List: MR Members Waiting To Buy A New MacBook Pro

[Stridder44]

I know this was just talked about above, but here's the original quote:

Hi Gang!
First time poster.
I finally got around to ordering my Macbook Pro (almost ordered a Dell XPS 1330). Work is covering the lease.
Maxed out the 15.4" MBP and placed order on Jan 22nd. To be delivered by Feb 8th.
Been checking delivery status all week as I wait for my new MBP.
Noticed it didn't ship yesterday like it was supposed to.
Starting checking rumor sites and I found a no buy recommendation, siting it's due for an upgrade.
This morning I get a notice from Apple saying due to unexpected delay we have revised the shipping date as follows. Ship Feb. 26th, Delivery March 8th.
SO now I'm wondering if they are having part shortage, or if they are updating the MBP line and I am waiting for a MBP from the updated line????????
Dang, do I wait or do I cancel and reorder??????
Macsleuth

That sounds very promising to me. What other reason could there be for this delay. The only crappy thing about this is the date; MARCH 8TH!!?? *SIGH*

But hey, if that means they're actually updated (not refreshed) then it will totally be worth the wait.

 

[Twe Foju]

if it's gonna be shipped on the 26th of February

definitely you will want to wait for an update

 

[ibinco]

Well that could mean good news. Lets all hope these puppies will be updated soon enough.

 

[esvee]

I had a dream last night that the new mbps had 8800GTs in them..

 

[gd0014]

One Announcement per Week?

After waiting patiently for a MBP update a few weeks after MacWorld (and many months before), and after seeing a pink nano and the possibility of a Leopard update on Tuesday, I am starting to think Apple may be intending to make one announcement on every Tuesday in 2008. Sounds a bit crazy, but I am sure they can manage to say something about one of their many products on a weekly basis.

Remember the keynote? 'Only 2 weeks in, and we have the Air, Time Capsule, etc, and there are still 50 weeks to go.'

And assuming the 'delayed MBP order' post is true (feb 26th shipping day, Tuesday) we are starting to see a pattern. Yes, I know apple usually makes announcements on Tuesday, but every Tuesday?

Jan 8 - Mac Pros
Jan 15 - Macbook Air, Time Capsule, iTunes Rentals, iPhone/Touch Updates
Jan 22 - Pink 8GB Nano
Jan 29 - Leopard 10.5.2??
Feb 5 -
Feb 12 -
Feb 19 -
Feb 26 - MBP Update??
Mar 4 - iMac Penryn Update?
Mar 11 - Macbook Penryn Update?
Mar 18 -

What are everyone's thoughts? Might be a longshot, but given Steve made a point of the 50 more weeks to go, I feel that Apple has a lot to release this year.

 

[Snowcat001]

Updates every week seems wishfullthinking to me. It's allot of work to be done! And if you do it once, people will expect you to do it every year. And if you don't, you'll have allot of people having an unhappy 2009
An update every month though would be very nice!

 

[BigBadErik]

MacBook Pro ASAP

Jeez, I have a 17" G4 PB and have been waiting for four months, because I need a new one ASAP! Come on, let's do it!

Sincerely,
Erik

 

[rhyx]

After waiting patiently for a MBP update a few weeks after MacWorld (and many months before), and after seeing a pink nano and the possibility of a Leopard update on Tuesday, I am starting to think Apple may be intending to make one announcement on every Tuesday in 2008. Sounds a bit crazy, but I am sure they can manage to say something about one of their many products on a weekly basis.

Remember the keynote? 'Only 2 weeks in, and we have the Air, Time Capsule, etc, and there are still 50 weeks to go.'

And assuming the 'delayed MBP order' post is true (feb 26th shipping day, Tuesday) we are starting to see a pattern. Yes, I know apple usually makes announcements on Tuesday, but every Tuesday?

Jan 8 - Mac Pros
Jan 15 - Macbook Air, Time Capsule, iTunes Rentals, iPhone/Touch Updates
Jan 22 - Pink 8GB Nano
Jan 29 - Leopard 10.5.2??
Feb 5 -
Feb 12 -
Feb 19 -
Feb 26 - MBP Update??
Mar 4 - iMac Penryn Update?
Mar 11 - Macbook Penryn Update?
Mar 18 -

What are everyone's thoughts? Might be a longshot, but given Steve made a point of the 50 more weeks to go, I feel that Apple has a lot to release this year.

