New MacBook Pros... This Tuesday? [Closed]

[MacRumors]

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Story updated. continue discussion here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=440914)

We'd originally published a story suggesting that MacBook Pros would see updates this Tuesday. Since that time, we've received conflicting reports as to what exactly is being delivered to Apple stores this coming week. Based on product cycles, the safe bet is the MacBook Pro, with 264 days since the last update. That, however, has not stopped Apple from introducing a slew of other products over the past few weeks (iPod Shuffle updates, Aperture 2.0, 16GB iPhone, 32GB iPod Touch)

Sources reveal that shipments of new Apple products are planned for midweek. Historically, such information tends to reliably predicts new product releases. But we can't be confident these necessarily represent new MacBook Pros, or another unexpected announcement (such as premature MacBook or iMac updates).

Previous tidbits of information surrounding the new MacBook Pros have indicated that they will incorporate Penryn processors, an LED screen in the 17" model, and the new-and-improved multi-touch trackpad found in the MacBook Air.

Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/24/macbook-pro-updates-this-tuesday/)

[amoda]

That's awesome! The wait is finally over....I hope. All I have to do now is sell my MBP in order to clear some space for Tuesday! :P (Pfft no. I love my baby!)

[ATG]

Excellent! Can't wait.

[grappler]

damn, guess my computer won't be current anymore

[teknikal90]

"all signs are pointing to this Tuesday.

We're hesitant to pinpoint a specific date"


what the?

[Lord Nerdos]

Maybe Edison Chen can get one customised in pink, to replace his notorious pink macbook... ;)

[Jimmieboy]

Yippee!!! I've had the money for a while. Perhaps I won't have to stay up till 12.00am to be disappointed the 4th Tuesday in a row?

[fuziwuzi]

i would love it to be this thursday.

but i still really think it will be the 17/18th march.

[bturville]

i refuse to get my hopes up!

[ridehard]

Ahahaha don't believe this ...
Have been waiting since November, yesterday i bided on Ebay for a 15"mbp, and now looks like they'll come this week.

Very good news. Lets see what they bring :D

[alidada1]

Hope to see decrease in price and higher processor speed and upgrade of graphics card.

[murtoid]

"all signs are pointing to this Tuesday.

We're hesitant to pinpoint a specific date"


what the?

EXACTLY!

also the other thing i find interesting is that everyone was saying apple would wait for montevina?? i think it is,, which is out much later in the year,

if this is the case this is simply a small chnage before the larger change in june?

can anyone correct/comment on that?

[fuziwuzi]

Hope to see decrease in price and higher processor speed and upgrade of graphics card.
i am concerned they will reduce the education discount in australia. they did on the mac pro.

[arn]

EXACTLY!

also the other thing i find interesting is that everyone was saying apple would wait for montevina?? i think it is,, which is out much later in the year,

if this is the case this is simply a small chnage before the larger change in june?

can anyone correct/comment on that?

changed to we "were" hesitant.

arn

[Mackan]

I also hope for a new videocard, but that is probably unlikely. I wouldn't mind an GPU overclocking tool for Mac OS X though, I am a bit surprised no one has made one. They exist for Windows.

[Padraig]

Please Jobs, let there finally be a new enclosure.

[design-is]

oooh pleeeeaaase let it be true! Current models are looking oh so tempting...

[Mr. Funsocks]

This is extremely good news. I was getting ready to buy one on amazon. Macrumors better not be wrong again. Considering the first two rumors from "reliable" sources were wrong.

[arn]

This is extremely good news. I was getting ready to buy one on amazon. Macrumors better not be wrong again. Considering the first two rumors from "reliable" sources were wrong.

Which two rumors? There have been no "reliable" rumors about MacBook Pro release dates since Macworld. Everything has been published on Page 2.

arn

[propropro]

I suppose there are no more details about the release because there is not any upgrade in the new models beyond 17" led screen, touch pad and new processors... may I be right?

[zedsdead]

Should make a lot of people on here happy. Then comes the "When is the iMac going to get the Penryn Processors and so forth." Can't wait.

Maybe we will finally see Blu-Ray support. I doubt it, but you never know.

On a side note, I am still waiting on my Macbook Air because I had to send it back due to dead pixels.:mad:

[IEatApples]

Great News! :) … but too late for me… I've ordered a MacPro (and I think it's arriving on Tuesday) :cool:

[Mr. Funsocks]

Which two rumors? There have been no "reliable" rumors about MacBook Pro release dates since Macworld. Everything has been published on Page 2.

arn

Ah forgot page 2 was the unreliable sources. I speak of course of the Feb. 12th date from hardmac, and the two dates you predicted of them coming "This Tuesday, or next" which was posted around the beginning of February.

