I highly doubt it, but it is possible since the White Macbook is on a different cycle than the Macbook Pro's. The summer will be a likely update for regular Macbook. It will be interesting to see if Apple sticks a Core i3 in it, or if they stick with Core2Duo.
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I highly doubt it, but it is possible since the White Macbook is on a different cycle than the Macbook Pro's. The summer will be a likely update for regular Macbook. It will be interesting to see if Apple sticks a Core i3 in it, or if they stick with Core2Duo.
If Apple goes for the i3 in regular MacBook, they have to call it MacBookRealPro 'cause it would burn current MBP 13"
If Apple goes for the i3 in regular MacBook, they have to call it MacBookRealPro 'cause it would burn current MBP 13"
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I ordered mine anyway, instead of waiting for "something" to happen... but, sure as hell curious to see what apple does in the next update !
Why open a tangential argument about whether HDMI or DisplayPort is a better standard? Home theatre equipment has little or no DisplayPort support.
My questions have been about HDMI audio support.
Moot point, as the uncompressed video and audio signals can be relayed through an HDMI adapter.
Moot point again, as HDMI needs no audio support - the uncompressed audio signals are relayed to the appropriate channels through an HDMI adapter.
HDMI also relays compressed and bitstream audio. Check your facts before posting. (Also check whether the "relay" is a passive electrical connection, or a transcoding from DisplayPort protocols to HDMI protocols.)
Since DP 1.2 does nothing to transcode signals, again this is a moot point.
We'll certainly have more answers after DP 1.2 is fully implemented.
But, a DP1.2 to HDMI1.3a/b adaptor might need to transcode or buffer.
Once again, this isn't about the DisplayPort specs - it's about the HDMI specs, and whether (by any means) Apple or 3rd parties can do a full HDMI 1.3a/b connection to an HDMI device connected via some kind of dongle to the mini DisplayPort.
It doesn't matter if the dongle does the transcoding, or the Apple hardware/firmware/software recognizes that an HDMI device is connected and sends HDMI signals rather than DisplayPort signals down the copper wires in the mDP connector.
What matters is that the HDMI component on the other end of the wire sees a fully compliant HDMI 1.3a/b connection.
If you reread the thread, Hal and I agreed that "it would be nice if Apple's spec sheet contained more nitty-gritty...". There's no information to prove full support for HDMI 1.3a/b or not - but it's scary that the existing "HDMI MDP with audio" adaptors for the MacBooks only send analog stereo as the "audio" channel.
Apple, tell us more.
compressed audio does work
Good news - Apple should improve their description of "audio out" so that Home Theatre users don't worry.
I wonder if 8 channel 24-bit 96 KHz and the lossless 7.1 compressed formats are supported, but since Apples don't have BD drives - it's hard to test .
UPDATE: we hooked the MacBook Pro up to a Denon receiver, under the watchful eye of home theater reviewer Matthew Moskovciak, and played Sin City on DVD.
The initial audio stream was in PCM, and sounded good with a few initial drop-outs on the receiver.
We then switched audio outputs in the DVD players settings, using what Apple listed as "internal HDMI out," and got Dolby Digital 5.1 audio that sounded as good as HDMI, again with a few odd initial audio hiccups.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20002595-1.html
Good news - Apple should improve their description of "audio out" so that Home Theatre users don't worry.
I wonder if 8 channel 24-bit 96 KHz and the lossless 7.1 compressed formats are supported, but since Apples don't have BD drives - it's hard to test
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i'm late to the party, but i just received a new iMac and the magic mouse's scrolling momentum is very nice. i'm not entirely sure why they don't just make this standard in Mac OS X? why can't my 13" aluminum MacBook have momentum scrolling? adding the program to 10.6.4 would be ideal.