Exactly what I was thinking. Good catch.

 

[Val-kyrie]

I Want to Know About the FSB Mem Controller

Count me in for a 15''/17'' MBP (I need to hold it before I know which one).
I'm banking on;
Penryn chips (a definite)
Multitouch (likely)
Bluray (unlikely)
New case design based on Macbook Air (it's all aesthetics!)
Revamped keyboard

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  Here's hoping, one things for sure though, third party RAM is the only way to go.
  
  I love my iBook G4 but it's time to upgrade, BIGTIME! I'm sick of playing the upgrade waiting game...

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  Ditto on the RAM. I wish we knew if Apple will use a chipset with the same Memory Controller (@667MHz) or will use a new higher frequency Memory Controller (@800MHz). Newegg is running a sale on dual-channel Mushkin RAM (2 x 2GB) for approximately $70 until Feb. 2. I plan to max out the RAM on a new MBP when they are released and this is such a great price that it just hurts to let it go.

 

[ryuenten]

After waiting patiently for a MBP update a few weeks after MacWorld (and many months before), and after seeing a pink nano and the possibility of a Leopard update on Tuesday, I am starting to think Apple may be intending to make one announcement on every Tuesday in 2008. Sounds a bit crazy, but I am sure they can manage to say something about one of their many products on a weekly basis.

Remember the keynote? 'Only 2 weeks in, and we have the Air, Time Capsule, etc, and there are still 50 weeks to go.'

And assuming the 'delayed MBP order' post is true (feb 26th shipping day, Tuesday) we are starting to see a pattern. Yes, I know apple usually makes announcements on Tuesday, but every Tuesday?

Jan 8 - Mac Pros
Jan 15 - Macbook Air, Time Capsule, iTunes Rentals, iPhone/Touch Updates
Jan 22 - Pink 8GB Nano
Jan 29 - Leopard 10.5.2??
Feb 5 -
Feb 12 -
Feb 19 -
Feb 26 - MBP Update??
Mar 4 - iMac Penryn Update?
Mar 11 - Macbook Penryn Update?
Mar 18 -

What are everyone's thoughts? Might be a longshot, but given Steve made a point of the 50 more weeks to go, I feel that Apple has a lot to release this year.

Or not. We will have to wait until May for Penry. (http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/intel-releasing-15-montevina-cpus-in-may/)

May... It's more than for moths to wait. A long time to wait.

 

[gd0014]

Exactly what I was thinking. Good catch.

You have to think, that for Apple, the keynote is an extremely (if not the most) effective advertising platform, and they have a limited amount of time to make the most impact. For Steve to make a point of the '50 weeks to go' - he is saying something. You don't put up dedicated slides about a passing thought.

 

[Val-kyrie]

Chill

It hasn't died down, we're just all pissed.

We should put together a "letter", rather one that asks Jobs to release the new MBP and has the list of users who are waiting. Then via, copy and paste, send it to Steve.

You need to chill a little. I really need a MBP very soon, as well, but I would rather wait and see a more significant update than have instant gratification and lose potential upgrades. There are some neat things coming to the laptop market, but I am uncertain whether this revision or the next will see most of these implemented - with my luck it will be the latter - such as NVidia Hybrid SLI graphics (integrated and discrete gfx together), Display Port, HDMI ports, DX 10.1 (NV 8800M) and the Montevina platform with its various updates. The only problem is that these are either not widespread in laptops (NV Hybrid SLI for NV chipsets, NV 8800M, Display Port, HDMI) yet or slated for Q2 (NV Hybrid SLI for Intel chipsets, Montevina) which means they will likely be implemented in the next revision later in the year, unless Apple pulls in favors to do early implementation for/experimentation on Apple users. Let's hope the delay means at least an updated gfx card along with expected Penryn chip and perhaps Display Port for new Apple Displays. The rest is dreaming for now.

 

[Stridder44]

You need to chill a little.

Why?

You didn't think I was serious about sending Jobs a letter. As if that would do anything other than fill his inbox a little more.

