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A thin MacBook? A 13 inch PDA with less ports than a proper PDA? A huge youtube viewer? A heavy weight non-pocketable Pocket-PC?
I agree it's annoying they have to take away so much and not give much in return. Hopefully Steve will surprise us tomorrow with something "great".
I can't see why Apple would take FireWire away, it's not like there are space constraints as with the Air
is therer a new cpu generation which apple could use so the 2.0ghz is faster than the current 2.2?
Yeah. If this is going to be another soft, lame and underwhelming update like the last one with the Nano IV and the Touch II, people are gonna start wondering if Apple has lost all their innovation momentum and are stalling for time.
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I honestly think a lot of this last minute speculation is pretty wild. Those "confirmed" macbook pro photos feel very... well, not worthy of confirmation, that's for sure. And these price guesses are completely incomprehensible. I'm going to read a book and go to bed, hopefully sleep late so that when I get up, the apple store will be updated, and won't be as silly as what everyone is saying will happen.
And if the pro looks like that and doesn't have serious upgrades, i'm buying one of the soon to be "old" generation.
I honestly think a lot of this last minute speculation is pretty wild. Those "confirmed" macbook pro photos feel very... well, not worthy of confirmation, that's for sure. And these price guesses are completely incomprehensible. I'm going to read a book and go to bed, hopefully sleep late so that when I get up, the apple store will be updated, and won't be as silly as what everyone is saying will happen.
And if the pro looks like that and doesn't have serious upgrades, i'm buying one of the soon to be "old" generation.
I'm still skeptical about the MBA updates. I just can't see a 120GB HD in the base model MBA v. the 128GB SSD MBA, when currently the base MBA has 80GB HD and 64GB SSD and at the SAME price?
And what about that glass trackpad thing? The whole thing is a button? Why not a touchscreen trackpad? Gawd, too many unanswered questions. None of this makes sense...
And what about that glass trackpad thing? The whole thing is a button? Why not a touchscreen trackpad? Gawd, too many unanswered questions. None of this makes sense...
Maybe Apple are holding back on the 17" so they can do something like the following with the extra keyboard real eastate...
But probably not, shame.
But probably not, shame.
My take. What do you think?
Glossy only? I agree. HUGE Mistake.
Trackpad itself IS a button? GENIUS!!!!!!!
17 inch Max size? Ok, but was hoping for an 18-19 incher.
No tablet announcement? This IS the event to do it at.
Thick black bezel? Looks pretty, but keeps making me think why waste the space?
What will max HD size be? Hopefully 500GB option.
Speakers are smaller than existing MacBook Pros? Are they really? Looks like it.
Glossy only? I agree. HUGE Mistake.
Trackpad itself IS a button? GENIUS!!!!!!!
17 inch Max size? Ok, but was hoping for an 18-19 incher.
No tablet announcement? This IS the event to do it at.
Thick black bezel? Looks pretty, but keeps making me think why waste the space?
What will max HD size be? Hopefully 500GB option.
Speakers are smaller than existing MacBook Pros? Are they really? Looks like it.
or this new MBP will be a 16" model and the 18" will come later. This of course will have the resoultion to match so the menu bar will fit and the new graphics card can take affect of this.
Maybe Apple are holding back on the 17" so they can do something like the following with the extra keyboard real eastate...
ewwwwwwwwwwwwww
Maybe Apple are holding back on the 17" so they can do something like the following with the extra keyboard real eastate...
Can you please stop posting this? I have seen this so many time now. I don't want to be rude, but it is not a very good mock-up. Can we try to stay on topic with what is going to be updated tomorrow?
also, why would they go from a 2.1/2.4ghz processor as is with the current line of MBs and drop it down to a 2.0ghz and basically charge more for a slower CPU?
MAKES NO SENSE. and it doesn't seem to fit with their usual line of dropping whatever specs the previous high-end model had down to the lowest price-point of the current product scale (i.e. my current MBP was the high-end 15" when i bought it until they released the speed bump, which made my model the low end 15" MBP... but mine has a smaller HD than the current low end 15" MBP).
sure, if it's true, the MBs will have a decent GPU, probably a little more HD space and a nice trackpad. but i don't see that as justifying making what would (tomorrow) be the low end MB $200 more than what the current low end MB costs. especially with a slower CPU! it makes more sense to keep the new low end at 2.4ghz and the high-end MB with a slightly faster CPU, more HD space, etc...
and why would they not update the 17" at the same time as the rest of them? that doesn't make any sense, either.
MAKES NO SENSE. and it doesn't seem to fit with their usual line of dropping whatever specs the previous high-end model had down to the lowest price-point of the current product scale (i.e. my current MBP was the high-end 15" when i bought it until they released the speed bump, which made my model the low end 15" MBP... but mine has a smaller HD than the current low end 15" MBP).
sure, if it's true, the MBs will have a decent GPU, probably a little more HD space and a nice trackpad. but i don't see that as justifying making what would (tomorrow) be the low end MB $200 more than what the current low end MB costs. especially with a slower CPU! it makes more sense to keep the new low end at 2.4ghz and the high-end MB with a slightly faster CPU, more HD space, etc...
and why would they not update the 17" at the same time as the rest of them? that doesn't make any sense, either.
Maybe Apple are holding back on the 17" so they can do something like the following with the extra keyboard real eastate...
But probably not, shame.
that wont happen!! what happens when you type and scratch your lovely new glass (WTF?!?!) track pad? hopefully these 'confirmed' rumors are just a load of rubbish.
This would all be fine if apple offered better choices for customisation. Don't like glossy screens? Tell apple you want the choice to opt for matte, they wont bother diversifying customisation options unless people demand it.
The new rumoured specs are a little disappointing, would have loved to have seen a T9300 cpu in the middle and higher end mac books, Ill reserve judgement until its been made official.
Hopefully they have upgraded the screen quality on them because the air's display is so much better.
The new rumoured specs are a little disappointing, would have loved to have seen a T9300 cpu in the middle and higher end mac books, Ill reserve judgement until its been made official.
Hopefully they have upgraded the screen quality on them because the air's display is so much better.
They were confirmed legit by AppleInsider, and keep in mind that we've been playing this game several times now, and the skeptics have lost every time.
Spot-on descriptions of the MBA surfaced before the launch. "Yeah right", people said, then stopped laughing when Jobs announced that very product. Legit photos and details on the iPhone 3G were leaked, people said "pah! Bad Photoshop job". Turned out to be the real deal. Legit photos and details on the iPod Nano gen4 were published, people said "pfffft! Nice try. No way Apple would design something that ugly". Turned out to be the real deal.
!? Why do you do any color critical work on a laptop screen to begin with? You should really look at getting something like one of the nice LaCie monitors that have the port to plug your colorimeter directly in.
Just buy a matte screen protector... You'd leave the Mac platform just because you don't like the idea of applying a screen protector? That's pretty extreme to me...