well, apple is an american company, so that's the way it goes folks. I have to pay $2.99 for a box of imported Italian pasta that probably goes for a 1 euro or less in Milano.
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Apple Updates MacBooks to Santa Rosa, GMA X3100
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well, apple is an american company, so that's the way it goes folks. I have to pay $2.99 for a box of imported Italian pasta that probably goes for a 1 euro or less in Milano.
Nice update 
I'm in absolutely no need for a new computer, but it's nice to see things slowly changing up to the point where I do need a new one
I wonder how that X3100 fares against the 950... does Mac OS support it's T&L function? Last time I checked Intel was still writing some Windows drivers for that.
I'm in absolutely no need for a new computer, but it's nice to see things slowly changing up to the point where I do need a new one I wonder how that X3100 fares against the 950... does Mac OS support it's T&L function? Last time I checked Intel was still writing some Windows drivers for that.
Yes, but the Euro is worth more than the US Dollar. And seeing as how the Canadian Dollar is worth more, MacBooks should be cheaper here!
But if I'm asked if I have anything to declare and I say no, and then he spots the box in the trunk, won't they send me to Guantanmo or something?That assumes the customs inspector spots the apple box in your car/carryon
By the way, the 2007 Iron-and-Steel-Clad Balls Award goes to Apple Inc.
Charging $1100 for the low-end Macbook in late 2007 takes some real stones. Kudos,
If we are talking 2007, let's give it to Palm, for introducing the worthless Foleo about five years too late, then taking it off the market just in time to save itself from embarrassment.
Or we can give it to Microsoft, for unleashing the stink bomb Vista in five different versions, and over charging on every version while simultaneously crippling the necessary features and mix matching options that would have sold them more copies of one version over another.
Screwing your own dedicated users in the arse is the only way a company can show it's still the sh**. Apple still has a way to go.
$300 more for the MBP. Stupidity. At those prices I'm amazed Apple isn't bumping up advertising in Canada. They make way more money off us than Americans.
I have tried both and there isn't much difference between Vista Premium and Vista Ultimate.
With Vista Home Premium you can back up your work to a HD like you can do with Leopard.
I'm pretty sure that you are also able to use Remote desktop with Vista Home Premium although it maybe more advanced in Vista Ultimate.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx
I am aware of stuff like Garageband as well but at the same time when i bought a Mac i paid £65 to have a paint program.
There are a few other differences as well the Dell has a HDMI port an ExpressCard 54 mm slot and also 8-in-1 removable memory card reader.
Like i said i think that they are both good laptops but i think that the XPS M1330 is maybe more aimed at the mid market and maybe higher end market.
With Vista Home Premium you can back up your work to a HD like you can do with Leopard.
I'm pretty sure that you are also able to use Remote desktop with Vista Home Premium although it maybe more advanced in Vista Ultimate.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx
I am aware of stuff like Garageband as well but at the same time when i bought a Mac i paid £65 to have a paint program.
There are a few other differences as well the Dell has a HDMI port an ExpressCard 54 mm slot and also 8-in-1 removable memory card reader.
Like i said i think that they are both good laptops but i think that the XPS M1330 is maybe more aimed at the mid market and maybe higher end market.
-$90 for OS X
Yes, but the Euro is worth more than the US Dollar. And seeing as how the Canadian Dollar is worth more, MacBooks should be cheaper here!
Yeah... but shipping that heavy load of computers through all that snow is what brings the cost up. And over there in Europe, you have to get it across that huge pond.
(by pond I mean the Atlantic Ocean)
Probably so, but note that the pre-November macbooks can use only 3.3gb of that 4gb RAM you bought. The new macbooks should be able to use all 4gb.
AppleInsider did and extensive look at Time Machine and other features of Leopard that make it tiers better than Vista Ultimate. For me, the biggest features that is obviously hand over foot better than Vista is live partitioning, desktop sharing without added software, and sharing over the web without setting up an FTP or any other software.
Vista has those capabilities, but it has to come by added software, or configuring your machine and time consuming setups. Mac OS X makes it easy, Vista eats up your time.
Also, Apple's website give you a good look at the main features that users will be using in Leopard, you should have a look at it.