[surrelmar]

And together we pray "Let it be true, let this be the end of the false prophesies".

but, why isn't anybody talking about new macbook pro casings anymore? New design?

[MrT8064]

I REALLY want a new case design, just a large touchpad wouldnt do it for me;

this current design is very similar to the old powerbook G4... while it is still an amazing looking laptop, i really feel its time to move on, before windows laptops catch up!!

[masse]

price drop? haha.

[ridehard]

I'm looking forward to see whats coming.
Gun Metal color would be wicked. :cool:
If :apple: is watching other laptop manufactures they might trow in :
basic mbp:
Penryn 2.5 +
4gb ddr2
8700gt 256mb
250+ HDD

:apple: multi touch ... etc

Would be worth every Pennie !

[IEatApples]

but, why isn't anybody talking about new macbook pro casings anymore? New design?I think it's because it's more likely to happen in the summer, when they (Intel) introduce Montevina.

[RatSalad]

It will happen this week. My reasoning I just bought a MBP.

[wildlywicked]

please please please be right macrumors - 5 million posts is a testament to the website - don't disappoint us :p

[IEatApples]

It will happen this week. My reasoning I just bought a MBP.Yes it will! My reasoning: I just bought a MP. :D

[pcorajr]

Sounds Great, It was long due.I know it is very unlikely but it would be nice if they lower the price of the Mac Pro.

[swagi]

Hopefully we'll have this update out the door on Tuesday. Maybe then all the MPB-crybabies stop runining every thread on here.

And honestly I doubt, that Apple will deliever.

[amac4me]

What sources? Let's just hope it really is this week!

[Gex]

My creditcard is armed and ready :cool:

I seriously hope that this rumor is true...
I'm getting tired of the waiting game :rolleyes:

[poppe]

I really wish these laptops would be updated a little more than just a screen and multi touch....

[wwwchrisde]

After all those ups and downs in the last weeks I thought I'll get macrumors abstinent and let Apple inform me aboutr updates via newsletter but I couldn't resist - first sings of macrumors addiction?

Now I really hope for a release as I had some serious problems when I had to work with third party laptop material especially in video encoding (on a four year old pentium celeron with only 512 MB RAM) and not enough space left to render the video - it was horrible - the composing took me about two hours but then it took me three hours to clear enough space on the machine so the DVD could be rendered and after 7 hours of rendering the machine crashed anyway -

I need that MACBOOK PRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[meagain]

Tuesday I shall come here to check headlines. If no MBPs are announced - I'll take a few days off the forum cuz it'll be a bloodbath here.

[Macula]

17" MBP, welcome to the yellow-tinted world!

(I wonder whether they will keep on using these crappy Samsung panels for this revision)

[joefinan]

If this turns out to be true I promise I'll donate to MR. If not I'm going to sacrifice a small goat and paint my testicles gold.

[Yves Creebs]

it's about time.

I've been slugging it away on my dual 1 G4 mirrored door and been waiting for a REAL MBP update since November at least.

I'm getting the biggest and baddest new MBP the second they are available to me!

[Mackan]

Hm, any chances that they will bump the videocard to 512 MB VRAM for the middle model? Does anyone know of 512 MB 8600 DDR3 GT's out there?

[mjstew33]

Hm, any chances that they will bump the videocard to 512 MB VRAM for the middle model? Does anyone know of 512 MB 8600 DDR3 GT's out there?

Highly, highly doubt that will happen.

[RyanDenton]

My guess is 2,1 GHz Quad Core CPU for the upcoming release (high end model) that would be a huge speed bump , don't you think ?.. rest of models will not see much of a change .... blue ray disc drive will be added on the next release in december '08 timeframe ... - my premonition :D

[wayland1985]

Here's my question. If it does come out Tuesday, can we expect any bugs with the first set of models? Or, since it will likely be the same tried and true overall design (with some new internals) will it be just as "reliable" as the current MBP's in stores?

[deputy_doofy]

While I'm not in the market for a new MBP, I am interested to see how they evolve. I won't want an MBP again until they are Core3s (at least).

[John Purple]

What sources? Let's just hope it really is this week!

Full moon two days ago ;)

Yes, it would really be interesting to know whether those 'sources' have prooved to be reliable in the past.

