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Evidence for a new MBP in the VERY NEAR future
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my question as well.
I guess just because of the PENRYN but yeah that is not evidence at all.
C'mon guys, you're being a little harsh. That is reaonably compelling evidence.
1. Sony is one of Apple's main competitors for the high end lap top market.
2. Sony is getting the T9300s into the retail channel now.
3. Apple has made being able to say the MBPs are the best of the best part of its brand identity for the line.
4. If Apple doesn't roll out T9300s soon, it will find it harder to support its chosen brand identity.
Therefore it's likely they will roll out T9300s soon.
The argument seems to hold together for me.
1. Sony is one of Apple's main competitors for the high end lap top market.
2. Sony is getting the T9300s into the retail channel now.
3. Apple has made being able to say the MBPs are the best of the best part of its brand identity for the line.
4. If Apple doesn't roll out T9300s soon, it will find it harder to support its chosen brand identity.
Therefore it's likely they will roll out T9300s soon.
The argument seems to hold together for me.
Can't wait for those other non-Apple manufacturers that are actually updating their models? *Cough*
How many rolls of Duct Tape did you use? To hold it together?
Haha! Now that's funny stuff
i mean give this guy some slack... of course the fact that sony has penryns in the store has nothing to do w/ apple's release schedule. But that being said, the fact that these processors are showing up in stores means that availability is becoming less of a problem... which at least throws out the "penryn shortage" excuse for no updates...
They shall come soon
They shall come soon
i mean give this guy some slack... of course the fact that sony has penryns in the store has nothing to do w/ apple's release schedule. But that being said, the fact that these processors are showing up in stores means that availability is becoming less of a problem... which at least throws out the "penryn shortage" excuse for no updates...
They shall come soon
There's one main thing everybody has overlooked. Apple does not have to include every new processor from Intel in their line of computers. If Apple wants to skip Penryn or put it in maybe later say summer to fall then that's what they can do. And please don't say, "If Apple wants to retain customers they have to keep up with Intel's schedule because other companies are doing it". Apple's customers buy on Mac OS X and their good hardware, keeping up with the Jones' is Dell's M.O not Apple's.
As spaceballl so perfectly put, this post is important because not only have other companies announced their penryn models, they are actually IN STOCK and available for customers to buy. This means that Apple along with other companies should have more than adequate access to the chips and thus this penryn delay thing has been somewhat overcome. So this does lead to assuming that MacBook Pros could be announced very soon (as long as their "delay" was caused by said lack of penryn chips and not some other factor.) Props to the OP on this one. Thanks for posting!
Evidence is pictures of New MBP's in the / on the way to the retail channel, or maybe someone recieving a new model, or something else..
This is just an assumption..
Thanks for making me jump of joy and make my heart stop for nothing..
This is just an assumption..
Thanks for making me jump of joy and make my heart stop for nothing..
'Evidence' is not the right word to use here.
It's more of an indication.
Remember
is all about the brand. And the PB / MBP have always been promoted as the 'world best laptop'. It is impossible for to uphold that motto while the current MPB sports the Merom processor at the same time that competitors have Penryn based models sitting on the shop floor to ready to take home.
I think are hurting on this one. Delays and complications with fitting the processor in (remember the Santa Rosa platform in the MBP/MB is a modified one) have contributed to the delay of these machines. But I also think have been pro-active and have utilised the time to beef up some of the cosmetics / specs on the impending MBP.
I think they'll definitely be here by March the 17th and I think we will all be pleasantly surprised at their value/feature set.
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It's more of an indication.
Remember
is all about the brand. And the PB / MBP have always been promoted as the 'world best laptop'. It is impossible for to uphold that motto while the current MPB sports the Merom processor at the same time that competitors have Penryn based models sitting on the shop floor to ready to take home.I think
are hurting on this one. Delays and complications with fitting the processor in (remember the Santa Rosa platform in the MBP/MB is a modified one) have contributed to the delay of these machines. But I also think have been pro-active and have utilised the time to beef up some of the cosmetics / specs on the impending MBP.I think they'll definitely be here by March the 17th and I think we will all be pleasantly surprised at their value/feature set.
This is what
do best.No, Apple clearly has no trouble touting outdated hardware as the "best of the best." They have no shame in that regard. They are happy to cite their hardware as "best in class" when everyone else has outpaced them by a mile (just look at all those years with the PB G4). The obsession with brand identity is one of the big problems with Apple. Of course, the other problem is that their computers are clearly in a distant third place on their priority list, well behind iPods and iPhones.
Ahh yes but they were restricted by their association with Motorola and the G5 chip as a viable option in Laptops. Which was of course resolved by their relationship with Intel.
Yeah, true enough. And I'm not dissing Apple's products overall. I have a PB G4 and it's been one of the best computers I've owned. But all those years Apple tried to claim G4s were faster than Centrinos were just laughable.