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MacBook Anticipation

I'm not holding my breath for tomorrow, but I would definitely love to see one released in the next 4 weeks and shipping by August. That would, naturally, be perfect for the education market (which should be a big target for the new iBook whatchamacallits). I will be first in line with a credit card as soon as they go live on the Apple store.
 
Oh well, my 12" PB will last me some time. 12" to disappear? Then my model will become novelty...:eek:
 
spine said:
I too was in an Apple Store this weekend (Burlington, MASS) and the ibooks were in the corner - just 2 on display. All the attention was on the macbook pros. Hmmm....
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But they've been like that all of this year since the MBP's were announced and released. All they are doing is trying to push the more profitable products. Our Apple Store (Syr, NY) has always relegated the iBooks to the only two models there are and they are over in the corner by the front door. They have always pushed the iMacs more.
 
KindredMAC said:
But they've been like that all of this year since the MBP's were announced and released. All they are doing is trying to push the more profitable products. Our Apple Store (Syr, NY) has always relegated the iBooks to the only two models there are and they are over in the corner by the front door. They have always pushed the iMacs more.
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Perhaps its just my wishful thinking!
Damn Apple - just make an announcement so we can all move on....
 
I'm curious which type of release people would prefer:

1) A scheduled announcement in Late June, the MacBooks available for purchase on the day of the announcement

or

2) An earlier announcement, say in a week, but with the MacBooks available for pre-order and "shipping in June/July"?
 
Leoff said:
I'm curious which type of release people would prefer:

1) A scheduled announcement in Late June, the MacBooks available for purchase on the day of the announcement

or

2) An earlier announcement, say in a week, but with the MacBooks available for pre-order and "shipping in June/July"?
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An early announcement - I'd rather be waiting for it to arrive than waiting for real info.
 
Chris Bangle said:
Why is there so little attention towards powermacs. I was thinking that NAB is a pro event and there is a possibilty of new Powermacs but I thought that not all software was universal yet so they wanted to wait a while??????
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Because the current quad is pretty killer, and intel doesn't really have the next-gen workstation chips ready. Plus, tower users are the most concerned about performance, and thus the most likely to wait until all apps are universal. Steve pretty much said it in the intel announcement, the towers will be the LAST to go intel. And I wouldn't expect any upgrades to the g5's in the meantime.
 
Leoff said:
I'm curious which type of release people would prefer:

1) A scheduled announcement in Late June, the MacBooks available for purchase on the day of the announcement

or

2) An earlier announcement, say in a week, but with the MacBooks available for pre-order and "shipping in June/July"?
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Definitely 2, so people can make a decision.
 
BRLawyer said:
The new MBs will only appear by the end of April...sorry to burst the bubble, guys...nothing planned for this week..!
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How do you know that then? Steve Jobs your mate? :)
 
Chris Bangle said:
Why is there so little attention towards powermacs. I was thinking that NAB is a pro event and there is a possibilty of new Powermacs but I thought that not all software was universal yet so they wanted to wait a while??????
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Simple. They haven't got an Intel CPU fast enough to replace the dual-core G5 yet and they aren't going to replace the PowerMac with something slower. Won't happen until Intel ships the Core Architecture chips later this year.
 
13.3 + scaled down MacBook Pro Specs?

We know we are talking Mac Mini Specs in a Lap Top... as far as a 13.3 screen - that is not going to do it for me. I like to use the vertical space on the screen and 8.5 inches is my MINIMUM. I would have to see something truly inovative from a design aspect+lighted key board. Then I am buying. My iBook 1.42 G4 is still doing a GREAT job.
 
This is a bit off topic (that include for macbook) :)

Ok I am a bit confused right now. According to this http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index...e&NewsID=14389 here what they said "He speculates that when Boot Camp ships as part of Mac OS X 10.5, it will offer full virtualization, so users will not need to reboot their machines to move between operating systems." What's going on now?!:confused: :eek:
 
aegisdesign said:
Simple. They haven't got an Intel CPU fast enough to replace the dual-core G5 yet and they aren't going to replace the PowerMac with something slower. Won't happen until Intel ships the Core Architecture chips later this year.
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Just in time for a blu-ray drive???:eek:
 
Leoff said:
I'm curious which type of release people would prefer:

1) A scheduled announcement in Late June, the MacBooks available for purchase on the day of the announcement

or

2) An earlier announcement, say in a week, but with the MacBooks available for pre-order and "shipping in June/July"?
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Announce it now and ship later if you have to. Little bits of info will keep interest alive. If you wait much longer for updates/announcements you will get even more people becoming complacent about what should be a BIG deal.
 
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