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Aluminum MacBook and MacBook Pros Spotted?
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I just hope they still have some way to connect the MacBook Pro upto a VGA projector, because otherwise I will have to get an older generation one.
If it's going to have Blu Ray, it has to have HDMI. While you may get HDCP out of DVI and DisplayPort, they don't output any audio, of any sort. Digital optical or coax don't output any of the new HD audio formats (compressed or uncompressed), so the only early to support Blu Ray is with HDMI.... Or WHDI (Wireless High Definition Interface). Ok, I'll admit that's a long shot, but it would be so cool, and so Apple.
My thoughts exactly. That's why I hope they keep the macbook and the macbook pro separate. I need a 17" mbp with all the goodies. I travel and record and edit on the fly for work so I need more of a "PRO" machine. I already have to carry around extra heavy bricks (slr, digital cam, external HD, HDV Cam) so I'm in need of a 1 piece laptop.
If they go with ditching an optical drive hopefully it's an option or it's for the macbooks since the regular consumer seems like they don't need it.
Fanboy to the core huh?
Sorry to say but apart from looks there's ********s better laptops in the market for far less price.
It's just none of them has the Apple loge so people like you can't see them.
If Apple sells macbooks at $700, they will end up losing money. I used to think that Apple was over priced....until I started comparing dells & HPs with same configuration as Apple (so to speak Apples to apples comparison
& the cheapo dells & HPs were priced similar to Apple but still comes with not so interesting VistaIf you buy an Apple, you will not have an obsolete computer for atleast the next 2 years...Apple generally start with top of the line proven technology as base models.
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I would gladly use an external optical drive if it mean more/better ports on the MBP itself, better yet a docking station would be ideal.
If the video cards weren't so dicey I'd probably consider getting a refurbed 17" Hi-Res MBP now and forget the update...and I do like having the latest & greatest.
Yeah.. soo true...
2008 and we have a COMBO DRIVE in the base models.
Might be to you but for me that is NOT top of the line technology rofl.
People are so... rofl
The AirBook external drive is likely to be updated, perhaps a Blue Ray option added, sold as a separate unit, and useable on all Apple equipment going forward.
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So this means nearly all pro-audio firewire soundcards won't plug straight in without buying new wires, and also when I get the new 17" (which I fully intend to do) I can't run a FW800 HDD out 1, and the FW400 to the soundcard, and now need to daisychain everything. W@nk3rs!
This "let's make it small at the expense of everything else" fad with
is starting to p*** me off! It's supposed to be a macbook PRO, not macbook less ports. I'd actually like it slightly BIGGER as I want something approaching a desktop power that's super-portable so I can take more music/photos/software everywhere and use it on stage live. I want to replace my desktop, not constantly have to copy 100s of gigs worth of stuff back and forth? Kinda like that new thicker Dell Fuglybook, but done with some Apple panache and OSX. That has 2x 200GB drives in so you can RAID them, or just have 400GB of storage. If they did something like that with the latest drives you could have 640GB in it, which is more sensible considering the size of my music collection and all my samples and soft synths.
Maybe the "Brick" is a similar big fat laptop that goes at the top of the line and is all about performance, not whether you can slip it down the front of your trousers easier than the last range of macbooks.
Maybe give it a 19" display too and make a proper beast that you can edit video on, with the 2x 320GB 7200rpm drives, blu-ray, etc. and make a laptop to finally replace desktops. It might weigh a bit more but it's more the kinda thing you can stick in the boot of your car, or whip out it's bag and power on from it's adapter, rather like a non-top heavy iMac with attached keyboard and touchpad concept.
Dock In Touch pad ?
By Odin's Beard there's a glass trackpad with a dock in it !!
By Odin's Beard there's a glass trackpad with a dock in it !!
If Apple sells macbooks at $700, they will end up losing money. I used to think that Apple was over priced....until I started comparing dells & HPs with same configuration as Apple (so to speak Apples to apples comparison
If you buy an Apple, you will not have an obsolete computer for atleast the next 2 years...Apple generally start with top of the line proven technology as base models.
I love Apple products, but what you said is not the truth.
Except, it's not 100% recycleable. It's anodised, so it's not 100 percent.
It's funny, though, I don't consider Apple to be anywhere close to even resembling a "green" company.
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So this means nearly all pro-audio firewire soundcards won't plug straight in without buying new wires, and also when I get the new 17" (which I fully intend to do) I can't run a FW800 HDD out 1, and the FW400 to the soundcard, and now need to daisychain everything. W@nk3rs!
This "let's make it small at the expense of everything else" fad with
I'd actually like it slightly BIGGER as I want something approaching a desktop power that's super-portable so I can take more music/photos/software everywhere and use it on stage live. I want to replace my desktop, not constantly have to copy 100s of gigs worth of stuff back and forth? Kinda like that new thicker Dell Fuglybook, but done with some Apple panache and OSX. That has 2x 200GB drives in so you can RAID them, or just have 400GB of storage. If they did something like that with the latest drives you could have 640GB in it, which is more sensible considering the size of my music collection and all my samples and soft synths.
Maybe the "Brick" is a similar big fat laptop that goes at the top of the line and is all about performance, not whether you can slip it down the front of your trousers easier than the last range of macbooks.
Maybe give it a 19" display too and make a proper beast that you can edit video on, with the 2x 320GB 7200rpm drives, blu-ray, etc. and make a laptop to finally replace desktops. It might weigh a bit more but it's more the kinda thing you can stick in the boot of your car, or whip out it's bag and power on from it's adapter, rather like a non-top heavy iMac with attached keyboard and touchpad concept.
awwwwwwe i would buy that! Especially if it had the 16gb of ram like that dell beast! My render times would be awesome!
Sure, I am getting one of these...do they run OS X? Do they have the same genius design as Apple's? Do they profit from top support and reliability? If yes to all of the above, sign me up...thank you.
Design I agree. It's good.
OS X? well I found it extremely 'narrow minded' so had to move to 64Bit Win system to run apps that I need.
Reliability... Sweet. You must be lucky then. My iMac had a Logic Board replaced already and a screen.
My macbook was in repair for 10 days and my Pro simply died.
Sorry man. Apple is gonna fall. you'll see. They are as fake as US economy now. Pure marketing.
What is the reflection on the trackpad?
