MacBook Delays? Next Tuesday?

[Macmaniac]

The sad thing is, everyone of these Tuesday rumors stories gets over 300 pointless posts, same crap every week. Good thing I am not waiting.














I can't wait till it comes out with integrated graphics and the thread will be 1000 posts long with people bitching about it. I called it!

 

[dongmin]

So, what have we learned here kiddies?

1. Think secret blows. Don't believe their hype.

2. Apple will not release the MacBooks without a special event. So this 5/16 date is also bogus, in my opinion. Unless Apple sends out an invite in the next couple of days.

 

[hoppo99]

Dude, no way Apple placed a personal phone call to all of its managers today telling them not to open the boxes in the nick of time.

Why is that unlikely? Surely they can communciate to the stores via email? There must be a regular transferal of information between headquarters and the stores on inventory numbers etc. it would be very strange if there wasn't. The stores aren't run as isolated franchises.

 

[Beko]

He guys,

It did not happen today and..
It ain't happening next Tuesday!!
What would get more interest from public and press than releasing it on the 'Grand' opening of the flagship store in the Big Apple on 5/19?

I'm also getting pissed of waiting for this MacBook and will not visit these rumorsites till next Tuesday. Just to be sure it did not happens on 5/16! 😀

 

[macpastor]

The following quote was on the ThinkSecret forum... For what it's worth.

soulja wrote on May 09, 2006 at 18:18:

I was in the SoHo store this morning and they started bringing out boxes. One of the employees opened one and brought out a black laptop with an Apple logo that appeared to be the new Macbook. Then someone shouted "cancel" to him and he boxed it back up and hurried into the stock room. I asked if I could buy one and he said "buy what?" and I said "one of those black macbooks" and he said "that was a Dell somebody brought in". Something funny is going on.

 

[bigandy]

after a hellish day, this is the biggest laugh i've had. thankyou so much, appleinsider.

😀

 

[MattQiu]

The following quote was on the ThinkSecret forum... For what it's worth.

soulja wrote on May 09, 2006 at 18:18:

I was in the SoHo store this morning and they started bringing out boxes. One of the employees opened one and brought out a black laptop with an Apple logo that appeared to be the new Macbook. Then someone shouted "cancel" to him and he boxed it back up and hurried into the stock room. I asked if I could buy one and he said "buy what?" and I said "one of those black macbooks" and he said "that was a Dell somebody brought in". Something funny is going on.

you really believe that?! i'm not 😉

 

[whoooaaahhhh]

Yeeesh...

These Macbook rumors get progressively more hilarious as this escapade goes on. It's almost like they're just trying to F with us. Good thing I'm not waiting for one, or I'd be pissed...but not surprised.

 

[razzmatazz]

you really believe that?! i'm not 😉

I hope its true!

 

[hokullani]

Rumor

ISn't anyone wondering about the whole box thing that said not to open until the 9th?????

 

[bankshot]

I will predict that masses of people will be very VERY disappointed with the actual product that you get for the price point.

Yup. Expectations seem to be way out of line with reality. I do believe we will get integrated graphics (much complaining), lower clock speeds than hoped (much complaining), and slightly higher prices than hoped (much complaining). We also may not get such "luxury" features as the motion sensor thing, which appears to be widely expected.

People seem to want a smaller, just slightly lower clocked MBP at a much lower price. Ain't gonna happen. This is going to be a Mac mini + keyboard/trackpad + screen. Probably with the same price hikes that the Mac mini got relative to its G4 predecessor. It will come out when it comes out, not when certain rumor sites predict every week since January. 🙄

 

[boncellis]

What's interesting to me is Appleinsider's claim that the iBook replacement (MacBook) will be accompanied by a new iPod. Something like that makes intuitive sense to me, now that the kids are growing up and going to college and what not, but wouldn't something that important to Apple's sales numbers likely be announced at some kind of event?

There are two coming up relatively soon, WWDC and the Paris Expo. Until MR or any other site starts talking about invitations to a special event, I don't expect much.

 

[MrCrowbar]

Apple is just about to accomplish its goal. I am almost ready to say screw it and buy a MacBook Pro. 🙁

Of course, as soon as I do they will launch the MacBook the next day.

Dude, buy a Macbook Pro now so I can order my Macbook sooner. 🙂

 

[direzz]

ISn't anyone wondering about the whole box thing that said not to open until the 9th?????

ISN'T ANYONE WONDERING WHY APPLE STILL HASN'T ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR 30TH BIRTHDAY?

 

[Thataboy]

Thinksecret really used to be the gold standard of Mac rumors. However, ever since the Asteroid incident, the reliability of their information has steadily declined.

It makes one wonder if they are being taken down from the inside, via fake information leaks! 🙂

AppleInsider has clearly taken Thinksecret's crown. I don't believe for one minute that there was a delay due to "supply issues." It never made sense for them to announce during E3, and Apple clearly has never had a problem announcing products and then having shipping delays (isn't it more important to get the pre-orders in time before all the education buyers go elsewhere?).

