I'd be angry too if the company I've been buying at doesn't can't keep
up with current technology. Instead they lower their prices .. a cheap
steal away that is!
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I'd be angry too if the company I've been buying at doesn't can't keep
up with current technology. Instead they lower their prices .. a cheap
steal away that is!
Slightly faster processors, no chipset update, 1GB instead of 512MB (or was it 1GB always), no price reductions to stay competitive, minor HD capacity bump, no DVD-RW in the base model. Ugh.
Apple are simply sitting back knowing that they're selling all they can make, so why even attempt to drop the price to even be in the same continent (never mind the same ballpark!) as the other manufacturers. Still, I guess all the hardware bugs and issues are fixed now and the build quality and components are worthy of a premium.
I was expecting $999, $1199 and $1399 to be honest, even accepting for Apple's unacceptable $200 Black premium.
The airport is now officially 802.11n.
The base model now has 80GB, 2GHz, 4MB L2 cache and 1GB, up from 60GB, 1.83GHz, 2MB L2 and 512MB. The other models only get a CPU speed bump and +40GB hard drive.
Apple are simply sitting back knowing that they're selling all they can make, so why even attempt to drop the price to even be in the same continent (never mind the same ballpark!) as the other manufacturers. Still, I guess all the hardware bugs and issues are fixed now and the build quality and components are worthy of a premium.
I was expecting $999, $1199 and $1399 to be honest, even accepting for Apple's unacceptable $200 Black premium.
The airport is now officially 802.11n.
The base model now has 80GB, 2GHz, 4MB L2 cache and 1GB, up from 60GB, 1.83GHz, 2MB L2 and 512MB. The other models only get a CPU speed bump and +40GB hard drive.
Please Hurry
So what are you doing waiting around here? By *all* means...go get the Sony Vaio, bro. Enjoy that hot Windows Vista action!
That's B******. No Santa Rosa, Intel GMA 950, 2GB Ram Max, no standard DVD-Burner. Forget it. This is 100% crap. There goes my first Apple product purchase. They've crippled the entry line with substandard parts in leiu of using the newest available (I'm thinking Intel X3100 here). I'm off now to search out a Windows machine with better specs.
So what are you doing waiting around here? By *all* means...go get the Sony Vaio, bro. Enjoy that hot Windows Vista action!
But seriously, if you want all the features go buy a MBP. If you can't afford that, tough luck.
Maybe some of us don't like the size, the keyboard or the aesthetics of the MBP?
I can easily afford a MBP, but I don't want one. Why should Apple force me to buy one?
What are you talking about? We've all known SR has been coming for almost a year, and I've been on this forum a lot of that time saying how I'm going to buy a MB as soon as they get SR.
This isn't PPC land anymore. Apple have to keep up with the Joneses. This update certainly doesn't cut it.
I love it when the youngsters come out and trash business decisions made by guys and gals running a company whose stock chart looks like this:
Why would you ever put a rumor above the facts... look at the website. Went down then back up... that's all that you are getting... Santa Jobs didn't bring the fence sitters what they wanted now they are all pissed. Get the updated MBP or deal with it. Or you can fall in love with the OS and software and hardware will not be much of an option to you. Besides... PCs have always been updated faster than Macs. They are made of plastic so they stretch easier.
If Apple had went with Santa Rosa, they wouldn't have used the turbo memory option anyway. So what would have been the point? Just the better GPU, for at least $100 more cost for Apple? They made the right business decision, which in return is seldomly what geeks want.
But seriously, if you want all the features go buy a MBP. If you can't afford that, tough luck.
I haven't seen a 13" MBP, have you? By the way, 13" is still too large...
And if they had given you about 5% more CPU-power and 30-40% more GPU-power (those are what Santa Rosa would have given you, more or less), you would have been ecstatic. And now that they didn't, the updates suck?
So go and buy one of those other laptops then. You make it sound like you are in a position to demand SR in MacBooks, and when Apple doesn't obey your commands, you whine.
And the brand-spanking new SR-CPU's would have been maybe 5-10% faster. Is that 5-10% the difference between a crappy update and great update? You propably wouldn't even notice the speed-difference between the two!
Then buy one of those laptops then and quit your whining. Apple is under no obligation to satisfy you.
the store wasn't down earlier when the new Macbook was posted... i was on the store looking at prices for the new item... and i noticed their "order now" button didn't work... maybe they're just fixing their macbook store site (and not releasing new MBPs)
*runs and hides*
*runs and hides*
Not really. The laptop I'm typing this on (a 3.2Ghz P4, 1Gb RAM and 9800) is fine. I want to switch to Macs. All I wanted was a competitive MB (ie: one that has the current integrated graphics and chipset).
You know, there have been so many posts that people don't need an optical drive at all, that this sounds silly.
LOL. The sky is falling!!! The sky is falling!!!
What people appear to be missing is that the MacBook was the last Apple machine to get a form factor update. A minor update for this is perfect before an event such as WWDC, where a new form factor for another model can be unveiled. And Santa Rosa in the MacBooks before the MBPs?? Behave. Keep watching people. Just a few more weeks to go.
What people appear to be missing is that the MacBook was the last Apple machine to get a form factor update. A minor update for this is perfect before an event such as WWDC, where a new form factor for another model can be unveiled. And Santa Rosa in the MacBooks before the MBPs?? Behave. Keep watching people. Just a few more weeks to go.
You're comparing Apples to Oranges. The Macbook IS competitive. If you want a dedicated Graphics card then go the MBP.
Aside from the Combo drive, it's a solid MB update. Very typical with how they update the line.
Faster processors, larger HDD, more RAM for the same price and people are complaining.
LOL
Fact of the matter is, for the majority of buyers (not rabid disciples), this is a solid update. Your general consumer has no idea what Santa Rosa is.
Faster processors, larger HDD, more RAM for the same price and people are complaining.
LOL
Fact of the matter is, for the majority of buyers (not rabid disciples), this is a solid update. Your general consumer has no idea what Santa Rosa is.
Maybe they launching them in waves so as to get more diggs. But if the MB update was underwhelming, then it seems foolish to expect an MBP update at all, let alone hope for one that would be just as anti-climactic.
Get the MacBook Pro. It really doesn't cost that much. Everything doesn't have to go your way.
Well thats not an excuse for outofdate hardware, is it?
We pay money to buy these computers u know...
