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Apple Releases the MacBook Pro
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thequicksilver said:
Er, wrong.
"In 1979, the UK had a Zero Rate, a Basic Rate of 12.5 per cent charged on "luxury" items and a reduced rate of 8 per cent charged on most other goods and services. When the Conservatives came to power that year, Chancellor Geoffrey Howe increased both of these to a single rate of 15 per cent, to partially offset the impact of large cuts to the Basic and Higher Rates of Income Tax. This was portrayed as a deliberate move aimed at shifting the burden of taxation from earnings to consumption.
VAT remained at 15 per cent until 1991, when Norman Lamont increased it to 17.5 per cent. This step was intended to provide revenue for the "Community Charge Reduction Scheme", aimed at assisting local authorities suffering from the fall-out of massive levels of defaulting on the "poll tax".
Get your facts right!
Now back to Mac Business...
I know the extra space over the screen is necessary for the built-in isight camera, but the first time I saw the new macbook pro, the first thing I thought was how it looked like any dell laptop.
I suppose they had a tradeoff between form and function, but I think that part of the laptop looks ugly.
I also agree about the name: ick.
I suppose they had a tradeoff between form and function, but I think that part of the laptop looks ugly.
I also agree about the name: ick.
Lacero said:First thing a hacker is going to do is try installing Windows XP on the MBP. We'll see the extent of Apple's TPM protection mechanism. Any chance they only released this one model to gauge how effect their hardware locks are?
Here's to the Crazy Ones
well you know the hackers are drooling and waiting to get their nasty grubs on the MBP so they can be the 1.....
Bless
Progress good... but just a stopgap
Just my 2 cents....
Good to see fast, solid progress. But the MacBook as it stands is clearly just a filler. More a marketing move than anything.
Let's see what happens when Intel's Merom line is available - that's when I think it'll get really interesting.
And one small point: While it's the top of the Apple line, it's using the two lowest clock speed variants of the chip. So, erm, it's not top of every line.
Heat, I'll wager.
Is that a burning smell I can get drifting from the labs?
Just my 2 cents....
Good to see fast, solid progress. But the MacBook as it stands is clearly just a filler. More a marketing move than anything.
Let's see what happens when Intel's Merom line is available - that's when I think it'll get really interesting.
And one small point: While it's the top of the Apple line, it's using the two lowest clock speed variants of the chip. So, erm, it's not top of every line.
Heat, I'll wager.
Is that a burning smell I can get drifting from the labs?
Extra $100 bucks off the new MacBook Pro
I placed an order for a CTO MacBook maxed out and then I realized the dvd and the FW800 was something I needed. I called apple to cancel the order and the guy was like "We appreciate your order and we would like you to keep it, I can give you an extra 100 dollars off your order if you decide to keep it." Just thought I would let you guys know incase you wanted to try to get a better deal.
--Shivam
I placed an order for a CTO MacBook maxed out and then I realized the dvd and the FW800 was something I needed. I called apple to cancel the order and the guy was like "We appreciate your order and we would like you to keep it, I can give you an extra 100 dollars off your order if you decide to keep it." Just thought I would let you guys know incase you wanted to try to get a better deal.
--Shivam
I hope so. Would keep me from having to upgrade my old Pentium 150Mhz. I could see this beneficial for my web design work, so I can test browser compatibility with my web sites. Dual boot or windowed mode would just be awesome!jcrewleif said:
Here's to the Crazy Ones ![]()
FW is far from dead, many devices still use FW such as MiniDV, plus its faster than USB 2.
FW is great for daisy chaining hard discs, as you've heard before.
USB is better for some devices, such as input devices, and FW is good for other devices.
Did you not see the article last week saying FW market should explode this year?
FW is great for daisy chaining hard discs, as you've heard before.
USB is better for some devices, such as input devices, and FW is good for other devices.
Did you not see the article last week saying FW market should explode this year?
Music_Producer said:
Apple has already said they won't take measures to prevent people from installing Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac. The h/w protection is there to prevent people from install Mac OS X on a PC laptop from another manufacturer.Lacero said:
BRLawyer said:
easy greenhorn.
i agree with a few things you said, but as a prosumer i have to disagree with a good portion of it.
first off, losing 300 pixels? that's a semi-big deal since i need screen space to work with Photoshop and Illustrator.
secondly, this laptop is basically a preview of what's to come. right now, they're trying to fill the big mistake from trusting Motorola with the G4 by getting rid of the Powerbook G4's lousy bus speed 167 Mhz vs. 667 Mhz, you do the math.
thirdly, this brings Apple on the same level as all other PC manufacturers. Intel isn't going to do us any favors. we're not going to get exclusive stuff, we're just a customer to Intel; they're definitely not IBM or Freescale (Motorola). plus with licensing all our technology to MS, Apple can only fight software with software, the hardware innovation game is over. we're all playing in the same field now, except for PowerPC owners.
the great thing about Mac OS X coming to x86 is the choice factor. Apple may be touting that it will only work with Intel, but they're completely wrong. Intel gets many of their innovations from AMD, it is the same thing. so, if our friend wants to buy an Acer, go ahead, but you can buy a copy of Mac OS X and put it on your new PC.
by far, the G5s are better buys currently, the remaining G4s, well it's up to you.
