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MacBook Shipments Have Begun?
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I really like this idea,
it makes sense for a few reasons
a) why update your low end notebooks before high end, that'll leave the top end of the market dead in the water
b) it would make the whole line up a lot simpler, the whole "pro" thing just doesn't seem relevant any more. It's just small additions/omissions on each model which make the difference between the two.
c) if they're changing the macbooks to have a alu casing like the pro does, then this would surely make the lineup almost like "one" product. And like you said, leaves room for a possible tablet device. Having 4 portable options (air, pro, mb and tablet) would seem a bit excessive.
Who knows, only the Jobs knows.
college promotion refund time
Yes today is the last day of the college promotion, BUT, Apple will wait at least 14 days to release a new product to keep all these college students from bringing their macbooks back and getting new ones. I am one of those college students and if a new product was released tomorrow, I would be in line with my OLD macbook in hand
Yes today is the last day of the college promotion, BUT, Apple will wait at least 14 days to release a new product to keep all these college students from bringing their macbooks back and getting new ones. I am one of those college students and if a new product was released tomorrow, I would be in line with my OLD macbook in hand
Betcha 5 bucks you're wrong! It will make the MBP a year since the last update. There is no new technology that requires them to wait, and the Montevina platforms is ready NOW. We will see new MBP 2nd week of October and a total revision next spring.
I think the pros would be released at the same time as the macbooks.
Apple can't leave the mbp with old architecture all the way until January when all the competition has released Montevina laptops that are already shipping.
Also there isn't going to be any major new technology in January since mobile Nehalem won't be out until H2 2009, so this is the only chance for a major overhaul before next summer.
I need one!
Apple can't leave the mbp with old architecture all the way until January when all the competition has released Montevina laptops that are already shipping.
Also there isn't going to be any major new technology in January since mobile Nehalem won't be out until H2 2009, so this is the only chance for a major overhaul before next summer.
I need one!
But Apple doesn't want that old stock back.
Thats why they were giving away the iPod Touches, in past years it was just a free iPod (no where near the $299 rebate)
They win alittle money back yes, but what about the old stock?
I know! Great to see some news on the Macrumors front page that isn't iPhone related
My Macbook is going to look oh so non-shiny next to the new ones, but I do agree with others on the wi-fi. I've always had better reception than fellow MBP owners
I have a feeling this is right, and all the notebooks will be given an overhaul in october. The air will probably be reduced in price and upgraded
That's a 25% price reduction though. If the new MacBook's got a similar reduction, we'd be aiming at a around $850.
The majority of Apple's percent market share for computers is centered around the macbooks because of their pricepoint. Macbook Pros are too expensive for common people
Sell it at a discount (same price they would have asked for if they weren't giving the ipod to keep the price competitive?) cheaper macs aren't hard to shift, at least not in the UK anyway. Because of their high price point, lots of people want last years model.
You're probably right though, but just trying to show it isn't completely impossible to see the updates in the next week or so.
news! I'm so ready for it to ship!
And the common people don't need a MBP. I need a slightly cheaper MB to justify to my wife her moving over to a Mac. All she does is email, log in to her work through gotomypc, and...yep that's it. I really want to get rid of the 5 year old HP/boat anchor that we have.