List: MR Members Waiting To Buy A New MacBook Pro

[BNO]

Your points are well taken, it is certainly not the newest technology in the world, however for myself, it would take a hell of a lot to make me ditch the mac platform.

Regardless, my wife and I are both teachers, and are both in need of new macs. She has a 12" PB and I have an original MB (2.0). I have not had an aluminum mac since my PB 1.25, so I guess I was wondering... is the alum case really that much more easily damageable? I teach in a rough school, however I want this to be my only machine.

I must confess, I love the bloody Air, and if it had a slightly faster 2.5" drive in it, I would grab it is a second. I have just got too many friends at Apple who say that roughly 1/3 of those 1.8" drives die in less than 18 months!

Anyway, I would appreciate your thoughts...

R.

I can't say that the the MBP/PB casing is not durable. A friend of mine had an accident with a motorcycle and he had a 15 inch PB G4 in his regular back pack. The case of the PB just had depression at one corner and the book is still running today.

In my opinion the MBP/PB casing is one of the most solid laptop cases I know. Ok you can grab a Panasonic ThoughBook, but that can't run OS X
A MBP should be a good choice regarding your needs, of course you could buy a PC laptop as mentioned above, but I don't believe that the plastic cases of modern laptops would be as durable as the aluminum case of the MBP.

Back to topic:
This aluminum indeed is a factor that still devides upper-mid-range laptops from the MBP, but only the casing and some more ports do not generate double the price, so lets hope that Apple updates in the next two weeks and everyone can grab a new ingeniouse MBP.

 

[Mister9]

I am a GOLDEN GOD!!!

The new MBP will be launched on February 26th. I have read it in the stars... and it will pass...




But seriously, if it comes out on the 26th will you all ship me like $5 so I can buy one?? We should do some sort of a spread- pick a date within 30 days, starting tomorrow and if you're right- you don't have to pay for your new MBP!! The only thing is it will cost you $5 play... send your money to, slots are filling up!!:
180 Old Johns Drive
Manchester, NH 03060




(btw i made that address up... but I'm totally down if you are.)

 

[gonnabuyamac]

update on shipping time..!!!

ok, so my replacement 2.2 MBP was supposed to ship by feb. 13-15. it didn't. so i checked this morning and now it says, "ships by feb. 20-22". i think it's a little odd that they backed the shipping date up by a whole week - don't you?

maybe next tuesday for the mbp?

 

[Elektroakoustik]

HP has the option for the T9300 2.5ghz Penryn processor in their build. But, it is not shipping yet. Compared to Santa Rosa processors, that have a build date of February 26th, 2008, the Penryn processor has a build date of March 3rd, 2008. Even if their announced in the next two weeks, I wouldn't expect Penryn computers to ship until the beginning of March. And I don't believe Apple will be able to get Intel to give them chips before everyone else due to the problems Intel has been having with the Penryn chips.

 

[spaceballl]

HP has the option for the T9300 2.5ghz Penryn processor in their build. But, it is not shipping yet. Compared to Santa Rosa processors, that have a build date of February 26th, 2008, the Penryn processor has a build date of March 3rd, 2008. Even if their announced in the next two weeks, I wouldn't expect Penryn computers to ship until the beginning of March. And I don't believe Apple will be able to get Intel to give them chips before everyone else due to the problems Intel has been having with the Penryn chips.

True

but you never know... nobody expected intel to build a custom MBA chip for Apple and they did that

 

[Shua]

It is interesting that the valid dates for Amazon's $150.00 off is 1/29-2/18.

Its less then 30 days
More then 15 days.
Ends on a Monday.

That or its just a big coincidence and means absolutely nothing.

*ponder*

 

[Twilight Elk]

What is everyone's new date expectation? The 19th or the 26th?

 

[gonnabuyamac]

It is interesting that the valid dates for Amazon's $150.00 off is 1/29-2/18.

Its less then 30 days
More then 15 days.
Ends on a Monday.

That or its just a big coincidence and means absolutely nothing.

*ponder*

I'm putting out a guess that it's next tuesday, since my mbp shipment was delayed until next wed.

and as far as what they update, i think it will be minor. new processors, multitouch trackpad, magnetic latch. probably a new keyboard, which i don't really want.

