I hope thats a joke...right? Laptops (notebooks as Apple calls them) are built with batteries so they can be used on the go. If it needs a power adapter all the time then its just a small compact desktop.
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I hope thats a joke...right? Laptops (notebooks as Apple calls them) are built with batteries so they can be used on the go. If it needs a power adapter all the time then its just a small compact desktop.
+1. Blu-ray will NEVER be in an Apple computer until the tech is better at managing power. Apple's all about that, and it would be an abomination to OS X's power management system.
13.3 inch
matte or glossy
easily exchangable hd
magnetic latch
2.53GHz Penryn
Montevina
FW800/USB
Expresscard slot
midrange GPU
weight 4 pounds!
not sure if i can live without an optical drive but i would likely buy it with an external optical. but then the weight would have to be max 4 pounds.
wimax would be great but unlikely.
real battery life 6hrs would be great
smaller becel and smaller footprint than MBA (won't happen i know)
option for 4GB ram for max $200
7200rpm HD 200GB for $50
baseprice $1799
matte or glossy
easily exchangable hd
magnetic latch
2.53GHz Penryn
Montevina
FW800/USB
Expresscard slot
midrange GPU
weight 4 pounds!
not sure if i can live without an optical drive but i would likely buy it with an external optical. but then the weight would have to be max 4 pounds.
wimax would be great but unlikely.
real battery life 6hrs would be great
smaller becel and smaller footprint than MBA (won't happen i know)
option for 4GB ram for max $200
7200rpm HD 200GB for $50
baseprice $1799
That's probably the most realistic dream in this thread, I'd be happy with that. I do wonder if Apple entertains the idea of bringing back a tiny MacBook Pro, like the 12" PowerBook G4. Those things are probably the best laptops Apple ever built.
13" macbook pro? Dobut it.
Really? hmmmm macs running on intel and being able to run windows on a mac was once thought of being the same way you stated "doesnt have a ray of hope" look now. Never say never. these may just as well happen with in the next 3 or so years.
I thought apple's laptops all were in cased, nothing user replacable....
Really? hmmmm macs running on intel and being able to run windows on a mac was once thought of being the same way you stated "doesnt have a ray of hope" look now. Never say never. these may just as well happen with in the next 3 or so years.
I thought apple's laptops all were in cased, nothing user replacable....
-All-in-one media card reader
-Faster graphics, preferably ATI, though I see none suitable
-2.53 GHz baseline spec with more than 3 MB L2 (sad how slowly things have been progressing)
-1.06 GHz FSB/800 MHz RAM (I realize it'll make 0% performance difference, but it has to be done, or how stupid does it look?)
-Larger hard drive. 250 GB minimum spec, 320 would be nice.
-1680x1050 resolution@15". 1440x900 isn't bad, I guess.. my current 15" lappy is (was?) 1280x800, but seriously, it's very doable, and the increase would be noticeable.. especially stepping up from 1280.
-And a release a generation after Monteneva that doesn't blow the upcoming MacBooks out of the water, making me hate Apple and wish I'd been able to wait until they came out.
-Faster graphics, preferably ATI, though I see none suitable
-2.53 GHz baseline spec with more than 3 MB L2 (sad how slowly things have been progressing)
-1.06 GHz FSB/800 MHz RAM (I realize it'll make 0% performance difference, but it has to be done, or how stupid does it look?)
-Larger hard drive. 250 GB minimum spec, 320 would be nice.
-1680x1050 resolution@15". 1440x900 isn't bad, I guess.. my current 15" lappy is (was?) 1280x800, but seriously, it's very doable, and the increase would be noticeable.. especially stepping up from 1280.
-And a release a generation after Monteneva that doesn't blow the upcoming MacBooks out of the water, making me hate Apple and wish I'd been able to wait until they came out.
It is only the macbook air that has batteries that are a pain to get to. Their other laptops have normal laptop batteries that pop out when you release the latch just like everyone else. Macbooks and Macbook Pros have openings that you can swap out or upgrade RAM if you want and the macbooks at least allow you to slide out the hard drive and swap it out with a new one if you want.
