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AppliedVisual said:
Just saw this one... Apple and BB are expanding this limited test rollout from 8 stores in the whole country to a whopping 50 stores. Out of over 3000 stores in North America, that's "huge". ...I guess that means I'll be able to just run out to Best Buy and buy my new MBP when they arrive. :rolleyes:

I'd post a link, but you're good at finding them and this one's easy... I stumbled across it 3 places today.
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Hey AppliedVisual,
I wouldn't expect to see them in every BB though. I know they won't be in my store but I can order them, I'll verify that tomorrow. The smaller stores like mine don't always get everything and if they don't sell in some stores they'll no longer stock them in those stores either. But, BB needs to train their employees to sell Apple. If you purchase your Mac at BB, can you still go to Apple and get the apple care plan for it?
 
AppleKrate said:
The guy who swore he wouldn't cut his hair til they released new MBPs
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Haha... I'm hoping I won't end up THAT BAD!!!!!

Oh, Lord give me strength!
 
preludemd said:
Hey AppliedVisual,
I wouldn't expect to see them in every BB though. I know they won't be in my store but I can order them, I'll verify that tomorrow. The smaller stores like mine don't always get everything and if they don't sell in some stores they'll no longer stock them in those stores either. But, BB needs to train their employees to sell Apple. If you purchase your Mac at BB, can you still go to Apple and get the apple care plan for it?
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Yeah, I'm aware of all that... I knew they could be ordered online and I assumed that someone could probably go into a store and order one there if they found the proper, knowledgeable salesperson - if that particular store happened to have such a person. The sarchastic tone and rolling eyes in my above post was just referencing some previous posts where I said that Best Buy doesn't carry Apple computers in their store locations. To which others claimed they did as if it was some normal thing and just because my particular store didn't have them didn't mean that their's didn't. Which I suppose is true, but I was just getting at the fact that there is (as of this moment) only 8 (yes, count them - EIGHT Best Buy) stores in all of N. America that officially stock Apple Computers in the store. And I was pointing out that, out of mere coincidence, the announcement was made today that Apple and Best Buy will be expanding that number to a total of 50 stores over the next few months. There's over so 3200 BB's in N. America, so by the time MWSF rolls around, nearly 1.5% of all Best Buy locations could be selling Apple computers... Meaning that the vast majority of all of us still can't walk into a Best Buy, see a Mac and buy it. ...Not that I'd want to, the Apple Store is literally right across the parking lot from my closest Best Buy. Or I an order online and pay less than half the tax because I live outside city limits.
 
where are they??

was talking to a buddy of mine and he said "ohh yea, i heard c2d macbooks are coming in now"... now... im wondering where/who/when/ how he heard this... and i suspect there isn't a rumor out there that we have not covered in here...

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/...ok-macbook-pros-coming-in-november-208519.php

im sure this isnt anything new... since it does link engadget, but its hope, rumor mill is turning
 
mautal said:
was talking to a buddy of mine and he said "ohh yea, i heard c2d macbooks are coming in now"... now... im wondering where/who/when/ how he heard this... and i suspect there isn't a rumor out there that we have not covered in here...

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/...ok-macbook-pros-coming-in-november-208519.php

im sure this isnt anything new... since it does link engadget, but its hope, rumor mill is turning
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no.. your right, its not news, is been on Mac Rumors Page 2 for days
 
