Aren't most LED displays thinner than the MacBook Pro's display?
What I WANT and what I THINK Apple will release are two different things.
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There's a simple rule for these sorts of questions: has it been available in PC laptops half the price of the MBP for over a year?
Answer: a few months short of a year. So maybe not.
Tex-Twil
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It was a joke. I asked this "question" because it has been already asked like 100 times in 100 different posts 😉 and sportguy0913 had just said
Other useful metrics:
9/7/2008 -- Buyer's Guide average date for MBP
9/9/2008 -- 8 weeks after Montevina announcement
I wanted to add these to the discussion because I'm getting tired of seeing the September-16th-because-the-back-to-school-promo-ends-on-the-15th rumors. That reasoning ignores the MBP's, iMacs, and Minis released during the promo just last year, and the iMacs and released during the promo in 2004, but it might happen to coincide this year.
I think the average update date would be on the early end, given the trend to increasing times between updates. There are a couple of short update cycles that pull down the average around the Intel transition (like the 17" announcement at NAB).
The 8-weeks after the Montevina announcement metric comes from the 8-week lag between the Penryn announcement and the announcement of the Penryn macbook pros. I don't have any more data on the time between when Intel announces something and when it gets incorporated into an Apple laptop, maybe that would be a nice thing to add to the Buyer's Guide someday.
Eric S.
macrumors 68040
You haven't been around here long, right? 😀
New product announcements have been made during the BTS promotion in the past - just last year for example.
MinorBidoh
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Tallest Skil
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Minimoose 360
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No official option. You can buy a drive that fits into the 17" MBP but they're like $1000 aren't they?
Better off just buying a Blu-Ray player.
Better off just buying a Blu-Ray player.
Or a PS3 and MGS4 for $399 or something. I want that even more than a new MBP.
DiamondMac
macrumors 68040
On the whole, this MacBookPro that I bought 16-17 months ago has been the best laptop I have ever bought.
Very reliable, Very fast for the most part, and gets everything done that I need to get done.
If I had to ask for improvements, I would just say to continue speed wise and RAM wise. I don't need massive hard drives but I am sure some may for work or personal use.
If they want to make the insert/eject more quiet....so be it but that has never bothered me or anyone else around me
Very reliable, Very fast for the most part, and gets everything done that I need to get done.
If I had to ask for improvements, I would just say to continue speed wise and RAM wise. I don't need massive hard drives but I am sure some may for work or personal use.
If they want to make the insert/eject more quiet....so be it but that has never bothered me or anyone else around me
Stang68
macrumors 6502a
All I know is that Apple better make these new MBP's reallyyyy nice looking. I was just looking at the Dell that my school is "recommending" and I must say, Dell has come a long way. I bet the new MBP will knock its socks off, though!
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1330?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1330?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
I dunno. The more I hear about their plans for the new MBP, the more sick to my stomach I get. I think the MBA looks like ****, and it looks like they're queuing up to take cues from the MBA.
for the most part agreed ^^
the main thing I want is just a taaaaaad of a price drop, just a little one. 200 bucks off of the base model even if it is the same as the base model now (but with a better graphics card)? sounds good!
the main thing I want is just a taaaaaad of a price drop, just a little one. 200 bucks off of the base model even if it is the same as the base model now (but with a better graphics card)? sounds good!
They should just put GTX 8800's in there because these MBP's are supposed to be apple's best graphical MacBooks. Of course they won't, but that's Apple for you.
Leaving aside the controversy over nvidia parts at the moment... Unless you're doing gaming on your laptop, and I'm going to go ahead and guess that isn't a big part of Apple's market share, will you actually stretch to needing anything that fancy.
Bubba Satori
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Bubba Satori
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No one knows. Hopefully that or a 3670.
Right, a great idea. Except that Apple's never used a high-end graphics card, that card is also affected with the same defect as the 8600 GT, and oh, yeah, it would burn a hole in your crotch if you put it on your lap, and fry inside the MBP's enclosure.
Any other bright ideas?
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
so when exactly do you think the new MBP will come out? I am not familiar with apples history but since the free ipod with purchase deal ends on the 15th...does that mean the new MBP will come out soon after?
I am leaving for college on the 25th so I am not sure if I will have the time.
I am leaving for college on the 25th so I am not sure if I will have the time.