I get what you are saying but...Does anyone know if LED displays are resistant to dead/stuck pixels??
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Apple Orders 13.3'' LED Backlit Screens for Upcoming Laptop?
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I hope all of you mugs saying "I'm gonna get the first one that comes into the store!!!" will remember not to complain when it breaks. Being a Rev A product and everything....
Haha well I suppose that's what warranties are for, and also don't early adopters get cash rebates from Apple after a few months?
my prediction
I don't believe all this ultra-portable, or macbook-nano hype. I think Apple is seeking to fill the niche that it left with the 12"PB. A fully functional laptop with most of the features and power of the full sized MBP, but smaller. In addition, it will have some killer features that may lead to even smaller sub-notebooks.
Features:
Hybrid SDD/Harddrive: The price of a fully Flash system would be huge (3K+), but I think they will put in 8GB for OS only. (In addition to pruning down OSX to fit on it.) They will also include the 80 or 160GB drives that ipod classic uses. This will make boot and OS features blazing fast, but not hinder the laptop for normal, everyday use. 16GB may be avail at higher prices.
Close to .5 inch size: This thing will look incredible, with a keyboard like the imac.
13.3" LED backlight: Duh! I think this is a great size. Same as the 12", but a little wider. I think the widescreen helps allow space for a decent keyboard as well.
10+ hours battery: The combo of the SDD, LED, and a low voltage processor will make this go and go.
2.0 - 2.2 GHz processor: It will be all about low voltage and reasonable price.
Downsides: No Superdrive (that's how it gets so thin, don't worry it'll have a sleek usb powered external drive), Price; I think it'll be in line with the middle and upper prices of 15" MBP (2500 - 3K).
I can't wait!
I don't believe all this ultra-portable, or macbook-nano hype. I think Apple is seeking to fill the niche that it left with the 12"PB. A fully functional laptop with most of the features and power of the full sized MBP, but smaller. In addition, it will have some killer features that may lead to even smaller sub-notebooks.
Features:
Hybrid SDD/Harddrive: The price of a fully Flash system would be huge (3K+), but I think they will put in 8GB for OS only. (In addition to pruning down OSX to fit on it.) They will also include the 80 or 160GB drives that ipod classic uses. This will make boot and OS features blazing fast, but not hinder the laptop for normal, everyday use. 16GB may be avail at higher prices.
Close to .5 inch size: This thing will look incredible, with a keyboard like the imac.
13.3" LED backlight: Duh! I think this is a great size. Same as the 12", but a little wider. I think the widescreen helps allow space for a decent keyboard as well.
10+ hours battery: The combo of the SDD, LED, and a low voltage processor will make this go and go.
2.0 - 2.2 GHz processor: It will be all about low voltage and reasonable price.
Downsides: No Superdrive (that's how it gets so thin, don't worry it'll have a sleek usb powered external drive), Price; I think it'll be in line with the middle and upper prices of 15" MBP (2500 - 3K).
I can't wait!
I can totally see them revamping the whole MBP line. I would be really surprised and disappointed if all they came out with in January was one slightly thinner MBP. I've been compiling different articles in a thread I started as to whether I should wait to buy a MBP right now or wait, take a look (it's at the bottom of the thread):
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4577210&posted=1#post4577210
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4577210&posted=1#post4577210
I hope all of you mugs saying "I'm gonna get the first one that comes into the store!!!" will remember not to complain when it breaks. Being a Rev A product and everything....
my names Mugs!!!! hehe sorry! anyway I also hope that the whole line gets a good revision!
If the Toshiba Protege R500 can have a superdrive with just a 12,1" screen, the MacBook Pro can definitely have one at 13,3". I just don't see Apple omitting the optical drive.
I think this is the most likely product that we'll be seeing in Jan. 10+ hours of battery is pretty aggressive, IMO. With a smaller, thinner form factor, the battery will be smaller too. I'm thinking more in the 6 hour range.
I hope all of you mugs saying "I'm gonna get the first one that comes into the store!!!" will remember not to complain when it breaks. Being a Rev A product and everything....
Every update someone says its RevA...which product do you count as RevB?
Whether its a slight change in case, processor, chipset, whatever constitutes as an update, people count it as Rev A...
Perhaps it's got slightly more complicated with more frequent chipset and processor upgrades and changes to the screens (compared to the long-running G4s with just processor speed bumps and little else).
I guess a "new product line" would be more appropriate.
I've seen a glossy screen on a Toshiba laptop,
at my Son's house over Thanksgiving, and I must say-GORGEOUS! I think the screens I've seen on the i-Mac's at the Apple Store in the International Mall in Tampa are stunning.This issue,IMHO is beating a dead horse.
...Being a Rev A product and everything....
Nevermind which is Rev.B, which is Rev.A? How can a totally new product start at Rev.A, surely you have the "MacBook UltraPortable" at launch, then a few months later they revise it ('cause of the screen problem no doubt
) and that's Rev.A, months later they add BlueRay and a faux fur finish to Rev.B, Rev.C gets cup holders and so on.
