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List: MR Members Waiting To Buy A New MacBook Pro
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Put me down as waiting for a 15"...after a multi-touch and penryn update...hoping for this Tuesday, but I realize that it probably won't be until a few weeks after the Air has been out. After all, Apple wouldn't want early adopters of the Air to be able to return for a new MBP.
Oh, and this would be my first Mac...I sold my laptop around Christmas for hopes of a 13" Pro, now I'm laptop-less and the withdrawal is starting to set in.
Oh, and this would be my first Mac...I sold my laptop around Christmas for hopes of a 13" Pro, now I'm laptop-less and the withdrawal is starting to set in.
posting from my new mbp. glad i didnt wait any longer.... using this machine is beyond godly and os x owns!!!! its so fun to use! 
makes me wonder why i didn't switch to mac ages ago.
got my bootcamp partition with xp running on fusion as well for work... running windows side by side with leopard makes you realize just how terrible and bland windows is.
will post some pix later in the picture forum ^ ^
makes me wonder why i didn't switch to mac ages ago.got my bootcamp partition with xp running on fusion as well for work... running windows side by side with leopard makes you realize just how terrible and bland windows is.
will post some pix later in the picture forum ^ ^
I've had a MacBook Pro... sold it, bought an iPhone and a MacBook. Now I am waiting for the revision of the MacBook Pro and will get it the day it comes out!
I'm still holding out a little bit of hope for a 12" MBP, having had 2 12" PB's, but I don't think its likely.
I'm still holding out a little bit of hope for a 12" MBP, having had 2 12" PB's, but I don't think its likely.
I was waiting really really bad for a new macbook pro at macworld and it didn't come. I needed one too bad so I picked up the cheapest macbook. I felt that if I went cheap and a new macbook pro came out a month or so later it wouldn't be that big of a hit. The current macbook pro line is just too old looking. Blahh.
If you are talking about the actual appereance of the MBP, then I'm not sure that this update refresh is going to be what you are looking for in terms of a redesign or a different design. Although it's not impossible, the logic would seem that they wouldn't create an entire case redesign on this update, since it will most likely be just the processor change, and a possible change in the GPU, and maybe some new BTO options to come with the unit.
I would bet you are correct but I still won't be buying. The design is crap. The latch is old. When closed it rocks left to right on the latch. It now must have the gesture pad too. I will hold out until it is redesigned. However long that takes.
No, and I suspect we're in the majority. Even multi-touch doesn't strike me as an absolutely necessary addition, though the keynote remark suggests it's on its way.
I'd agree with you on that. The current design on the MBP is quite fine. However, considering that it has had the exact same design for a lot of years now, its hard not to admit that the computer is really due for something new in the casing.
A good case for end of February...
http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_new_macbook_pros_are_coming
This article in Computerworld makes reference to the delay on the Penryn chips, which are now not expected to ship in large quantities until the end of February. It also suggests that some MBA form factors may find their way to the MBP. This makes sense: MBP is Apple's top of the line laptop. It should be expected to have not only their best internal technology but also their best keyboard, iSight, touchpad, etc.
I just need to readjust my time frame to end of Feb. ship date with maybe an early or mid Feb. announcement. OK, so another 5 weeks... At least all the press seems to agree that the update is indeed imminent, if not overdue!
http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_new_macbook_pros_are_coming
This article in Computerworld makes reference to the delay on the Penryn chips, which are now not expected to ship in large quantities until the end of February. It also suggests that some MBA form factors may find their way to the MBP. This makes sense: MBP is Apple's top of the line laptop. It should be expected to have not only their best internal technology but also their best keyboard, iSight, touchpad, etc.
I just need to readjust my time frame to end of Feb. ship date with maybe an early or mid Feb. announcement. OK, so another 5 weeks... At least all the press seems to agree that the update is indeed imminent, if not overdue!
5 weeks would not be so bad....
What sort of upgrade is expected to the built in iSight?
I've been waiting on this bump since the fall and had the cash ready at about the first of the year. I know the current 2.2/2.4 would more than meet my needs, but like many others here, I just want my money to go as far a possible on the latest and greatest. A few more weeks is nothing really....
intel has neither confirmed or denied the penryn's being delayed. Hopefully they haven't, because I think I'd explode if I had to wait until the end of Feb.
End of Feb. is not too bad as a worst case scenario... I'm just anxious for the announcement; it's the not knowing that's killing me. If I knew "what and when" I'd feel better about the whole thing.
Even if they announced today, a 2-3 week shipping window puts it in our hands mid-late February. My guess (hope?) is that they announce next week, perhaps Tuesday 1/29, since this Tuesday is the Apple earnings call. That timing would seem to fit nicely with customers and Apple stores receiving MBA's and a late Feb. ship date for new MBP's.
New iSight on MBA is just higher resolution, I don't recall exact specs. I use video iChat constantly with friends in Europe, etc. so improving MBP iSight would be a nice little perk for me.
Even if they announced today, a 2-3 week shipping window puts it in our hands mid-late February. My guess (hope?) is that they announce next week, perhaps Tuesday 1/29, since this Tuesday is the Apple earnings call. That timing would seem to fit nicely with customers and Apple stores receiving MBA's and a late Feb. ship date for new MBP's.
New iSight on MBA is just higher resolution, I don't recall exact specs. I use video iChat constantly with friends in Europe, etc. so improving MBP iSight would be a nice little perk for me.
Yeah I kind of feel the same way. I would love it if they would just announce it already. I don't care whether or not it comes with some month long waiting period, just give me the oppurtunity to pre-order this machine. I other companies, such as Sony have already released the specifications for some of their new penryn laptops, (although they don't have a pre-order for it on their site), and I think Apple should do the same, so at least we can know that we aren't being completely ignored on the Apple end.
I have a feeling that by this time next month, we will all have made the transformation from "waiters' to "very happy campers". It's coming soon and it's going to be a little more than just a minor speed bump from Penryn. In other words, pretty much what most of us have been asking for.
Maybe by this time next month people will be bitching about the new MBP's already!
Maybe by this time next month people will be bitching about the new MBP's already!
I have had a change of mind too! I am really hoping that it won't be a minor update. Give me Penryn, maybe 0,2Ghz more to the base model and 128mb more on the graphiccard - or a whole new one. That would make me MORE then happy!
And if they could please do it quick!?
I'd even fly to America to get it instantly.. (living in DK)
And if they could please do it quick!?
I'd even fly to America to get it instantly.. (living in DK)
Information getting more frequent & more reliable:
And now this from AppleInsider:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...acbook_pros_to_gain_multi_touch_trackpad.html
And now this from AppleInsider:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...acbook_pros_to_gain_multi_touch_trackpad.html
That link above looks promising, and I maintain that I will update the list at some stage soon; I'm now up to my neck in a chemistry project!
That would just be awesome, if base model would be 2,5Ghz .. omg! But then again, if they are to be compared to other laptops on the market, then of course this wouldn't be too much.
Note: 16,5% increased battery time in this test. (from a 2,6Ghz MBP)
Note: 16,5% increased battery time in this test. (from a 2,6Ghz MBP)
Who said anything about Macbook Pros? They tested two Dell Latitude D630s for the Merom vs. Penryn comparison. That should hopefully translate over to the Apple line, though.