External 30" support is worth thinking about. Does the X3100 GMU in the new macbooks support any more displays than the old GMA 950 did?
that makes no sense...the US market is 10 times the size of the Canadian one...
im sorry, but Americans pay more for German cars than Germans do, more for Earl Gray Tea than the English, more for Irish Whiskey and Guinness than the Irish, and more for some smelly French cheese than the French do. So you pay more for American computers than Americans. I'm no patriotic homer, and I do not approve of the current administration's international policies, but for all the grief foreign countries give the United States over their politics it seems lame whining about this. suck it up and pay the 300 bucks. you get free healthcare. we don't, and that can get REALLY expensive.
And its not like they are even trumpeting it. It's not even on the front splash page yet. That likely means brand spanking new in six months. but to heck with that I've been waiting since the original.
Guys,
What is wrong with you.. How could u even dare to mention Dell. I don't care the MB's don't have the best specs for the money. There is no single laptop on the market that look so classy, tight and aesthetical beautiful designed as an MB. The Dell laptops look like ugly **** to me! I don’t even want to have one for free. MB’s are great machines and they work great. Even if OS-X would be available for both PC and MAC, I still would buy MAC (laptop) hardware since I really love their products. They are smarter, more elegant and so much different then any other laptop on the market. Vaio's are nice but still on par with Apple IMHO.
I love APPLE stop complaining and be happy with all the success apple gained last years.
Coming Jan. Will is "THE" month of the great new stuff, and I hope we see new designed MBP's that going to blow everyone and us away! IF someone can do it, it is apple!
I only want a 13" mini MBP so badly!! Please Apple deliver it soon!!!!
Regards,
Bas
What is wrong with you.. How could u even dare to mention Dell
. I don't care the MB's don't have the best specs for the money. There is no single laptop on the market that look so classy, tight and aesthetical beautiful designed as an MB. The Dell laptops look like ugly **** to me! I don’t even want to have one for free. MB’s are great machines and they work great. Even if OS-X would be available for both PC and MAC, I still would buy MAC (laptop) hardware since I really love their products. They are smarter, more elegant and so much different then any other laptop on the market. Vaio's are nice but still on par with Apple IMHO.I love APPLE stop complaining and be happy with all the success apple gained last years.
Coming Jan. Will is "THE" month of the great new stuff, and I hope we see new designed MBP's that going to blow everyone and us away! IF someone can do it, it is apple!
I only want a 13" mini MBP so badly!!
Please Apple deliver it soon!!!!Regards,
Bas
I have no clue why they don't get rid of it. These days DVD burners are pretty cheap, though I wonder if there is a large enough premium for these ultra slim slot loading drives?
The reason is simple. the low end model is designed to drive people to the mid and high end model. Someone just said on here that it would be hard NOT to buy a high end one. And thats exactly the point.
The low-end one is there for the people who really need a cheap notebook but want Apple. With the student discount its 999, so its there if you need it, but it's ridiculously easy to upsell.
There is a slight difference between buying products in u.s that were made in Europe - firstly, there's the transportation. Transportation isn't much of an issue between u.s and Canada - its certainly a lot easier than say, Europe - there's no pond to cross.
Its quite obviously Apple have not updated their prices to reflect the strength of the CDN Dollar, if they had done, there wouldn't be such a price difference.
No one is expecting there to be a parity between u.s and Canada on Apple products because there is always the cost of doing business in Canada ( and other countries ) - such as import taxes ( which would definitely apply to most other countries - not sure about Canada due to NAFTA) and other overheads.
Healthcare isn't exactly free, we pay higher taxes ( which, to be perfectly honest, I don't mind, there's the safety net should I ( or any one else ) get ill or break a limb etc etc).
Its quite obviously Apple have not updated their prices to reflect the strength of the CDN Dollar, if they had done, there wouldn't be such a price difference.
No one is expecting there to be a parity between u.s and Canada on Apple products because there is always the cost of doing business in Canada ( and other countries ) - such as import taxes ( which would definitely apply to most other countries - not sure about Canada due to NAFTA) and other overheads.
Healthcare isn't exactly free, we pay higher taxes ( which, to be perfectly honest, I don't mind, there's the safety net should I ( or any one else ) get ill or break a limb etc etc).