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MacBook Pro Tomorrow (June 5, 2007) - Some Specs?
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Sure gains are minimal, but otherwise all they did was marginally bump the CPU core and a decent FSB and GPU bump. Case, and features for the most part have been same since the first MBP at the start of 06. The CPU is plenty fast no doubt, but some spark of inspiration would be nice.
Yeah, I'm going to pick one up tomorrow anyway too. Still hoping for the LED though. . . Or at least superior cold cathode screen. The current screen leaves much to be desired.
That could be one less fan here or there or lighter heatsink even. The rest of the case dimensions are the same, so I doubt a redesign. Best case I hope it is LED backlights and no invertor board.
I don't see how AI's specs preclude LED back-lighting. Steve Jobs is on the record as saying Apple will introduce LED-based laptops THIS YEAR. There's very good chance the MBPs may not get updated again until MWSF2008. This HAS to be when Apple delivers on LED-based LCDs.
And think about it, Santa Rosa the platform is not a huge selling point for Apple. It's very hard to market 800 FSB and IDP sound sexy. They have to have some other talking points, like magnetic latch, longer battery life, better (LED) screens, and Turbo Memory.
Of course you are so right.
But still If no Santa Rosa platform is used (with the robson tech.)in the next upgrade, nevermind the LED screens, I will be totally let down by Apple this year.
Could it be that, we'll only start to see anything realy new, computerwise, after the introduction of Leopard? Could it be that 10.4 isn't/wasn't built with those technologies (Robson, Bluray,HD DVD)in mind? And that it simply isn't possible or that it is possible, but wouldn't give the performance boost Apple would like to see.
Just a thought
Are there panels for the 17" available yet? otherwise their could be a minor bump in the fall to LED-based LCDs.
Well, the 17's could stick with cold cathode. . . the whole line doesn't have to feature LED, right? I mean, the MacBook won't get it for a while yet. . .
Yeah it doesn't "have to", but the 17" customers probably wouldn't be happy if the lower-end 15" models had LED backlighting and the high-end model didn't. Plus that wouldn't make much sense.
Not only that, but I'd think the 17" model would be the first on the list for lower-power backlighting with the bigger display size.
Yeah it doesn't "have to", but the 17" customers probably wouldn't be happy if the lower-end 15" models had LED backlighting and the high-end model didn't. Plus that wouldn't make much sense.
Not only that, but I'd think the 17" model would be the first on the list for lower-power backlighting with the bigger display size.
Not if the 17-inch displays cost a bazillion dollars. Erm, are really expensive. And anyway, the people who buy 17-inchers get two more inches of screen real estate and a HUGE battery that gives them better battery life than the 15-inch model.
Hey, they could always stick a 15-inch LED backlight attached to a 17-inch display and do some tricks with mirrors...no?....
...I think I'm reaching here...
Hey, they could always stick a 15-inch LED backlight attached to a 17-inch display and do some tricks with mirrors...no?....
...I think I'm reaching here...
hahaha! That's wicked awesome!
Hey, they could always stick a 15-inch LED backlight attached to a 17-inch display and do some tricks with mirrors...no?....
...I think I'm reaching here...
wait wait! I found the new LED display they're going to use. Check out the resolution!!
Typically, the low-end MBP has had the same HDD specs as the Blackbook. So expect, at minimum, 160GB HD, 8x Superdrive, and 1GB RAM (but most likely 2GB).
wait wait! I found the new LED display they're going to use. Check out the resolution!!
Somehow that doesn't look very portable...
Oh c'mon! Three able-bodied men or women should be able to move it a few feet, no problem!
Will they be doing a chassis redesign, to allow for user-replaceable hard drives?
/me hopes so...
/me hopes so...