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MacBook Pro 2011 predictions

Jdstew1234 said:
What about price. I think make a Mbp 15" model available for 1599
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I don't care about the price, just as long as the internals justify it.

raulgrogovich said:
I have proof that the MacBook pro will be released in march!!

Here is the proof: proof of MacBook pro release in march
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I hope you're joking. There is nothing here that hasn't been mentioned before. Actually, this article doesn't mention much at all.

And their major proof, relating to MBPs being refreshed every 208 days, is wrong. MBPs were last refreshed 307 days ago. Which kind of destroys that argument. I believe even early March will be the longest time between refreshes ever: 11 months. Or at least longer than any I've ever known.
 
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raulgrogovich said:
I think it will come out in march of 2011. march 11 to be exact. I think it will be thinner with a i7 standard in the 15 and 17 inch macbook and i3 and i5 in the 13 inch. Here is where i found all my info: macbook pro 2011 predictions
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Way to link to the same site on two posts in a row. Classy. Also, great job on linking to an article giving us information the majority of us already know.
 
jmol said:
Way to link to the same site on two posts in a row. Classy. Also, great job on linking to an article giving us information the majority of us already know.
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Search the guy's posts. All his 5 posts contain the same link. Uh huh. Advertising much?

@topic:

I think that it'll be Sandy Bridge, potentially i3/i5 for 13", better GPU, or something like that.
I don't think there'll be a redesign though. Everyone is going to be drooling over the iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone 4+1, iPhone Nano, and all the other fancy things. I wouldn't mind a redesign though. :D

The. wait. continues.
 
I haven't had one of the new-fangled unibody alu macbooks before...but I am finding the amount of people wishing for a design overhaul slightly disconcerting. Is there an inherent fault with the design of the alu macbooks that is grating everyone, or is it just down to people fancying a change? I'm typing this from my '07 macbook next to my friend who's got an alu macbook and his looks nicer in my opinion...I'd be happy with this but with a spec bump.
 
kopite19 said:
I haven't had one of the new-fangled unibody alu macbooks before...but I am finding the amount of people wishing for a design overhaul slightly disconcerting. Is there an inherent fault with the design of the alu macbooks that is grating everyone, or is it just down to people fancying a change? I'm typing this from my '07 macbook next to my friend who's got an alu macbook and his looks nicer in my opinion...I'd be happy with this but with a spec bump.
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The design's fine. Some people just want a change.

I don't have an issue with the current design and it would be fairly new to me if I got one as I have an '07 MacBook as well.

Well I guess time will tell what happens, but surely Mac would have to give at least a spec bump with the new MBPs.
 
kopite19 said:
I haven't had one of the new-fangled unibody alu macbooks before...but I am finding the amount of people wishing for a design overhaul slightly disconcerting. Is there an inherent fault with the design of the alu macbooks that is grating everyone, or is it just down to people fancying a change? I'm typing this from my '07 macbook next to my friend who's got an alu macbook and his looks nicer in my opinion...I'd be happy with this but with a spec bump.
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While the current design is undoubtedly minimal and looks great, I think everyone is feeling the wedge style of the MBA's. Myself included. :)
 
powerchord said:
What do we want? WEDGE!
When do we want it? NOW!

WEDGE! WEDGE! WEDGE!
RAH! RAH! RAH! :D
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While I'm loving the wedge shape on my new 11" MBA, I'm wondering how good that kind of tapering would actually look on a thicker machine... If the tapering is too drastic, the computer might actually look stupid. Or it might start looking like a 3rd rate, crappy Windows PC (lots of those have the tapered edge in front).
 
Wedge sucks!

I personally prefer the neatly rectangular design of current Macbook Pros to the wedge in MBA. Am I the only one who thinks that, looks-wise, the Alu Unibody doesnt need to be changed the sightliest?

In fact, the only thing I'd have changed is the screen frame on the 13" to be made smaller. The screen frame around the 15" and 17" is way narrower than that on the 13" model. In fact, I reckon they could shave half an inch from the overall laptop diagonal size.
 
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Am I the only one that I preferred the silver keyboard of mbp instead of current black one?
 
mbp silver keys were really unique.
Every cheap pc laptop has black ones, no difference at all.
 
I think the timing is right for a significant or meaningful change to the MBP line.

The iPad will be an underwhelming, somewhat predictable upgrade - cameras, less reflective screen, (but not retina), faster, lighter...

The iPad will also sell itself.

Nothing there for MBP to take away from.

I think Apple will want the latter half of the year free to wow with iPhones and (yes!) more NEW iPads!

This holiday season Apple with destroy the market; they will own it.
 
torbjoern said:
I have silver bezel around my screen, no black border.
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Ouch... In that case I am truly sorry that you have to look at those black keys all day.

Personally I very much like my alu keyboard with white keys that I bought to match my good old white iMac, which has no aspirations to look like a glossy television set.
 
Why has everyone stopped talking about the possibility of LiquidMetal Unibodies? The same shape and everything of the current Macbook Pros, just darker metal. I'm inclined to think that may happen, with the darker color redesign on Apple's website. Was their some other news that came out that dissuaded people from that idea?
 
egglybagelface said:
Why has everyone stopped talking about the possibility of LiquidMetal Unibodies? The same shape and everything of the current Macbook Pros, just darker metal. I'm inclined to think that may happen, with the darker color redesign on Apple's website. Was their some other news that came out that dissuaded people from that idea?
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Liquid metal would likely be very expensive to implement on MacBooks for now since the tech is relatively new and Apple would need a whole new manufacturing process. Sure, it'd be absolutely awesome if Apple just ate the costs to push the design, but it's doubtful.. I think liquid metal will happen on iPhones and iPads first, then MacBooks in maybe 2013.
 
axu539 said:
Liquid metal would likely be very expensive to implement on MacBooks for now since the tech is relatively new and Apple would need a whole new manufacturing process. Sure, it'd be absolutely awesome if Apple just ate the costs to push the design, but it's doubtful.. I think liquid metal will happen on iPhones and iPads first, then MacBooks in maybe 2013.
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Liquid Metal would most likely be cheaper & faster than milling given scalability of molding. Apple has the capital. I'm guessing against it for the upcoming refresh as we have yet to hear anything regarding material supplier & operations change.
This is too big of a change to keep secret. I would speculate they would roll out Liquid Metal in accessories first, then iPods/iPads, then iPhones, then MBP.
 
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