Maybe that shows how important anti-glare coating is to me..
And btw, never meant to be here? Where? On this forum? Using Apple-stuff isnt a statement, nor a lifestyle.
/Still hoping to get positively suprised
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Maybe that shows how important anti-glare coating is to me..
And btw, never meant to be here? Where? On this forum? Using Apple-stuff isnt a statement, nor a lifestyle.
/Still hoping to get positively suprised
Well I'm torn. At this price point I might as well get a Sony with BD and better proc. If there isn't a $900 or cheaper notebook, Apple's stock is going to plummet.
I actually like the design, and I don't care about the glossy display, I want specs for a decent price. So far that isn't happening.
I might as well buy a Fujitsu or Sony with BD and HDMI. All I lose is the resale value.
I actually like the design, and I don't care about the glossy display, I want specs for a decent price. So far that isn't happening.
I might as well buy a Fujitsu or Sony with BD and HDMI. All I lose is the resale value.
Where did Apple say anything about any aggressive pricing, you just assumed they would do it from a bunch of useless rumours and guesses and now decide it to hold it against them when they said no such thing.What ever happened to the MB aggressive price point? $1299, nvidia GPU and 400 mHz taken of is ridiculous. To top it off not Matte on MBP and no FireWire on MB, sorry apple you've lost me on this one.
they mentioned shrinking margins in their last CC, many took this to mean cheaper price points.
Let me take a bet withre you and say they will gain more customers after this update. Apple is smarter than most of the clueless dudes posting here.
People are basing these decisions right now on RUMORS. They have yet to see or experience ANYTHING. People need to learn to settle down and wait these events out.
Being part of the Apple community. You're being entirely irrational because you've yet to see anything, feel anything, use anything that is being released today.
Exactly - these new laptops offer much higher value at the same price points - hence, lower margins
You guys obviously haven't been submitted to the Reality Distortion Field yet
Just wait 3 hours and 20 minutes and all your worries about the new Macbooks will magically disappear
Ahhhhhhhh the powers of RDF. Fortunately, I'll be waiting over a week before I even think of buying something - a rule whenever Mr. Jobs speaks.
What are you talking about? Computers are 50% of Apple's revenue. Of course they care about it. Maybe you don't remember the PPC days when updates were far and few between. Apple's done a good job of updating with Intels. If we get dual graphic card MBPs w/ killer battery life I'd call that a nice update. What is it that you expected?
Also if you are disappointed in the new model then go buy and old one. They'll be heavily discounted in a few hours, so that 10 month wait will have been worth your time.
i am not believing anything until steve jobs says so!
and the new MBP cant right click?
my guess is you just press down with two fingers for right click
For those wondering about the 9300M - 9400M equivalent quoted/rumored for the MacBook, here's a small comparison to the current X3100 IGP (the GMA950 of the previous macbooks is much worse). The X3100 scores 807 points at 3DMark 05 (Standard 1024x768), the 9300M GS scores 3464 (for the older macbooks, the GMA 950 scores 468...).
While it's not the latest and greatest game, the 9300M GS averages 50FPS (29 to 68) on F.E.A.R. 800*600 with medium settings, the X3100 averages 11 FPS (8 to 14).
Clearly, while having ~9300M power isn't exactly great in absolute (a 9600M GT scores 8852 on 3DMark 05 and a tom-of-the-line 9800M GTX passes 18000) it's fairly good, and miles beyond the current offering, if the utility of the chipset and the battery life don't drop there'll be good progress to observe as far as graphics on the macbook go.
Numbers are from notebookcheck.net
While it's not the latest and greatest game, the 9300M GS averages 50FPS (29 to 68) on F.E.A.R. 800*600 with medium settings, the X3100 averages 11 FPS (8 to 14).
