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17'' MacBook Pro at NAB?

Where the hell is the 12"???

When is apple going to release a 12" Macbook Pro? Is this even one of their plans? I know apple is to release a Macbook to replace the 12" ibook, but what is to become of the 12" powerbook? :mad:
 
kenn8theocho said:
When is apple going to release a 12" Macbook Pro? Is this even one of their plans? I know apple is to release a Macbook to replace the 12" ibook, but what is to become of the 12" powerbook? :mad:
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With the transition to Intel comes a new laptop line-up.

13.3" MacBook w/BTO options
15" MacBook Pro w/BTO options
17" MacBook Pro w/BTO options
 
ddcrandall said:
No. The speakers on the 12" PB are actually quite clever. They are hidden on the back of the computer. When the computer is open, the sound hits the screen and bounces back at the user. It's acoustically genius. My friend has a 12" iBook, which has he same speakers but they sit right above the keyboard, pointing up. He doesn't get nearly as nice an auido experience as I do.
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ALL laptop speaker "experiences" are rather horrible, regardless of the design, IMHO.

The 17" laptop release is pretty exciting.

Consider this: If Apple is going to be ready with the 17" laptop immediately, and the 13" will be ready to ship mid-May (about 3 weeks later), why not just annouce the 13-inchers along with the 17"? Apple has done that type of thing before. Heck, the MacBook Pro's took longer to get to most folks than that. I'm hoping we'll see a MacBook announcement with the 17-incher release (/fingers crossed). But, Apple HAS announced one product and then weeks later upgraded another with little fanfare. But with the 13-inch MacBook supposedly being some big redesign (naturally, different screen size), I can see Apple wanting to announce it now at a show and get more publicity than just a single silent release in a few more weeks.


kenn8theocho said:
When is apple going to release a 12" Macbook Pro? Is this even one of their plans? I know apple is to release a Macbook to replace the 12" ibook, but what is to become of the 12" powerbook? :mad:
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12"/14" iBook and 12" PB will all be merged into the 13" MacBook.
 
Then again, if the 17" is at the, IMHO, RIDICULOUS price point of $3000 or $3200 that extra 2" doesn't mean jack. You can get, admittedly crappy, peecee Windoze laptops with 17" of screen real estate for well under two grand. Yeah yeah and they're only peecees, whatever, Apple's mark up on their 17"s are close to criminal.
 
Photorun said:
Then again, if the 17" is at the, IMHO, RIDICULOUS price point of $3000 or $3200 that extra 2" doesn't mean jack. You can get, admittedly crappy, peecee Windoze laptops with 17" of screen real estate for well under two grand. Yeah yeah and they're only peecees, whatever, Apple's mark up on their 17"s are close to criminal.
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Don't. ****ing. Compare. Macs. To. PC's. PC's Suck. Mac's Rule. I don't give a **** what parts are in the PC. You don't ****ing get OS X.
 
Photorun said:
Then again, if the 17" is at the, IMHO, RIDICULOUS price point of $3000 or $3200 that extra 2" doesn't mean jack. You can get, admittedly crappy, peecee Windoze laptops with 17" of screen real estate for well under two grand. Yeah yeah and they're only peecees, whatever, Apple's mark up on their 17"s are close to criminal.
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3 grand??? My 15" MBP was 3 grand. Sounds too low. And, I bet if you spec the PC laptops to the 17" MBP, you're looking at a 300 to 300 difference. OSX and the design are worth that much for me.

I was actually waiting for a 17". I'm on the road for 3 to 4 months at a time and needed a true desktop replacement and the larger screen for DVDs. Anyway, I pulled the trigger on a 15" MBP and can't be happier. I just don't see how I could have carted the 17" around. The real estate on the MBP is sufficient and when you throw in Expose .. it's very very convenient.

It'll last me for a good 2 years at which point (when I return to the US) I can pick up an iMac and a MacBook or whatever they're called at that point ..

