MacBook Shipments Have Begun?

[NT1440]

If the post on TUAW is true, then we all ave to be prepared for January 2009 for release date.

For me, is not this time I will get a MAC. maybe in another 3 or 4 years for now, for the NEXT NEXT generation

Too bad I will wait 2 to 3 weeks then It's imperative for me to buy a machine, maybe one of does HP workstation's with openGL dedicated graphic card

what post?

 

[imm22]

what post?

this one:

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/30/new-product-announcement-cancelled/

 

[puffnstuff]

there will be an update but we will not see any new products until 2009. I kinda figured as much because by now we should have gotten leaks. But nothing? Makes no sense since in the past yr alone everything that apple has release has been leaked out weeks or months before hand.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Yes, but I was wrong. So, forgive me.

Well, at least, Call of Duty 4 is released for Mac today. At least it is not an "empty" day.

maybe it was the day but he jinxed us

Nope, just introducing you guys to reality...

 

[NT1440]

this one:

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/30/new-product-announcement-cancelled/

jesus, did anyone read the update at all?


there was no actual proof that there was supposed to be an announcement, speculation AT BEST.

 

[iMacmatician]

If the post on TUAW is true, then we all have to be prepared for January 2009 for release date.

That post says nothing, and implies little, about January 2009. And a September 30 update/redesign wasn't even rumored to begin with.

there will be an update but we will not see any new products until 2009. I kinda figured as much because by now we should have gotten leaks. But nothing? Makes no sense since in the past yr alone everything that apple has release has been leaked out weeks or months before hand.

The leaked case pictures weren't leaks? And the aluminum iMac case wasn't leaked at all (although the keyboard was). And there's been many other rumors pointing to an 2008 redesign of both notebook lines.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

That post says nothing, and implies little, about January 2009. And a September 30 update/redesign wasn't even rumored to begin with.

iMacmatician speaks the TRUTH!

 

[puffnstuff]

we shall see :waits patiently:

edit: look apple being ripped off again
http://gizmodo.com/5057121/synaptics-adds-new-multitouch-gestures-to-trackpads
they better come with something mind blowing

 

[kabunaru]

they better come with something mind blowing

Or else people are going to be disappointed.

I want these things for the next MacBook at least:
1. Aluminium
2. LED-display
3. New Integrated video card
4. Base model: $999
5. 16:9 ratio

For the MacBook Pro:
1. Magnetic Latch
2. User-Replaceable Hard Drive
3. ATI graphics card
4. Drop of the "Pro" name
5. Base model: $1799
6. 16:9 ratio

 

[iMacmatician]

edit: look apple being ripped off again
http://gizmodo.com/5057121/synaptics-adds-new-multitouch-gestures-to-trackpads
they better come with something mind blowing

Absolutely.

Maybe Apple could include more advanced gestures like hold down with two fingers and tap various places with the third (copy, paste?), and a three-finger 90º square turn gesture. Maybe, as long as they're not to complicated.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

For the MacBook Pro:
1. Magnetic Latch
2. User-Replaceable Hard Drive
3. ATI graphics card
4. Drop of the "Pro" name
5. Base model: $1799
6. 16:9 ratio

I thought you said they were discontinuing the MacBook Pro?

Edit: (oh yeah, there it is #4) x2

 

[kabunaru]

I thought you said they were discontinuing the MacBook Pro?

No, I did not. Where did I say that?

Why are you being so negative again?

 

[TwinCities Dan]

No, I did not. Where did I say that?

Why are you being so negative again?

We had a very in depth discussion just a few days ago! You don't remember? I can go find your comments if you want...

I am not being negative, I am just proving you wrong...

 

[gadgetgirl85]

Uggh what a pickle!

 

[kabunaru]

I am just proving you wrong...

Is there any thing wrong with my expectations of the MacBook and MacBook Pro except the "Pro" name drop?
I would like to believe my expectations are plausible.

 

[puffnstuff]

I am not being negative, I am just proving you wrong...

Hey Nostradomus was not always right!

Macbook
-ati graphics
-12"
-backlit lighting
-thinner/lighter
-stronger

$999

 

[kabunaru]

-thinner/lighter

I do not want to see the MacBook thinner (potential worse heat problems).
I agree with the rest.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Is there any thing wrong with my expectations of the MacBook and MacBook Pro except the "Pro" name drop?
I would like to believe my expectations are plausible.

I don't know, I am not Steve Jobs, but the MBP isn't going anywhere, and the 16:9 (from what I've read) seems unlikely, $1799 seems too cheap, but we will see...

Damn, where's Tallest Skill when I need him?

 

[puffnstuff]

I do not want to see the MacBook thinner (potential worse heat problems).
I agree with the rest.

I would like it to be as thin as the pro

 

[kabunaru]

$1799 seems too cheap,

How is $1799 too cheap when $1999 is not? I do not understand you logic.
$200 difference does not make a product too cheap in price.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Hey Nostradomus was not always right!

I never claimed to be a prophet, I am just trimming the fat on some of the nonsense...

 

[Loge]

Apart from one comment by John Gruber on 10 September, where is there any substance to these Oct 14 rumours? The lack of anything else really in the last few weeks, (apart from a lot of obviously fake pictures) suggests that the next update might well be Macworld.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

How is $1799 too cheap when $1999 is not? I do not understand you logic.
$200 difference does not make a product too cheap in price.

True, but I believe PRO users would rather pay the price for the options than have them trimmed to meet a price point. I would rather see the MB and the MBP specked (and priced) FURTHER apart...

 

[kabunaru]

suggests that the next update might well be Macworld.

Then Apple is going to screw themselves if they are going to wait that long.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Apart from one comment by John Gruber on 10 September, where is there any substance to these Oct 14 rumours? The lack of anything else really in the last few weeks, (apart from a lot of obviously fake pictures) suggests that the next update might well be Macworld.

That is entirely possible, 10/14 is only a rumor...