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Apple October 2008 Notebook Media Event Coverage

Well that was a major bust no matter how much of a fan you are. The pricing is just silly, I think this will be a big flop sadly.

I was ready to snap up two new MBs for myself and my wife today if they just had a superdrive, nvidia/x4500, and LED screen at a reasonable (agressive as they put it on the last shareholder conf call) price of $799-899.

$1599 is completely out of the question for two, so Apple lost a would be "switcher" today. Sadly I have to give up the nice design and OSX for the common sense of a Sony Vaio or Dell. A 13" Inspiron c2d 2.0/3gb/250gb AND a mini 9" total in my cart is $1179 and I can do two of the new mid-level Vaios for around $1500 which are nicely designed and have great specs.

I'm glad I waited to see what Apple was coming with, just disappointed with the outcome in my case. AAPL down 4% and dropping as we speak.
 
Jobs: “Blu-ray is a bag of hurt. I don’t mean from the consumer point of view. It’s great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down, and waiting until Blu-ray takes off before we burden our customers with the cost of licensing.”
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Ahahahahaha. Yes, and DVDs are going away.
 
Jobs: “Blu-ray is a bag of hurt. I don’t mean from the consumer point of view. It’s great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down, and waiting until Blu-ray takes off before we burden our customers with the cost of licensing.”

Then how come other notebook manufacturers can provide bluray at a lower price point. Seriously come on. Getting behind the curve...
 
I may be in the minority but disappointed by this:

Jason Chen: Why isn’t HDMI or Blu-ray in there? And Display Port is?

Jobs: “HDMI can’t drive our 30-inch display, so we put in Display Port. Blu-ray is a bag of hurt. I don’t mean from the consumer point of view. It’s great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down, and waiting until Blu-ray takes off before we burden our customers with the cost of licensing.”
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fat phil said:
Jesus, is EVERYONE a bloody expert?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9800m_gtx.html

And how about a Quadro option?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_quadro_fx_3700_m_us.html

Bah - to hell with Apple, this is bull. The "Transition" is clearly going from Pro-users to Consumers... what a pile of dung.

Form over Function till Death Do Us Part. I'm really happy for those of you who're over the moon with the new offerings, because I love gadgets and all things shiny too. But for fellow creative pros, this is a load of cock.

And GLASS SCREEN??? Seriously I took the mickey out of this in earlier posts because I thought it was fake....but WTF? :eek::confused::mad: (decends into whimpering madness).
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You're not going to cram a Quadro FX 3700M or a 9800M GTX into a 0.95" chassis..... you'll find those in 7-10 pound 1.5"-2" thick machines, for the most part.

-Zadillo
 
I don't think everyone will ever be happy with what they do with each upgrade. Sorry, my brain is mush at the moment at 4am
 
SCMedic said:
You guys are the biggest group of whiners I have ever seen! This is top notch stuff, and you're expectations are unrealistic.

Get over it, or get out.:mad:
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Nice attitude, drink the kool-aid or get out? I'm sure glossy is fine for 85% of the Macbook Pro users but for the other 15% of us who have to rely on a color correct, non-glare screen for pantone colors and retouching it is a HUGE mistake.
 
gregorsamsa said:
Apple used to design the most aesthetically pleasing computers in the industry. These look anything but! Overall, I'm decidedly underwhelmed.
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Totally agree. I really dont like those black screens. They look cheaper & plastic. I would go with a Macbook Air.
 
I've tried to keep up with the thread so a million apologies if this has been asked and answered (and you can tar and feather me):

As these are shipping today and in stores tomorrow does that usually indicate a shipping time of around 1 business day on Apple.com?
 
slicecom said:
x2

I love visiting the Macrumors forum after an event. Everyone whines and complains like babies and in a few months the products that they were crying about are the best things since sliced bread and theres a new event and everyone whines and complains about the new products again. You'd think people would have learned their lesson by now.
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That won't be true this time. The people who buy it will try to say it is great b/c they have one, but if someone looks at this objectively it was a major disappointment for the price and most of all the specs.
 
Q: Concern about the glossy screens. Are you going to offer another option?
A: Steve: We're going all glass -- we won't offer another version. Phil: You offset the reflection by the brightness, and consumers love it. One of the great things about a notebook is you can turn it however you want!
 
Apple Architect said:
The planet !!!

Aluminum can be recycled at the end of the devices life, actually is stronger in everyday use.
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I wonder why my Apple alu keyboard is bent then, even I most emphatically did NOT abuse it. (the part with the num pad bends upwards for some odd reason).
 
Open up apple store! I want to indirectly boost the US economy!*

*And get a new macbook:D
 
Q: Are you going to have matte screens or just go with glossy glass ones? How about with reflection problems?
A: Just glass, and we’re going to compensate for the reflection from pushing more light through the back. And, since these are notebooks, you can position it any way you want.
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Damn
 
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