:)

But, it'll be fun to see what they bring out. Do you guys expect a new form factor because that's the ONE thing that would piss me off.

eV
 
macgeek2005 said:
Don't. ****ing. Compare. Macs. To. PC's. PC's Suck. Mac's Rule. I don't give a **** what parts are in the PC. You don't ****ing get OS X.
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Your attempt at sarcasm remains just that ... an attempt.

Think S_U_B_T_L_E :rolleyes:

eV
 
(Off topic, sorry)

I've found Apple's announcement for April 1:

Apple-VideoLAN partnership announced, Mac VLC to be Intel only (2006-04-011 April 2006) In an effort to help Apple with its Intel transition, the VideoLAN team, distributor of the industry leading cross-platform media player VLC, announced its intent to drop support for the now outdated G4 and G5 based series of Mac computers. Read the full Press Release http://www.videolan.org/pr2006-2.html
Note: Look at the date...
 
MrCrowbar said:
(Off topic, sorry)

I've found Apple's announcement for April 1:

Apple-VideoLAN partnership announced, Mac VLC to be Intel only (2006-04-011 April 2006) In an effort to help Apple with its Intel transition, the VideoLAN team, distributor of the industry leading cross-platform media player VLC, announced its intent to drop support for the now outdated G4 and G5 based series of Mac computers. Read the full Press Release http://www.videolan.org/pr2006-2.html
Note: Look at the date...
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and what date would that be?
 
~Shard~ said:
No. Merom will not appear in any Macs until late 06 or more likely early 07. :cool:

Are you just waiting for a new 17" MBP, or are you specifically waiting for Merom? If it's the latter, why?
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Waiting for the "instant" 20% processor boost with Merom. I don't think the apps I mainly use are 64-bit enabled anyway. I'm a freelance designer/marketing consultant and in the last year have moved from my home office (dual g4 tower) to the living room to watch my daughter and work from the g4 'book. I've actually been able to produce magazines and multi-page docs on the powerbook--to my surprise--but would prefer more screen real estate and more punch. I work primarily in Adobe Creative Suite 2 (former Xpress advocate) and would like to have more than 2gb of ram and perhaps a 64-bit enabled Photoshop. BTW, anyone know what the Duos use as a replacement for Altivec?

B
 
macgeek2005 said:
Don't. ****ing. Compare. Macs. To. PC's. PC's Suck. Mac's Rule. I don't give a **** what parts are in the PC. You don't ****ing get OS X.
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I'm with ya... BUT... it's still a huge markup on parts... end of discussion.
 
rxse7en said:
Waiting for the "instant" 20% processor boost with Merom. I don't think the apps I mainly use are 64-bit enabled anyway. I'm a freelance designer/marketing consultant and in the last year have moved from my home office (dual g4 tower) to the living room to watch my daughter and work from the g4 'book. I've actually been able to produce magazines and multi-page docs on the powerbook--to my surprise--but would prefer more screen real estate and more punch. I work primarily in Adobe Creative Suite 2 (former Xpress advocate) and would like to have more than 2gb of ram and perhaps a 64-bit enabled Photoshop. BTW, anyone know what the Duos use as a replacement for Altivec?

B
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It will be years before apps or the OS for that matter are all truly 64 bit aware, anybody waiting for Meron under some reason OTHER than a little bit better battery life and a slight boost in speed (having nothing to do with 64 bit BTW) are totally delusional and are very misguided. They're like the same G5 owners who actually think the fact they have 64 bit PPC chips is making them that much faster, they're not, the CPU is.
 
Photorun said:
I'm with ya... BUT... it's still a huge markup on parts... end of discussion.
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Every company needs its high-margin products to boost profits.

Go price a Dell XPS laptop or a Sony VAIO...
 
LagunaSol said:
Every company needs its high-margin products to boost profits.

