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Apple Announces New Aluminum MacBooks
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Store down!?!?
Why is the store down again? Corrections? Unmentioned update? Any info is appreciated...
Why is the store down again? Corrections? Unmentioned update? Any info is appreciated...
Not happy about lack of FireWire? LEAVE FEEDBACK.
Apple does listen to customers if enough of them complain:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
Tell them why no FireWire is a big mistake. Reason #1 for me: Importing DV video into iMovie. They're targeting iMovie and MacBooks for the consumer and yet they're eliminating a technology that iMovie uses?
Phil Ken Sebben: "Brllnt!"
Apple does listen to customers if enough of them complain:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
Tell them why no FireWire is a big mistake. Reason #1 for me: Importing DV video into iMovie. They're targeting iMovie and MacBooks for the consumer and yet they're eliminating a technology that iMovie uses?
Phil Ken Sebben: "Brllnt!"
Yep and....
Not to mention their Aggressive Pricing! What a Joke! Anytime I see aggressive pricing I know to hold on to my wallet cause they aggressively want to get deeper into it!
Meh I have to say negative, I feel apple have actually priced themselves out now, especially if we assume that the white Macbook is just while stocks last. If you want to make a 13" MBP do it - just not at the expense of the MB :-(
Oh and lets not forget, no Blu-ray
Oh and lets not forget, no Blu-ray
Apple does listen to customers if enough of them complain:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
Tell them why no FireWire is a big mistake. Reason #1 for me: Importing DV video into iMovie. They're targeting iMovie and MacBooks for the consumer and yet they're eliminating a technology that iMovie uses?
Phil Ken Sebben: "Brllnt!"
Maybe it is because usb 3.0 might come out next year and replace firewire.
They're ****ed. Hard.
Or they can use gigabit ethernet, I think you can migrate for that can't you?
Can you help me migrate my stuff from my old machine then please?
Did it wirelessly with an Air at work... 32GB Took 18 hours... Not really an option.
Dropping Firewire means I'd need to buy a USB HD to move from my Mac (With Firewire Backup External HD) to a new one... Can I borrow yours?
Use a ethernet cable. It is the same idea, you just need to connect to the other machine. Sorry if it is harder for you guys, really. I think the firewire port isn't DEAD it just isn't a strong force in the market anymore.
Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful.
I'm desperate for an entry level MacBook to replace my broken iBook G4. There's no way I'm paying more for a white MacBook than I would have this morning (especially since I'm a student and I believe our discount has been reduced too?!), and the new ones are nice enough but too expensive for way to little an update.
Looks like a generic PC + Linux for my on the go computing. Or eBay for an old model.
I'm desperate for an entry level MacBook to replace my broken iBook G4. There's no way I'm paying more for a white MacBook than I would have this morning (especially since I'm a student and I believe our discount has been reduced too?!), and the new ones are nice enough but too expensive for way to little an update.
Looks like a generic PC + Linux for my on the go computing. Or eBay for an old model.
Battery is trivial to remove, and so is the HDD
USB3 still won't stream correctly, or USB2 could do it (flash news: USB2 theoretically has more bandwidth than Firewire-400).
So no.
They'd have a hard time doing that as the USB3 spec hasn't been finished yet.
Okay, let's go over this...
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Faster front side bus (nobody mentioned that to what extent does it make it fast, they almost doubled the fsb speed on the MB)
Graphic card (and ability to run 2 external screens if I got it right)
cheaper ram (who uses apple's ram anyways ?)
aluminium case
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slower CPU
no firewire
smaller student discount
In my opinion we are getting way screwed... Seriously what the hell? I'm thinking that this first batch of macbooks are basically like those who first bought the iPhone, and a few months after, massive rebate (or was that the touch? anyways).
PS, why is the store down, changing the price points !?
As other said
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
If doing it here, why not say it to apple directly to !
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Faster front side bus (nobody mentioned that to what extent does it make it fast, they almost doubled the fsb speed on the MB)
Graphic card (and ability to run 2 external screens if I got it right)
cheaper ram (who uses apple's ram anyways ?)
aluminium case
-
slower CPU
no firewire
smaller student discount
In my opinion we are getting way screwed... Seriously what the hell? I'm thinking that this first batch of macbooks are basically like those who first bought the iPhone, and a few months after, massive rebate (or was that the touch? anyways).
PS, why is the store down, changing the price points !?
As other said
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
If doing it here, why not say it to apple directly to !
That's not the reason at all! The cost of firewire is negligible and ANYONE who does any video editing, even mom and dad, use firewire. I think it's obvious that the reason is the new graphics cards. These cards would have enabled you to use all of the Final Cut Studio programs on the Macbook, thereby eliminating the need to move up to the MBP. Take away the firewire and you take away that ability, plain and simple, forcing content creators to by an MBP.
DV cameras are ONLY Firewire, last time I checked. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Some have USB ports but they are not for transferring DV video.
Nothing amazing, but it's enough to likely sell over a million units by the end of this year and four or five million next year, so Apple (nor their stockholders) will be whining about it.
Bought by whom?
People are used to pay 499 dollars for a dual-core with firewire.
The current economic climate will hit Apple hard, check tomorrows stock prices...
Apple does listen to customers if enough of them complain:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
Tell them why no FireWire is a big mistake. Reason #1 for me: Importing DV video into iMovie. They're targeting iMovie and MacBooks for the consumer and yet they're eliminating a technology that iMovie uses?
Phil Ken Sebben: "Brllnt!"
Spot on reason. Forget old iPods, this is the main use for the connection and iLife is among Apple's biggest selling points. Idiots (as the French site says!).
x2 why'd they kill the firewire port?
That alone means I won't be buying a new Macbook. How in the hell do I import video from my DV cam? Answer: with the new Macbook, I can't! Get a clue Apple! Not to mention that a black keyboard looks hideous on a silver notebook.