Apple Releases 17'' MacBook Pro

[rxse7en]

Sooooo tempting! Will wait for Merom in August/September as long as it stays on target.

 

[DTphonehome]

That price seems low when you compare it to the 15". Upgrade the 15" to match the 2.16Ghz and 120Gb HDD of the 17" and it comes out £60 more (UK pricing) and you then get the extra ports, screen and DL 8xSuperdrive on top. I hope this means the 15" is due a price drop.

Very good point! The 17" is a bargain in comparison.

 

[twoodcc]

ah about time.... now get on with the MACBOOK!

i agree. i want to see the Macbook as well

 

[count chocula]

no "magclose"

 

[Zmmyt]

Why is the 17'' cheaper than the 15''?

 

[sunfast]

That is an awesome piece of equipment. Shame it doesn't come with wheels though.

 

[Demon Hunter]

Only the 12" G4 remains... it's so lonely...

 

[mixel]

Niiiiice...

Lovely looking machines. I hope they're really successful. The 15" MBP is great too..

How long before the "We don't care! this is all just filler until Merom arrives!" brigade start posting?

 

[MRU]

Pricing is hilarious.

17" cheaper than the 15" with same BTO options. Expect a price drop soon or maybe 2ghz in the 1.83 & 2.16 standard....

 

[besiktas jk]

Considering the education market, Macbook should have been the priority. Anyway, if it's going to come out until the end of May, that's okay with me, but please no more delays Apple.

 

[^squirrel^]

That price seems low when you compare it to the 15". Upgrade the 15" to match the 2.16Ghz and 120Gb HDD of the 17" and it comes out £60 more (UK pricing) and you then get the extra ports, screen and DL 8xSuperdrive on top. I hope this means the 15" is due a price drop.

ooooooooo, i hope they drop the prices too!

 

[odedia]

They must have been "saving" DL support for the 17"

I really hope that the real reason is that they had less internal space on the 15". otherwise i'd be pissed.

 

[aegisdesign]

Very good point! The 17" is a bargain in comparison.

Unless of course you don't want to lug about a 7lb 'laptop'.

Come on Apple, where's the true laptops?

 

[capone2]

Amazing !!!!

but im waiting for Merom !!

4mb L2cache-

 

[Brize]

Good spot.

Interesting to note that the 17" MBP has a dual layer 8x SuperDrive, despite being no higher than the 15".

 

[manu chao]

3x USB, FW800 and double layer burning, exactly the features that are missing from the 15"...

Remember Steve saying that once you put a feature in a product, you cannot take it away again, so you better think twice before doing it? Actually, he was talking about the iPod, but the same principle applies here.

Your statement just proves his point. If Powerbooks would not have gotten DL-drives in their last iteration (and FW800 earlier), the fact that these features were not present in the MBP 15" would by far not have been critisised to the same extent.

 

[Josias]

You can just buy a 8x DL drive for the 15". It's not because there isn't room in the 15"...

 

[BJNY]

What will happen to all the pricing when Intel lowers cost of Core Duos at the end of May?

 

[Dyaus]

Now i just have to wait for an updated 15" macbook pro which has FW800 and dual layer DVD drive.

Glad apple is moving along with the intel upgrades. This 17" will be nice, but too big for me.

 

[MrCrowbar]

Compare the price of the 2.16 GHz 15" MBP and the 2.16 GHz 17" MBP. Both $2,799.00 but the 17" has more HDD, FW 800, dual layer etc...

The people having paid the extra money for the 2.16 GHz upgrade for the 15" must be p:ssed real bad!

Now give me a 12" or 13.3" and I'm happy.

 

[mandis]

Specs include:

2.16 Intel Core Duo Processor
667 MHz front-side bus
Up to 2GB of RAM (667 MHz DDR@ SDRAM)
iSight Camera
MagSafe Power Adapter
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 PCI Express graphics 256MB
Firewire 800, Firewire 400
Bluetooth, Airport Extreme
$2799

Available at the Apple Store and shipping next week.

OMG!!! This is unbelievable!!!!! Dirt cheap (in comparison to the 15" model) UBER FAST dual core cpu DL 8x DVDRW drive and ...Fire Wire 800!!!
I want 2!!

I bet you this will run cooler than the 15" macbook pro!

 

[Chundles]

I wants one damnit!!!

I reckon that thing would last me for many happy years, as would a 15" for less money but now that's not the biggest and best is it?

Damnit I want one now!!! And an Oompa Loompa too!!!

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Maybe we'll see FW 800 and DL drives showing up in the 15" this summer...

A very nice spec, very nice indeed.

 

[ImAlwaysRight]

Let's just hope the MacBook isn't too far behind...

Considering the education market, Macbook should have been the priority. Anyway, if it's going to come out until the end of May, that's okay with me, but please no more delays Apple.

MacBook 13" is a total redesign. Of course it is going to take the longest to get out. 15"/17" is just stuffing a core duo in the existing design, albeit with some slight modifications.

I agree though, compared to the 15", the 17" sure seems to be the way to go. I suspect the MacBooks may start at $999 when released in May, and Apple may drop the price of the 15" model by then, especially with chip prices going down.

 

[iBrow]

A nice update to the Intel transition...