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MacBook Shipments Have Begun?

digitalbiker said:
No, think again. Once broadcast goes digital, cable will follow. Most of the cable companies are already planing the set top box change.

Analog signal is going bye-bye. HD TV's and Blu-ray are going to be the X-mas gift of choice.
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You realize that some services are almost 100% digital already (Cox). Just because its digital does NOT mean it is HD. Standard deffinition via digital cable is going to be the norm for a while. Not until almost EVERYONE has an HD set will all programming become HD.
 
teme said:
Are you all against bluray because Apple offers digital downloads? Well, in most countries outside USA, movie companies aren't that interested to offer digital downloads, and the only option is to buy discs from store. Does Apple offer 1080p downloads in USA? The only way for me to watch 1080p movies from my 42" TV is to buy blurays.

Currently physical discs are the only option for worldwide movie distribution. Surely things will change in future, but are you people saying that Apple shouldn't adopt bluray because digital downloads will be available worldwide sometime in 2015? I just don't get why mac people are so against bluray... if it's available on mac, you don't have to use it, you can still watch dvd's with your Macbook Pro and its' full hd capable display.
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Its not that I'm anti bluray, its just that i honestly dont care for it. Same goes for apple's downloads. I dont use either.
 
MrCrowbar said:
CPU clock speeds aren't as important as they used to be. Nowadays, the hard drive(s), memory bus and GPU(s) are the bottlenecks. The only times my CPU goes 100% load is when re-encoding video for my iPhone and games. For normal things, a faster hard drive increases responsiveness and performance trmendously.

Besides, a few hundred Megahertz don't really make a difference, do they? Especially in laptops, the CPU will not stay at peak frequency for long because the whole thing would overheat. You only get full speed for short burts.
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Actually i beleive he was talking about the GPU, but if your anything like me, you couldnt care less if you cant play some game. I know i personally dont game at all on computers. Also i dont do anything that is graphics entensive.

Having a GPU that isnt as great really isnt a negative for everyone, im assuming theres a decent amount of people that would agree with me, because they also dont really use it for anything.
 
NT1440 said:
Actually i beleive he was talking about the GPU, but if your anything like me, you couldnt care less if you cant play some game. I know i personally dont game at all on computers. Also i dont do anything that is graphics entensive.

Having a GPU that isnt as great really isnt a negative for everyone, im assuming theres a decent amount of people that would agree with me, because they also dont really use it for anything.
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I'd rather have more batter life than a dedicated graphic card that does nothing to improve my routine work. As long as it can handle OSX and a sufficiently large external display (which the first generation Macbook does), it's all good. HD playback on computers is still a problem, but the solution is usually software related. Has anyone noticed that the newest VLC player for Mac can't play HD files nearly as smooth as the old one? Takes longer to load video, too. Only upside for me is the correct MKV subtitle display, had to use Quicktime with Perian for that before.
 
Baadshah said:
I dont agree with you, now days all new laptops have blu-ray and hdmi out. So i do really hope they have HDMI out and blu-ray in all macbooks.

What do u all say to this??

I hope new macbooks have:

500 gb hdd
2.6 ghz (atleast)
latest intel processor
4 gb ram
bluray/dvd Read/Wrrite
HDMI out

price: 1000-1200$

pls tell me ur views............
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I.M.P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E

As I see, you would probably be better with a MBP...
 
There's been a lot of discussion about a possible serious "price break" from Apple on the new MacBook/MBP lineup - my bet is the new "aggressive" price point will be $999 on the lowest end model, and that's about it. Don't expect an across the board reduction on what they view as a premium product.:(

I feel the earlier discussions from Apple about products that others can't touch on a price/performance basis, they are talking about the highest end of their line, and possibly on a Mac tablet.
 
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iPaf said:
I.M.P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E

As I see, you would probably be better with a MBP...
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I agree on the price. But if Apple merges the two lines into one set of Notebooks (honestly, take a step back and look at this idea) they end up with MacBook Pro's only, then you merely pick your format size and what options.

This leaves the customer with only 4 main selections at first 13"/15"/17" and UntraLight. Then you select CPU, HD, Ram and click "Add to Cart".
This also plays into the enterprise role too as any business IT dept or contractor can easily choose one model (MacBook) then correctly choose the right form factor to meet the needs of the person. Reduces confusion and hey everyone get's a Pro model. So he could get that model he wants, however that price might be a tad higher especially since 500gb drives, if you can find them, are very expensive. 400gb units run $170 right now if you shop around. 7200rpm models will most likely be options on all.

There's no iMac Pro nor MacMini Pro (I wish). I'm hoping they don't axe the mini. We are just finding more and more uses for that little computer and with Eco-Tech coming online as mainstream modeling for network design they fit the bill on 8/10 needs everytime. We use them from workstations to servers and on our Remote Managed IT Service they serve as a network monitor, VPN, and sometimes a PXE Boot server for even smaller thin client machines. They use an average of 49 watts but do scale up to a max of 90watts. There great for Home Theaters too, connect one to a Projector and stereo, walla Home Theater marvel.
 
MrCrowbar said:
I'd rather have more batter life than a dedicated graphic card that does nothing to improve my routine work.
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That's why systems that have both the GMA and a dedicated graphics core are now on the market. Use the GMA when you want to save battery, use the dedicated GPU when you want 3D performance.

Best of both worlds.
 
