Evidence for New MacBook Pros
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pianoplayer1
macrumors 6502
Crap lol I missed the episode. Hope my DVR caught it. Otherwise iTunes store!
Stridder44
macrumors 68040
New processors, improved battery life, multi touch, maybe a little thinner, a little lighter, updated iSight & keyboard a la MBA... that's enough for a nice update, and enough for me! 13" MBP would be my dream, but that's not happening...
Oh, and one more thing: I want it now.
Oh, and one more thing: I want it now.
nerdbert
macrumors regular
I'm sure they'll just silently beef up CPU, gfx and HDD on all models - it's not like they made a big announcement when they switched to 3,1
I guess it will be like this:
15"/15"/17":
2,4, 2,6, 2,6 GHz (and some insane option for the 17")
GF 8800 Go on all models (they'll castrate the cheaper 15" again for sure)
160, 200, 250 Gb HDD
Now I just wish they would put them in stores this week - I just asked a friend to buy one in the states and he's coming back on Sunday...
I guess it will be like this:
15"/15"/17":
2,4, 2,6, 2,6 GHz (and some insane option for the 17")
GF 8800 Go on all models (they'll castrate the cheaper 15" again for sure)
160, 200, 250 Gb HDD
Now I just wish they would put them in stores this week - I just asked a friend to buy one in the states and he's coming back on Sunday...
compuguy1088
macrumors 6502a
<Darth Vader voice>
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
</Darth Vader voice>
Please don't redesign. If you think, you are in for a redesign, please Ive and Jobs, do something very revolutionary:
MAKE IT THICKER! (sic)
Me don't want a shiny thin new Macbook Pro, me want a nice powerful machine. I don't care if you give me noisier, thicker fans, as long as this thing doesn't get that damn hot (sheesh, I thought my Alu PB was bad, but I heard Mac laptops are getting worse temperaturewise with every iteration).
Please put in a capable (and I mean it like that) gfx card. And do not forget to put in that HDMI-port. Go ahead, strip that bloody DVI, sell a HDMI-DVI dongle if you like, but peeeleaaaaze HDMI.
Oh wait, redesign...yeah, give me some nice carbon around the display. Actually that'd look cool and maybe I don't have these bloody WiFi-signeals anymore.
And while we are at it -> Black keys are the worst design decision Apple ever made. The MBA looks so...dare I say it...disgusting. Really sexy outside, but as yoon as you see it open, the thick latch and the black keys totally ruin it.
Have I talked about a matte option?...Hmmm, I guess Apple better get their act together, or I'll better wait for Montevina
The MBP doesn't need to be thicker, its size is perfect. In reality they could just refresh the design with the enlarged trackpad (there is plenty of room for a larger trackpad). The other thing they need to do on the 15' MBP is switching the dvi adapter to a mini dvi. This would allow an additional USB port on the right side.
I saw that last night. He gifted his iPhone as a gift for himself for Secret Santa
. I recall that the show was sponsored by dell though?It would be nice if they updated the graphics chipset, not making a sli setup. If that isn't possible, the framebuffer should be updated to a standard of 256 Mb, and the high end being 512 Mb.
I think they can make minor improvements on the MBP case design (i.e. thinner, colors), but where they can make huge strides is in an elegant docking solution. That's the type of update that if done well and in concert with new Apple displays, could really fuel sales. They create another ecosystem of gear that we all want with another high margin must have accessory added to everyone's shopping list. I'm so used to having one at work with my PC that I'd like to have the same simple setup at home.
nerdbert
macrumors regular
That's a very good idea, but it might not save enough space because the MBP are dual link, which should double the size of a mini dvi port.
I was thinking of replacing the FW 800 port with USB, but it might piss off the few who really use it for some reason (can't think of any benefit from it right now, but I'm sure I'm missing something). Don't get me wrong, I still believe FW is the superior standard, but it's slowly disappearing since USB 2.0 came out. It's still big in the D/V area for very valid reasons, but that's already covered by the FW 400 port...
BornToMac
macrumors 6502a
lol
GoxKok
macrumors member
...no way a bigger card will ever fit into a 1" laptop, esp with heat issues already.
onicon
macrumors regular
no, it's not. fw400 cannot archive the speed needed for high-end video editing. and usb is a laugh, it performs nowhere near the speed of fw400 let alone 800. though it is theoretically specified at 480mbps it does not reach theese speeds in real-life. whereas fw400+800 come very close to their specified speeds.
