Macbooks Tuesday, May 9?

[BlizzardBomb]

Every post is worth 1 post, even if it is a little bit off topic :rolleyes:

In a perfect (spammers) world, yes. :)

[ImAlex]

In a perfect (spammers) world, yes. :)

Yupp :)

[BlizzardBomb]

Yupp :)

You... do realise... that it's... not a perfect world? I can see some users reporting your posts. :rolleyes:

[TMA]

OK here's an on-topic point:

What time do Apple's retail stores close?
How long until then in hours?

I can't believe that if these 'do not open until...' boxes do exist, someone could resist the temptation to reveal all this evening. They wouldn't get caught.

[BlizzardBomb]

OK here's an on-topic point:

What time do Apple's retail stores close?
How long until then in hours?

I can't believe that if these 'do not open until...' boxes do exist, someone could resist the temptation to reveal all this evening. They wouldn't get caught.

Maybe a better question would be, which Apple Store has an elevator? :p

[ImAlex]

You... do realise... that it's... not a perfect world? I can see some users reporting your posts. :rolleyes:

Ohh damn, I'm sorry! I will write useful posts now.

How many hours till a possible release of MacBook?

Btw how can you see it? You aren't a Moderator :P

[jayb2000]

So, of all those 1000+ posts, how many people out there are actually going to buy one?

If I could get a high end MacBook for under 1500, I will buy it as soon as CompUsa has it.
I want
>=100gb drive
Core Duo 1.8 or 2.0
bluetooth
802.11g
512mb RAM (expandable to 2 or 4gb)
FireWire (800 would be nice, but doubtful)
3 or more USB 2.0 ports
SuperDrive (dual layer 8x as an option maybe)
at least 1280x800 resolution
10/100/1000 Ethernet

and still under 5 lbs.

Here's hoping... :)

[technicolor]

My friend that works at the Apple store said they didnt receive any of those "do not open" boxes.

[O.Anvari]

I remember the fuss of the MacBook pro - the large event and so on

Doesn't it seem awful quiet to you right now, from the position of Apple, I mean.

[mac-x]

So, of all those 1000+ posts, how many people out there are actually going to buy one?

If I could get a high end MacBook for under 1500, I will buy it as soon as CompUsa has it.
I want
>=100gb drive
Core Duo 1.8 or 2.0
bluetooth
802.11g
512mb RAM (expandable to 2 or 4gb)
FireWire (800 would be nice, but doubtful)
3 or more USB 2.0 ports
SuperDrive (dual layer 8x as an option maybe)
at least 1280x800 resolution
10/100/1000 Ethernet

and still under 5 lbs.

Here's hoping... :)

Thats a macbook pro, i still cant understand why people have so high specs as expectations, its going to be for student!
o and btw. all rumors are still based on: I WANT....... and actually believing it themselfs that apple wont do it for less.
will see, i hope a smaller macbook pro 13inch, so costs less... but not sure that price will actually make much differents

[Legacy]

So, of all those 1000+ posts, how many people out there are actually going to buy one?

If I could get a high end MacBook for under 1500, I will buy it as soon as CompUsa has it.
I want
>=100gb drive
Core Duo 1.8 or 2.0
bluetooth
802.11g
512mb RAM (expandable to 2 or 4gb)
FireWire (800 would be nice, but doubtful)
3 or more USB 2.0 ports
SuperDrive (dual layer 8x as an option maybe)
at least 1280x800 resolution
10/100/1000 Ethernet

and still under 5 lbs.

Here's hoping... :)

My *PERFECT* machine that I realistically hope they offer is:

Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz Processor
13.3" TFT
512MB DDR667 Memory (will be U/G to 1.5GB)
80GB HDD 5400rpm
Radeon X1400 128MB GPU + Upto 512MB Hypermemory
SuperDrive
iSight and FrontRow
Better speakers built-in/Audio in-out please w/ 5.1+ Support
Airport+Bluetooth+Standard stuff (can do without a modem)

$1499/£1099

[Mernak]

dont know if this has been mentioned but no ibooks in the refurb store at apple. i just check 1 or 2 days ago and i know they had some then.

