Is there another Apple product line with Core 2 Duo available right now?generik said:
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jericho878 said:
1. You've made my first point - Apple is screwing the customer, by only offering yesterday's processor at today's prices! Every manufacturer, except Apple, sells C2D in top-of-the-line units, and offers CD at a discount. Maybe Apple's new sales slogan could be: "Pay our inflated charge for yesterday's technology ... or piss off!"
2. "Plenty of alternatives?" Puh-lease! Knock-knock ..... what "alternative," in a lappie, do we have? Oh, that's right - none! Old-school Core-Duo, whether in MacBooks or MacBook "Pros." Your solution: "by a C2D iMac or nothing at all?" Riiiiiight! Put a handle on the iMac and pull it around on wheels?
Not meaning to vent on you, but Apple simply has no excuse to be left behind like this. They're using the same parts as every other PC maker - same choices at the same prices. If they're going to offer only "last generation" choices, then they should sell them at discount prices. They'd still be "making a fortune on them."
for the love of Apple 
this is starting to get longer and longer and my patience is getting tested each time. how i wish that the next morning I woke up, the first thing that shows up on www.apple.com will be a newly updated MBP (screw the MB, I don't care about it ). Thank God my 5-year-old-computer still manage to stay as alive as it is currently.
this is starting to get longer and longer and my patience is getting tested each time. how i wish that the next morning I woke up, the first thing that shows up on www.apple.com will be a newly updated MBP (screw the MB, I don't care about it ). Thank God my 5-year-old-computer still manage to stay as alive as it is currently.iBorg20181 said:
I see that you have a point. A point that Apple should really folllow. That way, I'm sure it will capture at least some extra 10% of THAT PC market. As people would have realised, price does really matter. Take a look at all of those TV ads, none of them goes by the slogan "Mac is cheaper", they dare not mention "Mac is more expensive, but more awesome", nobody is daring enough to boast about their higher price while promoting greater spec, neither is Apple
looks like Apple screwed themselves by pushing the 1" form factor, as if it hadnt screwed them in the 15" MBP already. now all the fan boys will be whining when the new MBP comes out and its thicker than the last one. I won't care as long as it has a better GPU and supports 64bit. 160 gig hd would be nice too. Oh yea and no DL DVD burning in 15" was a deal breaker on the first version.
What I want to know is what the hell has apple been doing for the last 9 months?
Oh thats right adding another drive bay to the PowerMac and putting an iMac in a bigger case. Talk about a company walking the bleeding edge of technology.
What I want to know is what the hell has apple been doing for the last 9 months?
Oh thats right adding another drive bay to the PowerMac and putting an iMac in a bigger case. Talk about a company walking the bleeding edge of technology.
i see next weeks posting already
i forsee the posting of next week already... they will read alot like that quote up there
i dont like the whole idea of this silent update thing, its making me more obssesive checking that dammed apple site 9999999X a day looking for any clues
reflex said:
i forsee the posting of next week already... they will read alot like that quote up there
i dont like the whole idea of this silent update thing, its making me more obssesive checking that dammed apple site 9999999X a day looking for any clues
Why don't we all just post next week's comments now?
I can predict we'll see some people asking when the next likely date is, someone saying that it will definately be tuesday, someone else saying that they heard from a bloke they know that it was going to be tuesday, then a whole load of people asking if it's 9am in Cupertino yet, and finaly someone saying "so ... next tuesday then?".
I can predict we'll see some people asking when the next likely date is, someone saying that it will definately be tuesday, someone else saying that they heard from a bloke they know that it was going to be tuesday, then a whole load of people asking if it's 9am in Cupertino yet, and finaly someone saying "so ... next tuesday then?".
so whens the next date?
so when IS the next date??
Tuesday the 17th i bet... right after the promo for printers & .mac expire
btw bloke is an awesome word... but i know for sure its going to be this next tuesday because some bloke told me!
bazzalisk said:
so when IS the next date??
