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MacBook Anticipation
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isgoed said:
Nope. Nothing iMac about it. Not an all in one unit with a built in display by any means. Are you trying to tell me that there is no market for an upgradeable Mac tower in the $1000-$1500 price range now that in can run winBlows [especially for gaming]? Here's a few offerings from other PC manufacturers that Apple now DIRECTLY competes with because of Boot camp: http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200005&Ne=200000
isgoed said:
Two completely different products for two completely different demographics. Those who need a display, can by the iMac and will. Like the Mac mini however, those who already have a display larger than 20" or that may want to do some... oh, I dunno, gaming?... and other things where the Mac minis integrated graphics just won't cut it on a large TV in the family room, would probably see this as a good purchase.
Not to mention that whole little Front Row application that comes on EVERY new Mac and is obviously meant to compete with... what? Desktop Media Center PC's often within the $1000 - $1500 price range.
isgoed said:
VERY different times now. Here's a hint: BOOT CAMP.
Seems to me that Apple choosing integrated graphics for the Mac Mini, ditching a $1500 upgradeable Mac that they've already proven that they are willing to produce at that price point [but can now do it for even less if necessary], consequently opening up a $1200 price and product line gap between the $799 Mac mini and $1999 Powermac, and introducing Boot Camp that opens up a TON of new options in terms of ALL KINDS of software, is all a build up to a very simple conclusion.
Something between the crippled [graphics wise] Mac mini and the behemoth, home user intimidating and priced out of range PowerMac. A new product in the $1500 or less price range that will bridge that HUGE performance and price gap.
Again [whether by WWDC or sooner] I predict:
Mac Pro mini [or whatever it's called... basically a mini version of the upcoming Mac Pro]
[upgradeable mini-towers with a single socketed[?... I hope] 32-bit Yonah Core Duo processor]:
- $1099 [128 VRAM + 160GB 7200 rpm hard drive]
- $1399 [256 VRAM + 250GB 7200 rpm hard drive].
(BOTH iMacs AND PowerMacs use 7200 rpm hard drives in those same capacities for the low end and high end models BTW)
^squirrel^ said:
It's "all good" ^squirrel^.
I'm sure you're not a "prat" (whatever that is).
Time to start crossing the parts of my body that have never been crossed beore [OUCH!
].Regardless, I still believe that sometime during Apple's earnings call tomorrow we'll hear "Yesterday"... or "Today, we introduced new Macintosh notebooks with Intel processors... blah, blah, blah".
JUST GIMME MY MACBOOK ALREADY, STEVE!!!
Ooops! I just yelled at El Steve-O.
What I meant was... "May I please endulge in MacBookity goodness now, if you deem it to be appropriate, Senor Jobs?"
I like emoticons as can be seen by my use ofthem in this particular post.
I still don't understand why you ae estimating prices of the best Macbook (Which you put the specs better as MBP) cheaper than the Macbook PRO!
besiktas jk said:Anyone still expecting an announcement today ?
It was never supposed to happen...you shall see something by end of April, not now...
zac4mac said:
[Q] From Adams Douglas: In some British magazines I have noticed the word prat, which seems in context to mean a fool or stupid person. Is this related to pratfall?
LOL, i forgot most of you are from the US.
BRLawyer said:
If it's going to be definitely on tuesday, then there is just one tuesday left in April, which is 25th of April, this means one more week to wait again.
Those of you who were set on something happening today should read the rumors a little more closely. Note the following phrase in the original post:besiktas jk said:
Now, what is going to boost sales substantially other than a MacBook release?Macrumors said:
The bad news: yes, we'll have to wait at least two more weeks for the MacBooks (a late April release is possible, but IMHO, unlikely)
The good news: at least the MacBooks are coming in May AND they will probably be available immediately, not with a delay like the MBP's
Keep the faith, people!
Let's just hope this doesn't turn into a "MacBooks next Tuesday" debacle where every week we will have someone posting on it.
Macosrumors are claiming that it will not be called macbook and will still be called ibook....
But who cares about the name , when are the blooody things coming.
But who cares about the name , when are the blooody things coming.
QCassidy352 said:No. You said you'd rather see a stripped down 15" MBP sold for cheaper than see a 15" MB. That's what's never going to happen. Why would they price and spec it like a consumer product but keep the "pro" casing and name? Why would you even prefer that?
I'd be happy with that. But apple has never priced 15" laptops in the "pro" line anywhere near $1500, and I don't see why they'd start now. If there's a $1500 15" laptop, it'll be in the consumer line.
Ok, so like I said before, let's streamline it down to just one laptop and one desktop. Perfect simplicity.
Of course simplicity is good. But so is actually selling products that your customers want. Apple's lineup is already one of the most simple of any major computer maker. Compare to Dell: They have 3 lines, low (2 sizes), medium, (3 sizes) and high (2 sizes) end. IMO, that's too much. But 2 consumer sizes and 3 pro sizes is not.
There clearly needs to be a balance. Having 4 sizes of macbook and 4 sizes of MBP would be too many choices at the cost of efficient streamlining. Having 1 size of macbook and 2 sizes of MBP would be too far the other way, and I really hope apple doesn't do it.
I did say that the 15" "consumer" model may arrive via keeping the base model but dropping the price, you don't think we'll ever see a price drop on the 15?
At this point we don't know what the ibook will look like, whether it will be plastic or not.
Apple will be able to drop prices on pro machines simply because the components are getting cheaper. They need to in order to stay competitive. You don't think apple will EVER have a $1500 pro laptop (even though many other companies have pro laptops even cheaper)? Sounds like your predictions are out of wack again.
As I've said before, they have a balance. It's just not a balance you agree with. Don't forget, there's also a LOT of pent up demand for these boxes. Apple wants to get as many of these out the door as quickly as they can. Which means it makes sense for them to keep the number of configurations down initially. Later on, they can add more when they bump the product line to address the picky minority that wants a configuration they haven't offered yet.