Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

MacBook Pro Supplies Tightening Ahead of Potential Refresh

iBuru said:
Oh my God!! MBPs and iMacs delayed?! :eek:

Intel just announced Sandy Bridge chipset design flaw and shipments stopped!!
(something to do with the SATA controller)...

Poor Intel.. the company is advising a $300 million hit to revenue.
Click to expand...

Ah! You're right lol! This will delay things further!
 
Yebubbleman said:
You can either hook it up wiredly to an existing router to add wireless where there might not have been one, or you can use it to extend pre-existing WiFi capabilities. Or you can just use it to provide an AirTunes/AirPlay outlet on your WiFi network without extending your existing WiFi network at all. I'd say that unless you wanted to use AirTunes/AirPlay and/or share your printer, you're better off buying a Netgear or a DLink router as they work just as well and cost a third of the price of the Apple router.
Click to expand...

I see, thanks for the tips.

My situation is somewhat different I have a wireless router offered by the carrier but the Net keeps going down. I'm not sure if it is the wireless part of the router or the net from the company itself.
Either way it's a big house (several floors) and i don't have coverage in all of them so I was considering the express the fix the range and the wireless part.

But I really can't decide anything for now because we are supposedly going to change carriers in a couple of months, which should get as a different router and internet connection.
 
iBuru said:
Oh my God!! MBPs and iMacs delayed?! :eek:

Intel just announced Sandy Bridge chipset design flaw and shipments stopped!!
(something to do with the SATA controller)...

Poor Intel.. the company is advising a $300 million hit to revenue.
Click to expand...

Who said Apple will be shipping the new Sandy Bridge processores in the upcoming Macbook pros? Sandy Bridge was just released and there's no way Apple is going to have the time to use them on their 1-month-away-from-being-released laptops.
 
Alphadan said:
Who said Apple will be shipping the new Sandy Bridge processores in the upcoming Macbook pros? Sandy Bridge was just released and there's no way Apple is going to have the time to use them on their 1-month-away-from-being-released laptops.
Click to expand...

There's already non-Apple laptops using SB.... so why Apple shouldn't use them on the new MBPs?

But yes, now it's more difficult that we see SB in the next MBPs..

(Personal opinion :eek:)
 
Looks like I've got a long wait until they refresh the MBP's unless they still do it but not use SB
 
ciTiger said:
I don't think so.
It seems the design flaw doesn't affect laptops after all :)

We can breathe easy lol!
Click to expand...

" If we assume fixed chipsets are available in the last week of February, they can be put into systems the first week of March. Then expect at least a week of testing and validation if not more. Add another week to ramp up production and we’re looking at late March or early April for dual-core SNB notebooks. Those of you waiting on Apple’s updated MacBook Pros fall into this category. I’d say April is a safe bet if you’re waiting on an upgrade. "

We can't breathe easy :(

(Well I'm still waiting for iMac update, so I hope this can be possible by late March or early April..)
 
Alphadan said:
Who said Apple will be shipping the new Sandy Bridge processores in the upcoming Macbook pros? Sandy Bridge was just released and there's no way Apple is going to have the time to use them on their 1-month-away-from-being-released laptops.
Click to expand...

so who need the new mbp if no sanday bridge?
 
AttilaTheHun said:
so who need the new mbp if no sanday bridge?
Click to expand...

An i3 or i5 for the 13" MBP would be more than enough, and let me tell you that the 15 and 17 inch models were kind of updated like 4 months ago. So there's really no need for SANDY bridge, not "sanday" , its not like they are being built every sunday.
 
Alphadan said:
An i3 or i5 for the 13" MBP would be more than enough, and let me tell you that the 15 and 17 inch models were kind of updated like 4 months ago. So there's really no need for SANDY bridge, not "sanday" , its not like they are being built every sunday.
Click to expand...

Ok, having SB is not essential if they put an i5... but if you have to buy a new laptop anyways, don't you prefer to have SB? ;)
 
Alphadan said:
An i3 or i5 for the 13" MBP would be more than enough, and let me tell you that the 15 and 17 inch models were kind of updated like 4 months ago. So there's really no need for SANDY bridge, not "sanday" , its not like they are being built every sunday.
Click to expand...

Hey genius, the 13" didn't use the Arrendale processors because Apple couldn't use an integrated nvidia gpu with them. They went for more graphics power over more processing power. Why would Apple renege on that now? You don't make any sense.

Also, adding a single BTO processor does not qualify as a refresh. Check the buyers guide for proof. :rolleyes:
 
Last edited:
Macaudio

Yebubbleman said:
I'm guessing that as far as sound cards go, the 17" MacBook Pro probably just uses whatever the latest mobile chip is from either Sigmatel or Realtek. Either way, it's pretty standard fare for a laptop, let alone an on-board sound card. As for the speakers, they're kind of weaksauce as far as laptop speakers go. But you'd want to plug in external speakers regardless.
Click to expand...

Thanks Yman. Hopefully one of the upgrades in the new MBP will be a better internal audio system similar to what Asus, HP and Dell are implementing.
 
You probably didn't mean what you said

vipergts2207 said:
Hey genius, the 13" didn't use the Arrendale processors because Apple couldn't use a nvidia gpu with them.
Click to expand...

Of course Apple could have used an Nvidia GPU - don't be silly. There are lots of Arrandale+NvidiaGPU systems on the market.

There weren't any Nvidia chipsets with integrated graphics for Arrandale, but that's something completely different from what you said.
 
AidenShaw said:
Of course Apple could have used an Nvidia GPU - don't be silly. There are lots of Arrandale+NvidiaGPU systems on the market.

There weren't any Nvidia chipsets with integrated graphics for Arrandale, but that's something completely different from what you said.
Click to expand...

I figured it was clear enough that I was referring to integrated GPU's since that's what the 13" uses. Obviously there are Arrendale processors paired with discrete nvidia GPU's as that's what the 15" and 17" MBP's are based on.
 
vipergts2207 said:
I figured it was clear enough that I was referring to integrated GPU's since that's what the 13" uses. Obviously there are Arrendale processors paired with discrete nvidia GPU's as that's what the 15" and 17" MBP's are based on.
Click to expand...

It would have been obvious had you said "integrated GPUs", but you didn't.
 
AidenShaw said:
It would have been obvious had you said "integrated GPUs", but you didn't.
Click to expand...

Yes, silly me for thinking that most people have the ability to make inferences and use external knowledge of this topic outside of what was contained in my post. I guess I will take your advice and spell out everything for the sake of the simpletons on MR.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back