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New macbook coming out. (When?)

sn00pie said:
I can confirm that our MacBook stock at our store is quite low, which is odd considering were gearing up for a VERY busy back to school season, and laptops sell like hotcakes; but as far as I know there's no information thats been given to our store regarding any new products from Apple.
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This is interesting info. Among all the various "when's the next one coming?" bits of voodoo (yes, I admit I'm a junkie), store inventory has historically been one of the more reliable indicators.

sn00pie said:
My only gripe with the MacBook is its screen and how its really tough to see clearly depending on your angle of position. Maybe its just the way they sit inside our store...
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I've looked at these at about three megastores and the AppleStore. At one of the megastores, the MacBook screens looked very washed out, murky, thru-a-dirty-fish-tank kind of effect. At the other places, with similar lighting, they looked fine.

As mentioned various times here, there are four or five display makers of varying quality. Though also as mentioned here you can make big improvements by playing with the display calibration control panel. Since I need to order online thru AppleJapan (to get a US keyboard) and can't buy in a store, would be impossible to ensure that I get the top-rated LG display. Will be interested in seeing the displays on the "September Surprise" MBs.
 
I'll find out how many MacBooks, and MacBook Pros we have in stock. That will give some sort of insight on the levels of stock available at the moment. If theres a significant amount, that will point towards new notebooks will be release in September.

If theres low stock levels, that means we should expect an update soon, right?
 
Canada-wide the numbers seem to be around 4-6 units of MacBooks in stock, with slightly more MacBook Pros in stock.

An update is definitely on the way.
 
I'm tired of waiting but I need to buy two laptops, one for the family and one for my teaching. I know the buy it when you need it mantra, but I have to factor in cost and would like two outgoing specials. That is unless Apple dazzles me. I'm thinking sooner rather than later.
 
Does anyone think the new MBP will see a price drop to like $2000? Im on the verge on buying a MBP 2.5ghz for 2199.
 
urbanskywalker said:
I'm tired of waiting but I need to buy two laptops, one for the family and one for my teaching. I know the buy it when you need it mantra, but I have to factor in cost and would like two outgoing specials. That is unless Apple dazzles me. I'm thinking sooner rather than later.
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DO what ever you do, no matter which route you take you cant go wrong.

The Current macbook has little to no bugs. I have had mine for a week and a half and everything is running flawless and how its suppsosed to be.

I thought about waiting but I just went for what I wanted in the first place :D
 
austen0316 said:
Does anyone think the new MBP will see a price drop to like $2000? Im on the verge on buying a MBP 2.5ghz for 2199.
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No. They haven't changed the price in years, the computer is selling very well; why fix it if it's not broken?
 
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I will say my Macbook is built pretty well and I love it. I would say that if you like the white apple look, that now is the time get a Macbook. If the next one is aluminum, bye bye white/black. :(

As for cracks, if you let the lid slam down, day after day, it will crack, which is unfortunate. They will replace the wrist rest. I close mine slowly. Not a scratch or crack yet. :D
 
Yaboze said:
(I didn't every thread)

I will say my Macbook is built pretty well and I love it. I would say that if you like the white apple look, that now is the time get a Macbook. If the next one is aluminum, bye bye white/black. :(

As for cracks, if you let the lid slam down, day after day, it will crack, which is unfortunate. They will replace the wrist rest. I close mine slowly. Not a scratch or crack yet. :D
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yes thats the reason why I got my extra vanilla glossy white book last week. once I found out the new ones were going to be aluminum I had to get on the move and its the Last of this kind since there going extinct and the kinks are worked out and Leoapard, cant beat that right.

wudda been pretty cool if they made the black one glossy too kinda like the iphone 3g.
 
apple stores have no clue when updates are coming, even days before. It is pretty obvi why....all you need is one worker to go macrumors.com and boom. spread like wildfire. From apple's standpoint..there really isnt a need to let stores know before hand..the only thing they need to do is learn up on it and that can be done after they are announced or the time directly leading up to the release. If its a major release (actual new features..not just faster speeds and more memory) I think apple will annouce it and then annouce the release date.

2 weeks after ipod promotion ends...annoucement
actual selling - Early October
 
thats funny were talkin bout best buy, i am about to go up there to play with the air I am thinkin of doin an exchange there.

When do you guys usually restock? SO your saying that after those 4....the ne ones will be arriving on the next shipment?
 
With back to school stock is low on most laptops, so to be honest it's not that different from any other laptops at the moment. Apple notebooks to tend to sell slower in my location compared to PC notebooks. Usually a person coming into buy a Mac, has already made up their mind prior to entering the store.

There could be more MacBooks on there way in a truck, or the next shipment could be anywhere in the next 2-4 weeks.

Besides you can call in any store and ask them how many units of a certain computer they have, it happens all the time.
 
I'm getting tired of my slow, power hungry, pint-sized HD first-gen MacBook, so I'm looking forward to getting a new one. I guess it's just a waiting game to see when the new one will come out....
 
My thoughts on the release date:
I don't think Apple means to revive the MacBooks after 15 September because the iPod promotion is then over. The promotion is intended to lower stock on current generation iPods so they can release new ones. It doesn't matter if they use current or next generation Macs for that. Concerning the promotion, the chances of an update before or after the promotion are even. However, with both iPods and MacBooks having a large update, Apple might as well stuff the two revisions into one keynote. If that's the case, we'll have to wait until somewhere in September :(.

Disclaimer: no rights can be derived from this post, as it is pure speculation.....:D
 
My sense is the laptops will be soon, and the ipods at the end of September....The imacs were updated in August last year during the free ipod deal. I think the free ipod deal is about ipods not computers.:apple:
 
urbanskywalker said:
My sense is the laptops will be soon, and the ipods at the end of September....The imacs were updated in August last year during the free ipod deal. I think the free ipod deal is about ipods not computers.:apple:
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They iPods were also updated during the promotion. However, you just couldn't get the new ones with the promotion.
 
Maybe it could be this Tuesday, on August 12th, or it could be any Tuesday from now until September. I'm waiting until August 19th, after that I'm making my purchase.
 
I'm hoping they'll have the x4500 graphics chipset - the ability to play games on the move without burning out your Nvidia 8600 would be good.

A price reduction would be very good too - become more competitive with the rock bottom $500 laptops from Officeworks.
 
The most MacBook units in one store in all of Canada is 8 units, most stores have around 4 units. But MacBooks don't sell very well here; it's a maximum of one per 3-4 days.
 
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