More New Apple Products... This Tuesday?

[Macsimus Hype]

Well it's officially Wednesday here and still the Oz site is down - trust me, living in the future is not all it's cracked up to be...

;)

[GeekLawyer]

Well it's officially Wednesday here and still the Oz site is down - trust me, living in the future is not all it's cracked up to be...

;)

LOL. Now that's funny. I predict the store will come back in just under two hours, in time for most Apple retail stores to open on the East Coast of the US at 10AM EST.

[SwiftLives]

LOL. Now that's funny. I predict the store will come back in just under two hours, in time for most Apple retail stores to open on the East Coast of the US at 10AM EST.

Nah. It'll be up in 10 minutes.

[AnDi86]

How do you know!?

[/\/\]

The online-store is currently updating.

[SwiftLives]

How do you know!?

It's always back up between 8 and 8:30. Just splitting the difference.

[AnDi86]

The online-store is currently updating.

Is that when it goes down? :p

[diamond.g]

LOL. Now that's funny. I predict the store will come back in just under two hours, in time for most Apple retail stores to open on the East Coast of the US at 10AM EST.

I could have sworn Apple stores open at 9am. Or at least I recall the Pentagon City store opening at 9am.:confused:

[Salty Pirate]

maybe more ipod updates:eek:

[AnDi86]

maybe more ipod updates:eek:

pink ones at that

[fireghost]

maybe more ipod updates:eek:

Yeah... I was so hoping for a nice pink iPod Classic ;)

[GeekLawyer]

I could have sworn Apple stores open at 9am. Or at least I recall the Pentagon City store opening at 9am.:confused:

I could be completely wrong. I know the ones here in Flar-ra-da open at 10. ;)

[ditzy]

http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2008-02-26/#15882

Macbook - 13" 2.1GHz / 1Go / 120Go / Combo/ blanc
Macbook - 13" 2.4GHz / 2Go / 160Go / Super / blanc
Macbook - 13" 2.4GHz / 2Go / 250Go / Super / noir

Macbook Pro - 15" 2.4GHz / 2Go / 200Go 5400RPM / 256Mo Vram
Macbook Pro - 15" 2.5GHz / 2Go / 250Go 5400RPM / 512Mo Vram
Macbook Pro - 17" 2.5GHz / 2Go / 250Go 5400RPM / 512Mo Vram

cheers,
Cup:)

Doesn't the current MBP have a 2.6GHz version on BTO? I wouldn't have thought that they would drop that. Or do you think that it would be a bto option again?

[AnDi86]

Yeah... I was so hoping for a nice pink iPod Classic ;)

it would go well with your eyes!

[Sprung]

In an announcement that has stunned the computer industry, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan admitted that the Unix operating system and C programming language created by them is an elaborate prank kept alive for over 20 years. Speaking at the recent UnixWorld Software Development Forum, Thompson revealed the following:

"In 1969, AT&T had just terminated their work with the GE/Honeywell/AT&T Multics project. Brian and I had started work with an early release of Pascal from Professor Niklaus Wirth's ETH labs in Switzerland and we were impressed with its elegant simplicity and power. Dennis had just finished reading 'Bored of the Rings', a National Lampoon parody of the Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. As a lark, we decided to do parodies of the Multics environment and Pascal. Dennis and I were responsible for the operating environment. We looked at Multics and designed the new OS to be as complex and cryptic as possible to maximize casual users' frustration levels, calling it Unix as a parody of Multics, as well as other more risque allusions. We sold the terse command language to novitiates by telling them that it saved them typing.

Then Dennis and Brian worked on a warped version of Pascal, called 'A'. 'A' looked a lot like Pascal, but elevated the notion of the direct memory address (which Wirth had banished) to the central concept of the language. This was Dennis's contribution, and he in fact coined the term"pointer" as an innocuous sounding name for a truly malevolent construct.

Brian must be credited with the idea of having absolutely no standard I/O specification: this ensured that at least 50% of the typical commercial program would have to be re-coded when changing hardware platforms. Brian was also responsible for pitching this lack of I/O as a feature: it allowed us to describe the language as "truly portable".