Nevermind which is Rev.B, which is Rev.A? How can a totally new product start at Rev.A, surely you have the "MacBook UltraPortable" at launch, then a few months later they revise it ('cause of the screen problem no doubt
It's a good point, the first revision being the one subsequent to the actual launch model. Again, "New product" would have been more appropriate. But "Rev A" has been used for a while, and semantic discussions can get boring very quickly....
For sale: Sony Vaio VGN-TXN27N (with Apple sticker on the cover)
I'm ready! Is it January yet? Is it January yet?
I'm ready! Is it January yet? Is it January yet?
I've always wondered the same thing, ever since the G3 iMac... it seems silly to call a 1st generation product a "Rev[ision] A". Sooo... what was revised? The prototype?
The other thing that really irks me is Apple's version numbering for 10.4.10 and 10.4.11. I think they should have stuck with 10.4.9b, 9c, etc. Oh well. I agree with AlBDamned, it can get boring very quickly, so I'll shut up now.
For sale: Sony Vaio VGN-TXN27N (with Apple sticker on the cover)
I'm ready! Is it January yet? Is it January yet?
A design team that names their laptop "VGN-TXN27N" is using their imagination in a perverted, raw, masturbatory and geeky way
. You can't take them seriously! Honestly, do you have taste?Cinch
One of the most recurrent cries, from a variety of perspectives it has to be said, has been the demise of the form factor last seen in the 12" PB. That's what we'll be seeing come January. Something to fill this gap.
I think that many have read into this rumor the idea of transitioning to Aluminium-MB's simply because Apple have recently ditched the white plastic on the iMac > Alu-iMac and iPod 5G > Classic revisions. There's a whole host of items in the product line-up for which we are not expecting a complete design overhaul for some time yet - AirportExtreme,TV, MacBooks. White plastic is here to stay. For the time being at least. I personally don't think that Apple will ever ditch it altogether.
AluminiumRemote, anyone?
There's been a lot of speculation about ripping out the optical drive. Will they? Won't they? Myself, I'm not certain. Apple certainly don't seem to have been in any great rush to roll-out Blu-Ray drives in their machines. Hmmm...
I doubt that Apple would move towards 1.8" hard-drives for this ultra-slim 13.3" MBP. Performance-wise those things would stink, wouldn't they? 3600rpm? I also think that the battery benefits of SSD over traditional HDD are consistently overstated. Would there currently be a disadvantage for Apple in moving a huge chunk of their product line-up to reliance on NAND Flash? Prices fluctuate, difficulties in terms of supply.
If they do introduce this it should be as part of a BIG overhaul to the MBP design. Tweak after tweak after tweak since they dropped the TiBook. The whole MBP range needs an aesthetic refresh. They will get the MacBook, chicklet style keyboard. Definitely.
I think that many have read into this rumor the idea of transitioning to Aluminium-MB's simply because Apple have recently ditched the white plastic on the iMac > Alu-iMac and iPod 5G > Classic revisions. There's a whole host of items in the product line-up for which we are not expecting a complete design overhaul for some time yet - AirportExtreme,
TV, MacBooks. White plastic is here to stay. For the time being at least. I personally don't think that Apple will ever ditch it altogether. Aluminium
Remote, anyone?There's been a lot of speculation about ripping out the optical drive. Will they? Won't they? Myself, I'm not certain. Apple certainly don't seem to have been in any great rush to roll-out Blu-Ray drives in their machines. Hmmm...
I doubt that Apple would move towards 1.8" hard-drives for this ultra-slim 13.3" MBP. Performance-wise those things would stink, wouldn't they? 3600rpm? I also think that the battery benefits of SSD over traditional HDD are consistently overstated. Would there currently be a disadvantage for Apple in moving a huge chunk of their product line-up to reliance on NAND Flash? Prices fluctuate, difficulties in terms of supply.
If they do introduce this it should be as part of a BIG overhaul to the MBP design. Tweak after tweak after tweak since they dropped the TiBook. The whole MBP range needs an aesthetic refresh. They will get the MacBook, chicklet style keyboard. Definitely.
not nearly as bad as the name TrekStor initially gave to one of their MP3s the "iBeat Blaxx"A design team that names their laptop "VGN-TXN27N" is using their imagination in a perverted, raw, masturbatory and geeky way
Cinch
there have been a lot of rumors out there lately on this "new" macbook. However, some thing still is confusing me:
will the new macbooks be ultralight and ultra portable with no optical drive, or are they just a super slim macbook still with a optical drive?
why would people not want a optical drive? wouldnt it be a pain to carry around some external thing?
will the new macbooks be ultralight and ultra portable with no optical drive, or are they just a super slim macbook still with a optical drive?
why would people not want a optical drive? wouldnt it be a pain to carry around some external thing?