 

[Val-kyrie]

Or not. We will have to wait until May for Penry. (http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/intel-releasing-15-montevina-cpus-in-may/)

May... It's more than for moths to wait. A long time to wait.

You are not quite correct. If you followed the link in that article you would see that Intel is shipping current Penryn chips now, but in very limited supply. However, the article to which you link speaks about the revised Penryn chips which are due out in May for the upcoming Montevina platform. The questions remaining pertain to when Apple will release Penryn, which generation of Penryn chips they will use, and correlatively whether Apple is planning one more generation of the SR platform with Penryn or whether it will wait and jump (early?) to Montevina (with (possibly DDR3) 800MHz RAM) which is slated for release in Q2. However, Q2 could be as late as June.

 

[Val-kyrie]

Why?

You didn't think I was serious about sending Jobs a letter. As if that would do anything other than fill his inbox a little more.

No, I was only concerned about your blood pressure.

Actually, I think we should send SJ a letter. He really needs another ego boost!

 

[gd0014]

You are not quite correct. If you followed the link in that article you would see that Intel is shipping current Penryn chips now, but in very limited supply. However, the article to which you link speaks about the revised Penryn chips which are due out in May for the upcoming Montevina platform. The questions remaining pertain to when Apple will release Penryn, which generation of Penryn chips they will use, and correlatively whether Apple is planning one more generation of the SR platform with Penryn or whether it will wait and jump (early?) to Montevina (with (possibly DDR3) 800MHz RAM) which is slated for release in Q2. However, Q2 could be as late as June.

I am thinking that the next release of the MBP will use the first gen Penryn chips. Why? Because: A. This MBP has likely been in the works for some time, so was probably developed under the (then state of the art and unreleased) penryn gen 1 chips. And B. Apple can squeeze in more revisions (and hence attract more buyers) by first issuing a MBP with the gen 1 platform, and later in the fall/winter release a new MBP with Montevina.

If Apple waited until June to release a new MBP, they would be behind others (Sony,IBM, etc) by 5-6 months. When you are a top computer manufacturer, you have to keep up with the technology. I don't expect that apple would skip over processors that are perfectly suitable for their products because 'something better is coming out'. (Sound familiar?)

 

[mashoutposse]

An updated MBP will be announced within the next three weeks for sure. The base model will probably look like this:

2.5Ghz Penryn
2GB RAM
160GB 5400RPM HDD
8600M GT 256MB
$1999

You'd be crazy to buy now. And there is an approximately 0% chance that the MBP will remain static until Summer.

 

[ryuenten]

An updated MBP will be announced within the next three weeks for sure. The base model will probably look like this:

2.5Ghz Penryn
2GB RAM
160GB 5400RPM HDD
8600M GT 256MB
$1999

You'd be crazy to buy now. And there is an approximately 0% chance that the MBP will remain static until Summer.

How do you know that? I think we will have to wait until Summer for this update. Sad, but true.

 

[Stridder44]

How do you know that? I think we will have to wait until Summer for this update. Sad, but true.

Highly doubt that.

 

[telecomm]

How do you know that? I think we will have to wait until Summer for this update. Sad, but true.

Are you still talking about the Montevina update? I don't think anyone here is waiting for that revision. Summer, at the earliest, for Montevina, but it's a near certainty that we'll see Penryn before that.

 

[Martin C]

Count me in. I'm waiting for a revision and am still crossing my fingers for a 13.3'' model.

 

[jackinlost]

count me in

 

[SamNeeds]

I'll be getting a Macbook Pro in 3 or 4 months. I'm in the process of researching which model would be best for me. Once I know that then I can start planning ahead with the financial side, as lets face it, the MBP is bl00dy expensive!

 

[tcador]

I've found a new in box MBP (warranty runs out November '08), 2.4ghz, 2GB, 256MB video, 160GB w/AppleCare for $2350 shipped. Am I crazy to purchase this now?

 

[ryuenten]

Are you still talking about the Montevina update? I don't think anyone here is waiting for that revision. Summer, at the earliest, for Montevina, but it's a near certainty that we'll see Penryn before that.

Maybe. But what it's the problem, Apple - why does it take so long time if it just the Penry-update and multitouch are in new in Macbook PRO?