[Klut]

I pray for a good graphics card...

[jhartung]

well, that's that. AI is saying not tomorrow.

aren't they almost always right?

[bill4588]

dont know if this has been mentioned but no ibooks in the refurb store at apple. i just check 1 or 2 days ago and i know they had some then.
yeah i noticed that too...but it could just be a temporary thing. they dont have refubs EVERY day.

[luminosity]

dont know if this has been mentioned but no ibooks in the refurb store at apple. i just check 1 or 2 days ago and i know they had some then.


that's always changing from day to day. by the afternoon, they're often gone. in the morning, there are usually some available.

[ImAlex]

I will buy MacBook! But I have to sell my iMac 17 " first, probably can get the expensiver one for that. :)

[Groovey]

Not to bring you down, but have you spotted this one already?

http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1729

[joebells]

appleinsider has just posted a story saying essentially that it will probably be later in the month not tomorrow

[jayb2000]

Thats a macbook pro, i still cant understand why people have so high specs as expectations, its going to be for student!
o and btw. all rumors are still based on: I WANT....... and actually believing it themselfs that apple wont do it for less.
will see, i hope a smaller macbook pro 13inch, so costs less... but not sure that price will actually make much differents

I don't think its that unreasonable. Note I said a HIGH END macbook.
I think 1500 is more than reasonable for those specs.

http://reviews.cnet.com/HP_Pavilion_dv1000t/4507-3121_7-31692317.html?tag=sub

Now, that has an 80gig drive and can only go to 1gig of RAM, but it is also more than $500 less than what I was proposing.

[iSee]

My *PERFECT* machine that I realistically hope they offer is:

Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz Processor
13.3" TFT
512MB DDR667 Memory (will be U/G to 1.5GB)
80GB HDD 5400rpm
Radeon X1400 128MB GPU + Upto 512MB Hypermemory
SuperDrive
iSight and FrontRow
Better speakers built-in/Audio in-out please w/ 5.1+ Support
Airport+Bluetooth+Standard stuff (can do without a modem)

$1499/£1099

This, I think is realistic, except I'm not so sure about everything on your audio line: I'm guessing the built-in speakers will be about the same, you won't get audio in on a non-Pro computer, and no 5.1+ support.

You'll get everything else, though. Maybe even a 100GB HD.

Also, what is Hypermemory?

[vespats]

Also, what is Hypermemory?

hypermemory - additional shared memory

http://www.ati.com/technology/hypermemory.html

[mikea]

appleinsider.....

Quote
Apple Computer's highly anticipated line of Intel-based MacBook consumer notebooks may not turn up on Tuesday as several online reports and analysts have suggested, AppleInsider has learned.

go check it out.

SO CHILL OUT FOLKS..ONCE AGAIN.....IT AIN'T HAPPENING TOMMOROW!!!

[KaiMac]

Not to bring you down, but have you spotted this one already?

http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1729

NOOO, BUT BUT BUT.....KHALID!

Damn him :)

Someone start hyping May 19th at the NYC Store opening already.

[iSee]

So, of all those 1000+ posts, how many people out there are actually going to buy one?

If I could get a high end MacBook for under 1500, I will buy it as soon as CompUsa has it.
I want
>=100gb drive
Core Duo 1.8 or 2.0
bluetooth
802.11g
512mb RAM (expandable to 2 or 4gb)
FireWire (800 would be nice, but doubtful)
3 or more USB 2.0 ports
SuperDrive (dual layer 8x as an option maybe)
at least 1280x800 resolution
10/100/1000 Ethernet

and still under 5 lbs.

Here's hoping... :)

This isn't too crazy, but I'm guessing the processor on the MB will top out at 1.67 DC for now. And more likely 2 USB ports, although I agree that 3 would be nice.

