17" MacBook Pro to be Updated "In a Few Months"?

Loge said:
I was there today too and I was really suprised how many 17" models were on display - I expected to find just a few, around all the new models.
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You manage to play on the MBP's? There was quite a scrum of people wasn't there? Even for a wednesday night. The had another set of tables with 17" MBP's upstairs too!

I do like the MB's I have to say. And I don't mind the glossy on that one as it's generally a consumer model. If the MB can do firewire via ethernet then it's a pretty sweet machine.
 
bmorris said:
field? try not using ur laptop or ur digital cam's display.
it can be done.
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Silly me, what was I thinking. It is clearly easier to whip out my 22" CRT and use it resting comfortably on top of my car or in my lap. I am so glad when people give me advice on how to do things. You're right, it is easier to fly half way round the world to get my work done in my studio. What was I thinking!
 
I just talked to a apple person on apple store chat and got an interesting quote
Me: My question is, does the 17 inch come with the same updated features as the new 15 inch?
Me: Including glass trackpad
Apple Rep: (name excluded for safety): Excellent question.
Apple Rep: Nothing has been announced regarding any other updates to our line of notebooks

Prreeetttttyyy well worded if I do say so myself.

P.S: I tried to act kinda stupid to this guy, which is why I asked that retarded question which I knew the answer to.

Update: I can add screen shots as proof of this if you would like.
 
Dreamer2go said:
THIS DOES NOT MAKE THE SCREEN Matte.
It actually makes the screen worse....(the color and the contrasts)
Do people like you not get it?

I'm using an imac right this moment in my university's library. And guess what. I can see my damn sweater I'm wearing at this very moment. It DOESNT HAPPEN at all with matte screens.

You may like it
But a lot of people do not. Look at the complaints and such in this forum.
It's the lack-of-option that is making people unhappy, not Matte is better than glossy.
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Thats impossible! I heard if you just angle the screen away from the sun, all is well! Ask agbot. Just be thankful when people are viewing your work from obscure angles, they can still see it, bright sweater or not. Or can you not see past all the reflections?
 
miketcool said:
I do not care what numbers were crunched, this is still a PRO machine and should still have options for a PRO display.
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Indeed, hence the part of my original comment where I agree with you there. :)

Clearly Apple knew/knows matte is important to Pro since it's been a option in the previous MBP line and not on the MB. Why they woke up and said, "ah, screw it" and wrote off the N-percent that won't buy in to glossy... who knows. Does the production streamlining really add up that much in this case? Did someone in marketing say "you know, promo shots would be really pretty if every display was glossy with the black border around it".
 
let those of us who in and of ourselves have no experience pertaining to matte and glossy leave this matter entirely in the hands of our component video and photo professionals.

i personally like the glossy opps;):rolleyes:
 
damn, guess the wait continues. im just hoping they aren't axing it all together and its just the usual "released a bit later" than the other notebooks
 
strikeinsilence said:
So what about all the people about to buy MB's? At the rate Apple updates things, the case probably won't change for at least a couple years.



Ha!
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Probably it will be too expensive for Apple when Intel releases it and they will continue shipping their books with cheaper 3rd party chipsets.
 
Fantastic Notebook Update

This really has been an awesome update for anyone who loves Macs and performance. While I prefer the glossy screens (better image in controllable settings... aka. usually), black keyboard (anyone who likes plastic painted to look like metal should move to Office XP), and black bezel (the image just stands out more). I understand some people prefer matte screens and it will be great when Apple offers that. Otherwise, it looks like anything using GPU will get an awesome update.

I expect the 17" to be pushed out in some sort of Apple Pro event. I hope it's in January. What I would LOVE to see is 17" MBP update, Mac Pro update (this is the one I really want), and maybe iWork update.

The number of drama queens in here is astonishing. If you're not crazy updates, then fine... but the crying is a little excessive.
 
I just ordered a macbook 13" that does not have FW
Should I be concerned?
I have never used a device that used firewire.
If I do plan to do some sort of audio recording on my macbook will I need Firewire ports or is there a decent substitute?
Is everyone pissed off because they have firewire devices and won't be able to use them with the new notebooks or is there some tasks that simply won't work without firewire support like audio and visual editing?
 
Nick D said:
I just talked to a apple person on apple store chat and got an interesting quote
Me: My question is, does the 17 inch come with the same updated features as the new 15 inch?
Me: Including glass trackpad
Apple Rep: (name excluded for safety): Excellent question.
Apple Rep: Nothing has been announced regarding any other updates to our line of notebooks

Prreeetttttyyy well worded if I do say so myself.

P.S: I tried to act kinda stupid to this guy, which is why I asked that retarded question which I knew the answer to.

Update: I can add screen shots as proof of this if you would like.
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Please explain why this is interesting. We all know that the new 17" MBP will have at least the same features of the just-announced 15" MBP.
 
iBlender said:
I just ordered a macbook 13" that does not have FW
Should I be concerned?
I have never used a device that used firewire.
If I do plan to do some sort of audio recording on my macbook will I need Firewire ports or is there a decent substitute?
Is everyone pissed off because they have firewire devices and won't be able to use them with the new notebooks or is there some tasks that simply won't work without firewire support like audio and visual editing?
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Even if you just want to cut your personal 3 minute showreel it's not much fun with and external USB2 HD.
 
PLEASE!!!I really need the Macbook pro 17inch in a few months. Probably due to overproduction of the 17-inch, their definitely waiting to sell a few more before releasing the new 17-inch. But boy, glossy:( I HATE glossy, but hopefully they will give an option without it
 
kabunaru said:
Dual Hard Drives, Dual FireWire 800s, 3.0GHz processor anyone?
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There needs to be an internal RAID option. Dual 800 unlikely, 3200 firmware upgrade likely, Steve's wet dream is 3ghz, insanely greatly improbable. :(

Does anyone else have a matte film overlay link?

Rocketman
 
Huge Disappointment!

My theory is that Apple has a backlog of 17" hi res screens that they need to get rid of before they can start selling the new model.

In any case, this sucks big time. I think not many people will buy the "refreshed" 17 ".

Common Steve, release the new 17"!
 
What's all this talk of dual FireWire 800? That's pointless. Every decent FireWire device has two ports (at least), so you should never need more than one FireWire port on the Mac. Having two ports was just for convenience. People complaining are probably unaware that a FW800-400 cable costs like $8 and is available online for even less.

On the other hand, having zero ports on the MacBook makes me want to snap up a black MacBook before they are completely gone. No FireWire = No sale.
 
MagicWok said:
You manage to play on the MBP's? There was quite a scrum of people wasn't there? Even for a wednesday night. The had another set of tables with 17" MBP's upstairs too!
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Yes, eventually :)

I was very impressed with the MBP, overall the build quality is impressive, the keyboard, and it just feels like a very sturdy product. I didn't really mind the glossy screen after a bit. The trackpad will take some getting used to, I am just so used to a mouse.

The only thing holding me back is that 1440 by 900 just seems not quite enough screen real estate, particularly after also playing around on the 17".
 
Arcady said:
What's all this talk of dual FireWire 800? That's pointless. Every decent FireWire device has two ports (at least), so you should never need more than one FireWire port on the Mac. Having two ports was just for convenience.
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If your devices use bus power, then is daisy-chaining going to be able to draw enough power from the single port?

And not all decent FW devices have two ports, for example the Apogee Duet.
 
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