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Have you ever heard of FireWire 800?

All you'll need is an adapter...

Calm down!

Not sure if the market is ready yet (CPU wise), but this is how it should be:

Macbook, GPU for games and so what, motion, it's only 1% of the market, firewire, lower price point, Blue Ray (higher end, same price as current mac) basically what the current macbook pro is now.

Macbook Pro, 4 cores, HDMI, Blue Ray, eSata, highest end GPU

Mac Pro 16 cores x 2

Mini 2.4 duo, 8600 GPU, 7200 RPM.

Regarding all the missing ports, I think  would be foolish to drop FW or at least offer eSata for Timemachine, USB 2.0 still to slow and requires CPU overhead.

Seperate the Macbook from Macbook Pro via # of cores, size of screen, and the DVI out has to be there in order to drive 30" monitor.

That said, what happens to those of us with MACBOOK PROS 8 months old?

I got my $2500 MBP 2.4 non multi touch pad new for $1500, so am not that bummed, however, this being said, I highly, HIGHLY doubt that Apple, by way of new release, will bring current MBP's to a level where they are worth less than $1500 for a $2500 machine and for those that didn't get it with an Apple discount or refresh, yeah, it's a bigger pill to swallow but I don't think Apple is there yet, but if it means 4 core, (maybe January), this will be the machine to have. And Apple really needs to make all Macbooks strong enough for gaming and graphics.

The bottom line is 80% of users keep the machine plugged in.
The other factor is only 10% continue to use the new features of the multitouch pad after two weeks. Many polls about this on-line.

I will always get a high end machine but if I could also add a low end that could handle the work, plus gamers, I think Apple would do well. Still, I highly doubt Apple will release a sub $1000 machine that plays games and has great graphics even though this is a very smart move.

Apple feels the need to cripple, even though the pricing and growth would offset Steve's fear of the PRO using the low end.

;)
 
I'm gonna bet that that last port is really just a piece of tape. If you are going to take spy shots of the new MBP why cover up parts of the picture? If its really some new docking port or anything like that wouldn't you want to include that in your shot?
 
I got my $2500 MBP 2.4 non multi touch pad new for $1500, so am not that bummed

That's a pretty good deal, and certainly a rare occurence to get such a great deal on a new product. While I do agree with you that a new release will not prompt Apple to drop the current $2,500 model down to $1,500, I think the market will bring it closer to that price. (I am differentiating Apple store v. market like ebay).

I sometimes get into a battle - do I get the lastest model - or do I try to snag the "older" model for a great deal? I haven't answered that...
 
I'm gonna bet that that last port is really just a piece of tape. If you are going to take spy shots of the new MBP why cover up parts of the picture? If its really some new docking port or anything like that wouldn't you want to include that in your shot?

Looks as if there is a hole there for a port - perhaps photographer just overlooked removal of that piece?
 
I'm gonna bet that that last port is really just a piece of tape. If you are going to take spy shots of the new MBP why cover up parts of the picture? If its really some new docking port or anything like that wouldn't you want to include that in your shot?

That's a good point. And it's also strange that the photo of the MB (the one without the speaker grille) has the same mystery port when viewed from the inside but nothing when viewed from the outside. This could mean two different prototypes are being shown, or maybe one is the MB and the other is the MBA, who knows.

Or maybe Apple is just trying to keep us busy for a few days until the *real* product release. If so, it's sure working. ;)

But still, at least some of this feels legit. We'll have to see.
 
I'm gonna bet that that last port is really just a piece of tape. If you are going to take spy shots of the new MBP why cover up parts of the picture? If its really some new docking port or anything like that wouldn't you want to include that in your shot?

LOL, probably because the back half is held in a vacuum fixture. To be removed later.
 
We have less than 25 hours to go....

Every one is getting all worked up. Sit back relax and lets see what Mr. Jobs brings us tuesday.

But as a thought ... Who says its just about notebooks. Yes the invite leads us to believe that it is about just note books but the new #'s could be just a few mods to imac and mini or even the atv the pro is also due for some updates soon too.

