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Apple Invites Media to 'Notebook' Event October 14th

mpb2000 said:
This will be my first mac, so how do the different hardware options work if you buy in store? For example, right now, I could buy a 2.4 GHz MB that would by default come with a 160 GB HDD, but I want to upgrade to 250 GB. Do they have all the different combinations or just the base ones?
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My the base config and then upgrade the harddrive yourself. It'll be cheaper than Apple's price plus you get to keep the old harddrive if you get an enclosure for it. That is what I did with my Macbook. Upgraded from 120 to 360GB plus I put in 4GB memory which was way cheaper than Apple.

With Macbooks that are easily upgradable, I say get the processor you want but go minimum on everything else, then upgrade yourself.
 
juststranded said:
Came across this on tinypic. It'd be sweet if they had this basic look to them.

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I hope so much that this rumour is true :D

"799-$1199--Macbooks 16:9 w/superdrives. Higher end Macbook upgrade for Quad-Core"

If this is true, they HAVE to drop the prices for the mba!
 
MagicWok said:
Musts (for me - at the high end...)
- Keep the matte display option, very important that one...
- Blu-ray. Come on Apple... lol
- Up to 8GB RAM would be nice.
- SSD bto.
- Advanced trackpad
- HDMI port
- 9700M GTS - But I feel Apple will end up with a 9600M GT

Would like
- Mobile quad-core would be a great suprise, an Apple first given their 'special' ties with Intel. But I won't be holding out for it. You never know...
- Biometric (finger print) scanner would be also nice, but it's in another of those "Apple stubbonly won't do" pots...
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Matte display - Yes!
Blu-ray - Would be nice, but probably too expensive
8GB RAM - Would also be nice, but I'll probably just do 4
SSD - Yep
Trackpad - Sure I guess
HDMI - Probably not, and I dont care much unless front row will support x.264
Video Card - Something decent. Hopefully Macbooks also get a true graphics card
Quad Core - This would be really awesome. And it's coming soon, just probably not for this update.
Biometric - No thanks.

I'd love to have the option of an SSD in place of a superdrive, and still have a 500GB drive to store media. How sweet would that be? You could probably unmount the SATA drive to save on battery.
 
I think the $800 surprise will be saved for the "one more thing". Maybe a tablet or maybe a netbook or maybe a netbook tablet. But the Macbook I see as $999
 
Opheliax said:
"hello loser
hello blogger
macbook rumors
really bother
lots of spamage
fanboys fighting
apple please put this into writing

clicking typing
fanboys singing
they're not switching
steve jobs bitching
apple please stop
with this gimmick
or ill stab you with a chopstick

(read/sing in the tune of the k9 advantix commercial)"

Found it in on a comment at Engadget, by imacmatt09
couldnt help but laugh!:D
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I just spit my water out on my screen. Hilarious! :)
 
why does everybody defend Apple's DVI port?
HDMI > DVI.....smaller, +sound,+ hdcp...
why should there be an "old" dvi port, when there are "new" HDMI ports available...

gief me answaar!!

i want a macbookpro which is really pro.. pro should be as good as other highend models of hp, dell, etc.... ( just 500-800bucks more expansive >.<)

i dont want a macbook pro that costs 2,500$ and has half stats as an highend hp or dell for 1600$ >_> thats lousy!
 
busterbluth said:
Ok, stick with me for a minute....

the spotLIGHT turns to notebooks. how does light travel...IN RAYS, whats in the picture. A RAY of light. We are getting blue ray!!

Anyone? Is this thing on?
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While Blu-Ray would be awesome...I think you may be stretching it a little ;)
 
Which CPUs

T9600 (6M L2 Cache 2.80Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $530
P9500 (6M L2 Cache 2.53Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $348
T9400 (6M L2 Cache 2.53Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $316
P8600 (3M L2 Cache 2.40Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $241
P8400 (3M L2 Cache 2.26Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $209


SP9400 (6M L2 Cache 2.40Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $316
SP9300 (6M L2 Cache 2.26Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $284


which CPU goes to MacBook and which goes to MBP? (or iMac)


what is the difference between SP & P (T is the currently used on MB, MBP i guess)
 
chedda said:
HDMI is just DVI with sound i believe, ACD doesn't have speakers.....
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It's not about the sound, it is about supporting HDCP, so you can play Blu-ray or those AppleTV only HD movies. And current ACDs do not support HDCP -- it's a crucial upgrade. It doesn't have to be HDMI -- DVI & Display Port are both fine, so long as they have HDCP support built in.