[rols]

If this turns out to be true I promise I'll donate to MR. If not I'm going to sacrifice a small goat and paint my testicles gold.

well if it's not true I sure hope you take a picture of that, I hear Aperture 2.0 is great for detailed picture processing and will capture any highlights blown out by reflections off the gold.

[bayol05]

Finally we get some more "rumors" of this release, I have been up waiting for this every tuesday night as the store goes down. I'd love more deets about this reliable source though. Maybe the other blog sites will be getting the same info? Anyway, bring on the new MBPs, and as I've shown before on these threads, here is what I want it to look like...

[BornToMac]

It will happen this week. My reasoning I just bought a MBP.

I second that emotion.

[John Purple]

9to5mac.com:
It looks like the Apple event originally scheduled for February 26th has been postponed until mid-Marchish. Apple would have made the decision last week because they usually allow a journalists a week to arrange travel to the evnt. The reason for the delay is likely that the SDK isn't ready for primetime and the developer apps aren't polished enough to be shown.

Obviously SJ is not able to show his shiny new baby, so looked around in his desolation and found, somewhere under a pile of iPhone boxes, the forgotten plan to upgrade the MBP :o

[Digital Skunk]

WTF ever man.

Right now I am just about sick and tired of two things:

Macbook Pro updates.... and
iPhone users whining about their SDK

I am going to go make a cheese sandwich.... :mad:

p.s. that 17" better be kick @$$ too, check the sig because I am tired of typing it in for those that don't understand.

[John Purple]

@ Digital Skunk
hey where did you get that MBP 17" Penryn from ?
Did they give you a disount :p

[Digital Skunk]

@ Digital Skunk
hey where did you get that MBP 17" Penryn from ?
Did they give you a disount :p

that's the one I would love to see from Apple. Something that I can actually use on a busy work day that won't require me juggling ports around and waiting forever for video to render. Something that I would feel comfortable editing HD content on.

Hopefully they will give me a discount.

[fuziwuzi]

9to5mac.com:
It looks like the Apple event originally scheduled for February 26th has been postponed until mid-Marchish. Apple would have made the decision last week because they usually allow a journalists a week to arrange travel to the evnt. The reason for the delay is likely that the SDK isn't ready for primetime and the developer apps aren't polished enough to be shown.

Obviously SJ is not able to show his shiny new baby, so looked around in his desolation and found, somewhere under a pile of iPhone boxes, the forgotten plan to upgrade the MBP :o

remember they postponed leopard to get the iphone out the door. possibility, that they are stalling on product to bring out another, but seriously, who the hell knows with apple

[Salty Pirate]

sweet. I am hoping for the new trackpad, black keyboard, 2.5 GHz penryn, magnetic latch......

[jonswan]

Well, finally, just what I and many others have been predicting... :)

And to those asking about a price drop - which particular planet are you from? You want them to give you more technology incl. bigger hard drive, more RAM, bigger video card, then drop the price. I take it you're not in business yourself?

[fuziwuzi]

that's the one I would love to see from Apple. Something that I can actually use on a busy work day that won't require me juggling ports around and waiting forever for video to render. Something that I would feel comfortable editing HD content on.

Hopefully they will give me a discount.

have u tried out the multitouch on the MBA yet??

[arn]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

[Digital Skunk]

have u tried out the multitouch on the MBA yet??

Hell yes....!

It's very useful and just to mention the construction of the MBA may be wasteful as some Japanese engineers seem to think, but it's far superior to the current MBP's flimsy, creaky case. I am hoping Apple give us a MBP that is built as strong as the Air, it doesn't have to look like it, but it would nice if it were just as strong.

[link0n]

Not getting my hopes up (yeah right) but will be autorefreshing the apple store every 30 seconds on tuesday just the same.

E-sata port, hi-res led on the 17" descent wifi range are my modest hopes.

Sort of hoping they keep the current keyboard but I guess you can get used too pretty much anything.

Touchpad would be nice but I´d much rather have apple build a functional, nice looking and ergonomic mouse.

Yeah and if any apple devs read this forum please fix the textfield input in iPhones safari. Worst evar...

[John Purple]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

Oooooooooohooooooooohooooooooooo :(

[pw1388]

This better be true i have waited more then 3 month already and have stay up 3 tuesdays already waiting for the update.

[IEatApples]

Full moon two days ago ;)

Yes, it would really be interesting to know whether those 'sources' have prooved to be reliable in the past.Well, it was a lunar eclipse, so… ;):D

[CrashMelb]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

Ouch, was very excited for a few minutes. Hope your sources can be confirmed ASAP - be great to see the article back on the front page.

