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Mac Notebook and iPod Updates in September?
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Apple don't usually leave more than a week of dry stock levels before releasing the new Macs. Subtract 3 weeks off your 8 and I think that's more likely.
Seems like they get more specific with each rumor as to when exactly the refresh is going to take place. Trying to pinpoint when it's going to happen matters to me because I've got a friend who is thinking about a MacBook but doesn't want to get burned by a new revision releasing too soon after his purchase.
That CNET discussion is probably the worst argument for the death of physical media I have seen. The article completely misses the point that blu-ray is in its infancy and misses the fact that prices are dropping rapidly. It also misses the point that the playback is built into a popular games console, which helps sales.
Online media will not be the primary form of distribution as long as there is no standard with regards to internet connections world wide. I say this talking from a UK perspective where the average connection speed is less than 2Mbit. Where the earliest signs of any new network infrastructure going live to cope with supplying people with consistent speeds suitable for mass downloads of online content won't appear until well after 2010.
Also, joe average doesn't consider his/her 50Gb of space as cheap as maybe you or I do with regards to being in media/design industries. This coupled with the fact not everyone has an internet connection let alone even a low speed broadband connection barely suitable for downloading said content means physical media will very much remain alive for the forseeable.
Based on ALL of the "realistic" demands and hopes here for the upcoming Apple refresh/updates to it's notebooks, I want the following and I want it now!
1) A Bionic and Telepathic keyboard where by every little thought that crosses my mini-synapses automatically enters data with a built in bionic finger that pops out of the lap top case there by relieving me of all the stress of actually thinking and physically entering data.
2) The new 22nd century Holographic Display where the images pop into our little minds and appear to actually be real.
3) Std 100 SSD Terra Byte Drives
4) 1,000 hour battery
5) Free Lifetime updates of all hardware
6) Finally Steve Jobs delivers these products personally to our door
Oh and I want this now and it Better have all these or IM switching back to my commodore 64!
Oh I almost forgot, I want it NOW!
Now certainly Apple can do this and catch up with the rest of the world. Cmon Apple Deliver this to us NOW!
1) A Bionic and Telepathic keyboard where by every little thought that crosses my mini-synapses automatically enters data with a built in bionic finger that pops out of the lap top case there by relieving me of all the stress of actually thinking and physically entering data.
2) The new 22nd century Holographic Display where the images pop into our little minds and appear to actually be real.
3) Std 100 SSD Terra Byte Drives
4) 1,000 hour battery
5) Free Lifetime updates of all hardware
6) Finally Steve Jobs delivers these products personally to our door
Oh and I want this now and it Better have all these or IM switching back to my commodore 64!
Oh I almost forgot, I want it NOW!
Now certainly Apple can do this and catch up with the rest of the world. Cmon Apple Deliver this to us NOW!
STAY WITH THE PLASTIC!!!! common, apple, keep the macbook plastic!! the wireless connectivity of the aluminum computers is terrible compared to the plastic casing. i know aesthetic appeal and "sexiness" is so important, but just this once, please take function into highest consideration!!!
Why can't apple just release a simple laptop with a monochromatic monitor, 3 mb ram...use a nice 286 processor and give me lotus notes. Why if I could find something like that I would pay thousands of dollars. Oh- and for the bling, maybe he could include a nice carrying handle somewhere on the case.
I'm a little worried to buy a MB if there is case redesign. Or even a new iPod. iPhones are starting to crack worse than MacBooks already do, and in an even shorter period of time.
Anyone else worried about getting crapped out with a Rev. A if there is a redesign? Or all you just so excited to get the latest and greatest even if it's faulty?
I'll probably buy as soon as they're released if I like the design, but I'm worried I'll have a bunch of problems. I'll definitely invest in AppleCare regardless.
Anyone else worried about getting crapped out with a Rev. A if there is a redesign? Or all you just so excited to get the latest and greatest even if it's faulty?
I'll probably buy as soon as they're released if I like the design, but I'm worried I'll have a bunch of problems. I'll definitely invest in AppleCare regardless.
Well,
I've been waiting 6 monts for a PC/MAC switch so here we go for another 1.5 month
Me too, another switcher. Well, I really shouldn't say switcher because I'll probably still use PC's. But I will own a Mac come hell or September (whichever comes first). Bring on that 9" portable Apple, I've waited so long!
touch
I find the possibility of a Macbook touch quite interesting. As apple have not entered into tablets yet I feel this is something they most defiantly will be working on. This article from Cnet looks like good news. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49293967,00.htm Guess time will tell!
In regard to a tablet, what are peoples opinions on such devices for example pro's and con's of such a transition?...
Personally i think that it will be a fantastic step forward having touch mac, but i don't quite know I'm ready for such huge change to my computing experience. Hopefully, mice and keyboards will still be able to be connected
Thoughts?