AppliedVisual said:
Yeah, I'm aware of all that... I knew they could be ordered online and I assumed that someone could probably go into a store and order one there if they found the proper, knowledgeable salesperson - if that particular store happened to have such a person. The sarchastic tone and rolling eyes in my above post was just referencing some previous posts where I said that Best Buy doesn't carry Apple computers in their store locations. To which others claimed they did as if it was some normal thing and just because my particular store didn't have them didn't mean that their's didn't. Which I suppose is true, but I was just getting at the fact that there is (as of this moment) only 8 (yes, count them - EIGHT Best Buy) stores in all of N. America that officially stock Apple Computers in the store. And I was pointing out that, out of mere coincidence, the announcement was made today that Apple and Best Buy will be expanding that number to a total of 50 stores over the next few months. There's over so 3200 BB's in N. America, so by the time MWSF rolls around, nearly 1.5% of all Best Buy locations could be selling Apple computers... Meaning that the vast majority of all of us still can't walk into a Best Buy, see a Mac and buy it. ...Not that I'd want to, the Apple Store is literally right across the parking lot from my closest Best Buy. Or I an order online and pay less than half the tax because I live outside city limits.
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"There's over so 3200 BB's in N. America, so by the time MWSF rolls around, nearly 1.5% of all Best Buy locations could be selling Apple computers"

Haha, lol, I guess all the rest are in Mexico then :D , math not being your strong point I guess.

http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/10/18/more.best.buys.carry.macs/

"Apple also began a similar pilot program in Circuit City stores, but said it had no new information on that program." Yeah I remembered correctly.

According to BB's own website ( I guess they could be hallucinating just like me ;) ). http://careers.bestbuy.com/IndustryLeader.asp

"We operate more than 750 stores in the U.S. and Canada under the Best Buy, Future Shop, Geek Squad and Magnolia Audio Video names."
 
AppliedVisual said:
Just saw this one... Apple and BB are expanding this limited test rollout from 8 stores in the whole country to a whopping 50 stores. Out of over 3000 stores in North America, that's "huge". ...I guess that means I'll be able to just run out to Best Buy and buy my new MBP when they arrive. :rolleyes:

I'd post a link, but you're good at finding them and this one's easy... I stumbled across it 3 places today.
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I live here in Minnesota, 30 minutes from BB headquarters. Yet none of our stores around here sell the Apple hardware yet. You would think they would do this closer to corporate...
 
TIRED OF WAITING FOR APPLE'S MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO CATCH UP WITH DELL/LENOVO/SONY etc.???

DO-IT-YOURSELF! INSTALL A MEROM PROCESSOR IN A MACBOOK PRO!

STEP 1: drink 3 shots of tequila to steady your nerves.
STEP 2: crack open MBP case.
STEP 3: de-solder hundreds of minute connections at the processor socket.
STEP 4: duct-tape case together again.
STEP 5: curse Apple for not updating their MBP line sooner!
 

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Butthead said:
"There's over so 3200 BB's in N. America, so by the time MWSF rolls around, nearly 1.5% of all Best Buy locations could be selling Apple computers"

Haha, lol, I guess all the rest are in Mexico then :D , math not being your strong point I guess.

http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/10/18/more.best.buys.carry.macs/

"Apple also began a similar pilot program in Circuit City stores, but said it had no new information on that program." Yeah I remembered correctly.

According to BB's own website ( I guess they could be hallucinating just like me ;) ). http://careers.bestbuy.com/IndustryLeader.asp

"We operate more than 750 stores in the U.S. and Canada under the Best Buy, Future Shop, Geek Squad and Magnolia Audio Video names."
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who came up with the 3200 best buy thing?
It's pretty hilarious, the other thing that's hilarious is the people that believed them.
 
It Could Even Be A Battery Shortage

maverick808 said:
Yeah, but it could be anything. It could be that more of the current non-C2D MBPs have been made to raise stock levels. :(
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It could even be that huge Sony Laptop Battery Recall forcing everything to slow dow while all those millions of batteries have to be replaced by new ones that won't blow up your MacBook(Pro). :eek: :(
 
Multimedia said:
It could even be that huge Sony Laptop Battery Recall forcing everything to slow dow while all those millions of batteries have to be replaced by new ones that won't blow up your MacBook(Pro). :eek: :(
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I think this is a possible, but unlikely reason. Mostly because both Dell and Lenovo also had the same issue with Sony batteries being recalled (most of them being Dell's)...and both of those companies are now getting C2Ds out.