[EagerDragon]

If true I think those are nice bumps.

The current Alum design is about as perfect as it comes, just three issues:
1) User removable disk drive, so we can upgrade them ourselves.
2) Better WIFI reception, maybe different material where the Antennas are.
3) Magnetic closure

[Am3822]

@EagerDragon: I thought that the rubber 'window' in the hinge is where the wi-fi antennas are located.

[Zillion]

It will probably have Wireless N, so should be better

[maverick808]

It will probably have Wireless N, so should be better

All MBPs since late 2006 have had 802.11n already.

[EagerDragon]

@EagerDragon: I thought that the rubber 'window' in the hinge is where the wi-fi antennas are located.

I don't know but MB has a lot better reception than MBP.

[MacsAttack]

I don't think anyone has a production 17 inch LED backlit display in production yet...

... which posses a bit of a problem for the MacBook Pro getting it as an upgrade.

[deanfitz]

Wow! Im now eagerly waiting to cancel my order of a macbook pro I placed on friday morning. I got the oportunity to afford a laptop decided to make the glorious switch immediatly, didnt think to check any rumour sites until today. dont I feel smart. I guess i can wait a bit new macbook pro release or not this tuesday..........im still imagining how sick id feel if the new one does come out tuesday and the current one shipped to me on wednesday.

[propropro]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

:( please, let us know any new information about the MBP update...

[EagerDragon]

Wow! Im now eagerly waiting to cancel my order of a macbook pro I placed on friday morning. I got the oportunity to afford a laptop decided to make the glorious switch immediatly, didnt think to check any rumour sites until today. dont I feel smart. I guess i can wait a bit new macbook pro release or not this tuesday..........im still imagining how sick id feel if the new one does come out tuesday and the current one shipped to me on wednesday.

If you need it now, then cancel the order, place a new order Tuesday early. If not in a rush and don't like risk, then wait until it shows up at Apple store and place your order then.

[joefinan]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

Bugger. It sounded too good to be true.

[jragosta]

If you need it now, then cancel the order, place a new order Tuesday early. If not in a rush and don't like risk, then wait until it shows up at Apple store and place your order then.

Bad advice.

If you need it NOW, go to the Apple Store to pick it up. If you don't need it for an undefined period of time, cancel the order and order it when you DO need it. It's not uncommon for new computers to take weeks to show up at the Apple Store after announcement (although not as often with simple speed bumps).

Still, waiting an undetermined period of time for an unannounced product for a computer you need now is silly. You buy computers when you need them or when there's a significant change in the value proposition that makes them attractive. This attempt to plan upgrades is silly.

[rols]

9to5mac.com:
It looks like the Apple event originally scheduled for February 26th has been postponed until mid-Marchish. Apple would have made the decision last week because they usually allow a journalists a week to arrange travel to the evnt. The reason for the delay is likely that the SDK isn't ready for primetime and the developer apps aren't polished enough to be shown.


sorry but why would there be an event for the release of an SDK? Apple doesn't do a roadshow every time they release XCode. Unless there are apps ready to download using the new SDK, it's a developer-only release, they don't invite journalists to things like that, they mail everyone registered on the ADC and tell them it's there for download.

They've done upgrades to iPhone and iTouch with nothing more than a message on the store, an SDK alone doesn't warrant an event. even the expected upgrades to MBP warrant nothing more than a headline on the store.

I find it hard to believe there was ever an event on the 26th, I think that was a real stretch based on one single rumour.

It's sad to see that the MBP story has been pulled from the front page again, I was actually starting to hope this was really the week, I want my first intel MBP, but I'd like it to be a little more futureproof than buying the current model.

[design-is]

Bugger. It sounded too good to be true.

lets hope it still turns out to be!

[EagerDragon]

Bad advice.

If you need it NOW, go to the Apple Store to pick it up. If you don't need it for an undefined period of time, cancel the order and order it when you DO need it. It's not uncommon for new computers to take weeks to show up at the Apple Store after announcement (although not as often with simple speed bumps).

Still, waiting an undetermined period of time for an unannounced product for a computer you need now is silly. You buy computers when you need them or when there's a significant change in the value proposition that makes them attractive. This attempt to plan upgrades is silly.

If needed NOW then get it now, if you can wait a few days then wait.

How is that????

