That rebranding, quite honestly, sounds absolutely stupid. The current MacBooks, aluminum or not, are not 'pro' machines. It can even be argued that the current MacBook Pro isn't even a 'pro' machine. Stupid, stupid decision on Apple's part if true.
Why?I could never see the current macbook being called a macbook pro,
It isn't accurate, and it isn't apple's style.
Why?
Who cares what they call it. NONE of them are pro. Until you see FireGL or QuadroFX then they are not a professional content creativity platform.
Who cares what they call it. NONE of them are pro. Until you see FireGL or QuadroFX then they are not a professional content creativity platform.
16 inch MacBook Pro (with 1920x1080 resolution, a strong video card and surround sound system) would be nice.
You are right, but for first year free of mobileme will cause a lot of revenue lose for Apple, especially in this economy.
Blu-ray, in another way, is not so important as a necessity. Even the building DVD burner can be remove for another battery or second HD.![]()
I could never see the current macbook being called a macbook pro,
It isn't accurate, and it isn't apple's style.
I don't think they should drop the white macbook, (think firewire and cheapest notebook)
but, I question this whole thing....
16 inch MacBook Pro (with 1920x1080 resolution, a strong video card and surround sound system) would be nice.
I agree with Peter Maurer, Apple should just drop the "pro" and stick with the name Macbook. All of them unibody. Each Macbook should be named by their size.
Macbook 13, Macbook 15, and Macbook 17.
Each with 2 configurations.
I have every confidence that the design team will screw up the next iPhone as badly as they have the two preceding ones. Those guys could screw up Pizza and beer.
Mobileme has a problem. Lots of people will never try it because of the expense (it is overpriced).
If it is just a comparatively few content creators, I would foresee Apple trying to work out some sort of an application that deals with their needs.
I was thinking the same thing.Please point me to an industry standard list of what defines a machine as a "pro" machine. I wasn't aware there was one. ISO?
I have every confidence that the design team will screw up the next iPhone as badly as they have the two preceding ones. Those guys could screw up Pizza and beer.
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why should Apple pander to that small few when there are 3rd party drives and software (including Toast when many of them are probably already using) that work with the Mac.
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Apple simply does not want to deal with it, but will do something to work with content creators to avoid them departing the platform. I would expect it to be through third parties for the most part,
I am all for rebranding, as long as they call them Powerbooks.![]()
I hope they make the new iPhone have a matte back, or slightly rubberized for grip with a lightup Apple.I hope they consider those "subtle changes".
Perhaps they're going to give bio-engineered plastics a go. These would be way better for the environment than all the energy required to cut the aluminium casings and would be also biodegradable!?
I happen to like the white Macbook...I hope it sticks around for a while yet.![]()