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No, but they'll definitely be brought together in a few months. They sold the 15" titanium
alongside the 17" and 12" powerbooks
From February until August 2003 when the current styled AL book joined the line.
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No, but they'll definitely be brought together in a few months. They sold the 15" titanium
alongside the 17" and 12" powerbooks
From February until August 2003 when the current styled AL book joined the line.
Dude if Apple listened to half the garbage in these forums they would be broke by now.
Actually, I would say it was Apple's massive deals with education selling all macs to thousands of schools.
But if you want to pat yourself on the back some more, go for it.
DesignerOnMac
macrumors 6502a
As a graphic Designer and owning an Alum iMac, first version, I totally disagree! The matt screen just works, and what I see on the screen I get in print!
My studio has 5 windows and the only time there is extreme reflections is @ 8 AM in the morning in the Spring months.
I never read any blogs online when all us designers had CRT screens either....
but I guess most have forgotten that!
wow... that pic above (also posted on engadget's website)
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/new-macbook-pro-to-feature-removable-battery-and-hard-drive-acc/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/new-macbook-pro-to-feature-removable-battery-and-hard-drive-acc/
am i the only one that loves glossy? I have an old HP dv1000 15.4 glossy screen and have loved every minute of it. The display on this thing is pretty good for back in 2004! I paid $1200 at the time at Best Buy....so $1299 doesn't seem much to me compared to the stuff it has that this HP is lacking
Apple is NOT stupid. Reading all of this ranting is lame. You really think Gruber has any sense of what Apple's marketing strategy is? I think NOT! Of course we will see better prices for the laptops along with new features and higher speeds. Cant wait to call Gruber an idiot come 1:15 EST.
Breegy
macrumors 6502
I think some of them may be true, but I think some websites are scrambling to MAKE UP rumors just to get web traffic. (Uhm, "Brick," what?) 😱
Nervous about hardware quality
Are there any other first-adopters who are nervous about the hardware quality. I was a first-adopter of the first gen intel MBP and I experienced nothing but problems. First, the logic board was broken (does anyone remember the high-pitch buzz?), second the heat burned out the keys at the top, and now the combo drive seems to be dead. I haven't yet fixed the keyboard or the combo drive but plan to when I get a new machine. Oh and I want to say that my battery was completely useless within the first 6 months.
I love Apple but I am constantly being burnt by adopting their new toys early. My Time Capsule arrived DOA. My Cinema Display had its price reduced within 2 weeks. My $599 iPhone was reduced to $399 within the next two months...
For the love of God, I am nervous about making another purchase!
Are there any other first-adopters who are nervous about the hardware quality. I was a first-adopter of the first gen intel MBP and I experienced nothing but problems. First, the logic board was broken (does anyone remember the high-pitch buzz?), second the heat burned out the keys at the top, and now the combo drive seems to be dead. I haven't yet fixed the keyboard or the combo drive but plan to when I get a new machine. Oh and I want to say that my battery was completely useless within the first 6 months.
I love Apple but I am constantly being burnt by adopting their new toys early. My Time Capsule arrived DOA. My Cinema Display had its price reduced within 2 weeks. My $599 iPhone was reduced to $399 within the next two months...
For the love of God, I am nervous about making another purchase!
not available in matte-finish, only glossy screen...
Isn't apple supposed to be listening to the consumers?
Isn't apple supposed to be listening to the consumers?
narcotic
macrumors member
Everyone's had beefy gpu's in computers for a long time, saying the words cuda, sli (urrr...) or snowleopard doesn't magically make everything faster.
You can buy quad core laptops already, and what manufacturer isn't cheaper than apple? Same argument for increasing cpu cores as gpu.
Real world performance in a range of apps means a lot more than numbers (and assuming the potential) in a spec sheet.
is the macbook ****ed? can somebody verify that a 2.0gHz with this new graphics chip will be faster or just as fast as the 2.4gHz currents?
per Gruber:
Gruber notes that the new $1299 model sports a CPU that is 16 percent slower than existing model, but says Apple will argue that the new NVIDIA graphics chipset will more than make up for the difference.
I'll hold off commenting on the price point until jobs says it himself.
per Gruber:
Gruber notes that the new $1299 model sports a CPU that is 16 percent slower than existing model, but says Apple will argue that the new NVIDIA graphics chipset will more than make up for the difference.
I'll hold off commenting on the price point until jobs says it himself.
Not only that, but it will be disappointing if the only way Apple can reduce retail price is to offer a new model, and offer the old model at a cheaper price. If Apple wants to maintain the sales momentum, they have to compete on price at some level, and competing doesn't mean cutting the price on old technology...
Just so you know, there's no way in hell you're going to get a matte option for the macbook (it's been reserved to the MBP since, well, since the first macbook was launched way back in febuary 2006). There has never been a non-pro macbook with a matte display ever.
Oh, and the Air's design is fugly. Do not want.
fleshman03
macrumors 68000
IMO the CRT screens wasnt as glossy as the current glossy LCD:s. Not as I remember anyhow. 😉 They where made of glass, but the CRT:s I owned had some sort of anti-glare coating on top.
