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New clues that may point to Macbook pros refresh

jvmxtra said:
That does make sense. If it's external change, and I hope it is, they should prepare the event.

so on that logic, that is bad news then for early hopefuls. Meaning we are not likely to get anything next week for sure and even march 1st do not look good. What's the leading time for apple to make the announcement for the event and actual event date? a week?

In other possiblities -- and I know people will hate me for it and I hate myself for saying this -- is that they do not do any external change and just change the internal. Keep same design and pop SB and other internal change.... Hmmmm
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Well the last Mac event was held October 20th, and it was announced October 13th, so it almost certainly won't happen next week if there is a major design change.

The two possibilites now are:

-Internal spec refresh to take place next week
-Major hardware changes to take place February 28th at the EARLIEST
-Neither
 

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just sold my ipad to help pay for my new mb (ipad was fun, but im more a typer kinda guy)..

I just pray that the edges on the new MB are not sharp, and they come in black case please.
 
jvmxtra said:
In other possiblities -- and I know people will hate me for it and I hate myself for saying this -- is that they do not do any external change and just change the internal. Keep same design and pop SB and other internal change.... Hmmmm
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I agree, I like the current unibody. Hope they update the internals, though, to run more like the Macbook Air with quick boot up and all...I guess this means SSD - I'm hoping SSD becomes standard. I could go either way on keeping the optical drive, though.
 
Gatorinsd said:
I agree, I like the current unibody. Hope they update the internals, though, to run more like the Macbook Air with quick boot up and all...I guess this means SSD - I'm hoping SSD becomes standard. I could go either way on keeping the optical drive, though.
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I'm not actually expecting a total redesign in unibody, but I'm fairly certain Apple will make some sort of change to the unibody. After 3 good years, it's about time for Apple to maybe make some refinements. I'm sure that Apple's been working on something with regards to the Mac bodies in the past couple years, considering the MacBook Airs had a body redesign.

Long story short, Apple will probably keep the general shape and design, with small refining improvements. Liquid Metal is a stretch, but not impossible, and I'm sure people would be ecstatic if Apple finally fixed the sharp front edge.
 
For the record we are not the only people that get excited about new launches. The Thinkpad, HP and Dell forums are all worked up about SB refreshes.

This should be a bigger jump than C2D to Arrandale.
 
axu539 said:
I'm not actually expecting a total redesign in unibody, but I'm fairly certain Apple will make some sort of change to the unibody. After 3 good years, it's about time for Apple to maybe make some refinements. I'm sure that Apple's been working on something with regards to the Mac bodies in the past couple years, considering the MacBook Airs had a body redesign.

Long story short, Apple will probably keep the general shape and design, with small refining improvements. Liquid Metal is a stretch, but not impossible, and I'm sure people would be ecstatic if Apple finally fixed the sharp front edge.
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they look different on the outside, but there have been a lot of internal changes since the first unibody-MBP. The layout now is very clean and simple. The first unibodies were more similar to the previous gen internally than the current models.
 
We all know that the MBP refresh is very very close but here is a stock update from the Apple reseller I work at:

13" 2.4GHz - Barely any nationwide
13" 2.66GHz - Barely any nationwide
15" 2.4GHz - Plenty available
15" 2.53GHz - Barely any nationwide
15" 2.66GHz - Plenty available
17" 2.53GHz - Less than 20 nationwide

Stock of the 13" 2.3GHz has been a big issue for a while now, usually each store can have up to 20-30 units at once, now there is barely anything left. Lots of customers are still looking to buy this model even though the update is so close.
 
The list becomes longer and longer ... Online Apple store availability:

