So I see a prototype, blog about it, and if Apple pulls it the last minute and releases something else, I'll be a "loser" on MacRumors, the site wich only repost others' stories? 
I think the SSD rumour was anti-Apple PR. When I heard that rumour, I was really excited about the possibilities it offered - fast boot, fast operation, low energy use = extended battery life. A proper new technology and step change, not just slightly improved specs.
When I saw the actual specs, my first emotion was disappointment. Had I never read the SSD rumour, my first emotion would have been some sort of warm fuzzy feeling. First impressions are critical. I'm still going to get one, because the wife's laptop is ancient, but I think there will be many who decided "yes if it has the SSD I'll get it" who will now take a pass.
If anybody's still following the thread, this is one "solution" I've never seen verified one way or the other:Lots of good points here, though I can't beleive people are still hung about blu-ray. File it under "who the fvk cares." Way more media is distributed electronically and why would you want to watch a blu-ray on your laptop anyway. On a screen that size its a negligible improvement over DVD. Or, install an after market br drive and get makeMKV. It would cost the same as if apple offered it as an upgrade. C'mon. Get creative.
Which begs the question, what happened to your insistence that Apple would drop the 13" MacBook Pro with the next upgrade? Okay, I'll do it for you.I gotta admit, the rumor mill was annoying until about a week ago...
...I guess I was wrong...
This will be my first macbook ever. I skipped last years updates because of the poorly updates for the 13". But now I dont know if I want the 13" or the 15".... If Im going for the 13" I will go with the i7 with 8Gb RAM and 128Gb SSD. Or the 2.0 Qi7 15" with "just" 4Gb RAM and 128Gb SSD and the hi-res screen.
Thing is that I have a older HP as my main laptop right now. 15.4" with 1280x800 res. Same as in the MBP 13". So that wouldn't change anything in that department if i'll go for the 13" but I'll will get a smaller laptop and thats very nicethe 15" MBP is about the same size as my current HP.
Gaaah cant make up my mind!
Trackpad is a little larger though.
With Apple having released updated MacBook Pros yesterday, here is a look back at the some of the rumors that preceded the launch along with an assessment of their accuracy.
Winners:
- As long ago as last December, CNET reported that Apple would move even its smaller notebooks to Intel's Sandy Bridge platform, necessitating the use of Intel integrated graphics on the machines unable to utilize a discrete GPU for space reasons. Apple did just that with Sandy Bridge and with the integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 serving as the sole graphics processor on the 13-inch model. The report also claimed that Apple would tap AMD for the graphics in the company's larger MacBook Pro, displacing NVIDIA as the GPU provider for the line, another development that did in fact occur in the update.
- Last Friday, a pair of Italian blogs, iSpazio and Slide to Mac, pinpointed Apple order numbers for the new machines, with one of them accurately claiming a release on Thursday or Friday of this week. Later that day, we confirmed that the launch would in fact take place on Thursday, Feburary 24th.
- On Sunday, CNET reported that Apple was expected to introduce a "new high-speed connection technology", referring to Intel's Light Peak standard, in the "near future". Light Peak did in fact make its debut in the new MacBook Pros under the name "Thunderbolt". Later that day, AppleInsider accurately reported that shipments were en route to resellers, with delivery set for early in the week. Best Buy also slipped its placeholder information into public-facing inventory lists.
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- On Wednesday of this week, 24 hours before official launch, fscklog and Mac4Ever posted photos of specs from the box of the new entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro, as well as shots of the machine itself. The sources of these shots were obviously resellers who had received Apple's shipments of the new machines and opened the packages early.
Losers:
- In early February, a Best Buy inventory screenshot appeared showing a new Apple notebook with a dummy SKU and an in-stock date of March 11th, but the update actually occurred more than two weeks ahead of that date. The evidence continues to suggest that Best Buy's inventory databases are an inaccurate source of information until shipments are actually en route to stores, as the company appears to use placeholders that are simply based on circulating rumors and guesses up until that point.
- Danish blogger Kenneth Lund claimed earlier this month that a reseller had informed him of a March 1st date for MacBook Pros.
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- An Intel ad published earlier this month sparked significant speculation that the notebook pictured was a leaked next-generation MacBook Pro. But as we noted at the time, the picture was simply a generic mockup and not related to any revamped MacBook Pro design.
- On Monday of this week, BGR reported that the new MacBook Pros would offer larger trackpads, a small SSD boot drive for system files, and reduced weight compared to the previous generation. None of the claims came true.
- On Tuesday, French site MacGeneration offered a list of claimed specs for the revamped MacBook Pro (repeating the hybrid SSD claim), with essentially none of these claims coming true with the exception of the "new technology" that had already been widely rumored to be coming as Light Peak/Thunderbolt.
Mixed Bag:
- In mid-December, DigiTimes predicted that Apple would update the MacBook Pro and iMac in the first half of 2011. While certainly not a stretch given that the previous update had occurred in April 2010, Apple did indeed easily meet this prediction for the MacBook Pro. The report claimed that Apple would launch "at least four" upgraded MacBook Pros, and the company did in fact introduce five standard configurations yesterday. The report also claimed, however, that the new MacBook Pros would ship with Mac OS X Lion. In addition, the report claimed that there would be a "slight change in chassis design", but the new MacBook Pros are for all intents and purposes identical to the previous generation.
Article Link: MacBook Pro Rumor Wrap-Up: Winners and Losers
You forgot to mention MACRUMORS as LOSERS
among most rumors that you spread about new MBP, most of them were false![]()
If anybody's still following the thread, this is one "solution" I've never seen verified one way or the other:
I would expect that with an external BR drive and some appropriate software, one can indeed watch BR via a Mac. So as implied above, is this possible? And, if so what's the cost?
I imagine the main purpose of macrumors is to collect the rumours out there and then inform the users on this site. How about showing some gratitude and respect for this wonderful site that provides free news for you instead of cheap rude remarks?
Just to defend Kenneth Lund, he was actualy right in some way..
The new MBP's are in stock early next week in Denmark, which was said in the mail..
Denmark is a small country and we are a little late with everything, so he got the Danish launch date right
And just to be clear, there are a few demo models in the stores, but I was told in 3 the differrent stores today, that there's about 3-5 days days delivery time on standard configurations and 14 days if I wanted i.e. anti-glare
I'm gonna buy the Macbook Pro 15'', wich costs in Portugal 1,799€.
But its stupid cuz...
conversion rate:
$1,376 = 1€
so $1 = 0,73€
If you buy from the american store, you'll buy it for $1.799, which is equivalent to 1.307,42€.
If we look at the numbers the other way around (since they are more expressive):
If you buy it in the Portuguese store, for 1.799,00€, you'll be buying something that is worth in the U.S. $2.475,42.
$2.475,42 - $1,799,00 = $676,42 !!!
How come that we pay the same price !! With $675 we can surely buy the best GFX card there is for sale in the american market!!
Can anyone explain me this please? cuz with that 675dollars more i could buy the high end 15''.