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MacBook Pro Updates Imminent (Really), Part Numbers Appear
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I just bought my 13 Macbook Pro in February... would I be able to go to an Apple store and swap it and pay an extra fee of w/e? I bought it out of country but it was from an Apple reseller though.
Yes, Apple regularly allows trade-ins on months-old previous models when new stuff comes out. All you have to do is bring it into an Apple store and say the secret words "Whaa Whaa Jobs Job!"
of course! we've been reasonably confident that they would come very soon for months now. at this point, i'll just believe it when i see it.
Please please please have USB 3.0 and expresscard slot. That and the i5/i7 chips is should be decently future-proof. At least until lightpeak blows away usb 3.0
Nope, just a shareholder.
Partial ownership of Apple Inc. is basically available to anyone. If you really want to tell Steve & Co. how to run the company, buy a share, and show up at the annual shareholder meeting. There's an open mike forum at every meeting.
Ever since I've owned AAPL share, Apple makes more money for me than I spend on them. I don't really think of it as a "big deal". I really see it as a good investment.
I certainly don't think that everything Apple has done is wonderful and fabulous, but when the money is rolling in, it's sorta hard to complain too much. I guess I'm a slut.
Nah, '05 was the last year that they had a manual transmission option, plus you never want to buy a new model year, especially since they moved production from Japan to North America.Ouch. '05 huh? You got shafted when those new ones came out in '06.
The two things I missed out on were the V6 engine option and the longer cargo bed (6' rather than 5'). The price went up anyhow, so I wouldn't have saved any money by jumping up.
anyone know approx how much it'll cost to do an upgrade? mine's a 2.53ghz mbp with 500gb hd and 4gb ram. im hoping i can upgrade for like under 200 or something...
sarcasm: witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Read between the lines, people were using sarcasm because your request was very asinine.
You can't trade in an old macbook for a new one from Apple. Get a clue man.
I hear ya on the manual. The one thing I wish my '06 had. That said, ours has been a dream, not a single problem to speak of. Not sure if they shifted some production here, but the VIN on mine clearly indicates it was assembled in Japan...
Somebody thinks highly of themselves.
"Well James I do need some me time."
You're like those old men and women that go around using the fact they have a PhD to invalidate arguments and belittle people.
We have been over this before.
Apple has not announced pricing, so you won't know.
You'll have to waiting like everyone else to see what the pricing is for their new product line.
3Mb is the best sped in my area. And in the middle of Silicon Valley.
I can't even stream 720p, so I'd use Blu-ray
Whatever, where is the iPad v2 hardware update??
I am with you. We have been waiting years for an iPad update.
If you haven't bought a macbook pro by now it is too late.
We're talking about AAPL as a business entity. Since I am a shareholder, I factor my ownership in since it makes a different in my overall ROI.
If the stock doesn't perform, it really doesn't matter about the company's reputation: IBM, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, GE, Intel, whatever.
AAPL has performed above the S&P 500 over the past five years. In my mind, that's good. If you want to diss that, go ahead.
How old are you, MorphingDragon? Fifteen? Sixteen? Just wondering.
so ur saying i can't get a new one and pay the difference + some more? then how come everytime they release a new iphone apple gives a time peroid of when you bought ur iphone and they'd let you do an upgrade
you never pay for cd, dvd, books, etc
i am sure a honest person like you will find a way to get fast internet for free
no worries
I avoid in doing so, so that I may invest my money elsewhere.
I know where I can get faster network access for free but it's still not at home.
Uh, yeah.
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The current m11x just has a terrible CPU, or I'd go for it now to hold me over. Asus and Acer are both working on 13 and 14" laptops that will have Arrandale and gaming-grade GPU's, and HP's releasing an Envy 14 and updating the Envy 13 with Arrandale. All those should be out in a month. I'm not sure about the schedule of the m11x.
The problem is, I've got to have a Mac for my apps. I could just Hackintosh my gaming rig, and then sell my Macbook to buy one of the upcoming PC's. But as a sophomore in college, I can't afford a lot. I think the future Macbooks still have potential, if we can get a decent GPU and an i5 in them.
There's a 14 day return window, that's it. There is no upgrade program. It would be retarded for Apple to offer that. What do they care if you jumped the gun and bought a computer before the update happened? You have the computer you paid for and they have your money. They don't want the computer back. Sell it and put the money towards a new one if it bothers you that much.
That still doesn't invalidate my point.
How old are you, MorphingDragon? Fifteen? Sixteen? Just wondering.
I'm old enough to of worked in the IT admin industry for 5+ years and to know that you're so far up yourself you can see your own retinas.
Just because I own private stock in Franklin Law doesnt mean I can tell cmaier what he thinks. Just out of curiosity, how many Apple stocks do you own?
Shattered Horizon is the only game that appears to suffer greatly on the 1.3/1.6 GHz CULV the M11x has. On games alone Core 2 Duo does manage well enough with the nVidia 335M. I do see the CPU power complaint very often in reviews but it doesn't appear to matter in gaming performance. For a more all around machine you'll notice it in Cinebench, h.264 encoding, or maybe in Photoshop.
GPU drivers and switchable graphics with the release of nVidia Optimus appear to be greater concerns. Hopefully Best Buy will have display models in stock. There's an $899 SU7300/ 4 GB of RAM / 250 GB 7200 RPM model that's supposedly showing up tomorrow. I hear rumors of a June or July update on the hardware. Though it might not be the processors just yet.
Hovering just under $1,000 is where I'm aiming with a new(er) notebook. Then again I might be better off just getting a new monitor and GPU for now. I have plenty of time and choices.
I have my handful of OS X favorites and I have invested quite a bit of time in my metadata. It's too much of a hassle to move all of it over to another operating system.
It may place my Macs as my secondary machines but it does keep me buying, sometimes.
Optimus to me seems like nVidias desprate attempt to stay relevant in the modern markets. I see so many ATi and Intel Graphics branded laptops its just not funny anymore.