That's assuming that you have a laptop bag. I have one, but I believe it's been swept under my bed for the past 6 months.hayesk said:
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I'm thinking there will be a 13.3" model only, X1300 graphics (shouldn't add much to the cost), iSight, otherwise agree with you. Solo for $1099, Duo for $1299.ScottB said:
this is weird...whenever you type in www.apple.com/movies, it takes you to this text...
but if you go to a page that really doesn't exist, such as www.apple.com/work, you get a non-existing link message.
but if you go to a page that really doesn't exist, such as www.apple.com/work, you get a non-existing link message.
ScottB said:
This is not personal about ScottB, but to many posters I see:
How about everyone drop "Mac OS X Tiger" and "iLife '06" from their "predictions" since they are only bleeding obvious. I mean are they going to not come with either one? Wow! The new MacBook is going to come with Tiger! Cool. Boy, all the Panther fans are gonna be pissed.
What really makes the date of this event perfect is the fact that my birthday is the 28th, so I might have so money to spend.
we have birthday on the same daynightdweller25 said:What really makes the date of this event perfect is the fact that my birthday is the 28th, so I might have so money to spend.
Naw. Power Macs will be at WWDC and FCS will be at NAB.Danksi said:PowerMac's and new version of Final Cut Studio
maesy said:
* drooling *
Just make it 12w x 9h x 1/2"d x 2 pounds MAX [for one handed clipboard-like size and use], allow both portrait and landscape orienations, and then...
Giggity, giggity, giggity!
Is it so wrong to be aroused by cool technology?
Yeah, I think it is too...
i would like to see audio in on the macbook (ibook). optical or not.
the imac used to not have it and now does.
audio in was the only reason i bought a 12" powerbook instead of an ibook. if i can save the money, that woud be killer.
come to think of it, that was a while ago. did they add audio in to the more recent ibooks? im off to the apple store to check specs.
~kyle
the imac used to not have it and now does.
audio in was the only reason i bought a 12" powerbook instead of an ibook. if i can save the money, that woud be killer.
come to think of it, that was a while ago. did they add audio in to the more recent ibooks? im off to the apple store to check specs.
~kyle
kddpop said:
nope, no audio in. this would make the macbook a no brainer for me.
here's hoping!
~kyle
weg said:
hayesk said:
The problem seems to be that "weg" does "forget about it", "weg" just does it before "sticking it in the laptop bag."
macEfan said:
Yeah. That stops 'em.
macEfan said:I hope they introduce a new ibook, and i hope it comes with a price drop also
Yupper.
MacQuest said:
Yvan256 said:
Apparently MacQuest does think that you're [what he/she said] BUT, he/she went overboard with calling you by name.
However, there are quite a few intellectually challenged posts on any forums, and inevitably some of those posts tend to come more frequently from certain individuals. But a poster shouldn't use another poster's name specifically. They can disagree, but refrain from personal insults.
As far as you saying "If anything, Apple should keep using "iMac" only for the association with "iPod", I would have to somewhat disagree.
The Pod line and the Mac lines are differentiated by products that use Mac OS and those that don't, like the iPod. From a marketing consistency standpoint, dropping the "i" from iMac makes complete sense. Lots of people will continue to call a "Mac" an "iMac" anyway, so it's a win-win situation that gives Apple the ability to market and package it's Mac OS products with complete line consistency, and without worrying about people getting "confused" by a nearly unnoticeable name change:
Non-portables: Mac Mini, Mac, Mac Pro
Portables: MacBook, MacBook Pro
Other?: MacPod [pda/tablet hybrid] a Pod product that does use Mac OS. With something like this, Apple may even cross the lines with a revolutionary product and market both lines simultaneously.
I believe we may see other "Pod" products as has been speculated many times on these forums, like "vPod". Of course they could also go with the "iPod [whatever]" naming convention just as well, but I thought they decided not to do this when they dropped "photo" from "iPod Photo".
I always felt that when Apple launched it's "iPod Division" in early '04, that that was just the public name, a "front" if you will, for a new segment of Apple that would develop non-Mac OS products, or "[whatever]Pod[whatever]" [maybe some hybrids like a MacPod, etc.], not just iPods and iPod accessories.
In other words, to me Apple is all about Mac and Pods right now. The "i" is irrelevant and diluted now, since it seems that everybody and their mother on the manufacturing side has an "iSomething" product and everyone on the consumer side knows what an iMac and iPod is.
Hope this time there's something new
Apple is going through a slow phase. Let's hope this time they have something new and surprising. Some new design or something that will make news. Not another speaker set, leather cases, or a new machine with exactly the same specs as 2 years ago but with intel chips.
Apple is going through a slow phase. Let's hope this time they have something new and surprising. Some new design or something that will make news. Not another speaker set, leather cases, or a new machine with exactly the same specs as 2 years ago but with intel chips.
gunm said:
I tend to disagree (in fact my brain immediately shouted "Rubbish!").
The iBook (please, please not 'MacBook') is the product most likely to draw iPod users into the Mac world. First and foremost it needs to capture the same petite elegance of the world's favourite MP3 player. Everything else is secondary. It needs to be small, it needs to be cheap. I wouldn't bet against built in graphics; I'd be very surprised by anything else.
The MacBook Pro (winces at name) is the computer for Mac fans to aspire too, not the iBook/MacBook.