When we found others were actually creating real programs with A, we removed compulsory type-checking on function arguments. Later, we added a notion we called "casting": this allowed the programmer to treat an integer as though it were a 50kb user-defined structure. When we found that some programmers were simply not using pointers, we eliminated the ability to pass structures to functions, enforcing their use in even the Simplest applications. We sold this, and many other features, as enhancements to the efficiency of the language. In this way, our prank evolved into B, BCPL, and finally C. We stopped when we got a clean compile on the following syntax:

for (;P("\n"),R-;P("|"))for(e=3DC;e-;P("_"+(*u++/8)%2))P("|"+(*u/4)%2);

At one time, we joked about selling this to the Soviets to set their computer science progress back 20 or more years.

Unfortunately, AT&T and other US corporations actually began using Unix and C. We decided we'd better keep mum, assuming it was just a passing phase. In fact, it's taken US companies over 20 years to develop enough expertise to generate useful applications using this 1960's technological parody. We are impressed with the tenacity of the general Unix and C programmer. In fact, Brian, Dennis and I have never ourselves attempted to write a commercial application in this environment.

We feel really guilty about the chaos, confusion and truly awesome programming projects that have resulted from our silly prank so long ago."

Dennis Ritchie said: "What really tore it (just when ADA was catching on), was that Bjarne Stroustrup caught onto our joke. He extended it to further parody, Smalltalk. Like us, he was caught by surprise when Nobody laughed. So he added multiple inheritance, virtual base classes, and later ... templates. All to no avail. So we now have compilers that can compile 100,000 lines per second, but need to process header files for 25 minutes before they get to the meat of "Hello, World".

Major Unix and C vendors and customers, including AT&T, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, GTE, NCR, and DEC have refused comment at this time. Borland International, a leading vendor of object-oriented tools, including the popular Turbo Pascal and Borland C++, stated they had suspected this for a couple of years. In fact, the notoriously late Quattro Pro for Windows was originally written in C++. Philippe Kahn said: "After two and a half years programming, and massive programmer burn-outs, we re-coded the whole thing in Turbo Pascal in three months. I think it's fair to say that Turbo Pascal saved our bacon". Another Borland spokesman said that they would continue to enhance their Pascal products and halt further efforts to develop C/C++.

Professor Wirth of the ETH institute and father of the Pascal, Modula 2 and Oberon structured languages, cryptically said "P.T. Barnum was right." He had no further comments.;)

[Marv(Ger)]

Does anyone know how long the site will be down for?

its right there, 5 posts above your one.

ususally around 14:30.

Thats german time now.

for everybody else: in about 15-25 minutes :P

[ditzy]

Yeah... I was so hoping for a nice pink iPod Classic ;)

Hey I know people who this would make their week.

[AnDi86]

Aw i gonna have to go for lunch now. I am getting hungry and the canteen in work here closes oh so soon!

See you soon and probably all after the update! Best of luck to all who are looking the updates

[Macsimus Hype]

the Ipredict

Specifically for we mac tragics...

Fortunately it has a really huge hard drive to store all rumours, speculation, flights of fancy.

Available in annoyed red or envy green.

[JCastro]

Apple has to be the only company that can create buzz by turning their store off :)

I know right!!! :apple:

[fuziwuzi]

the site seems to be down longer than normal

[Tallest Skil]

Available in annoyed red or envy green.

(product)^annoyed

(product)^envy

(product)^whenwillweseethetabletmac?

[millypede]

It may be that the new MacBook will be availabe immediately and that the new MacBook Pro not? :)

Yes

[saule cogneur]

Doesn't the current MBP have a 2.6GHz version on BTO? I wouldn't have thought that they would drop that. Or do you think that it would be a bto option again?It does. I would guess a BTO option again. Why wouldn't they allow it? Most of us were hoping for a 2.5 low/2.6 hi split on the MBP's, but because Apple tries to discourage low end buys, I believe the listed specs. I sure hope they are fake though.

[mrfaize]

Just searched Apple with google.co.uk and normally the UK store is a 'sponsered' link as the first result. Now it isn't - is google that quick or is there something else?

[fireghost]

Hey I know people who this would make their week.

Yeah... me 2. Paris Hilton, the Olsen Twins and probably Mitsy the Magnificant (from Priscilla- Queen of the desert!)

[diamond.g]

I could be completely wrong. I know the ones here in Flar-ra-da open at 10. ;)

No worries, I could be wrong as well. :D

[mac821]

only few minutes away... :)

[EgbertAttrick]

Store is down! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Omigod omigod omigod! Child! Christmas! Santa! I only hope it's better than SOCKS!

... Maybe that's why the store is down. New iPod socks line....

