Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Don't panic or drool just yet...

I don't think anyone was expecting Santa Rosa to be revolutionary. It's an incremental upgrade to the existing platform, and that's all it was ever intended to be. Incremental upgrades are important, too!
 
the only thing that might be "revolutionary" would be the Robson part.. but I'm not sure if it's part of the Santa Rosa platform.
 
Yet another reason I knew waiting would serve little to no purpose, and I sure wasn't about to wait around six months for Leopard.

I won't say Santa Rosa is unimportant as obviously any improvements are to be welcomed with open arms, but I'm not so sure SR is important to the point that Apple will race out to upgrade its whole line right away. Truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple waits until Leopard before shipping SR units (if not completely bypassing the upgrade and waiting for Penryn instead).

Of course, that's all speculation. I'm pretty sure though that Apple is going to aim for the biggest bang for their buck in regards to the iPhone release and will have no interest in diluting their advertising campaign in order to push a minor upgrade like SR.

Just my 2 cents.
 
I have said it before, but the people waiting want upgrade for the sake of upgrade.

The X3000/3100 offers a slight improvement over the current graphics, the only glimmer is the robson caching (now Intel Turbo Memory).
 
In the history of the industry, there has yet to be a truly giant leap that's happened overnight. Instead, it's been a continuous series of small steps. These small steps do add up to large gains rather quickly -- since each (small) gain is only a few months apart from the previous... ;)
 
localoid said:
In the history of the industry, there has yet to be a truly giant leap that's happened overnight. Instead, it's been a continuous series of small steps. These small steps do add up to large gains rather quickly -- since each (small) gain is only a few months apart from the previous... ;)
Click to expand...

Although there have been a few technologies that raised the bar significantly. A recent example would be the Core Duo from the Pentium 4.
 
localoid said:
In the history of the industry, there has yet to be a truly giant leap that's happened overnight. Instead, it's been a continuous series of small steps. These small steps do add up to large gains rather quickly -- since each (small) gain is only a few months apart from the previous... ;)
Click to expand...

Or G4 to Core Duo - ok, completely different chips, but it took the speed of mac laptops up incredibly - overnight.
 
Hopefully this will make the fickle a little happier with their pre-SR purchases, and may lessen the quick downfall of value on used Apple equipment. That is the one thing I missed about the G3, G4, & G5 days - resale value.
 
I find this this rather amusing. From reading this forum, you might conclude that Apple is a short step from Enron for not having SR available a micro-second after its availability. Some 'potential switchers' have been threatening to go back to Acme Computer. Yet the reality is, SR is probably not as important as many of the other initiatives Apple has coming due soon. They should offer it in the near future, but it surely does not have to be a a frantic pace.
 
I guess the MBPs could come with SR when the new LED models ship, but I can't really see many people using SR as a make-or-break in terms of making a purchase. I'm a bit surprised at the fuss made over SR, actually.

Montevina seems to be a slightly larger step than SR, boosting the frontside bus speed from 800 (SR) to 1067 (Cantiga), but these are still baby steps. It should be rather clear now that the current CD/C2D machines have a decent life ahead of them and there is no reason not to invest in a great machine to enjoy for years to come right now.

SR looks great on paper, but I'm sure if someone put two laptops with the same specs, one a current MBP and one a MBP with SR, in front of the average user, they wouldn't be able to detect any difference. I guess if people want to wait 4-5 months for an upgrade that may increase their boot time by a half second or so then who am I to dissuade them ... but it doesn't make much sense to me.
 
So somebody explain to me why Multi kept shouting in BOLD type at people who suggested several months ago that if people needed a C2D machine at that time then they should just buy it rather than waiting for the Santa Rosa revolution?
 
netdog said:
So somebody explain to me why Multi kept shouting in BOLD type at people who suggested several months ago that if people needed a C2D machine at that time then they should just buy it rather than waiting for the Santa Rosa revolution?
Click to expand...

Because it doesn't take much research to realize that SR wasn't going to be as huge as many thought.

If you need a machine now, then buy it now. The time spent on waiting is (usually) not worth it.
 
notsofatjames said:
thats a lot to read, cant you just summarize it for me. Long articles put me off!
Click to expand...

read the last paragraph:

Overall, we'd say none of the above technologies is revolutionary, but each has the potential to bring incremental gains in performance and battery life--a step in the right direction, especially considering Vista's reputation as a resource hog. Again, we wouldn't recommend rushing out immediately to buy a Centrino Duo system, but if you're in the market for a new laptop, the new platform will give you a modest boost now while letting you adopt faster memory and wireless speeds as they become widely available.
 
Planner Dude said:
read the last paragraph:

Overall, we'd say none of the above technologies is revolutionary, but each has the potential to bring incremental gains in performance and battery life--a step in the right direction, especially considering Vista's reputation as a resource hog. Again, we wouldn't recommend rushing out immediately to buy a Centrino Duo system, but if you're in the market for a new laptop, the new platform will give you a modest boost now while letting you adopt faster memory and wireless speeds as they become widely available.
Click to expand...

thank you. i cant concentrate on long paragraphs. lots of litle paragraphs are fine though
 
Planner Dude said:
read the last paragraph:

Overall, we'd say none of the above technologies is revolutionary, but each has the potential to bring incremental gains in performance and battery life--a step in the right direction, especially considering Vista's reputation as a resource hog. Again, we wouldn't recommend rushing out immediately to buy a Centrino Duo system, but if you're in the market for a new laptop, the new platform will give you a modest boost now while letting you adopt faster memory and wireless speeds as they become widely available.
Click to expand...

thank you. i cant concentrate on long paragraphs. lots of litle paragraphs are fine though
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back