[ImAlex]

It would be better to release them before or while E3 is.

[netdog]

Sorry, but the Macbook that appeared in the Apple hierarchy menu the other day leaves me convinced it is going to be announced and orders will taken very very soon. Tuesday. Maybe Wednesday. Not the 19th. This mistake at Apple would not have happened so far before the release.

It also unfortunately seals the deal that it will be called a MacBook.

[DorianMoreganti]

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[Groovey]

NOOO, BUT BUT BUT.....KHALID!

Damn him :)

Someone start hyping May 19th at the NYC Store opening already.

I know... I was also just getting to be friends with Khalid the Desert Moose. But as usual, it's on internet so it must be true.

[@mac]

I just read on Engadget that it will actually be released on Wednesday.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/apple-to-hold-seminar-to-show-off-new-ibook/

The invitation is also right here:

http://www.seminars.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ASPRegistration.woa/wa/eventDetails?eventId=45540&s=300
:D :D :D

[bikertwin]

NOOO, BUT BUT BUT.....KHALID!

See--it's true. Torturing prisoners does not yield valid confessions. ;)

[TMA]

I just read on Engadget that it will actually be released on Wednesday.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/apple-to-hold-seminar-to-show-off-new-ibook/

The invitation is also right here:

http://www.seminars.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ASPRegistration.woa/wa/eventDetails?eventId=45540&s=300
:D :D :D

But what do those symbols mean? I think they might be chinese. If only someone here could decipher them!

:rolleyes:

[Joe2000]

Ha post 1039! Diddnt see that coming did ya...ha?

No MacBooks tomorrow, i've been waiting since Jan for these and when i saw this rumors I took it with about a Kilogram of salt hehe - thats alot USA.

I'l bet the 19th of September :D

Hope for 19th of May,

And cry and pray for the 8th of May! :p

See that my post rhymes - like that, you bunch of whines!

- Joe.

[mikea]

see Ya

[APPLENEWBIE]

I was just called by Apple sales person, following up on an order. I asked when? He said he couldn't tell me, and did not know, but did say that on the 16th there will be announced a major product.....And he said my guess about what that might be was the same as his guess.....

[bryanw]

I'll be just a disapointed as the next guy if no new iBooks, MacBooks or whatever Apple intends to call them, are announced tomorrow. I'd like to retire my 1GHZ Tibook. I love Macs too. I've spent the past 4 years servicing Mac desktops & portables for an authorized Apple dealer. I too, routinely scour the rumor sites to see what next big product, Apple will release but I think many Mac users are on the verge of becoming as annoying as Star Trek Trekkies. Relax people, it's just a freakin' computer. Go talk to your kids, go for a walk in the park, for heaven's sake go get laid. Maybe after you've done all of those things, you'll log on to Macrumors, AppleInsider or Think Secret and you find out Apple has announced it's latest & greatest product.

[Harrobbed]

appleinsider.....

Quote
Apple Computer's highly anticipated line of Intel-based MacBook consumer notebooks may not turn up on Tuesday as several online reports and analysts have suggested, AppleInsider has learned.

go check it out.

SO CHILL OUT FOLKS..ONCE AGAIN.....IT AIN'T HAPPENING TOMMOROW!!!

I shall repeat myself

http://tinypic.com/8whxf6.jpg

[Gnorn]

... for heaven's sake go get laid...

I will when Apple releases the MacBook tomorrow... :rolleyes:

[Beko]

He guys,

I really see Steve introducing the MacBook to the public at his new retail store in NYC; the Big Apple!!! AL mAY, 19.

[Harrobbed]

He guys,

I really see Steve introducing the MacBook to the public at his new retail store in NYC; the Big Apple!!! AL mAY, 19.


Allthough it sounds probable, I'm beginning to believe, there is never gonna ba a Macbook ever!!

Oh my.. I should really go to sleep..

[weitzner]

is this some sort of record for number of posts? man.. that's crazy.