[Mr Maui]

What is this iFlip rumor that is going around?

http://gizmodo.com/360741/apple-store-is-down-worldwide

they have posted best buy stock printouts with something called an iflip for $1,499

iFlip is what all these rumor people do if no MBP is announced today. :D

[SwiftLives]

Store is down! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Omigod omigod omigod! Child! Christmas! Santa! I only hope it's better than SOCKS!

... Maybe that's why the store is down. New iPod socks line....

Just for you...

(It's a mockup I made. Put the knife down nice and slowly).

[ylnick413]

Best Buy MacBook's:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat128800050010&type=category

[mBox]

Just for you...

(It's a mockup I made. Put the knife down nice and slowly).I want that now!!!! LOL

[fireghost]

Just for you...

(It's a mockup I made. Put the knife down nice and slowly).

That looks great :D I suppose you should send it to Macrumors.com next week- anonymously- and see if they make it a page 2 rumour :p

[EgbertAttrick]

Just for you...

(It's a mockup I made. Put the knife down nice and slowly).

Brilliant (and fast)!

[razorianfly]

Just searched Apple with google.co.uk and normally the UK store is a 'sponsered' link as the first result. Now it isn't - is google that quick or is there something else?

Interesting.

R-Fly

[GUSTO]

Found this link, it also says macbook and not macbook pos

http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=20549

[SilentLoner]

How long you think the shop will be down for? I wanna plan what apple product to buy LOL

[sfwalter]

If the new macbooks are available today at an Apple retail store, I doubt they will be there when they first open. My bet is they are getting fedexed today, so probably around lunch time at the earliest.

[Themapples]

I just heard on the radio that starbucks will be closing there stores for 3 hours today to educate there employees on new products......I hope that this is not the new product....ordering coffee through your i-phone or touch....

[Macsimus Hype]

Just for you...

(It's a mockup I made. Put the knife down nice and slowly).

Nicely done!

On floor, laughing.

[phatspider]

Interesting.

R-Fly

Is very easy to pause a PPC campaign - theres no point driving (and paying for) traffic for 2 hours when you know theres only a holding page up

[SwiftLives]

Nicely done!

On floor, laughing.

Thanks, but in all honesty, I made it about 4 weeks ago.

(And have posted it every Tuesday since).

[JaySoul]

it is slow today... usually up by now.

[swindleman]

Open Yesssss Mac Book Pro New !!!

[fireghost]

Back Online!!!! Macbook Pro!!!!!!!!

[hotsauce3868]

store up

[baldspot07]

new pros and standards back up now

[ylnick413]

back!

[blimeyoriley]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omg Yteahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[natw308]

us store is online

[rjtedge]

sweet!!!!!

[-JoNo-]

It's BACK UP WITH NEW MBPs AND MBs!!!

[GeekLawyer]

Looks like speed bumps... and more multi-touch?! Wow!

Store's back.

[JaySoul]

Macbook Pro Is Here!!

[rjtedge]

New Pros!!!

[sfwalter]

they're here!!!!!!!

[hephem]

open
neW Mbp

[Irfan]

U.S Store is up.....

[taksan]

Its both ....Macbooks AND Macbook Pro's .... store is up !

[connectcctv@mac]

Stores UP

[Mueller]

They're Out Yes Yesy Eys Yes!!

[Eauboy]

Finally!

[mac821]

New Macbook Pro!!!

[fuziwuzi]

looks like no multitouch track pad :(

[MacHappi]

New Macbook and Macbook Pros - with multitouch!!!! :D:D:D:D:D

[peterdevries]

Store is back up.. New Macbooks and Macbook Pro's with Multitouch!!!:D

[aznkid25]

New Macbooks and Macbook Pros.

[rimmeyb]

The Wait is over, New MBP and MB, AWESOME

[phalewhale]

Well - the wait is finally over - no new MB or MBPs.

The US store just reports updated specs. And a multitouch trackpad - not interested.

[ridehard]

Waited 4 months for THAT !!!???

[EgbertAttrick]

Found this link, it also says macbook and not macbook pos

http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=20549

I do not expect Apple to cater to my needs. It is a company's prerogative as to what they release and when, and to base all decisions of this type on what will be best for the company. Fine.

But if it is another God D****d MacBook update and EXCLUDES the MacBook Pro, I, for one, will be very angry.