 

[Shua]

What is everyone's new date expectation? The 19th or the 26th?

the 19th would be my preference but I wouldn't start whining until the 26th

 

[pgseye]

How far in advance do Apple normally make notification of an event? Should we hear something by mid-next week? (assuming of course, Apple is having something on the 26th)

 

[stagemanagerav]

The last Apple "special event" that wasn't scheduled weeks ahead of time, like Macworld, was the "The Beat Goes On" event on September 5, 2007 hen the new iPods were announced. Invitations were sent out August 28, 2007. This was 8 days before the event, however the event was held on a Wednesday due to the Labor Day Holiday that was that weekend. So my guess would be that we should see invitations on either Monday the 18th or Tuesday the 19th if the event is going to be real. We should also get a title of the event by then, which could help speculation on what exactly will be shown there.

 

[gonnabuyamac]

The last Apple "special event" that wasn't scheduled weeks ahead of time, like Macworld, was the "The Beat Goes On" event on September 5, 2007 hen the new iPods were announced. Invitations were sent out August 28, 2007. This was 8 days before the event, however the event was held on a Wednesday due to the Labor Day Holiday that was that weekend. So my guess would be that we should see invitations on either Monday the 18th or Tuesday the 19th if the event is going to be real. We should also get a title of the event by then, which could help speculation on what exactly will be shown there.

yep, and tuesday there could be new mbp's anyway, so that would drastically affect the 'possible' event

 

[pgseye]

yep, and tuesday there could be new mbp's anyway, so that would drastically affect the 'possible' event

I've given up on this Tuesday - just don't think they are going to do it silently for some reason. Hanging my hopes on an as yet unconfirmed possible event the next week.

It's sad - my life at the moment is reduced to reading various forums on a potential computer update . Think I need to get out more...

 

[Furrybeagle]

I've given up on this Tuesday - just don't think they are going to do it silently for some reason. Hanging my hopes on an as yet unconfirmed possible event the next week.

It's sad - my life at the moment is reduced to reading various forums on a potential computer update . Think I need to get out more...

The original introduction of the MacBook had no keynote or special event (which I think is what you mean by “silently”). I’m now thinking that Tuesday the 19th is actually a possibility. Current MBP shipments have been delayed, and the types of changes we’re looking at have been seen without events before (the original MacBook)


Also, getting out more might be a good idea.

 

[melchior]

Also, getting out more might be a good idea.

but what if the penryn mbp is released while i'm out? i'd never forgive myself

 

[pgseye]

but what if the penryn mbp is released while i'm out? i'd never forgive myself

So true, which is why I've given up sleeping the past few weeks...

;-)

 

[aviationwiz]

aviationwiz: Waiting.

 

[Mister9]

Well even this Mac Pro that came out was a week before that expo event... so you could say it was unexpected. A friend of mine told me that all the Apple laptops are going to have 'Flash' memory like the Air... what do you guys think about that?? I guess its superfast because there are no moving parts and also extremely small... hence the MacBook Air... wait a second, what if the MBA IS THE NEW MBP?! sorry i just had that revelation, okay bye.

 

[Stridder44]

I think we can all agree that it's pretty likely (rumors and whatnot aside) that it's tuesday (or at the latest the next one).

 

[Mister9]

you know I dismissed the Macbook Air from day 1 because I said to myself, "I would totally break that in a week." So I never actually looked at it. Well I just did and I can't understand why anybody in their right minds would ever purchase that hunk of crap.. 1.6 GHz?!?! its like going back in time but you're paying as though its the top of the line?! I don't get it, can anybody enlighten me?? Sorry, this isn't really the right forum for this... I just got curious after I wrote "maybe the MBA is the new MBP?!?!" But its not... okay, bye.

 

[gonnabuyamac]

I think we can all agree that it's pretty likely (rumors and whatnot aside) that it's tuesday (or at the latest the next one).

or possibly wednesday since presidents day is monday...

 

[MickdyMickdyMAC]

Steve Jobs should present/announce the new MBP's by a special webcast from his office while sitting behind his desk.

 

[melchior]

Steve Jobs should present/announce the new MBP's by a special webcast from his office while sitting behind his desk.

i heard he still uses the puck...

 

[rezonat0r]

As others have said the last two MBP refreshes have been silent. I'm betting this one will be no different... We shall see.

 

[gonnabuyamac]

As others have said the last two MBP refreshes have been silent. I'm betting this one will be no different... We shall see.

i'm inclined to believe that... especially if there's nothing super radical about the refresh. i think the rumored event would be about the iphone or maybe some radically new take on the apple tv