More proof of an Apple Movie Service
[from the writer of the article linked below]
"UPDATE: I got a call from Tom Southwick, senior vice president of communicaions for Starz Entertainment. He tells me that it was Starz that commissioned the survey mentioned above, because it is interested in having Apple become a partner for its new Vongo movie download service. He says there have been some talks, but Apple still seems committed to its a la carte approach."
http://www.businessweek.com/technol...s/2006/03/keep_experiment.html?campaign_id=mb
[from the writer of the article linked below]
"UPDATE: I got a call from Tom Southwick, senior vice president of communicaions for Starz Entertainment. He tells me that it was Starz that commissioned the survey mentioned above, because it is interested in having Apple become a partner for its new Vongo movie download service. He says there have been some talks, but Apple still seems committed to its a la carte approach."
http://www.businessweek.com/technol...s/2006/03/keep_experiment.html?campaign_id=mb
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Slow phase? Slow phase?! R U SERIOUS?!!!
2 months ago Apple introduced the MacBook Pro's that can't last more than a day in stock before being bought, very often by a windows switcher. The 17" Intel iMac is consistently being rung up for windows switchers as well, while the 20" sells at about 1/2 the pace of the 17", but is usually being purchased by Mac faithful and fewer switchers, but they're still there.
The Intel Mac Mini's have been flying off shelves for the past 2 weeks, people were calling for them before the Feb. 28th announcement was even finished. I'm not even going to go into the specs/performance debate with you on that because it's just a waste of my time, but I will point you to these benchmarks for the ENTRY level and priced Mac Mini:
http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc1=158732&doc2=146457
Oh, and here's how "poorly" the iPod HiFi is doing:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1585
Also, in 2-3 weeks we'll have a bunch of new stuff. If this is a "slow phase", for Apple, I'm taking a vacation at the end of this month.
ordin12 said:
Slow phase? Slow phase?! R U SERIOUS?!!!
2 months ago Apple introduced the MacBook Pro's that can't last more than a day in stock before being bought, very often by a windows switcher. The 17" Intel iMac is consistently being rung up for windows switchers as well, while the 20" sells at about 1/2 the pace of the 17", but is usually being purchased by Mac faithful and fewer switchers, but they're still there.
The Intel Mac Mini's have been flying off shelves for the past 2 weeks, people were calling for them before the Feb. 28th announcement was even finished. I'm not even going to go into the specs/performance debate with you on that because it's just a waste of my time, but I will point you to these benchmarks for the ENTRY level and priced Mac Mini:
http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc1=158732&doc2=146457
Oh, and here's how "poorly" the iPod HiFi is doing:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1585
Also, in 2-3 weeks we'll have a bunch of new stuff. If this is a "slow phase", for Apple, I'm taking a vacation at the end of this month.
slow phase
InTheBand, I hope you are right, but for now I am a little disappointed. Sales figures don't mean everything. Steve Jpbs introduced the MacBookPro prematurely, when most programs were not (and are still not) available in native code. Not even from Apple. Also, their store is a complete mess. Some systems run Intel and others run PowerPC. It would have made sense to switch everything. But I can't blame Jobs because he probably thought of his interests first. Buy stocks and give company stocks to your friends, introduce the MacBookPro prematurely, make the money and sell before you announce the leather cases and boombox to journalists. This move was for Jobs, not for us Apple users or even stockholders without the benefit of insider information.
Let's talk about the design. As Jobs admitted: no changes at all with IMac and MacBook. Just the processor and the videocamera. He must be joking. While the Imac design is new, the MacBookPro design is completely outdated. Of course many people find the squared aluminium case sleek, but there should be a detachable screen and a few more features. It's too late to compate against Origami, but at least they could introduce SOMETHING, ANYTHING worth of attention. Even their software needs reliability improvement. I installed IPhoto6. It doesn't recognise my IPgoto5 library, says there is a problem. Fortunately I still had a second mac with Iphoto5. Let's not even talk about IDVD. Aperture? Will they fix their RAW conversion quality issues? And ISync? Still running with phones from 2002? What about the new ones from 2006? Will I be able to get one and sync t he address book? I don't think so. Apple is becoming a media company, their main focus is now with getting film deals for their IPod. Nothing else matters anymore.
InTheBand, I hope you are right, but for now I am a little disappointed. Sales figures don't mean everything. Steve Jpbs introduced the MacBookPro prematurely, when most programs were not (and are still not) available in native code. Not even from Apple. Also, their store is a complete mess. Some systems run Intel and others run PowerPC. It would have made sense to switch everything. But I can't blame Jobs because he probably thought of his interests first. Buy stocks and give company stocks to your friends, introduce the MacBookPro prematurely, make the money and sell before you announce the leather cases and boombox to journalists. This move was for Jobs, not for us Apple users or even stockholders without the benefit of insider information.
Let's talk about the design. As Jobs admitted: no changes at all with IMac and MacBook. Just the processor and the videocamera. He must be joking. While the Imac design is new, the MacBookPro design is completely outdated. Of course many people find the squared aluminium case sleek, but there should be a detachable screen and a few more features. It's too late to compate against Origami, but at least they could introduce SOMETHING, ANYTHING worth of attention. Even their software needs reliability improvement. I installed IPhoto6. It doesn't recognise my IPgoto5 library, says there is a problem. Fortunately I still had a second mac with Iphoto5. Let's not even talk about IDVD. Aperture? Will they fix their RAW conversion quality issues? And ISync? Still running with phones from 2002? What about the new ones from 2006? Will I be able to get one and sync t he address book? I don't think so. Apple is becoming a media company, their main focus is now with getting film deals for their IPod. Nothing else matters anymore.