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Current-Gen MBPs are Still Rolling off the Lines

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safelder

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I picked up a low-end MBP 15" today, as I don't really care about Core iX for general household use. I decided to check out the serial number, and it indicates it was manufactured week six of 2010. Call me crazy, but if a product update was imminent, wouldn't you shut down the old lines instead of building up new stock?

Like everything else on this rumors board, this may or may not be evidence of something or nothing.
 
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Are you sure it was manufactured week 6 of 2010, or was it packaged that week....

How were you able to tell?
 
You can still order a CTO MacBook Pro and it'll get manufactured tomorrow.

It's not really indicative of anything. Apple won't completely deplete their supply of MBPs in anticipation of a refresh.
 
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Exacty. What does "manufacture" date mean? Most likely, it's when the whole thing got put together. Because, I'll bet that the ram, video card and processor (not made by apple) were manufactured prior to 6th week of 2010
 
Why are macbook pro's called badboy pro's in this forum? Is there something I'm missing?
 
safelder said:
I picked up a low-end MBP 15" today, as I don't really care about Core iX for general household use. I decided to check out the serial number, and it indicates it was manufactured week six of 2010. Call me crazy, but if a product update was imminent, wouldn't you shut down the old lines instead of building up new stock?

Like everything else on this rumors board, this may or may not be evidence of something or nothing.
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My friend just purchased a MBP, and apparently it was manufactured in Week 7. Apple does not do shutdowns of the old lines, it is just not the way they do business, so honestly, it does not mean anything (they are still taking custom orders on their websites, which usually ships with in 1-3 business days, and you will see week 8 when you decipher the serial numbers). You are right about the "update is imminent" part, we just don't know "when"? :D
 
safelder said:
I picked up a low-end MBP 15" today, as I don't really care about Core iX for general household use. I decided to check out the serial number, and it indicates it was manufactured week six of 2010. Call me crazy, but if a product update was imminent, wouldn't you shut down the old lines instead of building up new stock?
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Define imminent. We don't know when it's coming, but Intel won't be selling the Core 2 Duo for much longer and everyone else has moved to iX so it's coming. Enjoy your MacBook Pro, though!
 
Usually when a new model ramps up production there's some rumor spike or a leaked spec it seems...hasn't happened yet in that sense.
 
pratap21 said:
Why are macbook pro's called badboy pro's in this forum? Is there something I'm missing?
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Because an idiot named shambo has nothing else to do with his time than to make himself feel better about his purchase.
 
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