Nice contradiction, even though I agree that we'll never see a 12" MacBook Pro.
And I think that I'll say never on a media card reader. Yep.
well the 13.3 inch MBP could come as a small MBP cutting into the MBA market share (unlikely).
it also could come as a high end MB with aluminum casing (likely at some point).
or the MBA gets an update and the specs approach a MBP (that's highly unlikely).
I think what i wrote as 13.3 inch MBP will most likely come as a aluminum form factor MB. The specs will be quite close to what i wrote.
But something like this should be there because right now apple has nothing in the huge market of light full featured 13 inch notebooks. The MB with 5 pounds and quite large footprint is too big. The MBA is too limited and too expensive and not powerful enough. And the 15 inch MBP is too big either. And from the number of people still wanting the 12 inch powerbook is huge.
it also could come as a high end MB with aluminum casing (likely at some point).
or the MBA gets an update and the specs approach a MBP (that's highly unlikely).
I think what i wrote as 13.3 inch MBP will most likely come as a aluminum form factor MB. The specs will be quite close to what i wrote.
But something like this should be there because right now apple has nothing in the huge market of light full featured 13 inch notebooks. The MB with 5 pounds and quite large footprint is too big. The MBA is too limited and too expensive and not powerful enough. And the 15 inch MBP is too big either. And from the number of people still wanting the 12 inch powerbook is huge.
What's with all the hostility? If that's the case, why do notebooks have outputs then?
All I was saying was that since the current state of technology has Blu-Ray consuming a whole lot of power, that if I were to watch Blu-Ray movies, it would be when it was plugged in, not like, say an airplane or something.
Unless I'm under a false impression, it only destroys the battery if you're watching the movie.
And besides, it was a wish-list, not reality.
Agree about the USB on the front.
SSDs can come in any size. Factors of 32 just tend to be more favorable. Intel will release 80gb, 100gb, and so on.
ATI does not make mobile versions of the 38xx series. They will make a 4850 mobile though.
I don't think that's true, but if you have some evidence that says otherwise I'd like to see it.
Yep, thanks.
They are supposed to be quite fast also. They should blow everything out of the water with read speeds at ~200mb/s.
Yep, thanks.
They are supposed to be quite fast also. They should blow everything out of the water with read speeds at ~200mb/s.
Whats the price tag? I think it would be over $700. Apple shouldnt bother with SSD until they cost the same price as a HDD. I would rather have space then speed.
To the OP...
1. I don't think space is necessarily wasted. Laptops have a lot of hot-running hardware shoved into a tiny form factor as it is. Perhaps that "wasted space" helps with ventilation. Hard to say, though.
2. A number pad would be nice at least on the 17" MBP. I can't see that happening on the smaller models, though.
3. I think the current Apple Remote is fine. The current one is too thick for you? A retractable slot for an Apple Remote is just one more thing that can break, IMHO. Besides, I rarely encounter a use for the Apple Remote on my MBP.
4. Yes, a multi-format media card slot would be a godsend, preferably one that can also read high-speed CF cards. That would eliminate the need to lug around external USB/Firewire readers.
5. Blu-ray drives draw a TON of power and I don't realistically see myself wanting to burn a BD-R on the go. I can do that with an external drive parked on the desk. Besides, this is a relatively moot point considering that Apple doesn't use HDCP compliant hardware in anything but the Apple TV to do that other half of Blu-ray (uh...Movies) anyway. Yeah, maybe in 2009....IF Apple actually cares about Blu-ray.
6. HDMI? I've been able to connect to HDMI displays just fine over DVI with an inexpensive adapter. Besides, I don't like HDMI connectors. The cables fall out too easily. DVI doesn't. You can also make DVI outputs HDCP compliant for DRM-enabled material. Perhaps they'll adopt HDMI if and when they figure out their Blu-ray dilemma.
7. I hate those chicklet keys on the MB/MBA. I can't type worth a damn on them. The current LED backlit silver keyboard is fine, at least for me.