I suppose one could see it at the NYC store opening, but where is everyone going to congregate? In the cube? In whatever theatre/studio they have downstairs?

 

[iChill]

give me the macbook by then end of the month. thats all i ask.

 

[boncellis]

...I suppose one could see it at the NYC store opening, but where is everyone going to congregate? In the cube? In whatever theatre/studio they have downstairs?

You might be right. Do they have a theatre there? Some media will already be there so it's a pretty good possibility.

 

[mozart]

i think so too

And next tuesday it will be the following tuesday, and so on, and so on...

Now I know how Sisyphus feels.🙁

right!

and when next tuesday comes and the macbook's not here they'll say: "Oh did we say this Tuesday? we meant Tuesday next month!"

 

[monke]

Another Slip?

If you go to the store on apple's website, click any product, let the page load and then change the product name to 'MacBook' it comes up with a different page, normally it would send you back to the store page.
(The best way to do this is to click the MacBookPro and delete the pro)

In case in changes, I took a screenshot for ya.

 

[bill4588]

If you go to the store on apple's website, click any product, let the page load and then change the product name to 'MacBook' it comes up with a different page, normally it would send you back to the store page.
(The best way to do this is to click the MacBookPro and delete the pro)

In case in changes, I took a screenshot for ya.

no its nothing ppl....u can put in "kitten" or "california" and you still get the same page.

 

[MrCrowbar]

If you go to the store on apple's website, click any product, let the page load and then change the product name to 'MacBook' it comes up with a different page, normally it would send you back to the store page.
(The best way to do this is to click the MacBookPro and delete the pro)

In case in changes, I took a screenshot for ya.

I always get the "page not found" when I go on http://www.apple.com/macbook/ ...

 

[peharri]

Ok, here's what's really happened.

The issue is heat and power. Apple has spent the last year or two trying to get an Intel Core Duo to run cool enough in the confined spaces within the new iBook/Macbook case. And it's just not working. Intel have promised they're going to produce more power efficient Core Duos, but so far they're having trouble doing this.

So, they're looking at a number of options. And here's the deal: the most probable outcome is that at this coming WWDC, Steve Jobs will stand up, and tell the faithful that with immediate effect, the entire Mac line is going to transition to ARM.

This may seem drastic, but it'll ensure the next generation of Macs can be smaller than ever before.

But this isn't the end of the matter. New ARM based Macbooks will be ready in time for MacWorld in January. However, while powerful for Macbooks, Apple is going to have difficulty getting chips that are both powerful and power-efficient for the next line of StrongARMMacs. So, in WWDC 2007, Jobs has been preparing for a major, shocking, announcement: The entire Mac line is going to transition to SPARC.

This may seem even more drastic, but it'll ensure the generation of Macs after the next generation will be smaller, and more powerful, than ever before.

Except. Except that, while some excellent SparcMacs will be released in MacWorld January 2008, this will not be enough. So, even as we speak, Jobs is preparing his speech for WWDC 2008. And it's a major one. He'll be announcing a complete transition from SPARC, to 6502 based CPUs.

Now, I know what you're thinking. 6502s are 8 bit right? And they're capped at 2MHz? Well, there's the 65816, the engine behind the Apple II GS which should tell you differently. But there's more. Since the Apple II GS was discontinued, a band of engineers has, in total secret, working with the same guys who ported Mac OS X to Intel, come up with a 64 bit version of the 6502, that runs at 8GHz, and is capable of 8 giga-MIP performance. Per core. And we're not talking about a single core design either. Nor a dual core. Nor a four core. This baby, the 65864256, has two hundred and fifty six cores. Yet it barely sucks a microwatt at peak usage.

The first 65864256 based laptops will come out at MacWorld 2009.

To be followed by a startling announcement at WWDC 2009.

 

[MrCrowbar]

[...]
The first 65864256 based laptops will come out at MacWorld 2009.

To be followed by a startling announcement at WWDC 2009.

ARM processors are really nice for ultra portable devices though. I want an iChat AV watch to impress people in airplanes. 🙂

 

[PlayUltimate]

The votes say it all:

6 votes "Positive"

23 votes "Negative"

71 votes "Wolf!!!!"

My thoughts exactly. Too many times of them saying, "The MacBooks are coming" that it is getting a little frustrating. All we really know is that eventually the MacBooks will come...however I still haven't seen the predicted G5 PowerBook...maybe they're discontinuing the MacBook line and haven't told anybody yet. 😱

Oh well, waiting for the fever to begin again for next weeks disappointment.

Fortunately I'm not planning on buying another computer until OS10.5 is released. (Maybe by then DSL/Cable/Wi-Fi Max will be available in my area...I'm tired of hanging out in coffee shops.)

 

[MacSA]

Why on earth would Apple only realise that "at the last minute" they dont have enough MacBooks to ship immediately? Surely they would have had data on MacBook production numbers days ago. And what kind of shipping delay are we talking about? If it's 7 days or less people would probably have got them or had them shipped before the next supposed launch date, another 7 days away.