i'd love to see a new enclosure, but it's probably not coming anytime soon. as far as I know, the current mbp is selling well.
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i'd love to see a new enclosure, but it's probably not coming anytime soon. as far as I know, the current mbp is selling well.
I really hope they put LED screens in the 15 inch MBP on June 11th. I've been waiting to order my MBP till it has the specs I want, so I hope I don't need to wait till october.
what about the mb's
i've been waiting since november for apple to finally make a significant change to their line of notebooks. does apple normally update/upgrade their pro line before the consumer line of computers? i don't need a mbp or anything, it would be nice to get a 15.4, but i really can't afford one. (trying to pay off a car)
i've been waiting since november for apple to finally make a significant change to their line of notebooks. does apple normally update/upgrade their pro line before the consumer line of computers? i don't need a mbp or anything, it would be nice to get a 15.4, but i really can't afford one. (trying to pay off a car)
Uhm...wern`t the MPB`s updated in octber..and the MB`s in November??????? Why didn`t you just buy one then...?
I'm really anxious to see how much of a difference these LED screens actually make over the current model.
At any rate, I'm still keeping up my usual scheming and will be selling my MBP within the next week or so and waiting until school starts back up in August to buy a new one. Figure that kind of cycle is smart since I can typically make the upgrade for free if I time it right (hasn't let me down so far - I went from a Powerbook G4 to the MBP I have now for about $300 over the whole scheme of things).
At any rate, I'm still keeping up my usual scheming and will be selling my MBP within the next week or so and waiting until school starts back up in August to buy a new one. Figure that kind of cycle is smart since I can typically make the upgrade for free if I time it right (hasn't let me down so far - I went from a Powerbook G4 to the MBP I have now for about $300 over the whole scheme of things).
because it wasn't a "major" update. it was just a tiny "tweak" nothing to special. now with the santa rosa chip set and led backlit displays, and maybe expandable memory to 4gbs, now that's an update! something worth buying now. i don't really care about 10.5 at the moment. even if they held off till 2008, i'd rather have the hardware before software. i've been waiting a very long time to go mac.
Why? New laptops are not going to be the revolution you think they might be and you've now wasted all this time without a Mac. Madness.
In the summer Apple has consistently run campaigns aimed at college students where a student using the discount who purchases a computer gets a free iPod mini (now Nano) or can upgrade to more expensive iPods at a greatly discounted cost.
That would have me walking out of the Apple Store with a new MBP and iPhone on the same day! 2GB RAM/160GB HDD base config would be sweet, too. Maybe 8-16 GB of Flash onboard - instant on? Oh, and still "only" $1999? Duuude!
Man, I gotta quit mixing Nyquil & Diet Coke. I keep hallucinating...
Probably won't happen but...
If they did announce new laptops at WWDC, it would be REALLY nice of Apple to include a free, or at least discounted, upgrade to Leopard. But that is highly unlikely, especially given the October release date.
I'm not saying it is deserved, or that they owe it to anyone. I have paid for every version of Mac OSX and been happy to do so. I'm just saying it would be a nice gesture. As it is, they'll probably do that a month or less out.
If they did announce new laptops at WWDC, it would be REALLY nice of Apple to include a free, or at least discounted, upgrade to Leopard. But that is highly unlikely, especially given the October release date.
I'm not saying it is deserved, or that they owe it to anyone. I have paid for every version of Mac OSX and been happy to do so. I'm just saying it would be a nice gesture. As it is, they'll probably do that a month or less out.
Why? New laptops are not going to be the revolution you think they might be and you've now wasted all this time without a Mac. Madness.
i know that.
but i wanted to get more bang for my buck. c2d wasn't that big of a deal even tho i didn't really need a new laptop, it was more of a want and since then, it's now a need. if they came out with these specs in november, i would have purchased one then. i know technology changes every month. if i had it my way, i would have purchased the mb when it first came out last summer. ayways, does apple normally update their pro line before their consumer line? would it be safe to say to expect the updated mb in the fall?
Why change a winning design?
quite a winning design too and if they tweak it and make few small changes such as magnet latch or something small... i am for it. change drastically and leave me with inability to suffer safari 1.0 type of hardware changes till later. im no hardware beta tester
As has been shared several times: it's been a while since and hardware refreshes. And with Apple dropping "Computer" from the name, it makes sense for them to also refresh their look/feel. Starting with the iPhone.
That said, is it possible to look to the iPhone for a hint at where Apple is headed re: hardware design?
Just a thought...
musings... why a swappable hd
yes.
i can't help but be curious as to why so many people here think that a removable hard drive is 'imperative' on a mbp?
it seems to me that the need for more storage would be much better solved by purhasing an external hd/portable external hd.
that would seem to be much more practical as:
1) one then has 2 drives that are 'always' accessible when one wants.
2) one hd can be used as a backup.
3) synching becomes easy (it must be a mess with swappable drives).
4) one can easily be plugged into any computer one wanted.
5) swappable means more fiddly stuff on the mbp.
or am i missing something here? hmmmmmm
any thoughts?
yes.
i can't help but be curious as to why so many people here think that a removable hard drive is 'imperative' on a mbp?
it seems to me that the need for more storage would be much better solved by purhasing an external hd/portable external hd.
that would seem to be much more practical as:
1) one then has 2 drives that are 'always' accessible when one wants.
2) one hd can be used as a backup.
3) synching becomes easy (it must be a mess with swappable drives).
4) one can easily be plugged into any computer one wanted.
5) swappable means more fiddly stuff on the mbp.
or am i missing something here? hmmmmmm
any thoughts?
yes.
i can't help but be curious as to why so many people here think that a removable hard drive is 'imperative' on a mbp?
it seems to me that the need for more storage would be much better solved by purhasing an external hd/portable external hd.
that would seem to be much more practical as:
1) one then has 2 drives that are 'always' accessible when one wants.
2) one hd can be used as a backup.
3) synching becomes easy (it must be a mess with swappable drives).
4) one can easily be plugged into any computer one wanted.
5) swappable means more fiddly stuff on the mbp.
or am i missing something here? hmmmmmm
any thoughts?
I think for the majority of users, you're right, a user replaceable hard drive isn't a must have feature. External hard drives can offer most of the same function.
However, the crowd here is not your typical user. We generally want to put in our own combination of cheaper non-Apple replacement parts, like 3rd party RAM and hard drives. Rather than pay the BTO upgrade costs to get the large, fast hard drive we all really want, we'd rather have a computer that we could swap those components out ourselves. That way, after the initial stock purchase, we could bargain shop for the exact hard drive desired.
In addition, in 6 months time, when a newer, larger, faster hard drive comes out, you can replace the old one easy as pie.
Yeah - i'm interested to see them too; but i doubt it'll be worth an upgrade from the current C2D.
Here here. New Motherboards for Mac Pro /Xserve. Case redesign for MBP. Introduction of a smaller MBP. iPhone. New iPods. New iMacs. And a tablet!!!
What did I miss, oh.... minis.... ummmm...
tv. Need I say more.