MacBook Pro Launch February 12th?

[tothelimit]

the day is almost upon us. i've grown pretty skeptical though. i have a feeling we may just see another run of software updates tomorrow. possibly 10.5.2? take2 is knocking on the door of its (SECOND) deadline...

we'll see.

 

[TheBigApple2006]

question for Wheelie - any news on your order? Has it been shipped today (monday) or is it still delayed? thanks

 

[3247]

optical drives will be obsolete in a very near future. it will be replaced with flash memory. heck, nowadays even a card reader has 512MB capacity at least, ...

Not for movies. The manufacturing cost for DVDs is below one EUR; BluRay will soon be in the same range. (re-)writeable disc will be slightly more expensive.

32 GB (less than BluRay) of flash memory are still way above 100 EUR.

 

[UMHurricanes34]

Blu-Ray is not something anyone should have on their minds for a MBP update.

Blu-Ray drives dont even exist in the thin, slot-loading form factor that Apple uses in their laptops.


And it's not worth having anytime soon either.


Slooooooooooooow.

 

[djellison]

optical drives will be obsolete in a very near future.

Complete and utter nonsense. There are billions of DVD players out there, there are millions of high-def players out there, a number increasing rapidly. Online purchasing of movies isn't taking of, and nor will it - people want to buy a physical object. Optical media has a decade or more life in it yet.

You say you don't want an optical drive? Fine - buy an MBA. But I wouldn't buy an optical drive free Mac. I would actually switch BACK to a PC if that were the only offering.

 

[Wheelie4]

question for Wheelie - any news on your order? Has it been shipped today (monday) or is it still delayed? thanks

Hehe, Post #325

Today my order status has change from "Prepared for Shipment" to "Shipped" with a FedEx tracking number. The config list is the same as yesterday. Even though the order status page shows Shipping Method as Overnight, FedEx's tracking page says shipped on 11th with expected delivery date on the 14th.

As you can see here:

 

[Stella]

Hehe, Post #325

In others, no new MBP tomorrow

 

[GooglEyes]

optical drives will be obsolete in a very near future. it will be replaced with flash memory. heck, nowadays even a card reader has 512MB capacity at least, and a card the size of a finger nail that can easily store 8GB of data is not that uncommon. that's equivalent to 2 single layer DVD.
most softwares, music, and videos are now sold (downloaded) via internet. some vendors even starting to sell softwares via read-only memory card.

i can't remember the last time i use my CD drive. my blank DVD stack has been collecting dusts since forever now. why would people need to burn DVDs anyore while they can easily and quickly copy stuffs to their keychain usb drive anyways? it doesn't make sense. and why would they backup their data on DVDs while they can do it much faster and more reliable with harddrives.

furthermore, storing backups on harddrives (or NAS for that matter) makes it much faster and easier to access, as opposed to dividing your data on tens if not hundreds of DVDs and take them in and out and in and out whenever you need access. it's a very tedious process. it is surprising it isn't obsoleted yet.

i really hope the next Macbook Pro won't have optical drives at all. you can do a lot more useful things with that extra space.

Personally, a Pro level machine without an optical drive for me would be completely useless so I hope that never happens! Both my husband and I burn CDs for our clients every day.

 

[Wheelie4]

In others, no new MBP tomorrow

Well, I guess I won't be receiving anything tomorrow. Until it does get here I have no clue what I'm getting. While on the phone with the Product Specialist about my 3rd time defective black macbook he decided the best action was to replace it with a new black macbook. That's when I asked to be able to pay the difference and upgrade to an entry level MBP. He said that's doable. He went over the specs for the MBP which were identical to the current entry level MBP. Then connected me with a sales rep who again read off the same specs then e-mailed me with this below quote in it.

Per our conversation, Apple has agreed to replace your MB 13/2.16/2X512/160/SD-DL:BLACK with a MBP 15/2.2/2X1GB/120-5400/128VRAM (MA895LL/A). Because you have elected to upgrade to a product other than what Apple has offered, you also agree to pay 500 for this upgraded product. Apple will bill your credit card for this amount plus all applicable sales tax. Please respond to this email with your approval.

