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Apple Updates 13" Aluminum MacBook, Rebranded as "MacBook Pro"

I have over 145 blu-ray movies in my collection. I will NEVER take one on a trip with me because it's over kill. I would rather have the HD digital copy for my computer and the SD digital copy for the iPod or iPhone. We should be getting that point across to the studios that give the digital copy away with the blu-rays. Carrying a movie around with you is about like the man I saw with a discman player at the mall yesterday. I wanted to go over and hand him a sales paper from BB for the iPods. :p

Besides, why talk about that when Snow Leopard is "supposed" to be the update and support for blu-ray for the Mac? Mentioning that now wouldn't matter to the developers right now at all.
 
AMRivlin said:
Why do you feel $90 for 4gb is high?

I guess technically you are losing 2gb if you upgrade via apple in this fashion, but if NewEgg sells 2x2gb for 65, that is a loss of 25 bucks.

I have a blackbook and paid crucial for memory, had a nightmare since the early 06 blackbooks needed specific memory.

i saved money, but had endless headaches, until crucial replaced the memory.

During this pass, I opted to pay the 25+loss of 2x1gb modules for the ease of ready to go.

On the other hand their harddrive upgrade options are terrible. Ill get a 500gb 7200 for 80-100 bucks when they want 200 for a lousy 5400 model.

and dont get me started on 8gb of ram, YIKES.
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Newegg has the 4GB set from Crucial for $57.99. The only 7k500 is the Seagate and it is $129.99 at Newegg.

Keep in mind that due to the high costs of DDR3 RAM the Apple CTO costs aren't that out of control compared to third-parties (especially with the education discount).
 
brop52 said:
Newegg has the 4GB set from Crucial for $57.99. The only 7k500 is the Seagate and it is $129.99 at Newegg.

Keep in mind that due to the high costs of DDR3 RAM the Apple CTO costs aren't that out of control compared to third-parties (especially with the education discount).
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The problem is not buying the RAM, it's installing it. You can't open the new macbook from the pictures I have seen...
 
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If it were truly a 'pro' machine it would have a compactflash slot, not an SD slot.

Basically it's another typical apple move in completely ignoring professionals. To add to that, where the he'll is the antiglare option on the 15"??
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Compact Flases are used by Canon whereas Nikon uses SD.
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And canon has a bigger Market share in the pro Market.
 
does anyone else here feel that Apple is sort of going back to square 1?

In October, they made the MacBook aluminum unibody so 'Macbook users' can still have the nice things of the pro, such as the aluminum body and better graphics.

Now, Apple converted that unibody Macbook into a "13' Macbook Pro." Don't get me wrong, I like having FW 800, and being able to upgrade to 8 GB of RAM, and 7 hour battery. But now we're back to the regular plastic macbook, the one without pro in the name lacking some of the 'pro' features.

Steve said in the October 14th keynote that the 'Macbook' was the most popular line of notebooks, and that they will enhance them via unibody & better graphics. Now that enhanced MacBook got all of the pro features, and is no a Macbook Pro. We still have the regular 'MacBook lacking the enhanced features.

Don't get me wrong, more features for less is a good thing, but it just seems like apple is going in a circle here.
 
MacLover4491 said:
Im not getting the new macbook because of the SD SLOT. SD slot is for windows computer only. Why have it on apples computers?
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You're right! Next thing we know Apple will be using Intel processors that are for Windows computers as well :eek:
 
For the first time, I have absolutely no complaints about Apple's new laptops. The enclosure is great, the display is great, extremely powerful, top notch connectivity (firewire 800), light weight, powerful graphics card. Fuhgedaboutit.

This one's a classic. I think it will eventually rival the status of the legendary Pismo as the most flexible and useful of all Mac laptops.
 
Am I alone in hating the trackpad button?

I want to be able to push anywhere and have it click like a button... like tap-to-click but with real button pushing.

I thought getting that was going to be a Revision B feature, but I was wrong...
 
Count me in on this update. I will be buying a £899 MacBook Pro as soon as my local Apple store has stock.
 
Qingyu said:
The problem is not buying the RAM, it's installing it. You can't open the new macbook from the pictures I have seen...
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Screwdrivers work wonders I hear in removing screw-like objects. You had to remove 4 screws to upgrade the RAM in the old unibodies just so you know. The only things that were readily accessible were the battery and HDD (though you did have to remove some screws with the HDD too).

Jimmetry said:
Am I alone in hating the trackpad button?

I want to be able to push anywhere and have it click like a button... like tap-to-click but with real button pushing.

I thought getting that was going to be a Revision B feature, but I was wrong...
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I only use tap-to-click. I don't like clicking anything anymore and the multi-touch is great.
 
mackandproud said:
For the first time, I have absolutely no complaints about Apple's new laptops. The enclosure is great, the display is great, extremely powerful, top notch connectivity (firewire 800), light weight, powerful graphics card. Fuhgedaboutit.