But then I'll be over it and crossing my fingers every Tuesday for the rest of my miserable life. ;)

[fuziwuzi]

why are people saying they have multitouch.

i can't see it anywhere

[TheRatpack81]

Hey guys, being reading through the posts for a while now so decided to get involved in the action so hi:D . I was wondering how much you guys thought a (2 years old in June) white Macbook would fetch. Its in excellent condition. I'm over in sunny (cough, cough) England so would like an English price. Cheers.

[k2spitfire88]

stores online!
new mb and mbp!

[fireghost]

200GB HD AND LED Display!!!

[arkitect]

looks like no multitouch track pad :(

Yes there is… ;)

[GeekLawyer]

Store is back up.. New Macbooks and Macbook Pro's with Multitouch!!!:D

I don't see any evidence of multi-touch on the MB. It's explicit on the MBP, however...

[DrSteven]

so are the new mb's and mbp's Penryns??

[statc]

Woo, Today I buy my first mac.

[JCastro]

Thanks, but in all honesty, I made it about 4 weeks ago.

(And have posted it every Tuesday since).

Not nice!!:mad: :D

[arkitect]

Waited 4 months for THAT !!!???

The moaning and bitching has started… :rolleyes:

[Malcster]

Multi touch only MBP (and Air..) for the moment? Can't see it on MacBook..

[Macsimus Hype]

Thanks, but in all honesty, I made it about 4 weeks ago.

(And have posted it every Tuesday since).

Ahhh, so you are the sigfried and roy of macrumors - same old shtick, week after week...

lol

still good tho.

:)

[Lickeh]

Also new 2gb shuffles

[McFly68]

The wait is over for the updates. Now we have to wait for real new MBPs :rolleyes:

[Mr Maui]

What?!?!? No Macbook Air updates?!?!? WTF :p

[Irfan]

Why has the U.S store Mac Book Pro got a 512MB card and the U.K. one 256MB?

[fuziwuzi]

Also new 2gb shuffles

that was last week mate

[diamond.g]

so are the new mb's and mbp's Penryns??

Yes

[JaySoul]

is that a magnetic latch on the MBP now? looks like it!

I know it might not seem drastic to most people, but I am going to get the new MBP - processor, much bigger hard drive, multi-touch...

I am going on Sunday to get it! Finally ;)

[statc]

When do you guys think they'll be instock at the brick and mortar store? I dont know if I can wait for delivery:)

[CalmEnvy]

Best part of all of this is $100 price drops on MacBook/MacBook Pro's for us Canadians, FINALLY!!!

[Lickeh]

that was last week mate

ahhhhhh ok cheers matey, just saw the new badge and assumed :o

[peterdevries]

I bought my MBP 2.2 about a month ago. Considering the fun and pleasure I have had from it, I'm glad I didn't wait for this.

The multitouch is nice, but definately not a killer-function for a business laptop (how many pictures am I going to rotate or zoom?) used mainly for advanced presentations etc. In addition, the extra power would have been nice, but more power is always around the corner.

The accumulated fun of the past month (switched from Windows) is larger than the excitement of a bit more memory and a multitouch feature...

[Ant1-Hero]

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5931/specsje5.jpg


im not getting one yetr, but 512meg video card and multi touch

track pad looks small through

[JaySoul]

Why has the U.S store Mac Book Pro got a 512MB card and the U.K. one 256MB?

Yeah, hang on... what is going on? I'm not getting ripped off for no reason...

[JCastro]

Also new 2gb shuffles

That was last weeks update.

Already said while I was typing. Sorry.

[baldspot07]

US and UK ones have different spec on the 17" Us has 512 and Uk 256 VRAM

[Ant1-Hero]

is that a magnetic latch on the MBP now? looks like it!

I know it might not seem drastic to most people, but I am going to get the new MBP - processor, much bigger hard drive, multi-touch...

I am going on Sunday to get it! Finally ;)

no magnetic latch :(

[diamond.g]

Anybody else notice the battery life is reported as wireless productivity? I wonder if they are using larger batteries now.

[Bry279]

I wonder if I should see if I can exchange my macbook that I just bought on Sunday for one of these new models. I bought it at Best Buy. Anyone know if they will honor this?

[-JoNo-]

Australian Site is still down but :(

So excited for the new MBP... was kinda hoping that there would be a redesign, but oh well... I'm still happy :D

[aznkid25]

apple homepage updated too. Now its the Macbook and Macbook Pro instead of the Macbook Air.

