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Macbook Pro vs. Ultra-Portable Expected in Jan.
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Yeah, you and everyone else on this forum!!! We ALL want to know, but who's to say?? Unless someone has some "inside scoop" then all we can do, as we have been doing all along, is hope and speculate, prognosticate and commiserate 😉
Adokimus
macrumors 6502a
Whichever you go with, the current MBP or future thinbook, buy your RAM from a third party like crucial. It will cost you about $100 to upgrade to 4GB RAM rather than the $700 Apple charges.
-Ado
joegomolski
macrumors 6502
MrT8064
macrumors 6502a
Apple are silly charging so much for Ram, it would surely be more profitable if they went a few dollars pricier than Crucial, then people would pay the extra just to save the hassle,
as it is, only really silly people get it from apple.
as for the thread... wait! the macbook pro has been arround for almost 2 years, with the only external change being the iSight LED!! that is as minor as it gets!
as it is, only really silly people get it from apple.
as for the thread... wait! the macbook pro has been arround for almost 2 years, with the only external change being the iSight LED!! that is as minor as it gets!
Yeah they are!
I already ordered the MBP as described...I'm sure it will make me very happy 🙂
I'm trying to understand the "no Hard drive" part of the announcement. If it's all flash memory, how many Gb could it possibly be? I'm looking to replace my 12" PowerBook with a new Intel machine so I can use iMovie '08. I need this to work with Hi Def video (AVCHD Format) on the road. Having such a small, light laptop would be great, but I do need at least 60-100 GB of "hard drive" space. How much flash memory could this thing realistically have?
zioxide
macrumors 603
I'd like to upgrade my iBook, but I know it would be better to wait until January, because if there's a new computer, people will start selling their MBs at reduced prices in order to buy whatever Apple tells them they "must have", while Apple will update the refurbished line with the computers they're currently selling on the main page. So yeah, waiting would be better. But the "now" factor is always tempting. One day at a time, I guess.
Yeah I'm sure everyone at this point will wait but I couldn't. I wish I could post some pics of my two laptops that are shi**ing on me...my own (dell inspiron 9100), was a beast and power consumer (only able to get 1.5 hours)...the ram slots went bad and its pretty old (p4 with ht), plus it weighed 12 pounds (ouch)...and now I'm using my roommates who has an even older one (dell inspiron 1100-look it up to see how old it is.) celeron processor (256 megs of DDR not DDR2 but DDR), its so slow and now the point where the power cord from my computer to the main part of the charger is showing the silver wires (basically I have to wiggle it a bunch of times for it to charge)...and I'm in law school right now so a laptop is a must! I really couldnt wait with mid-terms being next week 😱
15" 2.6 MBP would totally work for me... in fact I have one configured in my shopping cart as we speak. Just waiting to see what happens next month, and I'd love to avoid the yellow screen issues.
It sounds as though the new Ultra Portable will not really be a "Pro" machine. I'm just hoping the 15" gets a little bit lighter... as it is now it's substantially heavier than my 12" PowerBook.
So do we assume that the announcement ( http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=81896 ) the other day that Apple had ordered all of those 13.3" LED laptop screens was NOT for the new ultra portable as implied? 12" or 13.3"??
It sounds as though the new Ultra Portable will not really be a "Pro" machine. I'm just hoping the 15" gets a little bit lighter... as it is now it's substantially heavier than my 12" PowerBook.
So do we assume that the announcement ( http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=81896 ) the other day that Apple had ordered all of those 13.3" LED laptop screens was NOT for the new ultra portable as implied? 12" or 13.3"??