stories that are both eye-opening and thought-provoking.
When Moksha was published in 2005, Sheikh was awarded both a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant and the Henri Cartier-Bresson International Award. He immediately returned to India and undertook the work that became Ladli. The two projects were shown for the first time at the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation in Paris in the summer of 2007.


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A 23-year-old man is in custody facing jail, after admitting sex offences at Burnley Crown Court.
Jonathan Walmsley, of Blackburn Road, Accrington, admitted two counts of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault, which took place last November 16, at Burnley Crown Court.
He is already on the Sexual Offenders Register, and the hearing was told, a pre- sentence report will have to address the question of dangerousness.
Walmsley was remanded until March 7.
Judge Beverley Lunt warned him: "The only sentence possible is a custodial sentence. You are going to prison. The only question is for how long."


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New STEM program for girls at The Woods
March 22nd, 2013 | SMWC
By Lisa Luper
Communications Intern
"You can be anything you want to be." Every girl has heard it. But if current trends hold, most of the top jobs will go to the boys in her class. Even though women make up roughly half of today's workforce, they hold less than 25 percent of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). As other nations are now graduating more STEM college graduates than the U.S., many educators believe we will not be able to compete in the global economy and are looking to women to fill the gap.
That is why Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) and Duke Energy have teamed up to offer an exciting program called TWIST – Today's Women In STEM Tomorrow. The TWIST program, for girls in 6th – 9th grade, will take place April 12-13, 2013, at SMWC. This overnight, science-filled event is equipped with a variety of programs. It features workshops with hands-on learning in each of the STEM areas.
Anneliese Payne, Ph.D., associate professor of education at SMWC, describes the focus of the program. "As a women's college, it is very important for us to reach out to young women and encourage them in the STEM fields," Payne said. "Research has shown that an interest in science needs to be nurtured and encouraged during the elementary and middle school years in order for students to choose advance science and mathematics courses at the high school and college level."
WTWO meteorologist Anne Elise Parks is the keynote speaker. Her experience of watching storms brew on her family farm as a child as well as a thrilling stint with the Great Plains Storm Chase team in college will inspire and challenge girls. Parks, who received her Bachelor of Science degree in Geoscience at Mississippi State University, encourages girls to believe they have what it takes.
"I hope to encourage these young women to push through any fear or doubt and tackle their career goals and to believe in themselves," Parks said.
The workshops for the weekend are all taught by women to reinforce the reality of successful women in these fields. Each girl will select two out of the five workshops available, and each highlights a component of STEM.
Payne adds, "Young girls need to be exposed to role models and learn about the variety of careers that are open to them. Our intent is to make it fun, exciting and 'cool' to like science, technology, engineering and math."
In addition to the workshops, the girls will examine moon rocks, take a field trip to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Oakley Observatory, and learn why SMWC students chose to major in STEM. An overnight in the ballroom will allow fun time for the girls to socialize.
Registration for the event is limited to the first 50 girls. The cost is $45 and includes meals and a T-shirt. Parents who wish to stay for the keynote/dinner may purchase tickets for $10. Parents may also attend the "STEMsational Showcase" on Saturday to view the workshop projects.
TWIST will hold two additional events this year – a summer camp in June and "Expanding Your Horizons" in November.
The Wright Stuff
Ever wondered what makes a plane fly? Learn the basics of flight, pitch, yaw and roll while you build and modify your paper airplane design to make it perform the way you want it to. A basic design will be provided and guided instructions will be given. Then, experiments will be performed to help each participant decide what modifications to make to "be the best that she can be".
Diedre Adams, Science Teacher, West Vigo Middle School
Truss me!
Create your own bridge (or truss) from balsa wood. Use your engineering skills to stay within budget, weight and height restrictions. Bridge breaking contest will be held to see which design is the strongest.
Susanne Wassil, Math Teacher, West Vigo Middle School
Extraction Faction
DNA is the blueprint of life. Everyone assumes that it takes fancy equipment and years of training to isolate DNA. However, you can do it yourself right at home. Come explore how to extract the DNA of fruit using simple household products. See how long of a spool you can obtain!
Heidi McDonald, 21st Century Community Learning Center, Vigo County School Corporation.
Would you like to meet Alice?
Alice is an innovative 3-D program that makes it easy to create animations or games. The Alice project provides tools and materials for a conceptual core of computational thinking, problem solving and computer programming. You will be able to learn to use the software and will be able to take Alice home with you to continue the fun.
Deborah Gaff, Educational Liaison, Portal Resources for Indiana Science and Mathematics, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Let the sun shine!
The amount of Ultra Violet radiation reaching the earth's surface at a particular time depends on many factors. Learn about the presence of UV light, how to actually see it, and how to protect yourself from it. You will also experience the effect of UV light on beads and nail polish.
