Claim of a March 17th MacBook Pro Release?

[ashoka8350]

MacBook Pro

May be this Tuesday they are announcing the release of UPDATED MacBook Pro being released and available on MONDAY MARCH 17th. Sure the following will be updated.

-Penryn
-HD 160GB Min.
-New Touch Pad
-3GB min. memory with Penryn (remember 6GB Max)
-New Key Board, also black in color
-less than 5 lb weight, slightly thinner with no major change in case
-option for Blu-Ray replacement in the future
-hope a black case

Let us see what is coming

 

[ridehard]

May be this Tuesday they are announcing the release of UPDATED MacBook Pro being released and available on MONDAY MARCH 17th. Sure the following will be updated.

-Penryn
-HD 160GB Min.
-New Touch Pad
-3GB min. memory with Penryn (remember 6GB Max)
-New Key Board, also black in color
-less than 5 lb weight, slightly thinner with no major change in case
-option for Blu-Ray replacement in the future
-hope a black case

Let us see what is coming

(basic model mbp)

I think, now that ddr2 mem are so cheap and with almost all the new version (higher end other make) laptops already bringing 4gb mem, that apple might offer 4gb mem.
Hope they up the HD capacity to at least 250gb.
But what i really want is the 8700 gt (like the asus G2) or the 8800 nvidia
That would make the 1900 euros worth it!

ps: basic mbp costs 2000$ in the usa, in portugal cost 1,900.00 EUR = 2,815.16 USD

 

[jonswan]

Or maybe Apple will box up all existing MBPs for the next 3 weeks and dump them in a skip seeing as they won't sell any? There is a point where speculation simply turns into desperate wishful thinking. Apple do not announce an update of a laptop weeks in advance for the astonishingly obvious effect it will have on sales. Something like an iPhone, which is not an existing product, is something completely different. Can people think about basic business sense here? They announce, it's out the next day. It's always been that way.

 

[Digital Skunk]

May be this Tuesday they are announcing the release of UPDATED MacBook Pro being released and available on MONDAY MARCH 17th. Sure the following will be updated.

-Penryn
-HD 160GB Min.
-New Touch Pad
-3GB min. memory with Penryn (remember 6GB Max)
-New Key Board, also black in color
-less than 5 lb weight, slightly thinner with no major change in case
-option for Blu-Ray replacement in the future
-hope a black case

Let us see what is coming

Definitely not a power user wish list but it's okay.

Let's just say that I would rather have a slightly bigger book so that Apple can stick some more hardware inside.

- Build quality as good or better than the MBA.
- Dual HDDs on the 17" model
- More FW ports
- The keyboard can change I guess....
- option for BluRay NOW, or not at all (since BR is overrated technology)
- Micro DVI to allow more room for needed ports.
- Black case isn't something that is needed, but a redesign of the entire case is needed, because the current case doesn't allow for more hardware, and is very flimsy.
- Dual 2.8 GHz proc
- They don't make 3GB RAM chips yet, so 6GB isn't the next step, 8GB is, and the price for a 4GB chip at that size might be a bit ridiculous.
- Magnetic latch
- user replaceable HDDs

Hopefully they give us these BTO options:
- 3G with either Sprint, or Verizon
- 500GB internal disc
- SSD as main disc in 17" and secondary 500GB disk
- BluRay if we must

Finally, I really hope Apple makes a stronger book. The MBA is a beautiful machine merely because of it's build quality. It's a pretty solid book, and from what I have held so far it's far more durable than the current MBP.

 

[timimbo85]

enough already

Ok so like everyone else here, I'm waiting for the mbp. But this is pointless to keep starting these dumb, unreliable threads where all that is accomplished is people saying I want to see this, or it better have that. You damn well know if it doesn't have what your looking for your still going to buy the freaking thing. My suggestion is instead of starting a rumor thread each week. Just sit patiently and wait. I can not read another one of these threads. My eyes are melting.

Whats funny is that mac rumors posted that chart of post. It sky rocketed bc everyone keeps starting these lame ass threads about MBP. Once these are out were gonna have nothing to look forward to.

 

[jbg232]

Ok so like everyone else here, I'm waiting for the mbp. But this is pointless to keep starting these dumb, unreliable threads where all that is accomplished is people saying I want to see this, or it better have that. You damn well know if it doesn't have what your looking for your still going to buy the freaking thing. My suggestion is instead of starting a rumor thread each week. Just sit patiently and wait. I can not read another one of these threads. My eyes are melting.

Whats funny is that mac rumors posted that chart of post. It sky rocketed bc everyone keeps starting these lame ass threads about MBP. Once these are out were gonna have nothing to look forward to.

Once the new MBPs are released people will complain about the lack of Montevina MBPs, and then it will be the lack of Nehalem MBPs - there will always be a new MBP around the corner that people will want and be upset that that they don't have... that's the nature of this site for better or worse.