Come on, I thought you were a big fan of the redesign!! ;)
 
If it doesnt happen by the end of October, I'll be pretty dissapointed to say the least. Only waiting will tell...
 
Alright... the million dollar question to those of you so eagerly and angrily waiting for a C2D MacbookPro...

If you want a MBP, it means you're a pro user (or a brat, but I'll go with the former) and that you need the increased performance for your Pro Apps. Unless you're strictly a video producer and work almost exclusively in FCP, chances are that a big part of your daily workflow involves Photoshop or Illustrator.

News Flash: since CS2 isn't a universal binary, your shiny new C2D MBP will run Photoshop at about the same speed as my 1.5GHz Powerbook G4. Sure, the other stuff will be faster, but most of your workflow will grind to a relative halt while Rosetta putts along with the Photoshop elephant on its back.

Why the clamoring and outright anger directed at Apple?? Chill out, supe up your Powerbook for now, and when Adobe gets with the program, you'll have an even better machine waiting for you to make CS3 run faster than Mel Gibson at a Bar Mitzvah. (<-- Too easy?)
 
Butthead said:
"There's over so 3200 BB's in N. America, so by the time MWSF rolls around, nearly 1.5% of all Best Buy locations could be selling Apple computers"

Haha, lol, I guess all the rest are in Mexico then :D , math not being your strong point I guess.
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Yeah, those mundane details.. I was tired, it was late and I was too lazy to even use my calculator widget. Helps if I would put the decimal point in the right place, eh? Although that doesn't account for the following...

"We operate more than 750 stores in the U.S. and Canada under the Best Buy, Future Shop, Geek Squad and Magnolia Audio Video names."
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Huh, what???... What did I do? I got my number out of the investor info... Let me pull it up.... Oh $&!#, I read the number off the wrong damn line. :eek: :eek: :eek: x10^16. I should have questioned the 3200 number... After all, Wal-Mart is "everywhere" and in the back of my mind, I knew they had way less than that. ...Yep, "more than 1,100 discount stores in the United States".

Anyway, you're still Butthead, but I'll email the local management to see if I can change my username to Dumbass.

Anyway, 50+ stores out of 750 isn't bad for a test market I guess. They must be doing just fine if they're expanding it only 4 months after the initial announcement.
 
Funny

I think it's very funny how everyone, including myself, was so eager for it to be released back in Sept. Everyone was saying how it will definitely be released by the 21 or something like that, some Tuesday in Sept and definitely before Oct. Now it's Oct, almost Nov and still nothing. I'm getting a little restless. I know I want my mbp, but now it's crazy. If they release it soon and prior holidays then something new will just pop up in Jan at the show. So, I'm starting to wonder, why even buy it now? I'll go the rest of the month, Nov, and half of Dec. In Dec I'll be traveling abroad until mid Jan. Hopefully then the new laptop/s will be out and I'll be fine. Two months can't be too long. At the very least if they release now and not in Jan I'll most likely get the new OS and maybe they'll enable the processor to be full 64-bit so it'll run at full potential. So I'll wait till then I suppose.
 
clintob said:
Alright... the million dollar question to those of you so eagerly and angrily waiting for a C2D MacbookPro...

If you want a MBP, it means you're a pro user (or a brat, but I'll go with the former) and that you need the increased performance for your Pro Apps. Unless you're strictly a video producer and work almost exclusively in FCP, chances are that a big part of your daily workflow involves Photoshop or Illustrator.
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C2D would be nice and I'll upgrade if they put in an updated chipset capable of 4GB usable RAM. An updated GPU would be nice, but I'm not real hopeful on that... Or the RAM for that matter.
 
brats who dont have alot of $

clintob said:
Alright... the million dollar question to those of you so eagerly and angrily waiting for a C2D MacbookPro...