Wait Just A Bit More...
The Mac book pro Revisions are long overdue. And Im trusting that when they do come it will be worth the wait. The Mac Book pro's as they are now are pretty well equiped. Im hoping for a lighter macbook pro, maybe a tad bit thinner and longer battery life. And faster hard drives. Space is cool, but I feel that no matter how fast your computer is its always limited by how fast data can be written to the drive. And for **** sakes a different casing probably along the lines of the new Imacs. But the new MBP revisions are inevitably coming and soon. So its best to just wait. Ithink Apple did not use Mac world to release MBP in order to keep people focused on the MB-air. Its a good marketing strategy since the MB-air is a very new product.
The Mac book pro Revisions are long overdue. And Im trusting that when they do come it will be worth the wait. The Mac Book pro's as they are now are pretty well equiped. Im hoping for a lighter macbook pro, maybe a tad bit thinner and longer battery life. And faster hard drives. Space is cool, but I feel that no matter how fast your computer is its always limited by how fast data can be written to the drive. And for **** sakes a different casing probably along the lines of the new Imacs. But the new MBP revisions are inevitably coming and soon. So its best to just wait. Ithink Apple did not use Mac world to release MBP in order to keep people focused on the MB-air. Its a good marketing strategy since the MB-air is a very new product.
The only better mobile graphics cards than the one in the MBP are the ones that generate so much heat you only find them in the 2" thick, 10 lb. class of "laptops." If that's what you want, let me off your train! In any case, it doesn't make sense for Apple to release that sort of "laptop," because the only people who buy them are hardcore PC gamers who disdain both Apple and OS X.
Just thought, I condense all the whining into one post....I miserably missed a claim, that I want 10 hrs. of battery life.
I'm right there with you. Right now I upgrade every other release, but... if the keyboard is changed, I'll be grabbing a current top of the line 15" and keeping it for a long, long time.
I just can't get use to the flat keys.
Factory workers in China get the whole week off? I'd be surprised if that was true.
nerdbert
macrumors regular
Regarding FW 400 I totally agree. Like I said prefer this standard over USB. Another benefit of FW is that it does not require a computer in the middle like USB (guess why Intel designed it this way
).However, FW 800 is lacking broad support and even if it was the next big thing one might reason that there are not many devices capable of delivering 800 mbit/s. There's a need for higher transfer speeds for certain devices (like HD cams), but the medium on which such material is recorded doesn't deliver such speeds. Maybe this port is good for attaching your RAID system to your MBP, but then you have to wonder why there is no eSATA port for the current line...
nerdbert
macrumors regular
No, they usually get 5 days off and have to make up for it on the weekends before and after.
It happened to me once when I was studying there and it made me wish for a normal 5-day week (workers are more likely to have a 6 day week)
Also keep in mind that the weather is going crazy right now causing all kinds of delays. But I'm sure they started production a few weeks ago if the new revision comes out in the very near future)
zorinlynx
macrumors G3
I wouldn't mind seeing minor design changes; keep the overall appearance the same, but:
- Magnetic latch like on the Macbooks
- Easier to swap out the hard disk
- Multitouch trackpad
- new style keyboard
and similar improvements that aren't mind blowing but add to usability.
same here
i'm in the same boat - can wait till wednesday though . . i wish both of us luck !
i'm in the same boat - can wait till wednesday though . . i wish both of us luck !
zorinlynx
macrumors G3
You do realize that even the FIRST generation Macbooks beat the tar out of the fastest 12" Powerbooks, right?
I mean, we're talking a massive, totally crippling beating. I've used both.
If you want to upgrade your 12" you are by no means going backwards in the least by going with a Macbook.
As much as a new graphics card would make my long wait worth while, my alternate pessimistic personallity reminds me that the geniuses at apple in all probability will be dombasses and keep the same graphics card (and not even make it 512). They've only switched the graphics cards 1 time in MBPs......they've kept the same graphics cards through updates before, and stinginess is a disease which hopelessly infects apple. This update will probably be comparable to the update they did on the macbook last spring; totally gay (no offense if you are gay).