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MacBook Pro Updates Tuesday? (Tomorrow)
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You know the sad part? Apple has no excuse for not having released the Core 2 Duo MBP the moment the processor came out. They're still too used to playing in their own isolated little pond... I guess this is where we see the problem with the Intel switch, huh?
If they add anything new, it'll be nice. If they only update the processor, it'll be about ****ing time. It shouldn't be a Powerbook G5 thing here, people... it should be no more major than going from 256 MB to 512 MB RAM standard.
Disclaimer: I'm cranky tonight.
If they add anything new, it'll be nice. If they only update the processor, it'll be about ****ing time. It shouldn't be a Powerbook G5 thing here, people... it should be no more major than going from 256 MB to 512 MB RAM standard.
Disclaimer: I'm cranky tonight.
This is totally out of left field but I think we'll see MBP's plus a slight change in the MB lineup. Not 100% sure what at this stage but something like white MB's will be slight bump to C2D (maybe not today) but the BB may get a proper GPU. Previously I predicted that BB would come into line with regular MB but info I have indicates maybe a change to become more "prosumer" than before.
I could be wrong but I can say almost certainly there will be a lineup change for the MB's and BB will either go up or down the foodchain.
EDIT: Looking again I think that BB is going to become part of the MBP lineup and will proabably carry that name. The BB was probably just a stop gap in development cycles and a small pro version had to wait until new casings a la this update. So there is my prediction: New MBP's including new 13". BB dropped from MB lineup.
I could be wrong but I can say almost certainly there will be a lineup change for the MB's and BB will either go up or down the foodchain.
EDIT: Looking again I think that BB is going to become part of the MBP lineup and will proabably carry that name. The BB was probably just a stop gap in development cycles and a small pro version had to wait until new casings a la this update. So there is my prediction: New MBP's including new 13". BB dropped from MB lineup.
It's Gonna be Xserve
On apple business store, under xserve, they state that it will be available in oct. Just makes sense that it would be tomorrow.
http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/W...eXAh/0.PSLID?mco=97B5FDB3&nclm=XserveNotifyMe
On apple business store, under xserve, they state that it will be available in oct. Just makes sense that it would be tomorrow.
http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/W...eXAh/0.PSLID?mco=97B5FDB3&nclm=XserveNotifyMe
I've been waiting here with everyone since August, pulled the trigger (in a half drunken state) Friday night at midnight on a 30" ACD.
I guess I just really wanted to buy something
Sad thing is, until I get a new MBP, whenever that's going to be... I will have only a Macbook to drive it at considerably less res.
I called Apple today (Mon) to add 2-day shipping because I am having a housewarming on Friday and was going to pay the extra $33 to have it sitting on the desk, and the upgraded me to 2-day at no charge All I did was ask!
I guess I just really wanted to buy something
Sad thing is, until I get a new MBP, whenever that's going to be... I will have only a Macbook to drive it at considerably less res.
I called Apple today (Mon) to add 2-day shipping because I am having a housewarming on Friday and was going to pay the extra $33 to have it sitting on the desk, and the upgraded me to 2-day at no charge
All I did was ask!
yes OdduWonmikeepu said:
brought it to you first https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=2929224#post2929224
OdduWon said:yes OdduWon
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=2929224#post2929224
No you didn't, Steve said it would be shipping in October when he introduced it at the WWDC.
You may as well get back on this "MacBoo" train you're riding.
This is turning out to be a very plausible rumor!corywoolf said:Interesting, I was at NAB at the Javits Center today and saw Apple setting up with some signs covered up, could be a coincidence. I know Apple is not giving a keynote there, but it would be the perfect place to show off the new MacBook Pro. The show actually starts tomorrow, but I stopped in to get my badge. I slipped past security and was right next to the Apple booth, I will keep my fingers crossed for tomorrow. I should have taken a picture.
I can see it all now... Thousands of would-be buyers crashing Apple.com at 7AM Cuppertino time. And what do they find? The red nano on the home page is replaced with the new clip-on shuffle and a green *now shipping!* graphic...
....
*now shipping*... ohh god! THE HORROR!!
if it were *now shipping MMB & MMBP* thats a different story
AppliedVisual said:I can see it all now... Thousands of would-be buyers crashing Apple.com at 7AM Cuppertino time. And what do they find? The red nano on the home page is replaced with the new clip-on shuffle and a green *now shipping!* graphic...
*now shipping*... ohh god! THE HORROR!!
if it were *now shipping MMB & MMBP* thats a different story
mautal said:
Amazon UK states that the shuffle will be released on the 26th / 27th. Now would be a good time for a MacBook / Pro to be released. With the eve of MacExpo London and Quark set to release a new product there. Its the perfect time.
The Pros a great machine, but if they just added a few features of the pro (graphics card and Core 2 Duo) to the black, that much more my thing.
If the low end has a HD over 100gb, 1gb of ram and a card any better than the X1600... I'm gonna find it very hard not to blow some of my savings on this
reflex said:The difference is that I won't care about those
Why not? A Merom notebook without Santa Rosa is like a pedal-powered race car. Santa Rosa will make Merom screamingly quick, have support for a number of new standards and would definitely be worth the wait.
Forget Merom, Santa Rosa is the deal. You'd be mad to get a Core 2 Duo without the Santa Rosa chipset.
I wonder how many people are going to take this seriously??
Chundles said:
I'm not going to wait another 6 months for a new laptop (or more, who knows) when I would've been ok with a Core Duo version. The main thing I don't like about the current MBP is that the maximum hd size is 120GB. Core 2 Duo would be a nice bonus.
Who said I wasn't?
Chundles said:
At the end of the day my PowerBook G4 Ti is really showing its age (plus it's off to the repair shop on Saturday to get its fans looked at) so, while I'd love to get Merom with Santa Rosa, I really can't wait that long. At present I won't buy a Core Duo MacBook Pro because the Core 2 Duo models should be here any day now (maybe today?) but I can't wait until Apple releases a Santa Rosa-based model since that could be another year away if the Core 2 Duo delay is anything to go by. In the end I know that what I will buy won't be all that it can be but then it'll be so much better than what I have now that it won't make a difference.