[ditzy]

Why has the U.S store Mac Book Pro got a 512MB card and the U.K. one 256MB?

It seems to depend on where you look. On the cmparison table it says the 2.5 GHz MBP have 512. I suspect that it is 512.

[kzap]

woohoo douple-layer superdrive!

[Bennett]

so are there Penryn chips or not?

[aznkid25]

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/02/26mbp.html

[diamond.g]

so are there Penryn chips or not?

Yes they are...

[MrT8064]

now you have to PAY for a remote control with both MacBook and MacBook Pro... erm... Dell?

[JaySoul]

UK people, I am chatting to a rep right now -

the high end 15 and 17 inch SHOULD read 512 video card, they are fixing the fault.

I am getting the high end 15!!!

[freediverdude]

The base Macbook has a faster processor than the base iMac? What's up with that......

[fuziwuzi]

US and UK ones have different spec on the 17" Us has 512 and Uk 256 VRAM

that totally sucks, there is not reason to have different vid ram sizes :(

i hope aussie don't get the half ram model. and i hope it;s just a faulty update

[razorianfly]

The base Macbook has a faster processor than the base iMac? What's up with that......

Nothing, as that pretty much confirms iMac updates at the rumored mid-march event! - great for me, as that what i'm in the market for, right now.

Providing it isn't a last minute typo.

R-Fly

[Bennett]

Yes they are...

MB and MBP?

[mdelaney123]

So, how well does the Black Macbook run WOW? The only reason I would get the MB Pro is for the upgraded graphics, but if the MB plays it OK, then I see no reason to spend the extra $500...
:confused:

[strachanjm]

Order Items Quantity Item Price Item Total
MacBook Pro, 15-inch
Part Number: Z0EZ
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
Accessory Kit
4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB
MacBook Pro 15-inch Glossy Widescreen Display
200GB Serial ATA @ 7200 rpm
2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
SuperDrive 8X (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
1 $2,929.00 $2,929.00
Ships by: Feb 28 - Mar 3
Delivers by: Mar 3 - Mar 7

[ditzy]

Definately 512 video card in 2.5GHz MBP it's a typo on the British site.
What I want to know does this mean that this card will be put in the imac soon?

[Macsimus Hype]

that totally sucks, there is not reason to have different vid ram sizes :(

i hope aussie don't get the half ram model. and i hope it;s just a faulty update

Agreed Fuzi - and why is our store still down?

Booh!

3g iphone? ;)

[EgbertAttrick]

now you have to PAY for a remote control with both MacBook and MacBook Pro... erm... Dell?

Yeah, what's up with that?

[JCastro]

now you have to PAY for a remote control with both MacBook and MacBook Pro... erm... Dell?

Are you seriously going to buy a Dell because you now have to buy a remote? :eek:

[diamond.g]

MB and MBP?

Yup, Steppings C0 and M0. The cache sizes match.

[Mdv2]

Could anyone tell me when they are going to launch newly designed macbooks and pro's?

[RaduD]

I'll buy my first ever mac! (mbp) YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! ;)

[840quadra]

Could anyone tell me when they are going to launch newly designed macbooks and pro's?

Unless an Apple employee jumps in and leaks this information, nobody knows.

[mdtsuk]

Yes there is… ;)


No there is not....
There is No Multi-Touch in the MacBook, only the Pro...
Multi-Touch Trackpad Comes to MacBook Pro

[EgbertAttrick]

Called my local Apple Store... Said they won't know whether or not they will be selling the new units TODAY until they OPEN at 10am. DAMN.

[jonswan]

Interesting updates but no redesign. Can't have everything but at least the waiters will find some relief. Bed time.

[shadowlander]

Does anyone know if there is *any* way to determine if the 7200 drive is a Seagate or Hitachi drive before you buy it? I realize you can check it after you get it but wanted to know if there was a way to find out beforehand...I'm making the assumption that Apple uses both in their MBPS.

[razorianfly]

Does anyone know if there is *any* way to determine if the 7200 drive is a Seagate or Hitachi drive before you buy it? I realize you can check it after you get it but wanted to know if there was a way to find out beforehand...I'm making the assumption that Apple uses both in their MBPS.