8. 16/18" LCDs on Apple laptops? C'mon, man. Find me a 16" or 18" PC laptop. Apple doesn't make the panels, they buy them from other suppliers just like virtually every other PC manufacturer.
9. Screw USB. I think that front USB ports would detract from the overall look of the MBP. I've never needed more than two USB ports at a time. Actually, I want a second FW800 port on its own controller. That probably won't happen though.
To add my own "realistic wants"...
1. Put high-end GPUs on the high-end MBPs, not these midrange GPUs found on $1,400 PC laptops. Apple has had this problem for years...
2. User-serviceable hard disk on the MBP. It makes zero sense that a consumer can upgrade/replace a White/Black MB hard disk but can void their warranty doing the same on the MBP. Isn't it supposed to be a "Pro" machine? Better yet, put a metal door on the bottom of the machine that allows direct access to the hard disk. I can dream, right?
3. 8GB RAM capacity on the MBP. Some PC laptops already offer this.
4. Get rid of the screen latch on the MBP and adopt the latchless magnet found on the MB/MBA. Less parts to break.
That's about all I can think of at the moment.
1. I don't think space is necessarily wasted. Laptops have a lot of hot-running hardware shoved into a tiny form factor as it is. Perhaps that "wasted space" helps with ventilation. Hard to say, though.
2. A number pad would be nice at least on the 17" MBP. I can't see that happening on the smaller models, though.
3. I think the current Apple Remote is fine. The current one is too thick for you? A retractable slot for an Apple Remote is just one more thing that can break, IMHO. Besides, I rarely encounter a use for the Apple Remote on my MBP.
4. Yes, a multi-format media card slot would be a godsend, preferably one that can also read high-speed CF cards. That would eliminate the need to lug around external USB/Firewire readers.
5. Blu-ray drives draw a TON of power and I don't realistically see myself wanting to burn a BD-R on the go. I can do that with an external drive parked on the desk. Besides, this is a relatively moot point considering that Apple doesn't use HDCP compliant hardware in anything but the Apple TV to do that other half of Blu-ray (uh...Movies) anyway. Yeah, maybe in 2009....IF Apple actually cares about Blu-ray.
6. HDMI? I've been able to connect to HDMI displays just fine over DVI with an inexpensive adapter. Besides, I don't like HDMI connectors. The cables fall out too easily. DVI doesn't. You can also make DVI outputs HDCP compliant for DRM-enabled material. Perhaps they'll adopt HDMI if and when they figure out their Blu-ray dilemma.
7. I hate those chicklet keys on the MB/MBA. I can't type worth a damn on them. The current LED backlit silver keyboard is fine, at least for me.
8. 16/18" LCDs on Apple laptops? C'mon, man. Find me a 16" or 18" PC laptop. Apple doesn't make the panels, they buy them from other suppliers just like virtually every other PC manufacturer.
9. Screw USB. I think that front USB ports would detract from the overall look of the MBP. I've never needed more than two USB ports at a time. Actually, I want a second FW800 port on its own controller.
That probably won't happen though.To add my own "realistic wants"...
1. Put high-end GPUs on the high-end MBPs, not these midrange GPUs found on $1,400 PC laptops. Apple has had this problem for years...
2. User-serviceable hard disk on the MBP. It makes zero sense that a consumer can upgrade/replace a White/Black MB hard disk but can void their warranty doing the same on the MBP. Isn't it supposed to be a "Pro" machine? Better yet, put a metal door on the bottom of the machine that allows direct access to the hard disk. I can dream, right?
3. 8GB RAM capacity on the MBP. Some PC laptops already offer this.
4. Get rid of the screen latch on the MBP and adopt the latchless magnet found on the MB/MBA. Less parts to break.
That's about all I can think of at the moment.
Sony's 16 "
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...Id=8198552921644570896&parentCategoryId=16154
Acers 16 and 18" model
http://www.acer.com/gemstoneblue/eng/
those are the only two that i know of that have the 16 and/or 18" models