Except...
There is no mobile Core 2 Quad out until May at the earliest.
And thats a Core 2 Extreme, so its going to have a huge price tag.
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Except...
There is no mobile Core 2 Quad out until May at the earliest.
And thats a Core 2 Extreme, so its going to have a huge price tag.
perfectly put.
Unless its a new form factor I never quite understand the clamour for Mac "updates". An extra 0.2Ghz of processing power and a slightly better graphics card and maybe 20 extra gigs in the base model. Wow.
actually its not. the soho store is very small and two floors. the chelsea and midtown stores are larger.
follow intel roadmap 
there are no quad core mobile procs until 3rd quarter of this year. and it is also going to be a extreme processor which is unlikely to be put in the macbook pro. i say sometime in 2009 mobile quad cores will be mainstream.
there are no quad core mobile procs until 3rd quarter of this year. and it is also going to be a extreme processor which is unlikely to be put in the macbook pro. i say sometime in 2009 mobile quad cores will be mainstream.
For Those Looking For MB/MBP Updates....
What exactly are you hoping to get in those updates?... It seems every recent Apple announcement gets hijacked by people crowing over what's missing... As if their individual needs should be paramount to Apple's release roadmap and business strategy.
Is it faster processors? more memory? bigger hard drives? etc etc... Even if those things come I fear you're still going to be fairly disappointed. The reason being - the form factor might stay as it is. Look at the current Apple portable designs (bar the 'air') - they are iconic designs, little has changed since the release of the Titanium Powerbook. In almost 7 years we've only seen small teaks to that form - which is utterly iconic. A 7 year old design, with only minor tweaks to its form - is still the best looking portable on the market, no other manufacturer has anything so simple or elegant.
So what's the natural progression for any new design? I think the 'air' points the way, less moving parts (i.e no latches etc), further miniaturization and a very simple streamlining of the design. Of course none of this takes into account actual soft/hardware functionality (multi touch trackpads etc) because it's a given those things will come and, as with other Apple innovations, we will instantly take them for granted simply because they are so well integrated...
I think Apple are setting up their portables for a form factor change - taking their current design and adding more of a natural feel to it, the 'air' doesn't feel 'manufactured' or 'mechanical' - in the same way the ipod doesn't, or the iphone - or even the way we all interact and use Apple software. Its classic Apple - they release something that looks and feels like it's a natural experience; tactile and instantly accessible.
So rather than wanting to force these things through - and demanding Apple have a stricter agenda of releases (that would potentially be detrimental to overall design - turning innovation of engineering and design into a conveyor belt of rushed and over saturated releases), why not trust that what Apple have right now is a fantastic line up of integrated products - and what they have around the corner, will always build on that for the better.
What exactly are you hoping to get in those updates?... It seems every recent Apple announcement gets hijacked by people crowing over what's missing... As if their individual needs should be paramount to Apple's release roadmap and business strategy.
Is it faster processors? more memory? bigger hard drives? etc etc... Even if those things come I fear you're still going to be fairly disappointed. The reason being - the form factor might stay as it is. Look at the current Apple portable designs (bar the 'air') - they are iconic designs, little has changed since the release of the Titanium Powerbook. In almost 7 years we've only seen small teaks to that form - which is utterly iconic. A 7 year old design, with only minor tweaks to its form - is still the best looking portable on the market, no other manufacturer has anything so simple or elegant.
So what's the natural progression for any new design? I think the 'air' points the way, less moving parts (i.e no latches etc), further miniaturization and a very simple streamlining of the design. Of course none of this takes into account actual soft/hardware functionality (multi touch trackpads etc) because it's a given those things will come and, as with other Apple innovations, we will instantly take them for granted simply because they are so well integrated...
I think Apple are setting up their portables for a form factor change - taking their current design and adding more of a natural feel to it, the 'air' doesn't feel 'manufactured' or 'mechanical' - in the same way the ipod doesn't, or the iphone - or even the way we all interact and use Apple software. Its classic Apple - they release something that looks and feels like it's a natural experience; tactile and instantly accessible.
So rather than wanting to force these things through - and demanding Apple have a stricter agenda of releases (that would potentially be detrimental to overall design - turning innovation of engineering and design into a conveyor belt of rushed and over saturated releases), why not trust that what Apple have right now is a fantastic line up of integrated products - and what they have around the corner, will always build on that for the better.