I replied with my approval. So that was 3 confirmations of me getting a 2.2GHz, 120GB HDD entry level MBP. The next day the sales rep e-mails me a order number and link to the order status page but thats were my confusion began. It lists a 2.4GHz. 160GB HDD. I called the sales rep to confirm they are selling me an entry level MBP for $500 and not a mid-level MBP for $1000 and she confirmed I'm getting the entry level MBP for $500 and not a mid-level MBP for $1000. I left it at that and said thank you. So until it arrives I'm as confused about what I'm getting as everyone else here is.

 

[boysdontcry]

Hey guys. So I was tired of waiting and bought the 15" 2.2 Macbook Pro on February 1st. It was supposed to ship the 4th-6th. The night of the 6th I called Apple and they said it's supposed to ship today. The next morning I went to the site and it said Shipping Feb. 11-13th and arriving the 16th-18th. I assumed then that there would be a new model arriving at my office. I called Apple and said I wan't pleased with the delay and said I would return whatever came (I was really just banking on the new model coming out the 5th or 12th). They said for my troubles there would be no re-stocking fee, I'd get a full refund and they sent me shipping labels. I got an email Saturday the 9th that it shipped. I got a box today at my office. I assume it's the current model. The label has a model number of A1226 and a Part Number Z0EB0019Y. So now I have the box unopened and an email with FedEx shipping labels for return. Can someone please confirm I definitely have the current model sitting in this box? If the newer model comes out tomorrow I will return this tomorrow and get the new. Thanks guys.

 

[Wheelie4]

Hey guys. So I was tired of waiting and bought the 15" 2.2 Macbook Pro on February 1st. It was supposed to ship the 4th-6th. The night of the 6th I called Apple and they said it's supposed to ship today. The next morning I went to the site and it said Shipping Feb. 11-13th and arriving the 16th-18th. I assumed then that there would be a new model arriving at my office. I called Apple and said I wan't pleased with the delay and said I would return whatever came (I was really just banking on the new model coming out the 5th or 12th). They said for my troubles there would be no re-stocking fee, I'd get a full refund and they sent me shipping labels. I got an email Saturday the 9th that it shipped. I got a box today at my office. I assume it's the current model. The label has a model number of A1226 and a Part Number Z0EB0019Y. So now I have the box unopened and an email with FedEx shipping labels for return. Can someone please confirm I definitely have the current model sitting in this box? If the newer model comes out tomorrow I will return this tomorrow and get the new. Thanks guys.

I googled that part # and got a link to this post from november. Once there scroll up.
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=532730

 

[Mr. Funsocks]

Can someone please confirm I definitely have the current model sitting in this box? If the newer model comes out tomorrow I will return this tomorrow and get the new. Thanks guys.

You obviously have the current model. It's not like apple would ship you a new one before they announced it. There's no point in checking.

 

[michaelsviews]

Hey guys. So I was tired of waiting and bought the 15" 2.2 Macbook Pro on February 1st. It was supposed to ship the 4th-6th. The night of the 6th I called Apple and they said it's supposed to ship today. The next morning I went to the site and it said Shipping Feb. 11-13th and arriving the 16th-18th. I assumed then that there would be a new model arriving at my office. I called Apple and said I wan't pleased with the delay and said I would return whatever came (I was really just banking on the new model coming out the 5th or 12th). They said for my troubles there would be no re-stocking fee, I'd get a full refund and they sent me shipping labels. I got an email Saturday the 9th that it shipped. I got a box today at my office. I assume it's the current model. The label has a model number of A1226 and a Part Number Z0EB0019Y. So now I have the box unopened and an email with FedEx shipping labels for return. Can someone please confirm I definitely have the current model sitting in this box? If the newer model comes out tomorrow I will return this tomorrow and get the new. Thanks guys.

Just wait till the end of the week and than ship it out

 

[quixotic]

Complete and utter nonsense. There are billions of DVD players out there, there are millions of high-def players out there, a number increasing rapidly. Online purchasing of movies isn't taking of, and nor will it - people want to buy a physical object. Optical media has a decade or more life in it yet.

You say you don't want an optical drive? Fine - buy an MBA. But I wouldn't buy an optical drive free Mac. I would actually switch BACK to a PC if that were the only offering.

Yeah, I think optical is here to stay for awhile, HVD's will see to that. I'm just remembering that it wasn't that long ago I was peeved that my G4 tower didn't have a 3.5" drive (almost a deal breaker).

 

[boysdontcry]

Got it. Thanks for that. I'll hold on to it for another week or so.