Tuesday the 17th i bet... right after the promo for printers & .mac expire
btw bloke is an awesome word... but i know for sure its going to be this next tuesday because some bloke told me!
It is NOT going to be updated in MWSF because Apple do not have enough stock of Macbooks and Macbook Pros to last over the holiday season.
Predictions are Apple will sell around 1 millions notebooks over the holiday season... How can they without the stock?
They will be here, i think MBPs by end of oct then MBs by middle of Nov.
Predictions are Apple will sell around 1 millions notebooks over the holiday season... How can they without the stock?
They will be here, i think MBPs by end of oct then MBs by middle of Nov.
i cant wait any longer!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I think im gonna have to buy an iMac instead although i have absolutely no use for it and i really just need a MBP. Anyone care to help me out? There is one issue preventing me from transitioning to a mac - its the signature in my profile
I think im gonna have to buy an iMac instead although i have absolutely no use for it and i really just need a MBP. Anyone care to help me out? There is one issue preventing me from transitioning to a mac - its the signature in my profile
PeterC. said:
What would be even more lame will be that after that huge wait we get no magnetic latches and hard drive panels... no pre-N wireless cards too, it'd just be a processor swap.
Then people will go, "Oh, SR is coming out soon! SR MBPs next Tuesday"
The website times and the emailed times dont seem to match for building and shipping orders just now?
A friend ordered a MBP yesterday with a few BTO options and the site said 3 days to build. He then got an email stating 17th for shipping, and the 25th for delivery.
I know apple like to cover their asses when it comes to shipping but i have ordered may BTOs from them over the years and this wait seems off. For the website to say 3 days to build a custom order but email a quote of 6-7 days to build and a delivery estimate of 25th October, is that not a little strange.
Any opinions?
A friend ordered a MBP yesterday with a few BTO options and the site said 3 days to build. He then got an email stating 17th for shipping, and the 25th for delivery.
I know apple like to cover their asses when it comes to shipping but i have ordered may BTOs from them over the years and this wait seems off. For the website to say 3 days to build a custom order but email a quote of 6-7 days to build and a delivery estimate of 25th October, is that not a little strange.
Any opinions?
Hello! It's my first post here, but i've been following the new MacBook/Pro discussion for a while now.
My roommate ordered a BTO MacBook 5 weeks ago at an onlinestore, he talked to them yesterday on the phone to ask why it takes so long...
They told him they had to cancel his order because Apple is not shipping any laptops at this moment because the new MacBooks and MacBookPros will be out the 24th of Oktober.
thought it might interest some around here.
My roommate ordered a BTO MacBook 5 weeks ago at an onlinestore, he talked to them yesterday on the phone to ask why it takes so long...
They told him they had to cancel his order because Apple is not shipping any laptops at this moment because the new MacBooks and MacBookPros will be out the 24th of Oktober.
thought it might interest some around here.
PeterC. said:
but as i have said it is showing apple does not have much notebook stock to last over the holiday season
Mbp
Somehow I find that hard to believe...
habicht said:Hello! It's my first post here, but i've been following the new MacBook/Pro discussion for a while now.
My roommate ordered a BTO MacBook 5 weeks ago at an onlinestore, he talked to them yesterday on the phone to ask why it takes so long...
They told him they had to cancel his order because Apple is not shipping any laptops at this moment because the new MacBooks and MacBookPros will be out the 24th of Oktober.
thought it might interest some around here.
Somehow I find that hard to believe...
habicht said:Hello! It's my first post here, but i've been following the new MacBook/Pro discussion for a while now.
My roommate ordered a BTO MacBook 5 weeks ago at an onlinestore, he talked to them yesterday on the phone to ask why it takes so long...
They told him they had to cancel his order because Apple is not shipping any laptops at this moment because the new MacBooks and MacBookPros will be out the 24th of Oktober.
thought it might interest some around here.
Maybe Apple Europe is COMPLETELY sold out?
Funny thing is we still have heaps of them in Australia