XwiredTVA said:
I'm hoping they don't axe the mini. We are just finding more and more uses for that little computer and with Eco-Tech coming online as mainstream modeling for network design they fit the bill on 8/10 needs everytime. We use them from workstations to servers and on our Remote Managed IT Service they serve as a network monitor, VPN, and sometimes a PXE Boot server for even smaller thin client machines. They use an average of 49 watts but do scale up to a max of 90watts. There great for Home Theaters too, connect one to a Projector and stereo, walla Home Theater marvel.
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Actually, my low end Mac Mini (see signature) uses 15-20 Watts average. There's a few tricks to save power like switching off Bluetooth, WIFI, infra red receiver, setting display sleep to minimum (so the graphics chip powers down quickly, it goes back on when you do remote desktop though) and allowing the hard drives to sleep after a few minutes (except where there's lots of disk activity 24/7). Place the Mac Mini on a Teacup, it facilitates air intake a lot and the machine won't rev up the fan as much. Also remove optical media when it's not needed. OSX likes to spin up the optical drive once in a while to check if the disc is still in there or something. Also disconnect not-used USB and Firewire devices. USB dongles and TV receivers get warm for a reason: lots of power is wasted here. If you want, replace the two RAM SO-DIMMS with one of maximum capacity.
 
CKone1982 said:
Hey all!

what do u think about this:

http://www.it-shop.t-systems.de/tsy...l?_n_=catalog&_t_=factsheet1&articleid=309510
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Interesting. This is a legit german online store. I saved it before they take it offline.

It says 1.999,16 EUR + shipping + taxes (19% in Germany), not in stock right now.
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9500 2,6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, 15,4" WXGA+ TFT, DVD±RW DL, nVidia GF 8600M GT, Airport Extreme WLAN, BT, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Price with taxes is 2.279 EUR, the current model with similar specs (same CPU, GPU, RAM, HDD, matte display) is 2.419 EUR on the BTO Apple store.

Here's the picture of it:
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Notice the black bezel and absence of display-release-button and visible slee-light or IR sensor (maybe it's in the black bezel now, means you can't use the remote when it's close anymore). I can't see any recession like in the Macbook and Macbook Air though...
Note that the Superdrive slot is higher up than in the current Macbook Pro.

The sleep-light and IR-sensor might be hidden though. If you have a current Macbook Pro or Wireless keyboard, the green status lights are hidden behind a thin layer of aluminum. You can't see them except when they're lit or when shining light on them from the right angle. I can imagine they hid the IR sensor this way, too.


Detailed specs:

- size: 35.7 c 24.3 x 2.6 cm (14.06 x 9.57 x 1.02 inches)
- weight: 2.5 kg (5.52 US pounds) (doesn't say with or without battery)
- processor: 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo, 800 MHz Bus, 6 MB L2 Cache, Streaming SIMD Extension 4
- RAM: 2 GB (4 GB Max) DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz, PC2-5300, 200 pin SO-DIMM, two 1 GB sticks
- HDD: SATA-150, 250 GB 5400 rpm
- Optical Drive: read: (24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)), write: (24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL)), write on rewritable discs: 10x (CD) / 4x (DVD±RW)
- Display: 15.4" TFT with 1440 x 900 pixels, LED backlight
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT PCI Express x16, GDDR3 SDRAM - 512 MB
- Multitouch Trackpad
- Networking: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
- Expansion slots: 1 ( 1 ) x ExpressCard/34, 2 RAM slots inside
- Ports: 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ¦ 1 x IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) ¦ 2 x Hi-Speed USB ¦ 1 x Audio - SPDIF-input/Line-in - Mini-Phone 3,5 mm / TOS Link ¦ 1 x Audio - SPDIF-output/headphones - Mini-Phone 3,5 mm / TOS Link ¦ 1 x Display / Video - DVI-Analog/Digital (Dual Link) ¦ 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
- Accessories that come with it: cleaning cloth, DVI-to-VGA adapter
- Battery: Lithium Polymer, 60 Wh, 5 hours battery life
- OS: Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard
- Bundled software: Drivers & Utilities, Apple QuickTime, Apple Mac OS X Mail, Apple iChat, Apple iCal, Apple DVD Player, Apple Address Book, Apple Safari, Apple Dashboard, Apple Spotlight, Apple XCode Developer Tools, Photo Booth, Apple iLifeí08, Apple Spaces, Apple Quick Look, Apple Time Machine



Here's the rest of the 15" lineup. Notice that only the right hand two have the black screen.
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Note that the matte-display one ("Hochglanzdisplay" = glossy display) is shipping now ("Sofort Lieferbar")!



And here's the 17" ones. I don't see any 2.6GHz version on the Apple site (only as BTO), but here they are:
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Both the 2.6GHz models have the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT - 512 MB, same as the 15" model.
 
I wonder where they got the picture from. Although it's a proper site I still think it is probably a mock-up.
 
Interesting thing I noticed: The SuperDrive on this is higher up toward the palm rest, like the Powerbook series.
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Powerbook for reference:
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Whereas the MBPs have the SuperDrive lower in the palm rest.
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So could be real deal or shopped PB? Who knows.
 
steamed.hams said:
Thanks for sharing your link.

I hope those aren't the new ones. They don't look as nice as any of the mock ups, nor are they that beefed up compared to the last update. And there's nothing competitive about those prices!

my 0.02
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Maybe they posted the new pic with old specs???
 
I am so tired of this Crap, someone needs to tell Apple this crap is getting old. I have been wanting to buy a new Mac since July. And I am leaning toward getting a Hackintosh just because I don't want to wait any longer. Steve please stop acting like the hype is what sells PC's, because it works better if you give us a little heads up.
 
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