glad somebody agrees with me, i really think it makes sense and i hope its true. I know a whole mess of people who want a 15" consumer laptop anyways, and i want to make sure i have a pro quality machine that's worth the extra money.
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glad somebody agrees with me, i really think it makes sense and i hope its true. I know a whole mess of people who want a 15" consumer laptop anyways, and i want to make sure i have a pro quality machine that's worth the extra money.
damn straight, I've been waiting since august. That better not be the "pro" maybe its the macbook "am"
(just so there was no misunderstanding, that was a joke, K)
There is one advantage, it saves space. A few millimeters on each end. But yea, i'm disappointed by the square express card slot too.
Does that work with notebook power or are you required to lug that rather unsightly power brick around with you everywhere?
damn straight, I've been waiting since august. That better not be the "pro" maybe its the macbook "am"
lol unfortunately even if it is the pro i know i'll be buying it =/ i need the resolution, brightness, matte and graphics card. I just hope i can get everything i want out of it.
I agree too, but I think there will be 3 SKU's for the one that starts at $799, 4 for the MacBook (2 for 13" 2 for 15"), 2 for the Air, and 3 for MacBook Pro (13"?!pleaseplease, 15", and 17"). That's IF they even have 12. Otherwise I think the $799 thing IS the MacBook and there will be probably 9 SKUs.
Not good. Is this a limitation of expresscard devices in general, or just that particular card?
hey that's my picture! I'm gonna try to tell them to give me some credit. Wow, some people think it's real? I never knew my Photoshop skills were that good! Here's my post with that picture:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/578938/
I don't think expresscard has enough power to do firewire, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
Anything to back this up?
Now, I'm really a noob at this camera thing, but I wanted to look this up.
I went to Amazon and looked up their bestselling camcorders:
http://www.amazon.com/Camcorders-Ca...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=448566001&pf_rd_i=502394
There are some smallish cheap ones we don't need further lookup.
And there are some Canon ones, selling for a few hundred dollars.
Canon is a well-respected camera manufacturer, right?
They have a dedicated site for "consumer camcorder" (notice the distinction they make?):
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=173
These things go for a few hundred dollars, up to 1299$ on the high end.
That's more than an entry-level MacBook sells for, right?
Yet I couldn't find anything sporting FireWire.
Same with Sony HDR-SR12 selling for 1299$ at the Sony store.
So even camcorders which cost as much as a MacBook (more than 1000$!) come WITHOUT FireWire.
So who's still saying FireWire is a "must" for importing movies to iMovie?
And who's still insisting they cannot afford a MacBook Pro to along for their video editing?
Does Apple really need to keep FireWire around for the average iMovie guy?
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firewire over Ethernet adapter coming?
Could Apple be packing a ethernet FireWire S800T - to - FW 800 adapter.
Firewire can run over Ethernet - the MacBook has ethernet - Is this bridge possible?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire#FireWire_S800T_.28IEEE_1394c-2006.29
Could Apple be packing a ethernet FireWire S800T - to - FW 800 adapter.
Firewire can run over Ethernet - the MacBook has ethernet - Is this bridge possible?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire#FireWire_S800T_.28IEEE_1394c-2006.29
Well, my bet is this is almost certainly an engineering prototype. If they're talking about ANSI standards, they would have no reason to be concerned with this unless it is only a prototype. And hopefully not the final one.
In the attached picture which i have marked with an arrow and a circle, looks like the exact shape of the old opening switch from the current macbook pro, complete with the hole for the LED (end of the arrow)... on the proper side.
Can anyone lend their eyes to confirm whether they see this as well? That would lead me to believe that these images are just incredibly good fakes.
PS: sorry to anyone using anything less than a 23" cinema display to view this forum... stupid large image.
In the attached picture which i have marked with an arrow and a circle, looks like the exact shape of the old opening switch from the current macbook pro, complete with the hole for the LED (end of the arrow)... on the proper side.
Can anyone lend their eyes to confirm whether they see this as well? That would lead me to believe that these images are just incredibly good fakes.
PS: sorry to anyone using anything less than a 23" cinema display to view this forum... stupid large image.
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Anything to back this up?
Now, I'm really a noob at this camera thing, but I wanted to look this up.
I went to Amazon and looked up their bestselling camcorders:
http://www.amazon.com/Camcorders-Ca...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=448566001&pf_rd_i=502394
There are some smallish cheap ones we don't need further lookup.
And there are some Canon ones, selling for a few hundred dollars.
Canon is a well-respected camera manufacturer, right?
They have a dedicated site for "consumer camcorder" (notice the distinction they make?):
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=173
These things go for a few hundred dollars, up to 1299$ on the high end.
That's more than an entry-level MacBook sells for, right?
Yet I couldn't find anything sporting FireWire.
Same with Sony HDR-SR12 selling for 1299$ at the Sony store.
So even camcorders which cost as much as a MacBook (more than 1000$!) come WITHOUT FireWire.
So who's still saying FireWire is a "must" for importing movies to iMovie?
And who's still insisting they cannot afford a MacBook Pro to along for their video editing?
Does Apple really need to keep FireWire around for the average iMovie guy?
DV and HDV requires FW. Other codecs like AVCHD do not. It has nothing to do with the cost of the camcorder, just the format of the camcorder. Also far more people have DV camcorders than AVCHD ones. For people with DV camcorders or a boat load of DV tapes, yes FW is necessary.
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Use the "" tags.
Ex:
[img]http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=139240&stc=1&d=1223863755
Technically possible: yes.
Likely: not at all, if you ask me.
Now it seems like a really easy call:
- Consumer camcorders come with USB (at least modern ones).
- Apple hasn't offered any FireWire peripheral for a while now, right?
- USB2.0 is good enough for hard drives (yes, it's a bit slower. But not very much so. Many won't even notice)
- USB2.0 is way cheaper than FireWire
- Dropping FW on the MacBook saves costs
- Only including it on the Pro-books makes for nice product differentiation
- There's no evidence of FW ports on the photos of the smaller notebook in this thread
Next MacBook will came without FireWire.
I'd be willing to bet on this.
(OK, that was really my ultimate and final say on the topic)
Well, my bet is this is almost certainly an engineering prototype. If they're talking about ANSI standards, they would have no reason to be concerned with this unless it is only a prototype. And hopefully not the final one.
In the attached picture which i have marked with an arrow and a circle, looks like the exact shape of the old opening switch from the current macbook pro, complete with the hole for the LED (end of the arrow)... on the proper side.
Can anyone lend their eyes to confirm whether they see this as well? That would lead me to believe that these images are just incredibly good fakes.
PS: sorry to anyone using anything less than a 23" cinema display to view this forum... stupid large image.
The LED on the MBP is on the left hand side when you are looking direct at it from the front as if you were sitting in front of the computer. This one is on the right. I also think these might be prototypes since they look kind of childish and incomplete design-wise. Of course, if these are the real final production models Jobs unveils at the keynote, I'll probably say it's the best design ever haha.
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