[macEfan]

I was just called by Apple sales person, following up on an order. I asked when? He said he couldn't tell me, and did not know, but did say that on the 16th there will be announced a major product.....And he said my guess about what that might be was the same as his guess.....
well, lets hope so.. and lets also hope for a price decrease !:D I cant wait to save up enough $$$ for either an intel ibook or a referb. g4 ibook...

[elda]

well, I went to the apple store with the intention to buy another ibook and the salesman suggested I buy online (because they didn't couldnt do the hard drive updated I wanted) .. Anyway the thing is he said " good thing about ordering online is that you know how apple all of a sudden updates and has new products like the macpro.. well if it happens while your order is in process they will automatically update your ibook" .. hmm i dunno but I really hope that was a hint that they're coming soon !!

[Xephian]

I shall repeat myself

http://tinypic.com/8whxf6.jpg
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/4254/yarly7fg.jpg

[Multimedia]

No, Conroe and Merom are single-socket only. Woodcrest is dual-socket.So When Is Woodcrest Scheduled To Ship? :confused:

[WildCowboy]

So When Is Woodcrest Scheduled To Ship? :confused:

June (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/04/20060428112857.shtml).

[Multimedia]

Woodcrest Ships In June. (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/04/20060428112857.shtml).So that means Quad Core Macintel Can Ship By WWDC? I am not sure this is correct. Alden would you please confirm WildCowboy's assertion Woodcrest ships in June? :confused: :eek:

Link to confirming website WildCowboy?

[puffpuffin]

I hope Apple doesn't screw up their displays if they use a 1280x800 resolution. I was using a MacBook Pro at the Apple Store and when I changed the resolution to 1024x768, it stretched the screen instead of putting a black border around the screen. Dumb move! :mad: Not only does the screen look like crap, the output to a projector will look like crap too. Not pretty if you're trying to impress a client. :(

I hope they do what the Sony 13.3 in widescreen notebook does - put black borders around the screen in the non-1280x800 screens. When displayed on a projector, the screen will look sharp and crisp instead of "soft" due to the stretching.

I hope Apple realises that people will be using the MacBook for presentations. I happily use my 12" iBook with its native 1024x768 display which matches my projector. I'd like to continue using my projector in its native resolution in a potential new MacBook.

[BlizzardBomb]

So that means Quad Core Macintel Can Ship By WWDC? I am not sure this is correct. Alden would you please confirm WildCowboy's assertion Woodcrest ships in June? :confused: :eek:

Link to confirming website WildCowboy?

Why do you have to keep asking Aiden? Ever heard of research? WildCowboy has posted a link, and the info is correct.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31316

[Multimedia]

WildCowboy has posted a link, and the info is correct.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31316Sorry to have annoyed you. My Google is broken. :p I don't know how to do research all that well. Thanks.

I guess the next quesiton is will Apple use a Server Processor in the top of the line First Quad Intel Mac?

[Leemo]

I hope Apple doesn't screw up their displays if they use a 1280x800 resolution. I was using a MacBook Pro at the Apple Store and when I changed the resolution to 1024x768, it stretched the screen instead of putting a black border around the screen. Dumb move! :mad: Not only does the screen look like crap, the output to a projector will look like crap too. Not pretty if you're trying to impress a client. :(

I hope they do what the Sony 13.3 in widescreen notebook does - put black borders around the screen in the non-1280x800 screens. When displayed on a projector, the screen will look sharp and crisp instead of "soft" due to the stretching.

I hope Apple realises that people will be using the MacBook for presentations. I happily use my 12" iBook with its native 1024x768 display which matches my projector. I'd like to continue using my projector in its native resolution in a potential new MacBook.

You do realise it's outputting at the resolution required by the projecter (1024x768) so it would be fine - how it looks on the screen in the MBP wouldn't matter when you're using external monitors. It's only stretched on the MBP because the display is obviously capable of much higher (and widescreen) resolutions. When it comes to outputting the display whatever you're outputting the display to will decide the dimensions of the final image.

