Did they ever say they were going to update? I wonder why people are so upset with Apple...be upset with yourselves for getting the date wrong.Wow... I'm incredibly upset with apple right now for dropping the ball on this week's update. If they don't update the MBP's next Tuesday, I swear I'll... wait until the Tuesday after that...
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Well, you can instantly shave £390 by ordering it with the standard RAM, then purchasing 4GB for £60 from play.com. £2518, much better. I'm not all too sure about the £160, 200MHz speed boost either...
I don't recommend getting such a beefed up MBP so near to a potential update, so in light of that I'd probably take the MP+MB route, or just wait. I anticipate new ACDs as well.
Either way, for goodness sake find a student you know somewhere to buy all that stuff on your behalf, offer them a few quid or whatever - Edu discount's 14-16% or so: you'll save hundreds... the total will be much closer to two grand than three then.
What's there to think about, other than "do I really need a portable"? If you don't need one, go with a Mac Pro. That's what I did in 2006 after months of waiting for the first C2D MBPs. Go check out the threads from September to November of 2006 -- the Penryn frenzy pales in comparison with the hysteria of them times
on the contrary, you should be upset with yourself for being a humorless stick in the mud! oh, wait... you already sound upset with yourself. carry on, then!
It's humorous to complain about the lack of an update? I guess I missed the punchline...my point is, some people predicted today, some people predicted next week, some March. I don't see the logic behind these, besides "it's been so long since the last one!" So, though you may speculate, it isn't right to put Apple in the spotlight as the ones who faulted.
I don't know if they do it now, but they used to offer this as BTO for the Mac Pro. If it came stock with 2 x 512 MB, for example, you could get 1x1 GB for a little bit more money (I don't remember the exact options so this might not be exactly correct). So there's no reason this COULDN'T work.
Why? My MBP has 3 USB ports. I can't imagine why I'd ever need more than that when traveling. When I use it in the office, it's easy enough to use a hub (in the unlikely event I'd need more than 3 ports, that is).
It's funny that every gets so upset about being locked into Apple, but doesn't give it a second thought if they're locked into Windows.
True - but the OP specifically stated that you couldn't see more than +/- 90 degrees and you called him dumb. You really should have read more carefully.
It's not that simple. The US price doesn't include tax, the UK price includes VAT (something like 17%). If you figure the UK price without VAT (which would be more comparable to the US price), the difference is still substantial, but smaller.
In that case allow me to say is that it will be a great joy to be miserable in such beautiful company
Awwwwwww, shucks you sweet......typer,you!
dear dmb,
You are anxed about your purchase..you might even be loosing sleep over it....You know your answer especially if you are surfing these forums. Take it back and be done with it! Come, dwell in the company of the miserable, the anxious, the eternally disappointed, MBP update waitees. Wait with us...wait with us...you'll never be one of us unless you wait and wait and wait!
mmh, sure about that? Yes I like OsX, but a major reason for why it runs ultra stable compared with Ms is that the underlying hardware is of very defined flavours. You don't have to support too many things.
Secondly, if apple opens osX up, i is giving up its harware part. Yes, even if they are believed to have the better, stable and 'funkier designed' hardware a big chunk of the market would buy a cheaper pc a second later.
and third: At the moment mac is competing with PC not direclty with microsoft. I know it's a very fine difference, but a very impotant one. Even thought they pick on vista, they still invite vista to run on their platform.
the moment you open osX for all u are in open war with microsoft.
There might be many reasons to stay in that semi coexistence situation we have at the moment.
yes I'd love a MacOs on my pc as well. Will it happen? I very much doubt it. I think apple must get very desperate to do it. But if they are wise they will keep this option open (code design wise within osx), and if everything else falls apart or the market changes in certain way, then they just pull this out of their sleeve, like magic.OsX for all ;-).
cheers
What's there to think about, other than "do I really need a portable"? If you don't need one, go with a Mac Pro. That's what I did in 2006 after months of waiting for the first C2D MBPs. Go check out the threads from September to November of 2006 -- the Penryn frenzy pales in comparison with the hysteria of them times
Hey akadmon,
Whats your take on Penryn vs Montevina? There is no way I am waiting until fall but whats the big diff? Does one focus on a certain dynamic of user as opposed to the other?
Noone knows... but personally I still don't think it's going to be here for another few weeks at the earliest. I'd say a March date doesn't sound too bad a guess.
I don't like the March date. That puts Apple nearly six weeks behind every other manufacturer regarding the Penryn processors, and leaves only about ten weeks until the Montevina chipset is available. That would make two possible upgrades in four months. Intel has fallen into a pretty regular schedule in the past couple years, with new processors in one half of the year followed by new chipsets in the following half. Since the switch to Intel, it's pretty important for Apple to keep up with the bi-annual update schedule to keep their computing hardware competitive.
don't put yout money on it . apple has lately been nothing but a large bucket of dissapointment and broken dreams
Regarding the first half of your point, Apple was at least that much behind PC manufacturers when Merom was introduced. Regarding Montevina, they'll be at least two months behind everybody else. So no need to worry about not enough time between Penryn and Montevina
Guys, I've hit rock bottom.
As I type this, I'm in the lobby of my building pulling sequence off of the NCBI website using my 20 inch iMac that I carried, yes carried, down 3 files of stairs so I could pick up the school wifi signal. The cleaning staff thinks I'm crazy.
This is sad.
Oh, how I dream of pulling out a sleek MBP and doing this.
As I type this, I'm in the lobby of my building pulling sequence off of the NCBI website using my 20 inch iMac that I carried, yes carried, down 3 files of stairs so I could pick up the school wifi signal. The cleaning staff thinks I'm crazy.
This is sad.
Oh, how I dream of pulling out a sleek MBP and doing this.