Ring Apple, they should be able to tell you that, providing your intention is to buy then :)

R-Fly

[shadowlander]

Ring Apple, they should be able to tell you that, providing your intention is to buy then :)

R-Fly

Tried that. Got a big fat "I don't know." And my intention is to buy...been waiting for this update today. Maybe I'll try again...

[creature]

Just ordered the 15.4" MacBookPro with the 7200rpm drive
Now the only wait is for delivery :D

[Mdv2]

Wish they'd come up with a Macbook Pro 13.3'' :(

[anahhas]

Does anyone know: did they change the keyboard at all on the MacBook Pro? I hate the old keyboard, and I was really hoping they would make it like the Macbook or MBA. It looks the same as the old one in the pictures, but maybe it feels different when pressed (i.e. more responsive, more tactile feedback, less spongy)? Thanks.

[mactastic1971]

Does anyone know: did they change the keyboard at all on the MacBook Pro? I hate the old keyboard, and I was really hoping they would make it like the Macbook or MBA. It looks the same as the old one in the pictures, but maybe it feels different when pressed (i.e. more responsive, more tactile feedback, less spongy)? Thanks.

Same keyboard, some new decals

[username7410]

now you have to PAY for a remote control with both MacBook and MacBook Pro... erm... Dell?

LOL! That little $19 remote is a deal breaker eh?

[Pornstar]

Pretty nice, the new MBP gets a new graphic card or better said with more memory (512 Mb). Very nice stuff.
Gonna get one in march, finally :cool:

[MacGohil]

Just ordered my 15" - 2.4Ghz, 2GB, 250GB

And an addon ITouch-16GB (will sell it) --- Got a rebate for the price of Ipod nano.... Not at all a bad deal.....

Great specs even better prices..... Thnx :apple: ..... Apple forever....

[surferfromuk]

Well I don't know about anyone else but now the Macbooks are done, I'm wondering what else Apple has left to update this year ?

Were two months into 2008 and just about everything's had some sort of refresh...

Are they making space for something really amazing?

Hope it's a proper Apple Television - that's the last big 'Apple shaped' hole in my home...

[stevegmu]

Well I don't know about anyone else but now the Macbooks are done, I'm wondering what else Apple has left to update this year ?

Were two months into 2008 and just about everything's had some sort of refresh...

Are they making space for something really amazing?

Hope it's a proper Apple Television - that's the last big 'Apple shaped' hole in my home...

Isn't the iMac due for an update?

[GregA]

Well I don't know about anyone else but now the Macbooks are done, I'm wondering what else Apple has left to update this year ?
<snip>

Hope it's a proper Apple Television - that's the last big 'Apple shaped' hole in my home...

Well, on the cynical side, Apple could make little updates for the whole year pretty easily. An iPhone update one week, iLife point upgrade, etc. However, if they were trying for that they could have separated out the MB and MBP announcements.

Hopefully, they've decided to build an excitement around every Tuesday - have people hitting their site EVERY Tuesday. They won't do that if the releases are too minor.

There are many things Apple hints at having - they've been talking about great new products for a couple of years and have provided some great stuff, but it always sounded like they were intending on more. I wonder how much gets prototyped and abandoned. Maybe they are working on touch iMacs & touch displays, a 9" MacBook Air, tablet Macs or a bigger iPod Touch, 'lite'/thin terminals for your kitchen and bedroom or video phones for homes (using iChat?), a media server or a real TV :). All of those are relatively small steps from existing Apple products... just a question of where they are pushing towards and what works.

[t0mat0]

Isn't the iMac due for an update?

Next tuesday of course... ;)

[Spievy]

Next tuesday of course... ;)

LOL... You are probably right, seems every tuesday something new!!!

[stoutboy1]

Looks like macrumors was right on with this one, now just predict something for friday... Please!

[tehinternets]

Looks like macrumors was right on with this one, now just predict something for friday... Please!

You do realize that "New MacBook Pros on Tuesday," has been the prediction for the past month, right?

[mediafrenzie]

Looks like macrumors was right on with this one, now just predict something for friday... Please!

Never on the Friday. Steve's vacationing with Gov Arnold.

But look to Tuesday for new iMacs to come since they use the same processor as the MacBooks. Hopefully Apple can do something about the 10.5.2 iMac freezes. Plug up all three USB ports and the keyboard will get sluggish and then the iMac 24" 2.8 extreme freezes up – no mouse or keyboard action - not even a force quit is available. Keep one USB port open and there's no problems.