Monique Bate Akoachere, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Visit TWIST, for the full schedule and registration.
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Perimenopausal Estrogen Replacement Therapy Study (PERT)
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Study Background and Objectives: In the U.S. the majority of heart disease deaths are in women, not men. Much of the gender disparity in CVD rates relate to the burden of CV risk in women after the menopause. Depression has been associated with an increased risk for CVD morbidity and mortality. Even histories of recurrent depression in euthymic individuals are associated with elevated CV risk. Understanding the depression-CVD link may have particular relevance for women since women experience depression at a rate twice that of men. Substantial convergent evidence indicates that ovarian failure (estrogen deprivation) is one likely mechanism contributing to both CVD and depression in women. The perimenopause, a time associated with a two-fold increase in rates of depression, may provide an ideal opportunity for studying the pathophysiology of CV risk and depression in women.
The primary objective of this study is to examine the prophylactic role of estradiol in the development of depressive symptoms and the progression of cardiovascular risk in perimenopausal women with or without histories of depression. The investigators predict that women susceptible to depression will be particularly vulnerable to the acceleration of CVD in the context of the perimenopause and, consequently, will show differentially greater benefit of estradiol treatment during the menopause transition for both indices of CV risk (e.g. inflammation, endothelial function, stress reactivity), as well as depressive symptoms.
|Perimenopause Menopause Depression
|Drug: Estradiol Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2 Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Depression, Estrogen Replacement, and Cardiovascular Health in the Perimenopause
- Change in Depressive Symptoms as Indicated by The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) [ Time Frame: Baseline, month 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 ]
- Change in Psychiatric Diagnosis as Assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders I/NP [ Time Frame: Baseline and when prompted by CES-D score ]
- Change in Stress Reactivity during Laboratory Session including Trier Social Stress Test [ Time Frame: Baseline, month 6 and 12 ]Primary measures reflecting stress reactivity will consist of mean arterial pressure (MAP), vascular resistance index (VRI), plasma cortisol, and plasma IL-6. For each of these four measures, a delta score (change from rest to stress) will be calculated and then standardized as Z scores. The individual Z scores will then be averaged to yield a single Stress Reactivity profile measure - a composite score reflecting magnitude of activation in the four primary stress-responsive pathways.
- Change in Functional Well-being as Assessed by the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short form (SF-36) [ Time Frame: Baseline, month 6 and 12 ]
- Change in Metabolic risk [ Time Frame: Baseline, month 6 and 12 ]Subjects will be classified as having metabolic risk if they either meet standard criteria for the metabolic syndrome (based on 3 of 5 risk factors: elevated blood pressure, fasting triglycerides, fasting glucose, waist circumference and low HDL-cholesterol) or they exhibit insulin resistance based on the derivation of an insulin sensitivity index (ISI0,120 < 61) following the standard oral glucose tolerance test
- Change in Flow Mediated Vasodilatation [ Time Frame: Baseline, month 6 and 12 ]Flow mediated vasodilatation of the brachial artery in response to reactive hyperemia using high resolution ultrasound, yielding a measure of endothelial-dependent vasodilatation.
- Change in Baroreceptor sensitivity [ Time Frame: Baseline, month 6 and 12 ]Cardiac autonomic control via EKG measurement of HR and beat-to-beat changes in BP to assess baroreceptor sensitivity
|Study Start Date:
|October 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo patches for 12 months and placebo pills for 12 days every 2 months.
Drug: Placebo
Placebo patches for 12 months, to be worn continuously and replaced once a week. Also, placebo pills will be administered for 12 days every 2 months.
Experimental: Estradiol
Transdermal 17β-estradiol (100 ug/day) for 12 months and oral micronized progesterone (200 mg/day) for 12 days every two months.
Drug: Estradiol
Transdermal 17β-estradiol (100 ug/day) for 12 months, administered as patches to be worn continuously and replaced once a week. Also, every 2 months, oral micronized progesterone (200 mg/day x 12 days) will be administered.
Other Name: Climara and Prometrium.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- must be between 45 and 60 years of age
- must be in the menopause transition (irregular/ absent menstrual cycles or hot flashes)
- must be are medically healthy
Exclusion Criteria:
- currently taking antidepressant medication
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01308814
|United States, North Carolina
|University of North Carolina
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
|Principal Investigator:
|Susan Girdler, PH.D.
|Responsible Party:
|Susan Girdler, PhD, Principal Investigator, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01308814 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01MH087619 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|February 28, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 6, 2016
Keywords provided by Susan Girdler, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
Cardiovascular health
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
Polyestradiol phosphate
Estradiol 3-benzoate
Estradiol 17 beta-cypionate
Estradiol valerate
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Contraceptive Agents
Reproductive Control Agents
Contraceptive Agents, Female
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017