Not true. I use my 13" for CS4 (and soon CS5), Logic Pro / MainStage, and in a pinch Aperture ("pinch" only from the display not being the best).
And, there are tens, maybe hundreds like me out there !!!
Read my post again. I said
most 13" MBP users would never use the specs. I said "it doesn't mean you won't use the power but most won't"
I'm wondering why they still don't offer the standard res screen with the $50 Antiglare option. This is going to upset many "average" customers that didn't mind spending the extra $50 for the Antiglare. Now they're told they have to spend $150 for it? And it has to be high res? I say bring back the standard Antiglare option.
We get it Apple, you hate Antiglare screens, but face that facts, more customers than you are willing to acknowledge prefer the matte finish. Pros hate glossy and most people over 30 or 40 hate glossy. We're tired of you playing your little dictatorship game when it comes to this issue. It's time you got over yourselves.
This is a prefect example of why Apple will never satisfy everyone. They upgraded the display to 1680x1050, and people are saying that's still too low, and that they should be 1920x1080. Now you are saying the resolution is too high? Really?
would it kill them to throw a new processor into the 13 inch? of course, cause it's the most popular laptop, and they wouldn't want to put a new processor into the most popular laptop and give people ANOTHER reason to buy the cheapest one.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love for an arrandale chip to be there, but is there space in there for a larger battery for the dedicated graphics card it would need? Is there even space for the card itself without a larger battery?
just because you drink the apple kool-aid for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and have the logo tattooed to a body part normally hidden by clothing DOESN'T mean you get to tell others who expect more to shut up. at one time, before corporations became the objects of religious worship, vendors actually responded to customer demand. today, it's the other way around, with some companies tossing scraps to their loyal customers and telling them that they're lucky to get that.
yes, these updates are disappointing. they are simply after thoughts, with apple throwing its customers a bone because they HAD to, in order to keep even the slightest bit competative. so what's not to like? no usb3; no esata; no blu ray (even as an option for crimeny's sake); no ssd's standard; and most importantly, no core i5 on the 13 inch models. you can't really call your products revolutionary, advanced, or magical when they lack features that 90% of your competitors have at the same price point. and given that i can obtain a version of snow leopard that doesn't require genuine apple hardware, you can't even say the os is the defining feature.
now, why is this happening? for different reasons, but it all boils down to where steve jobs wants to position the company, namely as an american Sony, a purveyor of mobile consumer electronics such as mp3 players, phones, tv set top boxes and tablets. and why does mr jobs like these devices so much? because he can make them completely closed environments where even the software you run has to be approved by and purchased through Apple. and i'm sure if jobs could figure out a way to turn back the clock on desktops and laptops, he'd find a way to close up those boxes too. and if there weren't enough evidence of this already given the anemic specs on offer, the dreadful state of bugginess of os x 10.6 upon release and the fact that resources for os x 10.7 are now being cannibalized in favor of iphone os 4 should pretty much complete the picture. apple just isn't that much into to its desktop and laptop offerings anymore, and it shows. apple changed its corporate name from apple computer, inc. to apple,. inc. for a reason. all these updates do is underline the fact and put an exclamation mark at the end of the statement.
1) Look at my post history, I'm hardly an Apple cultist.
2)Don't get me wrong, I'd love an Arrandale to be here, but there isn't space on the 13"' board for a dedicated GPU. And even if there was, it has a much smaller battery than the 15" and 17", so battery life would decrease. If they put i5 in there, they would probably need to take out the optical drive, and then more people would complain. And lets be honest, most (not all) people using the 13" MBP, don't need more power. Most people buying 13" MBPs are students and/or people who know nothing about computers and what's inside of them. I'm not saying that's an excuse to stay with C2D's, but look at the options. A)They somehow redesign the board for a dedicated GPU to fit; battery life goes down. B) They don't have a dedicated GPU at all; battery life goes through the roof, but the Intel graphics bring down the performance so bad that even the computer illiterate would notice, and YOU would be complaining that there is not dedicated GPU in the 13" MBP. C) They give it a higher clocked C2D and a much better GPU, along with better battery life.
D) No significant update (like maybe they would put a 250gig HDD standard and up the RAM) They chose C. And it's probably the best compromise for now. Because your getting higher performance for the people who want it (and people who want/need the higher performance are a very small percentage of 13" MBP buyers) while retaining battery life. What do you think Suzy the college student would rather have, a notebook she would write her essays on and use facebook for that has 10 hours of battery, or 3? Just because the 13" MBP has "pro" in it, doesn't mean its a professional machine. It's the sad truth, but it's true. It's a name that makes people feel better. I believe losing out on a small performance gain in the CPU is better than having low battery life.
3) eSata: that would be nice, I agree, but not all of it's competition has eSata, either.
4)USB3: Yeah, I'll admit that was a little disappointing.
5) Blu-ray, fine I'll give you that, because I wanted blu-ray on Macs
6) No SSD's standard: What? Why the hell would that be standard? Then all the prices would go up for everyone, including those that don't want them yet. If you want an SSD, they have them in BTO, not that big of a deal.
7) 10.6 has been rock solid since 10.6.2 for me, and most people.
8) Yeah while Apple might care more about those devices at this point, they're accessories. You need a computer to use them. If they stop their development for computers then people won't buy Macs and thus they either A)can't buy those accessories or B) Will buy a PC instead, and i doubt Apple wants that