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Well, personally, just some slight improvements will do me but I know what you mean. There are more than a few posters around the forum 'demanding' all the features of a full fledged Mac Pro in their new MBP for 70% of the current price - oh, and a new design that is only slightly bigger than the MBA to boot. Talk about self delusion.
Perhaps a fair call would be more video memory and larger standard HDD sizes.
VRAM for two reasons. (1) is that more people are going to get into HD video editing now that most home camcorders on sale in Best Buy or wherever are HD models and (2) some people will probably want to run boot camp on their MBP's just to play the hottest PC games, most of which really want 512MB VRAM now. The 8600 video card is still not a bad card and higher VRAM levels would see it through in the range until all the major chipset changes due in the second half of this year.
Larger HDD sizes because (1) again, more people are starting to muck around with home made HD video and (2) a lot of people are starting to build up quite big Podcast and other legit downloaded video libraries. I have over 40 episodes of Diggnation plus weekly episodes of several local TV shows from here in Australia on my iTunes podcast library. You add four hours a week of video (even in standard quicktime config, let alone the new Quicktime HD podcasts) to your iTunes library and pretty soon 160GB doesn't look so big!
And of course, what I ACTUALLy meant was...
"This is now assuming the tediousness of the Great "G5 POWERbook Next Tuesday" threads of yore..."
Guess there's no substitute for proof reading, eh?
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I'm a bit disappointed, but maybe the SDK will be released without an event.
I'm a bit disappointed, but maybe the SDK will be released without an event.
Move along, nothing to see here.
Apple is desperately hoping everyone will forget about the SDK and remember that web apps/widgets can do everything...
Apple is desperately hoping everyone will forget about the SDK and remember that web apps/widgets can do everything...
I DEMAND to know what this had to do with anything? I mean, a band doing an unannounced midnight show for nothing? What's up?
Hopefully the iPhone SDK gets delayed, the iPhone users have been getting too much play these past few months. Apple still makes computers and they still need to update their Mac Mini and MacBook Pros before the middle of March, so the Apple engineers better get working on that, and the new case design that it's gonna have before they work on software that should have been out for the phone since the beginning.
And that new redesigned MacBook Pro had better earn the name "PRO" by including some sweet hardware to go along with the sweet software that Apple has.
Not that I personally want a MBA sized 17" book. I could stand for the book being larger so they can put a Dual 2.8 GHz chip inside, 3G, three FW ports, HDMI, dual HDDs on the 17" and maybe even an extra useless USB port so that us road warrior/on the move never at home pros don't have to worry about running out of useable hardware.
And that new redesigned MacBook Pro had better earn the name "PRO" by including some sweet hardware to go along with the sweet software that Apple has.
Well, personally, just some slight improvements will do me but I know what you mean. There are more than a few posters around the forum 'demanding' all the features of a full fledged Mac Pro in their new MBP for 70% of the current price - oh, and a new design that is only slightly bigger than the MBA to boot. Talk about self delusion.
Perhaps a fair call would be more video memory and larger standard HDD sizes.
VRAM for two reasons. (1) is that more people are going to get into HD video editing now that most home camcorders on sale in Best Buy or wherever are HD models and (2) some people will probably want to run boot camp on their MBP's just to play the hottest PC games, most of which really want 512MB VRAM now. The 8600 video card is still not a bad card and higher VRAM levels would see it through in the range until all the major chipset changes due in the second half of this year.
Larger HDD sizes because (1) again, more people are starting to muck around with home made HD video and (2) a lot of people are starting to build up quite big Podcast and other legit downloaded video libraries. I have over 40 episodes of Diggnation plus weekly episodes of several local TV shows from here in Australia on my iTunes podcast library. You add four hours a week of video (even in standard quicktime config, let alone the new Quicktime HD podcasts) to your iTunes library and pretty soon 160GB doesn't look so big!
Not that I personally want a MBA sized 17" book. I could stand for the book being larger so they can put a Dual 2.8 GHz chip inside, 3G, three FW ports, HDMI, dual HDDs on the 17" and maybe even an extra useless USB port so that us road warrior/on the move never at home pros don't have to worry about running out of useable hardware.