What's with all the Apple apologists out there? I'm not even interested in buying a new MBP and I'm still pissed that Apple is dragging their feet in the computer department. Since when is it okay to wait 9 months to update a computer?
They can only update when new chips are available. The delay on the mac pro update was excessive and inexplicable, but for the most part, apple releases new machines around the same time as other PC makers. Maybe they're not the absolute first (though they have had some chips before anyone else), but you gotta remember that you're comparing their releases to an entire industry. On the whole, their releases have been reasonably timely, given chip availability. Even with Penryn, how many Vista laptops with Penryn are out there now? And how long have they been out?
OS X is very slow compared to Windows. Nothing is snappy, and opening Photoshop, Word, or Dreamweaver takes around half a minute. all things that are done instantly on the PC.
First, half a minute is a gross exaggeration, even with the rosetta versions of these apps (office 04 and CS2). Second, the time it takes to open apps is a very small part of the overall user experience. Third, I'm not sure what macs or PCs you're using, or with what versions of the OS, but I have leopard and XP on my macbook, and both are about the same speed, which is to say, very "snappy."
No updates until the channel clears of inventory. Check Amazon, MacMall, Apple Store, etc. and everyone has inventory of MBPs in stock and ready for you to buy.
That used to be a reliable predictor, but hasn't been for years now. Retailers frequently have full stock at the time of updates these days.
LOL. Poster, please check yourself. Apple is a public company and needs to sell products and we are the ones who buy them. They need to cater to us.
Yes, but that just begs the question of who the "us" is. Don't assume that the die-hards on this board are representative of apple's consumers. $16 billion in the bank says that Apple knows a little bit about giving consumers what they want.
For a company with $16 BILLION in the bank, such a small move would have a minimal impact on the company's bottom line and would be a noble courtesy to Apple's faithful customers.
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I think 9 months is justified for screaming. If the price was reduced, as I suggested earlier, then it'd be a little more acceptable, but selling 9-month-old hardware at new-hardware prices is more than a little absurd.
Guess what? Apple isn't in the "noble courtesy" business. They're in the same business as every other public company - the money-making business. And they've obviously made the decision that they make more money by not cutting prices on old hardware, even if it generates ill-will among some particularly knowledgeable consumers like yourself.
If you don't like it, then vote with your wallet, because that's the only kind of vote that a public company gives a darn about. Frankly, your real beef is not with apple, but with the consumers who are willing to pay $600-800 for the current mini. The general mac-buying public apparently has no problem paying today's prices for last year's technology, and as long as that's the case, don't expect either more rapid updates or mid-cycle price drops from Apple. Angry rants on message boards mean exactly zilch to Apple.
