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Apple Updates MacBooks to Santa Rosa, GMA X3100

deadkenny said:
Exactly. And Italian Pasta is made in Italy while MacBooks are Made in China so the shipping cost for MacBook -> USA and MacBook -> Italy should be equal.
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If you buy a macbook in china. It's also more expensive, about 20%.
what a weird market!
 
Does anyone know what type of RAM to buy for the new Macbooks. I have heard that Macs are picky with memory.
 
Source: http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20070507PD207.html on May 7th...
...AUO and CMO are both having their samples of 13.3- and 15.4-inch panels certified by Apple, with shipments to officially commence in the second or third quarter of 2007, the sources noted.
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This from earlier, as most of you have probably seen. LED panels are inevitable, what interests me is the timing. Perhaps it got pushed to holiday season... in which case MWSF. But surely no later than that.
 
I plan on buying myself a :apple: BlackBook within a week if my dad doesn't make me wait for Christmas to come around so he can buy me one.
Seriously, to all you parents out there, why wouldn't you let your child buy something for themselves instead of forcing them to wait for Christmas so you could buy it for them?
 
OldTimey said:
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.
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That's rubbish. And don't whinge to us about health care. It isn't free at all. It's free if you don't pay any taxes.
 
David G. said:
I plan on buying myself a :apple: BlackBook within a week if my dad doesn't make me wait for Christmas to come around so he can buy me one.
Seriously, to all you parents out there, why wouldn't you let your child buy something for themselves instead of forcing them to wait for Christmas so you could buy it for them?
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that is because you always need to buy him something for Xmas, even a macbook has been bought.
 
Very Dirty On Apple

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed right now. My MBP arrived 3 days ago (minus leopard). I rang Apple to see if I could get an upgrade or refund. They said even though the cooling off period is 10 days, I cannot return mine because it was a CUSTOM order. I chose the high-res screen and 7200rpm HDD. So I havent even used the computer yet. Im waiting for them to send me Leopard now..... I just spent $4000 on this machine, was wanting to get top of the line and it is already 2nd best and I havent even used it.

I would pay the extra to get the 2.6Ghz

I went to a local Apple store before placing my order and asked a sales person if I should wait another week or 2 in case Apple updated their computers with Leopard. He said "DEFINITELY NOT, THERE WILL BE NO UPGRADE BEFORE JANUARY". He also convinced me to order online.

Might I add that my MBP was not due to arrive until Nov 6 - 11th. They shipped it early. I can't express how upset I am.

And they say there is nothing I can do about it.
 
I guess I should join in on the price moan, even though the £ is at $2.07 now, a baseline MBP is approximately $600 more at £1 300, and $300 more for the BlackBook at £700.
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LED Bummer

taliz said:
Hrmf.. No LED backlight? :(
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The lack of LED is the only thing preventing me from purchasing a MB. I didn't really expect LED at this time, but I WAS hoping. Everything else is just what was anticipated (realistically). Perhaps I will wait to see Apple's ultraportable in January.
 
offwidafairies said:
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed right now. My MBP arrived 3 days ago (minus leopard). I rang Apple to see if I could get an upgrade or refund. They said even though the cooling off period is 10 days, I cannot return mine because it was a CUSTOM order. I chose the high-res screen and 7200rpm HDD. So I havent even used the computer yet. Im waiting for them to send me Leopard now..... I just spent $4000 on this machine, was wanting to get top of the line and it is already 2nd best and I havent even used it.

I would pay the extra to get the 2.6Ghz

I went to a local Apple store before placing my order and asked a sales person if I should wait another week or 2 in case Apple updated their computers with Leopard. He said "DEFINITELY NOT, THERE WILL BE NO UPGRADE BEFORE JANUARY". He also convinced me to order online.

Might I add that my MBP was not due to arrive until Nov 6 - 11th. They shipped it early. I can't express how upset I am.

And they say there is nothing I can do about it.
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Well, this does seem to be an unfortunate case of severe bad timing. Note that most people at the Apple stores I've been to have been pretty much useless in terms of useful information, even some so called "geniuses." Moreover, in the case of release schedules, they are as much in the dark as the average person (unless they happen to have the new products in the stockroom waiting for the release date - which usually is only a day or two before release).

I know that some people will say that your mac is as good now as it was when you ordered it, blah, blah, blah, but yeah, it is a sucky feeling and I feel for you. Maybe you could try to get a discount or something? Good luck to you and I hope you find a resolution that satisfies you...in the worse case scenario, you still have a great machine on hand, even if it not the "top of the line."
 
I was really hoping to see aluminum Macbooks debut this time around. I like how they look now, but I think a lot of people would like it if they could match their Macbook to their Nano.

How about a black Macbook Pro? That would be a nice change. Aluminum looks nice in black as well.
 
Val-kyrie said:
The lack of LED is the only thing preventing me from purchasing a MB. I didn't really expect LED at this time, but I WAS hoping. Everything else is just what was anticipated (realistically). Perhaps I will wait to see Apple's ultraportable in January.
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Could somebody explain to me, what is LED backlight?
 
"custom made"

offwidafairies said:
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed right now. My MBP arrived 3 days ago (minus leopard). I rang Apple to see if I could get an upgrade or refund. They said even though the cooling off period is 10 days, I cannot return mine because it was a CUSTOM order. I chose the high-res screen and 7200rpm HDD. So I havent even used the computer yet. Im waiting for them to send me Leopard now..... I just spent $4000 on this machine, was wanting to get top of the line and it is already 2nd best and I havent even used it.

I would pay the extra to get the 2.6Ghz

I went to a local Apple store before placing my order and asked a sales person if I should wait another week or 2 in case Apple updated their computers with Leopard. He said "DEFINITELY NOT, THERE WILL BE NO UPGRADE BEFORE JANUARY". He also convinced me to order online.

Might I add that my MBP was not due to arrive until Nov 6 - 11th. They shipped it early. I can't express how upset I am.

And they say there is nothing I can do about it.
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I feel sorry for you.Funny it is different return policies with "custom" made(is not that custom....bad service they shoulda give you a new MBP..ore just offered you service to manually change the prossesor for you..though luck..
 
offwidafairies said:
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed right now. My MBP arrived 3 days ago (minus leopard). I rang Apple to see if I could get an upgrade or refund. They said even though the cooling off period is 10 days, I cannot return mine because it was a CUSTOM order. I chose the high-res screen and 7200rpm HDD. So I havent even used the computer yet. Im waiting for them to send me Leopard now..... I just spent $4000 on this machine, was wanting to get top of the line and it is already 2nd best and I havent even used it.

I would pay the extra to get the 2.6Ghz

I went to a local Apple store before placing my order and asked a sales person if I should wait another week or 2 in case Apple updated their computers with Leopard. He said "DEFINITELY NOT, THERE WILL BE NO UPGRADE BEFORE JANUARY". He also convinced me to order online.

Might I add that my MBP was not due to arrive until Nov 6 - 11th. They shipped it early. I can't express how upset I am.

And they say there is nothing I can do about it.
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Dude, they are bringing out new Penryn Macbook PRo's in January! I mean even if you got the 2.6 option, it would be obsolete in a couple of months anyway. Penryn will be much better and we also might see some case redesign among other things.

In any case, 2.6 won't be much faster than 2.4. and probably much hotter
 
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