!!!United Kingdom - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '3-5 business days'
Switzerland - '13": 2.4GHz': '3 - 5 Geschäftstage'
Switzerland - '15": 2.66GHz': '3 - 5 Geschäftstage'
Italy - '13": 2.66GHz': '3-5 giorni lavorativi'
!!China - '13 英寸：2.66GHz': '1-3 个工作日'
Norway - '13": 2.66GHz': '3-5 abeidsdager'
New Zealand - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
New Zealand - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
New Zealand - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Malaysia - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
Malaysia - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
Malaysia - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Malaysia - '15-inch: 2.4GHz': '3-5 business days'
!!France - '13 pouces: 2.66GHz': '3 à 5 jours ouvrables'
!!!Germany - '13": 2.66GHz': '3 - 5 Geschäftstage'
Vietnam - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
Vietnam - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
Vietnam - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Vietnam - '15-inch: 2.4GHz': '3-5 business days'
Philippines - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
Philippines - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
Philippines - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Philippines - '15-inch: 2.4GHz': '3-5 business days'
Taiwan - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 個工作天'
Taiwan - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
Taiwan - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 個工作天'
Finland - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '3-5 business days'
Hong Kong - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
Hong Kong - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
Hong Kong - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Hong Kong - '15-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
!Spain - '13 pulgadas: 2.66GHz': '3-5 días laborables'
!!!Japan - '13インチ: 2.4GHz': '2-4 営業日'
!!!Japan - '13インチ: 2.66GHz': '1-3 営業日'
Ireland - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '3-5 business days'
Sweden - '13 tum: 2.66GHz': '3–5 arbetsdagar'
South Korea - '17형: 2.53GHz': '3-5일(공휴일제외)'
South Korea - '13형: 2.66GHz': '1-3일(공휴일제외)'
South Korea - '15형: 2.53GHz': '7-10일(공휴일제외)'
Denmark - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '3-5 business days'
Austria - '13": 2.66GHz': '3 - 5 Geschäftstage'
!Netherlands - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '3-5 werkdagen'
Thailand - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
Thailand - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
Thailand - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Thailand - '15-inch: 2.66GHz': '3-5 business days'
Singapore - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
Singapore - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Singapore - '15-inch: 2.4GHz': '3-5 business days'
Luxembourg - '13 pouces: 2.66GHz': '3 à 5 jours ouvrables'
!!!Australia - '17-inch: 2.53GHz': '3-5 business days'
!!!Australia - '13-inch: 2.4GHz': '2-4 business days'
!!!Australia - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '1-3 business days'
Belgium - '13-inch: 2.66GHz': '3-5 werkdagen'
 
Compared to the other refresh rumors this is pretty small, but anyway...
For the first time one of the MBPs in the swedish apple store does not ship within 24 hours.
The 13" 2,66 GHz ships within 3-5 days.
All others ships within 24 hours.

The swedish apple store was also down at midnight.
 
We are so close.. If Apple is going to refresh mbp next week on Steve Job's birthday we should get a notice of the event just now. Don't you think so?
My bet is for March's first.
 
pedrofan said:
We are so close.. If Apple is going to refresh mbp next week on Steve Job's birthday we should get a notice of the event just now. Don't you think so?
My bet is for March's first.
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There doesn't need to be an event. When the iMacs went a major redesign in late 2009 - there was no event. The Magic Mouse was also launched at the same time yet no event.

Its most probably going to be a case of... all the online stores go offline, when they come back up, we'll see new MBP's.

As for the event, theres most probably going to be one for the iPad 2 (which is going to be soon). They wouldn't want to have 2 launches so close together.
 
The Samurai said:
There doesn't need to be an event. When the iMacs went a major redesign in late 2009 - there was no event. The Magic Mouse was also launched at the same time yet no event.

Its most probably going to be a case of... all the online stores go offline, when they come back up, we'll see new MBP's.

As for the event, theres most probably going to be one for the iPad 2 (which is going to be soon). They wouldn't want to have 2 launches so close together.
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If they are going to make all the changes that the rumors are saying, it is more likely to be an event.. Unless they maintain aluminium unibody casing without any exterior changes like last year. If they only put blade ssds and sandy bridge proccessors there won't be any event.
 
At this point, I Just want apple to release something... ANYTHING... i dont care.. just do something
 
do you guys think the anti glare option will be cheaper on these new pros because of the rumored higher res monitors? i'm trying to get a 15" for school next year and really want it AG, but $150 seems like a lot.
 
ms.annette said:
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I am a teacher and I approve this as correct. :) lol
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I have a 92 in algebra at a college prep school, I can understand Trigonometry as well But can't do simple math... Oh well
 
hey guys,

did you notice that the asian applestores are down at the moment? the european online stores were down last night. maybe they're preparing the stores for the upcoming mbp launch? or is this a usual way how apple maintain their online stores?
 
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