I'd jump on it IF they threw an iMac Extreme out there with a 30" glossy. Dream-n, I know...

If you follow the Apple refurbs page you can guess what's coming because they unload the inventory at great prices.

[arkitect]

Steve's vacationing with Gov Arnold.

Ya think? I would have thought that extremely unlikely… :o

[TimeWaster101]

Well so I have a couple questions to ask for everyone's opinion.

1. How big of a step is 256 graphics to 512. If I want to game, is it really worth $500, because that's practically the only difference. I'm not going to be a hardcore gamer, but I'd like to be able to buy a game 3 years down the line and still play it, not necessarily on best graphics, but at least not running slugishly. I'll probably run Halo 2, battlefield 2142, half life 2, maybe crisis (about as high end of a game I'd ever run), etc. Is 512 really worth the extra $500 if I'm not a hardcore gamer?

2. Now or Montevina? Should i get one in a month when I can, or wait for this summer to get the Montevina update. I've heard the speeds not going to be much better and I know the processor will still be penryn, just a platform change. But does anyone see a new graphics card like say the 8800M being in it? or will it probably just be a 8600/8700 again. I thought about waiting too, to see what the probably eminent redesign will be. I LOVE the current design, but what if they make it thinner and add a magnetic latch??? However, the current design has almost all the bugs worked out, whereas a new design will have kinks to work out... So its a hard decision. Any input from you guys would be awesome. thanks. As of now, I'm leaning towards buying one in a month.

[diamond.g]

Well so I have a couple questions to ask for everyone's opinion.

1. How big of a step is 256 graphics to 512. If I want to game, is it really worth $500, because that's practically the only difference. I'm not going to be a hardcore gamer, but I'd like to be able to buy a game 3 years down the line and still play it, not necessarily on best graphics, but at least not running slugishly. I'll probably run Halo 2, battlefield 2142, half life 2, maybe crisis (about as high end of a game I'd ever run), etc. Is 512 really worth the extra $500 if I'm not a hardcore gamer?

2. Now or Montevina? Should i get one in a month when I can, or wait for this summer to get the Montevina update. I've heard the speeds not going to be much better and I know the processor will still be penryn, just a platform change. But does anyone see a new graphics card like say the 8800M being in it? or will it probably just be a 8600/8700 again. I thought about waiting too, to see what the probably eminent redesign will be. I LOVE the current design, but what if they make it thinner and add a magnetic latch??? However, the current design has almost all the bugs worked out, whereas a new design will have kinks to work out... So its a hard decision. Any input from you guys would be awesome. thanks. As of now, I'm leaning towards buying one in a month.

1- For the core used, you may not see too much of a difference. Games 3 years from now may be too advanced for the card even with the extra ram. I wouldn't make a choice on graphics ram alone, there has to be something else in the more expensive models that you like.

2- Really it is up to you. If you wait, you will get told you may as well wait till Nehalem.

[sleepingworker]

tomorrow, new imacs. just watch.

Based on what info?

[Npalettas]

Enough said ^

[true777]

Yeah, jeez... has been down for an hour or more!

Tried to check the status of my MacBook Pro order, and the store has been down forever! Hopefully that means new products... and hopefully the mini will finally get shiny black plastic on top to replace the dated white look. New iMacs would be fantastic, too -- my dad's in the market for one.

[sleepingworker]

Yeah, jeez... has been down for an hour or more!

Tried to check the status of my MacBook Pro order, and the store has been down forever! Hopefully that means new products... and hopefully the mini will finally get shiny black plastic on top to replace the dated white look. New iMacs would be fantastic, too -- my dad's in the market for one.

Store is up and online. No new products as of this writing.

[puckhead193]

so i was browsing apple and notice that the airport express (with airtunes) has a 2-3 week shipping? what's that about? :confused:

[rogersthat]

just wondering, when the apple display will be updated?

like 35 in, with touched screen?

can not wait for that

[sleepingworker]

just wondering, when the apple display will be updated?

like 35 in, with touched screen?

can not wait for that

I'm wondering when I can get one of those cars they fly in Blade Runner. Hopefully in a Mini Cooper.

[MikeTheC]

Me personally, I want an Apple Colonial Viper. I imagine the cockpit controls would be totally bad-a$$.

[gkarris]

Me personally, I want an Apple Colonial Viper. I imagine the cockpit controls would be totally bad-a$$.

OS X HUD.... :eek:

Tuesday is coming - again!