 

[John Purple]

I just checked the internet shop of one of the biggest dealers in Germany. He offers six different configurations of MBP on his site. Three of them are not available at the moment, one is low in stock, only two are 'green'.
Maybe Tuesday?

 

[michaelsviews]

I just checked the internet shop of one of the biggest dealers in Germany. He offers six different configurations of MBP on his site. Three of them are not available at the moment, one is low in stock, only two are 'green'.
Maybe Tuesday?

Mite want to bounce back and forth to Engadgets site, didn't that site release about the iPhone and iPod Touch updates like 5 hours ahead of time and I think , don't quote me even before Apple had updated there site?

Just a thought.

 

[pYrana13]

I just checked the internet shop of one of the biggest dealers in Germany. He offers six different configurations of MBP on his site. Three of them are not available at the moment, one is low in stock, only two are 'green'.
Maybe Tuesday?

currently, i study in germany. I would like to know, what is the name of the internet shop?

tq

 

[^squirrel^]

I just checked the internet shop of one of the biggest dealers in Germany. He offers six different configurations of MBP on his site. Three of them are not available at the moment, one is low in stock, only two are 'green'.
Maybe Tuesday?

What German firm is that? (are we allowed to post company names?)

 

[mgargan1]

I have the current MBP, and to be honest, I think i've used my optical drive twice in the 8 months I've owned it. That being said, i don't think I would want to have a machine without an optical drive, because one of those times was to upgrade to Leopard. I can't imagine a smooth upgrade path for people without optical drives... at least not yet.

I'm don't think i'll be as excited about this release but more 2 releases from now when intel's Penryn successor, Nahelem, is out. Then that'll be a huge upgrade performance-wise.

 

[Watabou]

optical drives will be obsolete in a very near future. it will be replaced with flash memory. heck, nowadays even a card reader has 512MB capacity at least, and a card the size of a finger nail that can easily store 8GB of data is not that uncommon. that's equivalent to 2 single layer DVD.
most softwares, music, and videos are now sold (downloaded) via internet. some vendors even starting to sell softwares via read-only memory card.

i can't remember the last time i use my CD drive. my blank DVD stack has been collecting dusts since forever now. why would people need to burn DVDs anyore while they can easily and quickly copy stuffs to their keychain usb drive anyways? it doesn't make sense. and why would they backup their data on DVDs while they can do it much faster and more reliable with harddrives.

furthermore, storing backups on harddrives (or NAS for that matter) makes it much faster and easier to access, as opposed to dividing your data on tens if not hundreds of DVDs and take them in and out and in and out whenever you need access. it's a very tedious process. it is surprising it isn't obsoleted yet.

i really hope the next Macbook Pro won't have optical drives at all. you can do a lot more useful things with that extra space.

I on the other hand won't buy a mac if the macbook pro would not have an optical drive. Whatever apple thinks, I need an optical drive built in. Why should I rent movies that I already have? Why should I buy a seperate 100 dollar device if I can just insert DVD into it? It doesn't make sense to not have an optical drive on a mackbook "pro". I guess it is okay in the mackbook air but not on the pro line.

 

[pointycollars]

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i really hope the next Macbook Pro won't have optical drives at all. you can do a lot more useful things with that extra space.

I actually hope they don't get rid of the optical drive. It would make it more difficult to install new software or do an OS reinstall, and I'd like to be able to easily rip music to my iTunes without having to go through a secondary device or computer to do so.

 

[zephyrnoid]

I'm with you. Besides, for cheap distribution of legally transferable content, you can't beat a $.50 CDR or a $1.00 DVD. So until ONE or at most TWO removable flash media sizes become ubiquitous, we need those round silver discs. I reckon the round discs have about 10 years of life left in them.

Complete and utter nonsense. There are billions of DVD players out there, there are millions of high-def players out there, a number increasing rapidly. Online purchasing of movies isn't taking of, and nor will it - people want to buy a physical object. Optical media has a decade or more life in it yet.

You say you don't want an optical drive? Fine - buy an MBA. But I wouldn't buy an optical drive free Mac. I would actually switch BACK to a PC if that were the only offering.

 

[aiterum]

10.5.2. just released... so maybe this means something is happening tomorrow?

 

[Pukey]

10.5.2. just released... so maybe this means something is happening tomorrow?

This would appear to be a good sign for new MBPs tomorrow, eh?