I mean, duh!

-Leemo

[vespats]

and even my PB G4 Ti 400 (i know thats 15:10 not 16:10) has a screen resolution with black borders, so i think the MBP has one, too. IMO there is a stretched resolution and one with black borders

[AidenShaw]

I guess the next quesiton is will Apple use a Server Processor in the top of the line First Quad Intel Mac?
Woodcrest is a workstation/server processor, just like Xeon. It will be used in anything that needs two sockets - it's the cheapest multi-socket capable chip.

Xeons have been available in two socket and multi-socket versions for many years. Most of the current ones are basically Pentium 4s with the additional logic for inter-socket synchronization enabled.

Woodcrest/Conroe/Merom are basically the same design, with different capabilities and power envelopes. Don't think of Woodcrest as a "server" chip per se, it's just the version of the Core 2 line that is more powerful and supports two sockets.

If Apple wants more than two cores this summer, Woodcrest is the only option.


Quad Core Woodcrest Macs by WWDC Aparently
Considering the HP/Dell/IBM will be selling quad-core Woodcrest systems in June, Apple should be able to get something out by August.

They'll need to keep the quad PMG5 around at least another 6 months or so - until the fat binary situation is better they can't cut off the supply of the systems that run pro software best.

[wyrmintheapple]

Think Secret Blows!

Just who are all these "sources"..it's all bull#@$t and if they actually are people, they are total idiots..it's all bull....See ya Later!

SO CHILL OUT FOLKS..ONCE AGAIN.....IT AIN'T HAPPENING TOMMOROW!!!
""an Apple seminar posting making the rounds .......

Once again.
The MacBook isn't coming tommorow!!!!!. Don;t get your hopes up..YET.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm confident it isn;t happening this week.
Come on man...it's abvious that the invite is a total fake. Man, and I;m only new to all this rumor crap.
It's starting to look like a skunk to me. I;m sure if this were really happening Tuesday, more buzz would be happening the last 2 days....All of this is based on an unverified source!!!!!!!!
My source at a store in Canada knows nothing of boxes or materials to remain untouched until Tuesday. Nothing..and They'd tell me..
Double or Nothing Dude.....IT's not happening Tuesday.
I don;t think we know anything about Tuesday,,Do we? It's all rumors at this point...OH i get it this is a rumor site.
Who's your inside source? I have my own source that has a completely different story..so who's right?
NOONE NOONE KNOWS NONONE KNOWS NOTHING NOONE HAS A CLUE NOBODY KNOWS CORE SOLO NOPE DUO YES NOBODY NOONE KNOWS MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE NOPE NONONE KNOWS TUESDAY HMMMM MAYBE YES NOPE MACPASTOR WRONG NOBODY KNOWS MACGEEK2005 WRONG NOPE

ALL THIS COMPLETE GUESING IS WRONG.
The displays for the window have nothing to do with the MacBook I am told.
I said this before and then I was brainwashed by all the hype and guessing.
I know apple store employees apparently know nothing,,,but I was told and said it before. we'll be Lucky to see this MacBook in May or June...It's gona be a while...I'm sitcking with that and I tried to leave the rumor sites before..but this is it..Not than anyone really give's a Sht, but See Ya....and these sites should change there names....
ThinkStupid.com
Appleoutsider.com
and MacGuessing........
It;s not happening this week and It's not happening next week.....Thats a Fact!!
see Ya

mikea,

I get it, you dont think its going to happen today. Thanks for your input. For someone who really hopes the MacBook appears tuesday, you seem awfully intent on spreading your own... er... rumour that it wont be. Truth is, nobody knows, thats why we are reading the rumour sites. Do we really have to read the same comments from you on EVERY! page spread over 3 or 4 days?? We get it, you dont think they are coming today. Please, do like you say and just come back once it's released, perhaps the excitement of the impending release has given you "Annoying post fever".