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I find the possibility of a Macbook touch quite interesting. As apple have not entered into tablets yet I feel this is something they most defiantly will be working on. This article from Cnet looks like good news. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49293967,00.htm Guess time will tell!
In regard to a tablet, what are peoples opinions on such devices for example pro's and con's of such a transition?...
Personally i think that it will be a fantastic step forward having touch mac, but i don't quite know I'm ready for such huge change to my computing experience. Hopefully, mice and keyboards will still be able to be connected
Thoughts?
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If i buy a current model MB. How much time do i have to exchange it if a new one comes out? Can i use it before i exchange it?
thanks
thanks
"Apple is recommending that resellers stock up on supplies now to last them through August."
I can imagine Apple is reccomending that, that leaves the resellers getting stuck with all the old stuff while appel got writ of it , i reccomend stop orderring now , so you don't get stuck with the old stuff, and reccomend the customers to wait a couple of weeks , so that they can get the latest and greatest ;-).
I can imagine Apple is reccomending that, that leaves the resellers getting stuck with all the old stuff while appel got writ of it , i reccomend stop orderring now , so you don't get stuck with the old stuff, and reccomend the customers to wait a couple of weeks , so that they can get the latest and greatest ;-).
Re: Tablet
I work with two guys who bought Dell Tablet's, the kind with the swivel screen, after the first 2 weeks of showing everyone how cool it was, they never used that feature again. They complained that the handwriting wasn't very accurate and they thought it slowed down in that mode. Also, as with a lot of PC lappy's the battery life was brutal. They were heavy too, too heavy to walk around all day with it in the crook of your arm.
I don't know, until the tablet technology becomes better, lighter and the handwriting recognition improves significantly, I see this being a niche market.
It's a niche market even in the PC world, is it not?
just my .02¢ on the tablet rumors.
As far as the MBP and MB updates, that would be nice, however my job just ordered me a new MBP, it should be here tomorrow, maybe Monday. I'll be happy with that, especially since I didn't have to pay for it!
Coachingguy
I work with two guys who bought Dell Tablet's, the kind with the swivel screen, after the first 2 weeks of showing everyone how cool it was, they never used that feature again. They complained that the handwriting wasn't very accurate and they thought it slowed down in that mode. Also, as with a lot of PC lappy's the battery life was brutal. They were heavy too, too heavy to walk around all day with it in the crook of your arm.
I don't know, until the tablet technology becomes better, lighter and the handwriting recognition improves significantly, I see this being a niche market.
It's a niche market even in the PC world, is it not?
just my .02¢ on the tablet rumors.
As far as the MBP and MB updates, that would be nice, however my job just ordered me a new MBP, it should be here tomorrow, maybe Monday. I'll be happy with that, especially since I didn't have to pay for it!
Coachingguy
I've never known any other computer brand that has so much focus on when their "refreshed" models will be released. People just buy acers, hps, dells, not knowing if the refresh will be tomorrow or December. But with apple, people are trying to decide their purchase patterns weeks/months before refresh just using rumors. Pretty strange.
Maybe because the price points are alot higher then other brands?
I mean...why not just buy a mac now...there will be other refreshes after this upcoming refresh. If i buy a mac now, yes i will miss this upcoming refresh, but I will just simply get next year's refresh or so, while you now have the "old" 2008 refresh. Same thing goes for the ipods.
Maybe because the price points are alot higher then other brands?
I mean...why not just buy a mac now...there will be other refreshes after this upcoming refresh. If i buy a mac now, yes i will miss this upcoming refresh, but I will just simply get next year's refresh or so, while you now have the "old" 2008 refresh. Same thing goes for the ipods.
Time to sell the Core Duo
It looks like it is time to sell the old Core Duo MBP. Anybody fathom a guess as to what it should sell for on EBay ?
It looks like it is time to sell the old Core Duo MBP. Anybody fathom a guess as to what it should sell for on EBay ?
i agree it's a gimmick. however once you're used to it it's actually very convenient. i use it on my windows laptop all the time. i just wonder how save it really is.
if it was less than $30 i would get it for a MB or MBP. but then apple is all about sleek and simple designs and a fingerprint scanner somehow ruins that nice look.
I would guess that most Mac users don't buy a new computer every year. In fact I've heard that most of them use the same one from 3 to 5 years.
And last, since we do have a rough target date of when refreshes are supposed to be happening, would it not make sense to wait a few more months?
Except of course if you are, like me, a Mac mini user. Update it already!
Well, your departure would help in that regard. "Illiterate stooges" ? You're certainly a stooge. Who pissed in your bran this morning ? It was a wish list for a computer, not an insult directed at you. Creep.
Oh and the mobile quads will be out soon.