Heres a little something to stir up the forum on a slow Saturday night. Is anyone with me in my feeling that I could care less about the bump to Penryn in an updated MBP. In fact, I believe the only change that I would require to update is multitouch. My argument is as follows:
I have waited for 4 weeks like many of you (and I know some much longer). It has tested my will power and many a time I have questioned what I am doing. However, tonight I stand before you with more resolve than ever that waiting is the right thing to do. Now why is this? Well I don't wait in hopes for a .2 GHZ bump in processor speed or a black MBA keyboard or 1/4 thinner MBP or 10% better battery life or even more pixels on my screen. I am waiting for multitouch and I think this is the one thing that keeps many of you here also waiting.
I think all of us here can agree that the MBP right now is a very fine machine. More than competent to carry out our computing needs. But an update is looming and the addition of multitouch is HUGE. I believe that multitouch is the future of Apple; the centerpiece around which they will base all future notebooks. Something this huge is worth the wait.
Consider these situations below and I think your true feelings and determination to wait will shine. Only a few more weeks!
If Steve Jobs called me tomorrow at 10 AM and told me that an updated MBP was coming out this Tuesday morning (the 26th) with all of the things I mentioned above but that it would NOT include multitouch.....I can promise you I would be at my local Apple store at 10:05 purchasing the current MBP.
Steve Jobs calls me tomorrow and says multitouch will be the only new feature added to the MBP and it won't be coming out until March 17th. I would thank him and patiently wait until March 17th. (of course getting on MR.com to tell you all about it)
I think if you would do the same as me in both of those situations, you can wait it out with me. I don't want to purchase this 8 mo. old model when in 4 more weeks, I think we are assure a multitouch MBP. I would freaking beat myself up over the fact that I couldn't wait 4 more weeks for such an awesome hardware feature. Plus, I bet that Apple will be able to add software updates in the future to further inhance the abilities of the multitouch.
Now for those of you who haven't seen or used the multitouch, well you're missing out. I went to my local Apple store and tried it out on the MBA and it is AWESOME. I absolutely loved it. Browsing the web or in coverflow with the swipe of your fingers is sweet. I just don't know what else to say about it. Just another creative invention from Apple that differentiates its products and makes them that much better than the rest. Now who else is with me?!
I have waited for 4 weeks like many of you (and I know some much longer). It has tested my will power and many a time I have questioned what I am doing. However, tonight I stand before you with more resolve than ever that waiting is the right thing to do. Now why is this? Well I don't wait in hopes for a .2 GHZ bump in processor speed or a black MBA keyboard or 1/4 thinner MBP or 10% better battery life or even more pixels on my screen. I am waiting for multitouch and I think this is the one thing that keeps many of you here also waiting.
I think all of us here can agree that the MBP right now is a very fine machine. More than competent to carry out our computing needs. But an update is looming and the addition of multitouch is HUGE. I believe that multitouch is the future of Apple; the centerpiece around which they will base all future notebooks. Something this huge is worth the wait.
Consider these situations below and I think your true feelings and determination to wait will shine. Only a few more weeks!
If Steve Jobs called me tomorrow at 10 AM and told me that an updated MBP was coming out this Tuesday morning (the 26th) with all of the things I mentioned above but that it would NOT include multitouch.....I can promise you I would be at my local Apple store at 10:05 purchasing the current MBP.
Steve Jobs calls me tomorrow and says multitouch will be the only new feature added to the MBP and it won't be coming out until March 17th. I would thank him and patiently wait until March 17th. (of course getting on MR.com to tell you all about it)
I think if you would do the same as me in both of those situations, you can wait it out with me. I don't want to purchase this 8 mo. old model when in 4 more weeks, I think we are assure a multitouch MBP. I would freaking beat myself up over the fact that I couldn't wait 4 more weeks for such an awesome hardware feature. Plus, I bet that Apple will be able to add software updates in the future to further inhance the abilities of the multitouch.
Now for those of you who haven't seen or used the multitouch, well you're missing out. I went to my local Apple store and tried it out on the MBA and it is AWESOME. I absolutely loved it. Browsing the web or in coverflow with the swipe of your fingers is sweet. I just don't know what else to say about it. Just another creative invention from Apple that differentiates its products and makes them that much better than the rest. Now who else is with me?!