This one's a classic. I think it will eventually rival the status of the legendary Pismo as the most flexible and useful of all Mac laptops.
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I don't think so. The older models with the ExpressCard slot were more useful, since they could use SD cards, or any other type of peripheral. So, really, Apple removed flexibility and replaced it with a static SD slot.

The Pismo, IIRC, allowed you to have multiple hard drives or batteries, as it was a very flexible design, something this new revision isn't.
 
I think a multicard reader would have been better that sd yes, but what other peripherals are really offered by expresscard that are not already addressed by the new design.

I had planned on getting a multireader for mine but this and a usb reader for non sd definitely makes me lean back toward the 13 inch with an external monitor at the house for my next computer.
 
chris7777 said:
I think a multicard reader would have been better that sd yes, but what other peripherals are really offered by expresscard that are not already addressed by the new design.

I had planned on getting a multireader for mine but this and a usb reader for non sd definitely makes me lean back toward the 13 inch with an external monitor at the house for my next computer.
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Uh... A lot. ExpressCard slots let you plug in SD readers, CF readers, mobile broadband cards, USB readers, etc.

Apple shed all of that and replaced it with a static SD card slot.
 
AidenShaw said:
There are two main reasons why people want to watch BD (it's "BD", not "BR") movies...

  1. They already own the BD movies for their home big screen, and want to be able to watch the same discs on the go. They don't want to have to buy a lower quality DVD, or buy a much, much lower quality download. They paid once.
  2. The 2 MPixel 1080p BD image downscaled to the laptop screen will be much sharper and clearer than the 300KPixel DVD movie upscaled to a laptop screen.
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This should be stickied to all BD discussions. Seriously. It's this simple. Why is it so hard for some to understand ? :confused:
 
Quillz said:
And what you're not crazy about will now replace FireWire as the #1 complaint of the new MacBook Pro (all models): the non-replaceable battery.

Some will prefer having longer battery life, others will dislike that now they have to pay Apple even more money for its battery replacement service.

As usual, there are many new things to like about the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and some new things to hate.
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We had all that discussion when the 17" MBP was released with the new battery. This battery runs for 7 hours, with 20% loss after 1000 charges. That means after 1000 charges it is still in a better shape than the old battery when it is brand new. And 1000 charges is a long, long time.

And I bet in three or four years when people start needing them you will find those batteries on eBay as well, just like the current ones, for half the price.
 
andiwm2003 said:
although i'm not really a person who needs a bluray drive i think i agree with your points. it should be an option even if it's expensive. i don't own a bluray movie but i remember numerous occasions where i wa visiting friends and wish i could borrow a bluray movie from them and watch it. for the next three years blu ray is going to be around. and three years is the lifetime of a notebook. so it would be nice to have and maybe worth $200. students in dorms surely would want one so they can share the hundreds of blurays they have around. and no, i wouldn't rip them. way too much work.
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The problem for Apple is that Bluray comes with some rather bizarre requirements that the paranoid movie industry has to avoid copying. HDCP is just the beginning. Apple would have to make significant changes to the OS and possibly even hardware changes to make it impossible for a hacker to copy a Bluray disk using a Macintosh. Playing a Bluray disk is no problem (not in 2009 anymore); meeting the movie industry's requirements is a problem.
 
Funny Macbook Story.

I was talking with my friend (who is a Windows fan) about Mac vs PC his main argument was and I qoute
"I would buy a mac if they offered a SD slot."

...I wonder if he will hold his word.
 
WhiteNoiseMaker said:
13" 2.26GHz - USA $1199 ~ £756 - Actual Price £899
13" 2.53GHz - USA $1499 ~ £945 - Actual Price £1149

15" 2.53GHz - USA $1699 ~ £1071 - Actual Price £1299
15" 2.66GHz - USA $1999 ~ £1260 - Actual Price £1499
15" 2.80GHz - USA $2299 ~ £1449 - Actual Price £1699
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What do they call that tax again that is put on about everything in the UK, including Pringles nowadays? Let me think... I think it is called VAT. Yes, I am quite sure it is called VAT. 15 percent tax added on everything. Including Macs.

But maybe you are new to that country and haven't figured it out yet.
 
Apple Care

I don't know if this has been previously mentioned but one bad thing to come out of this for people like me wishing to purchase a 13" machine..

As the 13" is now a 'Pro' the price of AppleCare has shot up!! Nearly £300 in the UK now opposed to nearly £200 for the standard macbook!!

AnDy
 
Wow

Having bought my non Firewire non SD slot non Macbook "Pro" ...13" Macbook (aluminium) in March I now have a Laptop thats worthless.

Ok update the RAM, Hard Drive, Processor but giving it a new name "Pro" after 4 months and put in Firewire after saying its dead for so long Djeeesssssss

You could have at least given something to the poor sods that trusted you and bought the aluminium Macbook when it came out

Thanks Apple
 
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