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New clues that may point to Macbook pros refresh

Hornzog said:
Ok but assuming they are fake, how accurate do you guys think their predictions could be? The options there seem pretty plausible (aside from the non-existant graphics card).
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I think it's very plausible. The CPU options are all existent and seem like good choices. I figured ATI graphics maybe a 65xx would be great. I'm hoping also for the bump in resolution too for 13" and 15" as standard. Hoping sooner rather than later.
 
aznguyen316 said:
thanks aeog.. translation via google still kinda difficult. Are those prices basically the same as we have now? I'm not sure if I can believe nVidia would still be in these MBPs.. we'll see I guess.

http://m.blog.hu/ap/appleblog/apple-39162.html

this is linked within aeog's link. SUpposedly the up the resolution for 13 and 15" to 1440x900 and 1680x1050 respectively..
bad translation as to something about optical bay drive battery for 12 hours? lol
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two separate lines.
it just says that it has a superdrive
then the other line is about battery time.
 
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Hi Guys,

the apple store in south africa says that there are no 15 inch i7's in the country and that they have not been told when they will recieve any stock...interesting...
 
That's a lot faster than they expected to be able to ship. They must have been cracking the whip.
 
Hellhammer said:
Come on, we are talking about Apple. They often rename the GPUs to confuse us even more. That 430M could easily be GT 220M :p
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Dude -- that would be hysterically funny if it were not so true!

I have this recurring nightmare where they update the MBP and switch to a graphics card by Etch-a-Sketch.


greytmom said:
That's a lot faster than they expected to be able to ship. They must have been cracking the whip.
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No basis for this, but I believe they just turned around the flawed chipsets to laptop makers who only need the two SATA III connections. If you recall how Intel handled its 1994 Pentium chip recall (the chip that divided 3 by 2 and got 1.4999999), their initial reaction was, "This probably won't affect you, so we shouldn't have to do anything."
 
idea_hamster said:
No basis for this, but I believe they just turned around the flawed chipsets to laptop makers who only need the two SATA III connections.
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There is basis for this... they've announced that they were doing exactly that.

But I'm talking about the report that they are shipping the second batch - without the flaw - starting 2/15. Unless I didn't read that right.
 
Because it is more fun than working, I checked the 16 Apple retail stores in Florida. 6-7 of them are out of at least one model of the MBP, and 1 of those is actually out of two models - a 15" and a 17".
 
greytmom said:
There is basis for this... they've announced that they were doing exactly that.

But I'm talking about the report that they are shipping the second batch - without the flaw - starting 2/15. Unless I didn't read that right.
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Interesting, both -- and I suspect that you read more closely than I.

As for the chip business, that's typical. One wonders whether:
  • Apple will rate new chipsets, so we get flawless silicon,
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to trim their price points, or
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to pad their earnings at our expense.

My money's on that last one. *sigh*
 
idea_hamster said:
As for the chip business, that's typical. One wonders whether:
  • Apple will rate new chipsets, so we get flawless silicon,
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to trim their price points, or
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to pad their earnings at our expense.

My money's on that last one. *sigh*
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Sorry, kid. In the same announcement about Intel shipping the flawed chips to those companies who can use them, they also stated that they would not be selling them as a discount. So, the second parts of # 2 and # 3 aren't really applicable choices.
 
idea_hamster said:
Interesting, both -- and I suspect that you read more closely than I.

As for the chip business, that's typical. One wonders whether:
  • Apple will rate new chipsets, so we get flawless silicon,
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to trim their price points, or
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to pad their earnings at our expense.

My money's on that last one. *sigh*
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Intel isn't discounting the flawed chipsets so no one is increasing their margins.
 
greytmom said:
There is basis for this... they've announced that they were doing exactly that.

But I'm talking about the report that they are shipping the second batch - without the flaw - starting 2/15. Unless I didn't read that right.
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so if they start shipping that on 2/15, what is apple's turn around time to deliever to end user?(testing?assemblying?)
 
idea_hamster said:
Interesting, both -- and I suspect that you read more closely than I.

As for the chip business, that's typical. One wonders whether:
  • Apple will rate new chipsets, so we get flawless silicon,
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to trim their price points, or
  • Apple will accept flawed silicon and use that to pad their earnings at our expense.

My money's on that last one. *sigh*
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Intel is only delivering these defective chipsets for selected OEMs who have agreed not to use the SATA 3Gb/s ports. This is good for everyone. Intel gets rid of defective stock, OEMs can build machines and consumers can buy these new machines.

If Apple uses the defective chipsets, they do that so they can come up with the new MBPs sooner. Otherwise we would be waiting for weeks, possibly even months.
 
Hellhammer said:
Intel is only delivering these defective chipsets for selected OEMs who have agreed not to use the SATA 3Gb/s ports. This is good for everyone. Intel gets rid of defective stock, OEMs can build machines and consumers can buy these new machines.

If Apple uses the defective chipsets, they do that so they can come up with the new MBPs sooner. Otherwise we would be waiting for weeks, possibly even months.
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Unfortunately, I think we're still going to be waiting until mid-March since Apple needs to produce the MBPs once they get the chipsets, and there's also testing etc.
 
Hellhammer said:
Intel is only delivering these defective chipsets for selected OEMs who have agreed not to use the SATA 3Gb/s ports. This is good for everyone. Intel gets rid of defective stock, OEMs can build machines and consumers can buy these new machines.

If Apple uses the defective chipsets, they do that so they can come up with the new MBPs sooner. Otherwise we would be waiting for weeks, possibly even months.
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i like soon...:D like this tuesday would be great!!!
 
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