I'll be very worried if the new MacBooks don't have HDCP support. Time for new ACDs Apple!
 
ShadowPuppet said:
It's called eBay. :D No, really, macs have excellent resale value on eBay. No, there is no official trade-in program.
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haha, I don't know if I would be able to give up my MacBook Pro, I love it too much. I want both of them! The current MacBook Pro's are sexy and I expect the next ones to be sexy as well. They might be ruined for me if they have chiclet keyboards.
 
Yeah... I don't believe it... it's Still just a Rumor !!! NOT !!!!!!!!!!

I go to lunch at 12:15p (East coast US time) come back 40 minutes later and there are nearly 400 post to this thread !!!!

I've been following all the little bread crumb trails, rumors and theories for MONTHS now about NEW MBPs.... and it all happens when I leave work for a lunch break.... I feel like I haven't been invited to the party.... :(

I think I'm getting over it now;);););):D:D:D:D;);););):cool:

Can't wait :)
 
busterbluth said:
Ok, stick with me for a minute....

the spotLIGHT turns to notebooks. how does light travel...IN RAYS, whats in the picture. A RAY of light. We are getting blue ray!!

Anyone? Is this thing on?
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as a student in Physics I should say light can also travel in particles :)
 
shanmugam said:
T9600 (6M L2 Cache 2.80Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $530
P9500 (6M L2 Cache 2.53Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $348
T9400 (6M L2 Cache 2.53Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $316
P8600 (3M L2 Cache 2.40Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $241
P8400 (3M L2 Cache 2.26Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $209


SP9400 (6M L2 Cache 2.40Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $316
SP9300 (6M L2 Cache 2.26Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB 45nM) $284


which CPU goes to MacBook and which goes to MBP? (or iMac)


what is the difference between SP & P (T is the currently used on MB, MBP i guess)
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Don't forget the Core 2 Duo P7350.
 
Originally Posted by MagicWok
I just hope Apple don't fall flat on Mac updates like they've done recently...

Musts (for me - at the high end...)
- Keep the matte display option, very important that one...
- Blu-ray. Come on Apple... lol
- Up to 8GB RAM would be nice.
- SSD bto.
- Advanced trackpad
- HDMI port
- 9700M GTS - But I feel Apple will end up with a 9600M GT

Would like
- Mobile quad-core would be a great suprise, an Apple first given their 'special' ties with Intel. But I won't be holding out for it. You never know...
- Biometric (finger print) scanner would be also nice, but it's in another of those "Apple stubbonly won't do" pots...
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If everything you just listed there are "musts" then you need to sit your butt down in front of a MacPro.

Blu-Ray? Blu-Rays in MacBookPro's will be a good 12 months AFTER they see the light of day in the tower.

HDMI? For what? Take Premiere CS4 for instance.... they ask that you have a RAID0 for HD Video while working on it, let alone a SAS HD set up. If you can't do HD at a descent speed on a laptop why include HDMI? I know that some photog's like to use HDMI to preview their digital shots while in studio, but I can't see it being a viable option in a portable. The only other way I could see this becoming a good option is if the next ACD's include an HDMI port with the DVI.

You want finger print recog then buy the USB 3rd party device. I don't want or need one on my laptop. They are ugly and obtrusive.

The only things I would like to see included in this update are:
• Quad Core processors for the MacBook Pros, but even I have to step back from my wish list on this one and say it is a NA UH because the iMacs don't have them yet. It would be a nice gap opened though between them and the MacBook though if the MB's were kept at Dual Core.

• Magnetic Latching for the MBP's. It is so nice on my 1st Gen MacBook that I can't believe it hasn't been adopted across the entire line yet.

• Offering a 3.0 GHz processor. 'nuff said on that one.

I've learned not to get my hopes up when it comes to product updates from Apple anymore.

Long gone are the days where Steve would WOW the pants right off of us with "One more thing...." and then something truly remarkable is raised out of the floor of the convention stage floor.

I think I liked Apple better when they were the "smaller" company that no one thought would make it, but still kept revolutionizing the industry as a whole. Now it seems that Apple releases something cool and EVERYBODY jumps on the band wagon and starts copy-catting them, like the iPod and iPhone. When the iMac came out it was great, a nice little wrapped up package all in one. Sure there had been all in ones before but nothing quite like that one. Nobody really started copying that form factor until the G5 iMac came out then HP and Sony started making that same style of computer. Look at the iPhone.... how many touch screens are out there now in a mobile device? I think it's getting tougher for Apple to innovate the industry now.
 
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