List: Waiting for Montevina MacBook Pros

[Yixian]

That article is amonth old, it's relevance to MBP release dates was debunked on the grounds that only the full Centrino 2 platform was delayed, no the processor itself, which is all Apple uses.

 

[TimeWaster101]

Awe man! More waiting. Might as well wait and see if they put a decent new graphics card. Since I want this to last for 4 yrs, I guess I can wait a couple more months. But I hope they don't put any black on the MBP. I think if they make it like the iMac, its going to be BUTT ugly! I HATE the black trim on the iMac!

 

[rekhyt]

Oh... When do you think it's going to come out then?

And is the new design really going to happen?

 

[SchneiderMan]

for now im waiting for a new mbp to come soon, im on pc still and really want a mac already so what i did today is i got a awesome apple keyboard lol just to compensate for now its helping me on the wait

just so i can have a little piece of apple for the wait

 

[dakmary]

for now im waiting for a new mbp to come soon, im on pc still and really want a mac already so what i did today is i got a awesome apple keyboard lol just to compensate for now its helping me on the wait

just so i can have a little piece of apple for the wait

Lol, I do have a high resolution photo of a MBP.. you can use it as a poster

 

[SchneiderMan]

Lol, I do have a high resolution photo of a MBP.. you can use it as a poster

lol yea ill tape it on my hp

 

[rekhyt]

lol yea ill tape it on my hp

Lol.

 

[TimeWaster101]

man its hard to wait when my current 4 yr old ibook is running a little slow and the hard drive is full. "Common buddy, you can do it!" and there's so many programs I want to run on the intel Pro that I can't on my PowerPc

 

[ely]

Can't wait to replace a PowerBook this summer. I'm just hoping the price doesn't go up much. For some reason I was quoted an extra $100ish if I order a MBP next week.

 

[Fabreze]

Can't wait to replace a PowerBook this summer. I'm just hoping the price doesn't go up much. For some reason I was quoted an extra $100ish if I order a MBP next week.

Who quoted the extra $100? Someone from the Apple Store?

 

[masse]

I hope its not much later than July 22.

I wouldn't be surprised if they put off releasing it for no reason at all.

 

[IconicIdentity]

Put me on the List...I've been waiting since March....It shouldn't be much longer now though!!

 

[bollweevil]

What do we know about Montevina? When is it expected to be available in any computer (not Apples specifically)? Are there any projections about performance, or the speeds and serial numbers of processors that will be offered? I remember with Penryn, the serial numbers and speeds came out long before the processors themselves, but that doesn't necessarily generalize to Montevina.

 

[alxths]

I posted this on appleinsider earlier regarding the MPB release date and figured I'd post it here as well.



Ok I just did a bit of research and it looks like apple generally ships new laptops about a month and a bit after intel's launch. One notable example is the C2D, which intel launched at the very end of August and apple didn't ship in notebooks until October 24th. The trend over the past few years makes me think the end of August is a pretty good guess.

Core Duo (intel launch) Jan. 10, 2006 -- Apple started shipping them about 2 weeks into Feb.

Core 2 Duo (intel launch) Aug. 28, 2006 -- Apple started shipping them on Oct. 24th

Santa Rosa (intel's launch) May 9, 2007 -- Apple started shipping on June 5th

Penryn (intel launch) Jan. 2008 sometime -- Apple shipped at the end of February.


I probably got a couple dates wrong give or take a week or two, I just did a quick google search for them. Nevertheless, that should be enough to show that a July or early August release is very unlikely...

 

[masse]

but the imacs already have the montevina processors right?

 

[Tallest Skil]

but the imacs already have the montevina processors right?

I was very much under the impression that they didn't, and only had higher-clocked versions of the current processor. There was a huge thread on this when they were released.

 

[masse]

Yeah I remember it I just don't remember what the verdict was, or if there was one. Well anyway there goes that idea.

 

[Stang68]

Hey everyone, Im probably buying a MBP next week and wanted to know: If the new ones come out within 30 days of me buying a MBP, can I return it for the new one? There is a restocking fee, right?

 

[lhotka]

I strongly suspect that we're looking at a late-August, early September release. Not for technical reasons, but because Apple will want to avoid colliding with the iPhone 3G release on July 11th - both because of publicity, and because of crowds in the stores.

I don't get the iPhone fascination (both because of lousy AT&T and the device itself), but enough do that Apple will probably milk the free advertising for at least a month, then release a speed-bump with the new CPU's, new GPU's, and maybe (if we're very lucky) new screens.

Given that we haven't seen any new MBP identifiers in 10.5.3 or in 10.5.4 yet (although I presume folks aren't done searching), we may also have to wait for 10.5.5, or it won't include a new GPU (which would suck), and just be a CPU change.

There's a VERY slim chance may release on July 8th or 15th to cross-sell macs to iPhone buyers (and vice-versa), but I highly doubt it.

 

[NintendoFan]

but the imacs already have the montevina processors right?

Montevina is not a processor, it's a platform. Penryn is the processor and yes, the iMacs already have it (the processor).

 

[ManWithhat]

Nevertheless, that should be enough to show that a July or early August release is very unlikely...

It also shows that the update will most likely be in late August or early September, which is in time for the Back to School sale.

 

[Eric S.]

What do we know about Montevina? When is it expected to be available in any computer (not Apples specifically)? Are there any projections about performance, or the speeds and serial numbers of processors that will be offered? I remember with Penryn, the serial numbers and speeds came out long before the processors themselves, but that doesn't necessarily generalize to Montevina.

Montevina is a platform, not a processor. Montevina will continue to use Penryns.
See this link.

 

[MusicallySilent]

I am waiting to upgrade and ditch windows.

Here is to hoping for esata and potentially if they go ATI, that ati xgp tech but I doubt it. Never the less I have been waiting since early march to buy something because I am too indecisive, and now I decided on macbook pro

Currently I am running this

Dell 3000 - 2.8ghz P4 - 1.25GB (2GB soon) - ATI 9250 (2400PRO soon) - 80GB - 160GB (gonna become my external when I get MBP)

So I will buy MBP when the new ones come out and once I have enough money put 160GB in an external enclosure as a Music/DVD rip drive (So I dont have to get DVDs) Then I will format the dell with a basic install of windows for my sisters needs. I also want them to release during back to school promo since my dad works for the school district.

Once HD2400Pro gets here (next 3 days) I am going to run mostly under linux (my current 9250 needs legacy drivers and it is a hit or miss card with Open source... I missed... ) I really want to break free of anti virus software.


As said in the wikipedia article, penryn architecture will still be used, however they will be a second generation of faster Penryn processors which the iMac already uses.

 

[TimeWaster101]

Hey everyone, Im probably buying a MBP next week and wanted to know: If the new ones come out within 30 days of me buying a MBP, can I return it for the new one? There is a restocking fee, right?

I've got the same question and would love for someone to answer it

 

[Fenir]

I believe you get 14 days but have to pay a 10% restocking fee