Go price a Dell XPS laptop or a Sony VAIO...
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I'm glad you mentioned the Dell XPS because their new top of the line dual core laptop gamer has 4 MB RAM
 
Photorun said:
It will be years before apps or the OS for that matter are all truly 64 bit aware, anybody waiting for Meron under some reason OTHER than a little bit better battery life and a slight boost in speed (having nothing to do with 64 bit BTW) are totally delusional and are very misguided. They're like the same G5 owners who actually think the fact they have 64 bit PPC chips is making them that much faster, they're not, the CPU is.
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25% increase with a low-end Merom is not a slight boost. http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2715&p=2 Now, if Apple offered the ability to swap procs in the 'books I'd be all over the Dual Core models. Like I said, I would prefer 64-bit for the ability to have more ram for 'shop intensive jobs. I know you weren't addressing me personally, but others may want to know that other laptop vendors will probably make it possible to swap out procs in their offerings with Merom being 100% compatible with Yonah architecture.

B
 
Hmm...I'm Going to Have Go Ahead and Disagree With You Here

ImAlwaysRight said:
Consider this: If Apple is going to be ready with the 17" laptop immediately, and the 13" will be ready to ship mid-May (about 3 weeks later), why not just annouce the 13-inchers along with the 17"? Apple has done that type of thing before. Heck, the MacBook Pro's took longer to get to most folks than that. I'm hoping we'll see a MacBook announcement with the 17-incher release (/fingers crossed). But, Apple HAS announced one product and then weeks later upgraded another with little fanfare. But with the 13-inch MacBook supposedly being some big redesign (naturally, different screen size), I can see Apple wanting to announce it now at a show and get more publicity than just a single silent release in a few more weeks.
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This is probably not going to happen, it's the wrong environment to announce a MacBook 13.3". NAB is a professional video show. I worked at the Sony booth last year and I can tell you most people there are looking for professional products. They could definitely announce the 17", that makes sense, it's the most powerful apple portable.

But to announce the new weakest computer that Apple has at a Pro convention? It doesn't really make sense. It'd be like walking up to a racecar driver and goin "Hey check out that new saturn..." or better still... "Kia kicks ass"
 
whoooaaahhhh said:
This is probably not going to happen, it's the wrong environment to announce a MacBook 13.3". NAB is a professional video show. I worked at the Sony booth last year and I can tell you most people there are looking for professional products. They could definitely announce the 17", that makes sense, it's the most powerful apple portable.

But to announce the new weakest computer that Apple has at a Pro convention? It doesn't really make sense. It'd be like walking up to a racecar driver and goin "Hey check out that new saturn..." or better still... "Kia kicks ass"
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The MacBook won't be announced AT the NAB show but WILL be announced.
 
speculation frenzy...

Wasn't it shortly before the release of Aperture that there was wild speculation that Apple was developing a digital camera of sorts. I remember people saying it was either a high end pro camera or some snazzy add-on for the iPod to record photos and videos.

I love Apple to death but the "dreams" that fire the speculation frenzy are sometimes a bight higher than what's released at these events.

Maybe that's why in part that everyone was disappointed with the iPod HiFi was released...

Christopher

TVGenius said:
I can't see Apple jumping into Pro video cameras... just wouldn't work.

I believe the last three years for the releases of FCP 4, FCP HD (4.5), and Final Cut Studio, they held events Sunday night. Not a keynote, but more of an industry gathering.

And Monday my boss and I both received e-mails to a special reception for educational users of FCP. (Our community college has been offering FCP courses (now FC Studio) since 2002)

Here's the invite, sans RSVP link...
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Boggle said:
I'd like to see comparative accuracy stats between the prdictions of Think Secret and those of a drunk person playing Keno for 6 hours. I think they'd be close.

Of course that won't stop me from checking this site 5 times a day.
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ROFL, I love people from Fairfax--I miss you guys. ;)

I think MR might eventually add a disclaimer for anything coming out of TS, at least until they get something relatively significant right. What was the last thing they predicted accurately?
 
dagger01 said:
I'm gonna be really pissed if the FC 6.0 is released next week. I *JUST* sent the PO out for the 5.1 upgrade of the suite!

It would be nice to see the 17" MacBook Pro released. I'll bet it's a monster!
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I've not sent mine off - i am just going to get FCP studio 6 when its available, in any case the dvds will contain the universal binary versions.
 
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