[LunaLovegood]

hey, the original article has been removed.. :eek:

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/24/macbook-pro-updates-this-tuesday/

why??

[calabi]

hey, the original article has been removed.. :eek:

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/24/macbook-pro-updates-this-tuesday/

why??

lol your slow, look back at this thread!

[strachanjm]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

Well, I guess that means that you made my day 'temporarily' too.

Actually, I am quite excited that this story was removed, because now if it comes back, its veracity will seem more certain. If the information is reconciled, and Arn still thinks MBP's are coming on Tuesday, then I think it will be a pretty safe bet.

[John Purple]

lol your slow, look back at this thread!

'article not found'
:confused:

[LunaLovegood]

lol your slow, look back at this thread!

LOL:) sorry, i skimmed the thread too fast

[John Purple]

This thread makes no sense any more after cancelling the article.
Why don't you take it from the site?

[kabunaru]

Previous tidbits of information surrounding the new MacBook Pros have indicated that they will incorporate Penryn (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/07/intel-launches-penryn-mobile-processors/) processors, an LED screen (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/27/early-2008-macbook-pro-whispers/) in the 17" model, and the new-and-improved multi-touch trackpad (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/17/mulitouch-on-the-macbook-air-and-beyond/) found in the MacBook Air.



Awesome. People will be happy with this update.

[frankym]

Better be for real this time cause Mac Rumors has been wrong before. This sight should be renamed "Next Teusday!"

[bengst]

I also hope for a new videocard, but that is probably unlikely. I wouldn't mind an GPU overclocking tool for Mac OS X though, I am a bit surprised no one has made one. They exist for Windows.

No, someone has made one actually. You can find on
http://thomas.perrier.name/graphiccelerator.html

But why do You want to accelerate the clock speed if the battery life will suffered badly, and of course the heat?

For me, I'm hoping MBP will come up with Quadro like this one (http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/precn_m6300?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz). That's probably unlikely, but who knows? :)

....
Surely my next notebook will be MBP so I can dump my lovely iBook G4.. but when!

[Mackan]

No, someone has made one actually. You can find on
http://thomas.perrier.name/graphiccelerator.html

But why do You want to accelerate the clock speed if the battery life will suffered badly, and of course the heat?

For me, I'm hoping MBP will come up with Quadro like this one (http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/precn_m6300?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz). That's probably unlikely, but who knows? :)

....
Surely my next notebook will be MBP so I can dump my lovely iBook G4.. but when!

The link you provided seems to flash the rom of the videocard. I am more talking about a software solution, increasing the clocks on demand when gaming. This can make a substantial difference when playing games, although the temperatures of the videocard must be monitored more closely.

The 8600 GT in MacBook Pro is actually underclocked by default by Apple. That is the price we pay for their "slim" case design, I guess. But I guess it doesn't affect Apple's prices, we still pay for a fully clocked stock 8600 GT?

[machspeed5]

any rumors on the new MBPs are appreciated.

so thanks for making the post, but from the sounds of it, you might want to move the story to page 2 if you post it again ;)

[nxent]

yeh,,
guy at the apple store said something about them shipping in the next week, but i didn't give him much credit. until now.

[blaxez]

so what was the conflicting information behind the removal of the news?:confused:

[CmdrLaForge]

I hope this is true this time. I am happy for everyone who is waiting (I am not) For me the wait for the product release is one of the good parts in buying a new Apple computer. I have always waited for every single item I purchased from Apple because I kind of enjoy the wait and the anticipation. Not sure if this makes sense to everybody. Anyway - I am enjoying a 17" Macbook Pro since June 20th 2007. Would love to have the LED backlight as well. . .

[teleromeo]

how many weeks in a row were threads like thes started ?

[propropro]

so what was the conflicting information behind the removal of the news?:confused:

That would be a interesting piece of info to know ;)

[Paix247]

Well... I finally went ahead and listed my MacBook ad on ebay that I created about 2 weeks ago in Garage Sale (sweet app). Lets hope they come!:)

[saule cogneur]

...the construction of the MBA may be wasteful as some Japanese engineers seem to think, but it's far superior to the current MBP's flimsy, creaky case. I am hoping Apple give us a MBP that is built as strong as the Air, it doesn't have to look like it, but it would nice if it were just as strong.A small case redesign still makes sense; they have to re-stamp the metal panels anyway. A more logical move seems to be to do all the modifications now rather than do a second set in 6 months or a year.

Or at least that's what I'm hoping.

