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[Merged] MBP Update Week of 09 Feb 2010?
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of course there's no update yet. thanks captian obvious...they will keep selling the current one until the day of the release.
His account should be locked, and his IP forbidden from creating another one.
I ROFL ... Lol keep it up man, you really are a Demi-God .... You are right though if he's or she is lying that should happen
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hey is this the person who said the Mac discount for notebooks was going to happen before the event because an update was imminent? They started the thread mentioning that and concluded since the ipad was being launch, apple didn't want the spotlight taken off the Magical Device for the time being
This is a rumor site. What kind of proof do you want? A photo of the new laptop? How would he be able to get a substantial proof if he is not high in the hierarchy at Apple? And if he is, why would he bother posting to this site at all? We all know what happened a few years ago.
This is the best news I've ever heard since I decided to switch to MAC a month ago. I am a hardware fan and I care a lot about the configurations of the machine, mostly due to my heavy computational work. Have been searching for an update since then. I trust this guy, although I know some inside news may not be accurate, but having someone there to give me hope is definitely better than nothing. I would give a 1 week confidence interval to his estimated time and any time sooner or later in this range will thrill me. Cheers!
OMG YAY
I don't know why I believe you people, but joining 2006 is far more credible than the jan/feb 2010 joiners.
I wonder why a wednesday? I just really hope it is then if not sooner!!!
I don't know why I believe you people, but joining 2006 is far more credible than the jan/feb 2010 joiners.
I wonder why a wednesday? I just really hope it is then if not sooner!!!
agreed... crucify him if he is lying
agreed... crucify him if he is lying
His account should be locked, and his IP forbidden from creating another one.
agreed... crucify him if he is lying
details?
+1 details please...
im hoping for next week. only a few more days
. i just want one soooo bad!!I dont understand why apple have to be soo bitchy abt their macbook releases... its a laptop for god sakes.... cant they atleast let their customers know what is coming so we can make rational decisions rather than announcing it 2 mins before it comes out. How can saying that ok, we are releasing this with x,y,z specifications sometime mid feb harm the product..... stupid ppl dont know how to market their products properly...
I was talking to a friend of mine who works in sales dept at a apple shop and he said that they dont know squat til the morning the new product arrives.. the management team is the first to know who keep things very quiet, NDS i assume.. and this particular store is in Australia so as it being one of the first stores to release products due to the timezone they would find out first...
I like the rest hope something comes out nxt week
I was talking to a friend of mine who works in sales dept at a apple shop and he said that they dont know squat til the morning the new product arrives.. the management team is the first to know who keep things very quiet, NDS i assume.. and this particular store is in Australia so as it being one of the first stores to release products due to the timezone they would find out first...
I like the rest hope something comes out nxt week
I dont understand why apple have to be soo bitchy abt their macbook releases... its a laptop for god sakes.... cant they atleast let their customers know what is coming so we can make rational decisions rather than announcing it 2 mins before it comes out. How can saying that ok, we are releasing this with x,y,z specifications sometime mid feb harm the product..... stupid ppl dont know how to market their products properly...
I was talking to a friend of mine who works in sales dept at a apple shop and he said that they dont know squat til the morning the new product arrives.. the management team is the first to know who keep things very quiet, NDS i assume.. and this particular store is in Australia so as it being one of the first stores to release products due to the timezone they would find out first...
I like the rest hope something comes out nxt week
On the contrary. They are clever. If they announce a new laptop will be out in 2 weeks, how do you think this will affect current sales?
No, Im dead serious... are you at all happy sitting here for months waiting for a product?
They make wonderful products, their website is great, simple, and its all nice. The main problem is their communication skills with their customers... When they release a new product that is totally new they do a great job.. like the iPhone / iPad etc, let us know well before hand.... this is a MacBook... a hardware update at most.. im sure they know the hardware specs they are intending to ship to stores maybe next week... why cant they announce their intentions...
If today they said ok we are releasing the new MacBook Pros in April, id be happy to wait, rather than them silently updating in 2 weeks. Uncertainty is never a good thing.
Thats a great point, i guess its a win/lose scenario, Does a small gain in sales out weigh the amt of customers lost to other brands... i bet there are many many people that have decided not to get an old outdated mac and go for other manufacturers.. The only people who wait are people who are extremely choosy and are Mac fans... If i really needed a new laptop i would have upgraded months ago but i dont need one and im waiting like all of you for this release...
It's a very clever policy by Apple, if you where in their position you would do it exactly the same way ... it's 'smart business' and Apple isn't going to do dumb business just to please you or any other of the 1% of their customers who sit and read these forums and obsess over updates....
I dont understand why apple have to be soo bitchy abt their macbook releases... its a laptop for god sakes.... cant they atleast let their customers know what is coming so we can make rational decisions rather than announcing it 2 mins before it comes out. How can saying that ok, we are releasing this with x,y,z specifications sometime mid feb harm the product..... stupid ppl dont know how to market their products properly...
I was talking to a friend of mine who works in sales dept at a apple shop and he said that they dont know squat til the morning the new product arrives.. the management team is the first to know who keep things very quiet, NDS i assume.. and this particular store is in Australia so as it being one of the first stores to release products due to the timezone they would find out first...
I like the rest hope something comes out nxt week
Agree.
The thing is, many apple users don't care about tech details like hardware update blah blah..... All they care about is getting an apple because "apple is so cool". I would be amazed if over 5 percent, which is a typical statistical false discovery rate, of the apple users can tell me where to find the bash shell. Apple's marketing strategy is specifically targeted at them.
What a shame.
I suggest you report back here when you've taken marketing 101. Nothing kills current products like premature announcements of upgrades.