I hope to upgrade asap probably 6 months from now seeing how I didn't sell my blackbook fast enough. well time to stop dreaming
 
No Firewire!

If they're dropping Firewire I'm glad I bought my MacBook 4 months ago. I'm just saying this so I won't feel bad for having an obsolete notebook for less than 5 months. Technology.
 
No Firewire? I use FW every day, is Apple going to buy me all new hard drives, audio interfaces and video cameras to connect to the new machine? I don't think so. I hope profits drop significantly if there is any truth in these pics and no firewire on any of the machines come tuesday.

Have you ever heard of FireWire 800?

All you'll need is an adapter...

Calm down!

I don't get this response at all. if the MB has no Firewire at all how does a Firewire800 adaptor help? Please explain.:confused:
 
just have 1 question, when can we buy the macbooks? i mean they are announcing it tomorrow, so does it mean we can buy it the next day? like wedsday? really want it, if they rls next they, i will buy it forsure. :confused:
 
just have 1 question, when can we buy the macbooks? i mean they are announcing it tomorrow, so does it mean we can buy it the next day? like wedsday? really want it, if they rls next they, i will buy it forsure. :confused:

Dunno. Perhaps we can start arguing about that for the next 24 hours (once this thread calms down). ;)
 
just have 1 question, when can we buy the macbooks? i mean they are announcing it tomorrow, so does it mean we can buy it the next day? like wedsday? really want it, if they rls next they, i will buy it forsure. :confused:
I don't know but I need them to be sold by at least next wednesday or I may be stuck with the previous gen. macbook.
 
ummmmm...

maybe I'm missing something in all these posts but doesn't the extra port have to be magsafe? We want to be able to charge the battery, yes? haha.
 
Who says it has to be just about notebooks. I'm hoping for a fuel efficient Apple car.
Yeah, why not? :D Since the interest for electronic cars is raising. ;) Dunno, I would prefer iWork 09. Then I don't have to worry about that it could get updated a few months later. I just hate that. ^^
 
iMovie?

Until iMovie has better support for tapeless devices Apple isn't likely to do much with Firewire. As of right now, Firewire is the standard for connecting video devices and that doesn't look to be changing terribly soon.
 
because most consumers dont use it, i know i dont......

So your name is 'most consumers'? Nice to meet you.

I use FW everyday, it's a lot more convenienent than unplugging usb cords all the time.

well, i can see a lot of users not using the firewire port. however it would be an advantage for apple to include a FW800 or even 3200 in all models because more and more cheap HD's come out with FW800 and more and more people do backup their large video libraries to FW HD's. It's a cheap feature that would distinguish apple notebooks from PC notebooks and protect the investments of the current PB, MBP and MB users.
 
I don't get this response at all. if the MB has no Firewire at all how does a Firewire800 adaptor help? Please explain.:confused:

There seems to be a lot of forum users who think that even the MBP will be losing FireWire, and I assumed I was responding to one of these users.

Sure, MacBook Pro may lose FireWire 400... but will retain FireWire 800 which is backwards compatible, and compatible with the next generation of FW.

MacBook has lost FireWire because it's not a consumer feature. I think we should begin to deal with it.
 
Succky audio interfaces maybe, any decent audio interface runs on firewire (or PCIe). There has always been a problem with audio interfaces over USB, problems which FW doesn't have.

Oh and BTW which audio interfaces are you talking about, if it's the terrible M Audio ones then I'd say that you don't know what you're talking about :cool:

I agree. £100-£200 consumer musician ones do, but I just bought a decent one and for around the £500-£800 mark it was always a choice of which firewire one to get in the more pro/prosumer range (e.g. Apogee, MOTU, RME, etc.).

Got myself the NEW MOTU 828mk3 in the end, thinking I'd have many years use of that on my future systems as it's firewire, and future firewire should always be backwards compatible 800/3200/etc, and although 400 has a different shaped port it's still backwards compatible, just needs a different cable/adapter.
 
just have 1 question, when can we buy the macbooks? i mean they are announcing it tomorrow, so does it mean we can buy it the next day? like wedsday? really want it, if they rls next they, i will buy it forsure. :confused:


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