[BornToMac]

anyone know why this article was removed from the macrumors homepage? Something smells fishy...

[propropro]

anyone know why this article was removed from the macrumors homepage? Something smells fishy...

Explanations are back in this thread. It was removed because of new information that contradicted what was published

[Doktag]

anyone know why this article was removed from the macrumors homepage? Something smells fishy...

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5027091#post5027091

[McGiord]

I hope they also come with:
- HDMI port
- Blue Ray Disc
- 3G/WiMAX

[Flyer0815]

sweet. I am hoping for the new trackpad, black keyboard, 2.5 GHz penryn, magnetic latch......

This seems to make the most sense, and is probably what we will end up seeing whenever they are released.

I would be happy with this upgrade... Maybe a high-res option for the 15?

[CmdrLaForge]

I hope they also come with:
- HDMI port
- Blue Ray Disc
- 3G/WiMAX

Don't get your hopes up for Blue Ray. The Mac Pro was just updated and no sight of Ble Ray. I don't think that the Macbook Pro will get Ble Ray first.

[twoodcc]

well i hope it's true. looking forward to finding out soon

[creature]

"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Steve in his dark room and exclaimed to my "high place friend" that "MAYBE" :D
CC at the ready (but been that way since the show in SF)

[ZootHorn]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

So, uh, without wanting to be offensinve, you put this post up front for 1 hour and 20 minutes first thing Sunday morning and then took it down to check sources or conflicting information? The reliability of the forum may come into question here. I, for one, had already begun to rearrange my calendar and travel in my head...

So now we have a situation where we are WAITING for a message confirmation or withdrawal because we are on a thread that is for Apple loyalists (mostly) who are WAITING for an overdue product upgrade.

Is this whole thing just a huge doctoral dissertation study in Pavlovian psychology?
Reward - Withdraw - Lure - Punish - Reward - Evaporate - Reward - FREAK OUT
This is one reason why our world is so insane... Every experiment we do in this field is based on the responses of white rats or college sophomores ... and now, Apple Enthusiasts who are being treated like either white rats or college sophomores.

Clarification posting, please... Or PM? Or Something? :confused:

The fun's begun.

ZootHorn Rolo

[Tycoonguy]

I'm sooooo excited!
Why was this removed from the home page?

[Flyer0815]

So, uh, without wanting to be offensinve, you put this post up front for 1 hour and 20 minutes first thing Sunday morning and then took it down to check sources or conflicting information? The reliability of the forum may come into question here. I, for one, had already begun to rearrange my calendar and travel in my head...

So now we have a situation where we are WAITING for a message confirmation or withdrawal because we are on a thread that is for Apple loyalists (mostly) who are WAITING for an overdue product upgrade.

Is this whole thing just a huge doctoral dissertation study in Pavlovian psychology?
Reward - Withdraw - Lure - Punish - Reward - Evaporate - Reward - FREAK OUT
This is one reason why our world is so insane... Every experiment we do in this field is based on the responses of white rats and college sophomores ... and now, Apple Enthusiasts who are either white rats or college sophomores.

Clarification posting, please... Or PM? Or Something? :confused:

The fun's begun.

ZootHorn Rolo


Hmm.. Well no doctoral dissertation going on here.. Just an editor of a major Mac news/rumor website who posted a story, then found new information from another source which warranted the original story being pulled. Its simply responsible journalism.

[ZootHorn]

Fair enough, my friend. Sorry if the strain of impatience got the best of me. Some of us are frazzled... even though we know we shouldn't be; We simply are.
Please let us know the outcome of your due diligence.
Your work IS appreciated.
Z

[Koolio27]

I concur - thanks for all of your work, Arn - much appreciated!

Now, let's hope he re-posts with, "it's def coming." ;)

[Javaman74]

This has to be the most painful example of "Made ya look!" that I can think of in recent memory.

In any case, I am eagerly awaiting (and refreshing this thread) any tiny scraps of information which might help me think that there's something to this latest rumor. Please, don't let us down. :D

[banditobob]

I suggest February 26th as a national holiday if the rumor is true!

[tamseven]

Hopefully we'll have this update out the door on Tuesday. Maybe then all the MPB-crybabies stop runining every thread on here.

And honestly I doubt, that Apple will deliever.

If you are so annoyed by us MBP crybabies, what good does it do for you to get on here and talk like that? Especially if you don't think that they will deliver. Thank you "Debbie Downer"...

[rezonat0r]

I want a new MBP as much as anyone else, but I thought I'd temper some of the high expectations some have, lest they otherwise be disappointed with the update.