[Multimedia]

Woodcrest is a workstation/server processor, just like Xeon. It will be used in anything that needs two sockets - it's the cheapest multi-socket capable chip.

Xeons have been available in two socket and multi-socket versions for many years. Most of the current ones are basically Pentium 4s with the additional logic for inter-socket synchronization enabled.

Woodcrest/Conroe/Merom are basically the same design, with different capabilities and power envelopes. Don't think of Woodcrest as a "server" chip per se, it's just the version of the Core 2 line that is more powerful and supports two sockets.

If Apple wants more than two cores this summer, Woodcrest is the only option.

Considering the HP/Dell/IBM will be selling quad-core Woodcrest systems in June, Apple should be able to get something out by August.

They'll need to keep the quad PMG5 around at least another 6 months or so - until the fat binary situation is better they can't cut off the supply of the systems that run pro software best.Thanks Alden. That really clarifys the whole line for us now.

So I take it that Woodcrest is "Core 2 Extreme"?

The Quad G5's have been on the Refurb page since early February. I guess it won't hurt for them to stay on there til Adobe ships CM3. Is that what you mean?

I am unfamiliar with "the fat binary situation". Would you mind elaborating on what you mean by that? :confused: :eek:

[filterban]

I hope Apple doesn't screw up their displays if they use a 1280x800 resolution. I was using a MacBook Pro at the Apple Store and when I changed the resolution to 1024x768, it stretched the screen instead of putting a black border around the screen. Dumb move! :mad: Not only does the screen look like crap, the output to a projector will look like crap too. Not pretty if you're trying to impress a client. :(

I hope they do what the Sony 13.3 in widescreen notebook does - put black borders around the screen in the non-1280x800 screens. When displayed on a projector, the screen will look sharp and crisp instead of "soft" due to the stretching.

I hope Apple realises that people will be using the MacBook for presentations. I happily use my 12" iBook with its native 1024x768 display which matches my projector. I'd like to continue using my projector in its native resolution in a potential new MacBook.

The image will only be stretched on your MacBook, not on the projector, and that's only if you're doing mirroring (not spanning).

Hopefully, though, the MacBook has spanning capability, so you don't need to worry about it at all - run the MB at 1280x800 and the projector at 1024x768.

On a side note - does anyone know what the heck was in those new Apple Store displays that said "do not open until May 9" - they started this whole rumor, after all?

[mac000]

im just going out on a limb here, but maybe Apple will say something after Nintendo's Press Conference which starts in less than an hour??

For whatever reason, I remember coming across something Apple & Nintendo related

[Azadre]

im just going out on a limb here, but maybe Apple will say something after Nintendo's Press Conference which starts in less than an hour??

For whatever reason, I remember coming across something Apple & Nintendo relatedWiiPod? :)

[Jack1991]

so what were the window displays today?

[iShane]

so what were the window displays today?

Yea, I wonder that too. It looks like the Macbooks aren't coming today. :(

[Wellander]

Hi,
Well it doesw not look like we will see the macbook today.
Maybe tommorrow? Next week?
Apple usually releases products later in the month.

[DJS1234]

Hi,
Maybe tommorrow? Next week?
Apple usually releases products later in the month.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here we go again......

All we need now is a post from someone with the usual-
My best friends brother's mother's cousin's aunt's half brother's grandfather twice removeds nephew works 3 doors down from an apple store and he has lunch with someone who works there and he told me that the Macbook is definetly coming out later this month!!

New thread time, same ol' waste of time!

(Not meaning to have a go at anyone just sick of waiting for a damn Apple laptop for less than £1,400 (Every other laptop manufacturer can do it:mad: )

[Scruff]

All we need now is a post from someone with the usual-
My best friends brother's mother's cousin's aunt's half brother's grandfather twice removeds nephew works 3 doors down from an apple store and he has lunch with someone who works there and he told me that the Macbook is definetly coming out later this month!!