If you want a MBP, it means you're a pro user (or a brat, but I'll go with the former) and that you need the increased performance for your Pro Apps. Unless you're strictly a video producer and work almost exclusively in FCP, chances are that a big part of your daily workflow involves Photoshop or Illustrator...
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I guess i would be a brat then... im no pro user, and this will be my first mac when i do buy it... it goes back to the whole "why pay top dollar for a machine thats over a year old"... apples are expensive, but they are also very good machines (or so i hear)... i guess what im trying to say is when i buy my macbook i want it to be "top of the line" for that whole week and a half
 
clintob said:
Alright... the million dollar question to those of you so eagerly and angrily waiting for a C2D MacbookPro...

If you want a MBP, it means you're a pro user (or a brat, but I'll go with the former) and that you need the increased performance for your Pro Apps. Unless you're strictly a video producer and work almost exclusively in FCP, chances are that a big part of your daily workflow involves Photoshop or Illustrator.

News Flash: since CS2 isn't a universal binary, your shiny new C2D MBP will run Photoshop at about the same speed as my 1.5GHz Powerbook G4. Sure, the other stuff will be faster, but most of your workflow will grind to a relative halt while Rosetta putts along with the Photoshop elephant on its back.

Why the clamoring and outright anger directed at Apple?? Chill out, supe up your Powerbook for now, and when Adobe gets with the program, you'll have an even better machine waiting for you to make CS3 run faster than Mel Gibson at a Bar Mitzvah. (<-- Too easy?)
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Uhhh. Nope. I am what I would consider a "pro" user and am not in the video/graphics world. I do scientific computing, for which I can get packages in that I need (STATA would be one) that is both universal binary and supports multiple processors. I can and will be able to make use of any increased performance a C2D will give me. I'm not saying that I'm in the mainstream, but for me, it is worth waiting (but how long can I wait?).

Cheers.
 
mautal said:
I guess i would be a brat then... im no pro user, and this will be my first mac when i do buy it... it goes back to the whole "why pay top dollar for a machine thats over a year old"... apples are expensive, but they are also very good machines (or so i hear)... i guess what im trying to say is when i buy my macbook i want it to be "top of the line" for that whole week and a half
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Anyone can buy any machine they want. I have no problem with it. I'm just curious why you would spend $3000 on a notebook that's complete overkill if you're not using "pro" apps? The standard MB, even with Core Duo, is an absolutely awesome machine for most people - I guess it all comes down expendable income.

dkoralek said:
Uhhh. Nope. I am what I would consider a "pro" user and am not in the video/graphics world. I do scientific computing, for which I can get packages in that I need (STATA would be one) that is both universal binary and supports multiple processors. I can and will be able to make use of any increased performance a C2D will give me. I'm not saying that I'm in the mainstream, but for me, it is worth waiting (but how long can I wait?).
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Of course there are are exceptions, and I left room those by saying "chances are". As you said, you are most assuredly in the minority here, and that's certainly not to say your needs are less important. Merely that MOST of the voices of dissention on these forums come from people who either have no need for C2D (the brats I spoke of), or whose needs, like mine, are based largely on "Pro" design apps like Photoshop, which for the next 6 months will run better on G4/G5 processors than Intel.

I just get a kick out of the "I want a golden goose now daddy!" mentality from the people who are up-in-arms over having to wait for a processor that will make virtually no difference in their machine.

More importantly, the improved chipset allowing more RAM is the TRUE item that those of us with a clue are really waiting for. Increasing the max RAM and speeding up the system bus will do far more for the overall speed of the MBP than moving to C2D. That's a fact.
 
Surface mount said:
Being a noob, I may have missed where this was mentioned before, but....

Is there any reason why the Core Duo links on the Macbook pro page are now dead??

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html
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Content writers' bad attention to detail. It suppose to go here:
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/intel.html

Same for the imac core 2 duo link that doesn't go to the c2d link.
Correct link is http://www.apple.com/imac/intel.html

What would be cool though if somebody accidentally discovers a mockup or draft html page in Apple's site for mbp c2d....
 
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