17" LED backlit screen: Extremely unlikely. 17" LED notebook screens are neither shipping nor even announced, anywhere, at all.
Case redesign: Unlikely. The new MBPs will use the current Santa Rosa chipset, while Montevina in 6-or-so months will offer a 58% reduction in area. Look for Apple to take full advantage of that extra space with a case redesign incorporating Montevina.
Blu-ray support: Unlikely. To my knowledge, no one is yet making an ultra-slim optical drive with a Blu-ray diode that would fit in current MBPs. In 6 months this will probably be a different story.


Don't say I didn't warn you. :)

[CmdrLaForge]

I want a new MBP as much as anyone else, but I thought I'd temper some of the high expectations some have, lest they otherwise be disappointed with the update.


17" LED backlit screen: Extremely unlikely. 17" LED notebook screens are neither shipping nor even announced, anywhere, at all.
Case redesign: Unlikely. The new MBPs will use the current Santa Rosa chipset, while Montevina in 6-or-so months will offer a 58% reduction in area. Look for Apple to take full advantage of that extra space with a case redesign incorporating Montevina.
Blu-ray support: Unlikely. To my knowledge, no one is yet making an ultra-slim optical drive with a Blu-ray diode that would fit in current MBPs. In 6 months this will probably be a different story.


Don't say I didn't warn you. :)

If they don't have all those new features I dance in the street. I bought the current Macbook Pro 17" and I felt a little bad about it because I sure want the features you mentioned (minus the redesign. I think the current design including the keyboards are perfect. ) Now - I know it doesn't make a lot of sense that I am happy about that, because I have what I have anyway but it just tells me that I made the right decision (not to wait). I couldn't care less about Penryn. Sure - will be a little faster. But not more then 20%.

[EagerDragon]

I just hope they don't use a black keyboard on an Alum body like they did wit the Air. It just does not look "PRO".

No issue wit the actual keyboard, I just don't like the color mix, but then that may only be me.

[Macmel]

Personally, I don´t care if Apple includes Blu-ray drives or not. What I think they should do, though, is give full software support to this format. It is ridiculous that one cannot watch BR content in Mac computers (except data).
I would not buy a MBP blu-ray drive (probably BTO) because of the price, but there are good external options out there

[strachanjm]

Personally, I don´t care if Apple includes Blu-ray drives or not. What I think they should do, though, is give full software support to this format. It is ridiculous that one cannot watch BR content in Mac computers (except data).
I would not buy a MBP blu-ray drive (probably BTO) because of the price, but there are good external options out there

Unless the price was absolutely outrageous, I would pay just about whatever :apple: wanted for a Blu-Ray drive, especially if I would be able to write on blank Blu-Ray discs. I don't buy computers very often, and I've had this PowerBook G4 for 4 years now. I'm going to buy the best that I can in a 15" size because I will probably have this new MacBook Pro for another 4 years.

[Salty Pirate]

This seems to make the most sense, and is probably what we will end up seeing whenever they are released.

I would be happy with this upgrade... Maybe a high-res option for the 15?



would 1680x1050 be considered hi-res on a 15 or would it need to be 1920x1080? This that technically possible and would it be readable on a 15.4" screen?

[brad.c]

Hmm.
Maybe it's time to check inside the wallet to see if... I ... have... enou--
Nope.

It's like getting to the front of the line at Tim Horton's just to find out you don't have any money on you.

[frankym]

I want a new MBP as much as anyone else, but I thought I'd temper some of the high expectations some have, lest they otherwise be disappointed with the update.


17" LED backlit screen: Extremely unlikely. 17" LED notebook screens are neither shipping nor even announced, anywhere, at all.
Case redesign: Unlikely. The new MBPs will use the current Santa Rosa chipset, while Montevina in 6-or-so months will offer a 58% reduction in area. Look for Apple to take full advantage of that extra space with a case redesign incorporating Montevina.
Blu-ray support: Unlikely. To my knowledge, no one is yet making an ultra-slim optical drive with a Blu-ray diode that would fit in current MBPs. In 6 months this will probably be a different story.


Don't say I didn't warn you. :) And 6 months after montevina they will have 32nm chips, and 6 months after that, holographic projection that substitutes the need for screens, and 6 months after that.....you get the picture.

The update this teusday will incorporate a subtle case redesign, however, their will be not be a radical redesign for montevina. MBP is about constant, SUBTLE updates.