Not to nitpick (Oh to Hell with it, I'm nitpicking! And I'd do it again! Muahaha!), but in that situation, if the guy told you personally it implies you know him, so instead of being your 'best friends brother's mother's cousin's aunt's half brother's grandfather twice removeds nephew', he's really just 'A guy I know that knows an Apple employee'. :p Makes the chain much shorter...

I'm writing this, and I have no idea why I noticed that.

Guess I'm just bored waiting for an affordable MacBook... :p

[maxterpiece]

Maybe tomorrow we could rename the title of this thread, "Macbooks released yesterday?"

[DJS1234]

Guess I'm just bored waiting for an affordable MacBook... :p

As am I, hence the diluted, unecessary post:)

Well spotted by the way!!!

[Scruff]

As am I, hence the diluted, unecessary post:)

Well spotted by the way!!!

Y'know, it's nice to finally be appreciated. You Mac folk are much kinder on ol' Scruff than the mean PC users I've dealt with for years, ^_^.

Oh, er <Insert MacBook Comment Here>. And Now I'm on-topic, :p.

[BugSitter]

What was in those boxes? Alas!

[Jack1991]

What was in those boxes? Alas!

yeah thats what i wanna know

[DJS1234]

yeah thats what i wanna know

And the answer is...........
A Load of hot air!!!!

I asked Regent Street London Apple Store and they didn't know anything about mystery parcels (And they did look sincere)

There's a garden path somewhere and we've just been led right up it:mad:

So the clocks ticking until someone else has some hot gossip (Thats a load of old rubbish) about when the Mac/ibook is coming out.

Is anyone else thinking we've another Duke Nukem Forever on our hands here...

[Broodling]

Well, the MACBooks haven't arrived yet but there is still good news!

The McBooks have finally been released!
http://tinyurl.com/jbzfr

[Deepdale]

Well, the MACBooks haven't arrived yet but there is still good news! The McBooks have finally been released!

Please tell me it comes with a large order of fries.

[mpw]

Please tell me it comes with a large order of fries.
No just a raw potato and some cooking oil (AKA thermal grease).

[millypede]

Can I just remind you that the iBook G3 to G4 happened over night without any major fuss, so I would not expect too see some special event over the Macbook being released, unless the co-incide it with an education event.

[gloss]

Can I just remind you that the iBook G3 to G4 happened over night without any major fuss, so I would not expect too see some special event over the Macbook being released, unless the co-incide it with an education event.

Except that the Macbook is an entirely new product.

If they can hold an event for a giant white speaker with a dock soldered onto the top, they'll hold one for the MacBook.

[KaiMac]

If they can hold an event for a giant white speaker with a dock soldered onto the top, they'll hold one for the MacBook.

LOL, too funny. You are right about that. I don't really buy the inventory story this morning on the delay. They released the MBP Hot Plates well before they had any chance of shipping them. Nothing but a cover my arse story here this morning.

[gloss]

LOL, too funny. You are right about that. I don't really buy the inventory story this morning on the delay. They released the MBP Hot Plates well before they had any chance of shipping them. Nothing but a cover my arse story here this morning.

Honestly, the cover story may or may not be true. Apple is very likely (and very rightly) expecting huge demand for these machines, and they want to be able to say 'GO GET 'EM!' at the event without much risk of supply bottlenecking. The target demographic for the MacBook is completely different from and much larger than the MacBook Pro's.

[4God]

Apple is at E3. What I want to know is why and has anybody been to E3 to confrim anything? Anybody? :confused:

[iPaul]

What Was In The May 9th Boxes Then!?!?

[gregarious119]

Read it here first - 8:30am Eastern time. The Macbook - in Black!!!!

[APPLENEWBIE]

I was just called by Apple sales person, following up on an order. I asked when? He said he couldn't tell me, and did not know, but did say that on the 16th there will be announced a major product.....And he said my guess about what that might be was the same as his guess.....


Just ask, and ye shall receive...