Clearly, while having ~9300M power isn't exactly great in absolute (a 9600M GT scores 8852 on 3DMark 05 and a tom-of-the-line 9800M GTX passes 18000) it's fairly good, and miles beyond the current offering, if the utility of the chipset and the battery life don't drop there'll be good progress to observe as far as graphics on the macbook go.
Numbers are from notebookcheck.net
i am not believing anything until steve jobs says so!
Agreed, only a few more hours until we know for sure
I just hope that apple is reading all our negative posts so that they can go back to the design board and give us what we're asking for.
They usually come through but it looks like they've fallen with this update.
Of course I need to feel it, smell it, and see it before I can fall in love with it or should I say my mac girl
Shows how much of an effect these useless rumours have on Apple and now when they don't annouce anything like this, their stocks get hit.
That quote speaks for itself..
Yes, maybe partly irrational. 'Cause its a big deal for me if the screen is glary glass like som cheap LG pc laptop or not. Im taking your words home and will wait it out..
I just hope that apple is reading all our negative posts so that they can go back to the design board and give us what we're asking for.
They usually come through but it looks like they've fallen with this update.
Of course I need to feel it, smell it, and see it before I can fall in love with it or should I say my mac girl
You can have that hope but they're not going to change because of forum posts.
I just hope that apple is reading all our negative posts so that they can go back to the design board and give us what we're asking for.
They usually come through but it looks like they've fallen with this update.
Of course I need to feel it, smell it, and see it before I can fall in love with it or should I say my mac girl
Well technically the update hasn't happened yet. So don't get pissy just yet.
We don't know for sure what is true and what is not. Edit: didn't see the last part until just now. I'm sure the Apple people would appreciate you sexing up the machines in the store. "Just let me sniff her one more time before I decide, Sir!"Dude the so called professionals are becoming a minority in Apple's world now. Get used to it.
I hope no Glossy Screens only
A few weeks back I posted the same "stupid" should I buy now or wait thread for a new macbook pro. But unlike most people that wanted to know if the upgrades would be significant enough to justify the wait, my concern was whether Apple would eliminate things I loved about the macbook pro.
Well if Apple does away with the matte screen, I will be on Amazon as soon as possible buying the older model.
While I am not a true professional, I use my macbook pro to edit the thousands of pictures I take of my kids and edit video. I then print albums for my family. They really love books printed from Apple. Well if glossy is the only option, then my ability to work with the photos and video will be less than desirable.
I know that may seem silly to worry about for an amateur, but hey, I really don't like the glossy screen.
My only thought here is that with the rumors that Apple will not be updating the 17 inch model of the macbook pro, perhaps what is going on is that Apple is viewing the 15 macbook pro as an intermediate step between a true pro line and the macbook. The 17 inch will be out later, and it will retain the matte option, and will be a true pro machine. I hope I'm wrong, but that is my sense.
So for all of us who don't want a glossy screen, and want a 15 inch macbook pro we'll keep our fingers crossed.
A few weeks back I posted the same "stupid" should I buy now or wait thread for a new macbook pro. But unlike most people that wanted to know if the upgrades would be significant enough to justify the wait, my concern was whether Apple would eliminate things I loved about the macbook pro.
Well if Apple does away with the matte screen, I will be on Amazon as soon as possible buying the older model.
While I am not a true professional, I use my macbook pro to edit the thousands of pictures I take of my kids and edit video. I then print albums for my family. They really love books printed from Apple. Well if glossy is the only option, then my ability to work with the photos and video will be less than desirable.
I know that may seem silly to worry about for an amateur, but hey, I really don't like the glossy screen.
My only thought here is that with the rumors that Apple will not be updating the 17 inch model of the macbook pro, perhaps what is going on is that Apple is viewing the 15 macbook pro as an intermediate step between a true pro line and the macbook. The 17 inch will be out later, and it will retain the matte option, and will be a true pro machine. I hope I'm wrong, but that is my sense.
So for all of us who don't want a glossy screen, and want a 15 inch macbook pro we'll keep our fingers crossed.