Apple's Subnotebook 'Delayed' Until Late 2007/Early 2008?

[Erasmus]

That shouldn't be a problem, because the wear levelling algorithms of the flash controller would take care of it.

OK, hypothetical situation. Say the flash disk is completely full of information, but just a few bits need to be changed often. What is the controller going to do? If it uses a different spot to put the new information, that means it has to write over some other data, and if we don't want that data to be written over because we might need it soon, where's it going to go? Somewhere else, over the top of something else we might need?

If the disk is full, any wear levelling methods won't work. The only way they can work is if a large portion of the drive is left empty, so new data can be written over empty cells, and where the original data was can be left until the wear levelling algorithms say its that bit's turn again.

 

[mrtekkid]

Okay, so sorry.... maybe this was already discussed..... but does that mean that a SR MacBookPro will not be out til later this year?? Like end of 2007??

If that is the case I will pull the trigger on the Mac Book Pro now and buy it. My patience grows thin with Apple.

I am switching and I was planning on getting one this summer if it was going to be released but I want a Mac now and I am tired of all of these delays. But if the hardware is not being updated until the end of the year, I cannot see the advantage in waiting any longer.

I need a mac for school.

 

[mrjmaxdp]

Buying a Macbook Pro

I was considering buying a Macbook Pro for college this upcoming fall. So after reading this, I'm guessing that the new one is not going to come out until late 07 or early 08? great... One of my coaches who has Apple stock and who really is up to date with Apple says sometime around June, which is what I was hoping for, like during WWDC. What do you guys think I should do? Get it now, or wait until it comes up? Thanks for the support.

 

[Poopface Morty]

I was considering buying a Macbook Pro for college this upcoming fall. So after reading this, I'm guessing that the new one is not going to come out until late 07 or early 08? great... One of my coaches who has Apple stock and who really is up to date with Apple says sometime around June, which is what I was hoping for, like during WWDC. What do you guys think I should do? Get it now, or wait until it comes up? Thanks for the support.

I think there's some confusion, as this forum post that is linked from the MacBook Pro buyer's guide section is specifically referring to the subnotebooks which haven't been released. At least, that's how I understand.

 

[sugarmagnolia]

I think there's some confusion, as this forum post that is linked from the MacBook Pro buyer's guide section is specifically referring to the subnotebooks which haven't been released. At least, that's how I understand.

so there are no rumors about the macbook pro being updated?

 

[Erasmus]

THERE ARE NO RUMOURS AS TO WHEN THE MACBOOK PRO WILL BE UPDATED, AS IS TO BE EXPECTED FROM APPLE.

Again, this thread has nothing to do with updates of Apple's existing lines. Apple will not wait until the end of the year to release Santa Rosa Macbook Pros. They will not. That would put the time since refresh at well over a year. Apple usually refreshes notebooks twice a year.

The Santa Rosa Macbook Pros will come at latest July, far more likely June WWDC, and possibly later this month.

As far as anyone who doesn't specifically want an Apple subnotebook should be concerned, and is waiting for an update to existing products, you should assume that the Apple subnotebook DOES NOT EXIST, and WILL NEVER EXIST.
If you specifically want one, well, maybe it does. But its existence and or release date will not affect the release of other Apple products.