[Zwhaler]

damn, guess my computer won't be current anymore

Haha me too, but who cares, the June 07 MBP had a very long run, compared to other previous models.

[teek]

would 1680x1050 be considered hi-res on a 15 or would it need to be 1920x1080? This that technically possible and would it be readable on a 15.4" screen?

Sure, I've been using 1920x1200 on my two year old Dell Latitude D810. Problem is, I don't want it any other way.. Currently there's only T61p from Lenovo which would give me 1920x1200 on a PC. Sucks.. Sure hope at least the macbook pro 15" will give me something close to this.

[ColonelSmith]

I just hope they don't use a black keyboard on an Alum body like they did wit the Air. It just does not look "PRO".

No issue wit the actual keyboard, I just don't like the color mix, but then that may only be me.

Maybe they can use the new keyboard design but use aluminum keys..... sexy :-)

[TechnoLawyer]

"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Steve in his dark room and exclaimed to my "high place friend" that "MAYBE" :D
CC at the ready (but been that way since the show in SF)

Good one. Got any information on monitors with an iSight? Strange that mac pro users do not have an iSight solution from Apple. Mac mini users don't either, but Apple doesn't care about them. :D

[Digital Skunk]

For those users that don't want a case redesign or serious update to the MacBook Pro because they bought the previous or current model and don't want to feel bad because they didn't wait.....

****!

I am hoping that they do update the machines on Tuesday, if not, then the waiting continues.

[haner]

I can't stand the MBA keyboard. After a year, those black keys are going to be all shiny and greasy looking. Really hope they don't use the MBA keyboard for future MBPs.

[rezonat0r]

The update this teusday will incorporate a subtle case redesign, however, their will be not be a radical redesign for montevina. MBP is about constant, SUBTLE updates.

Apple generally doesn't do "subtle" case redesigns. Unless you consider the different look of the touchpad a "redesign". And you sound rather sure about what will or will not happen without providing any evidence.

[frankym]

Dude, duh.



Apple generally doesn't do "subtle" case redesigns. Unless you consider the different look of the touchpad a "redesign". And you sound rather sure about what will or will not happen without providing any evidence.

I am on my 3rd MBP now and have had one since 2002 when it was a 667mhz g4 chip and titanium case. I get a new one every 18 months. Since 2002, the case has been consistently and SUBTLY updated:

aluminum case
backlit keyboard in a new color
all new hinge mechanism on the screen
iSight integration
more rounded case design
relocating all ports to the side

the MBP updates will always be subtle.

[RAMz]

His lack of grammar makes me think twice.

[b9sinner]

Finally we get some more "rumors" of this release, I have been up waiting for this every tuesday night as the store goes down. I'd love more deets about this reliable source though. Maybe the other blog sites will be getting the same info? Anyway, bring on the new MBPs, and as I've shown before on these threads, here is what I want it to look like...

here is how i whant it to look like (ive modified the org pic to how i whant it = background is just a job ive made). gunmetall finish and a screen that goes more to the edge of the screen, :D

a quadcore would be nice in the new model. mbp needs to get faster if its to compete with newer pc models. 4gb ram and a faster gpu

[aliquis-]

I also hope for a new videocard, but that is probably unlikely. I wouldn't mind an GPU overclocking tool for Mac OS X though, I am a bit surprised no one has made one. They exist for Windows.I'd much rather just have enough vram than overclocked gpu.

[Pornstar]

I hope that they'll update it soon, cause I want to buy a MacBook Pro...finally :cool:

[Javaman74]

Come on, Arn, don't leave us hanging. :confused:

[b9sinner]

they could put in a workstation grafic card? like NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

[motoracer1486]

FYI, the news report is back on the homepage.

[mactastic1971]

here is how i whant it to look like (ive modified the org pic to how i whant it = background is just a job ive made). gunmetall finish and a screen that goes more to the edge of the screen, :D

a quadcore would be nice in the new model. mbp needs to get faster if its to compete with newer pc models. 4gb ram and a faster gpu

Course they can put a quadcore in your new MBP.
And then slam a nice fat heatsink on it making the case 2x thicker.
Dont be dumb!
Doesn't anybody here appreciate the fact that multiple cores are only going to be useful once software developers start re-architecting their code to utilize multi-threading ???

WAKE UP!

The update when it comes will be as per the OP.
I know there has has been no word in the industry about 17" LED but then again... Intel kept very quiet about their silnky little package for the MBA too !!!

[arn]

Reposted story here:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=440914

arn