Notice how the new laptop is called a 'MacBook' instead of a PowerBook? Could the be some 'pro' versions in the pipeline?
Lacero said:I hope so. Would keep me from having to upgrade my old Pentium 150Mhz. I could see this beneficial for my web design work, so I can test browser compatibility with my web sites. Dual boot or windowed mode would just be awesome!QUOTE]
Yes, dual boot would indeed be nice - I use my PC for such limited things nowadays it would really be nice to just get rid of it and have one machine. I'd primarily run OS X on it of course, but for those few times I need a PC dual boot would come in soooo handy.
I think the MacBook is a transition model. Probably 15" is the most popular, perhaps the 15" PB has the lowest number in stock. Don't think that FW800 is a big deal. Don't like the 1440x900 screen resolution--would have liked something by 1080 so you could see true HD. Which brings up the DVD--perhaps Apple is getting rid of its stock of DVD SL drives and preparing for all machines after X date having Blu-Ray RW--why waste money on DL drives when BR will be compatible with everything. (although not sure about CDs)
Power connector looks good--just had to replace my TiBook power supply because the connection wire gave out. Happy that it has FW400. Not sure about battery life--if it's long enough to watch a movie on an airplane (2 or 2.5 hours) that's decent for now. Guess I'm not doing things where I'm not around power for much longer than that. And if it's really 4x as fast for most things I think it's a pretty nice machine! (even for a transition machine)
Power connector looks good--just had to replace my TiBook power supply because the connection wire gave out. Happy that it has FW400. Not sure about battery life--if it's long enough to watch a movie on an airplane (2 or 2.5 hours) that's decent for now. Guess I'm not doing things where I'm not around power for much longer than that. And if it's really 4x as fast for most things I think it's a pretty nice machine! (even for a transition machine)
Unregistered. said:
oh yes, you are absolutely right. i totally agree.
as i said, Apple is out of the hardware business.
VoodooPC and Alienware are Intel's top customers for high powered chips too, so if you want anything in their range when Apple gets ahold it be prepared to break the bank. our fairly priced hardware and software bundle days are over.
Get over it...
Apple still has to pay for OS X development, along with the other free applications. That costs money.
Apple is not just like any other HW vendor in that they have a huge amount of in-house software development. They don't have the quantity that MSFT does to get the software overhead cost down as low as MSFT can with Windows.
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sw1tcher said:
Apple still has to pay for OS X development, along with the other free applications. That costs money.
Apple is not just like any other HW vendor in that they have a huge amount of in-house software development. They don't have the quantity that MSFT does to get the software overhead cost down as low as MSFT can with Windows.
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iSee said:Wow! Well, if you can afford to buy that many songs, you can probably afford an ExpressCard FW800 port for your Macbook. Let's see, at 4MB per song, that around $75,000 in music!
And with 300GB of music to carry around, you're going to need one of those 8 lb. iPods
But s/he didn't say what bit rate they're at. You're assuming they're at 128kbps or so. Maybe s/he's a DJ and all the songs are encoded using Apples lossless format which means songs are at least 30MBs each, putting that at about 100 songs.
Will Cheyney said:
It's called a "MacBook pro" - it IS the pro version. The question is - what will the iBook-replacement "MacBook" be like? Perhaps it will be a "MacBook mini"?
nxent said:
You might have a point but they'll lose sales this way too, as I for one, will be waiting.
The quote (according to MacInTouch) was actually "the fastest Mac notebook ever". Feel silly now?Unregistered. said:
Unregistered. said:
kenstee said:
To true, I thought overall the keynote was somewhat lack luster. I would have really liked to see an 80Gb 5G Ipod. (Toshiba as the drives out now!) A stand alone version of Front Row. As well as a Mac Mini PVR. Griffin Technology already has the iFM FM radio transmitter and it comes in black too. I was suprised no Intel roadmap (what models were getting updates and processors used) or OS 10.5 "Leopard" preview. Hopefully Apple still has many many rabbits to pull out of its collective hat in 2006.
My 5 bucks.
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