I would be worried if you don't like that keyboard. Steve LOVES that keyboard. I'm fully expecting EVERY Apple keyboard to be "converted" (laptop and external) by fall 2008.
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New Macbook Pro 2008
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As much as I'd love this....I really seriously doubt that it'll happen. They would have either done a silent update a week ago (like the Mac Pro) or they would have announced it at the Keynote.
If there is big secret announcement here (and I've also heard that the whole 'secret' was just bs anyway) then I bet it is something more closely related to Final Cut Pro. I've heard rumblings that it's going to be Red Cam related, which would make sense more than a MacBook Pro update.
But again, I would love to be wrong.
If there is big secret announcement here (and I've also heard that the whole 'secret' was just bs anyway) then I bet it is something more closely related to Final Cut Pro. I've heard rumblings that it's going to be Red Cam related, which would make sense more than a MacBook Pro update.
But again, I would love to be wrong.
I based it on this:
There is no technology available for a "powerful" MBP update.
The new Penryn chip at 2.8 ghz is maybe 2 to 5% faster than the 2.6ghz. That's it. You would never notice the difference.
The Current MBP has been rated a BEST BUY among PC Laptops by both PCWORLD and Information Technology in December 2007. Apple is aware of these accolades and will ride this design out to the money vault.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...s/article.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...s/article.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...s/article.html
Also, I strongly believe apple will do a major update to the MBP when they update the MacPro and ACD's.
Since the MacPro just received a Major update and no case redesign and the ACD's are obviously the flagship monitors for the next six months at least, I predict MBP will follow.
Apple is selling tons of MBP's -- the fact is their Mac sales were up 40% in 2007 over 2006 -- these sales did not come from Mac Pros or Minis: they came from iMacs, MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
Since sales are strong, Apple will ride these current cases all the way to the bank, recouping all possible R&D costs.
I expect a major MBP redesign with the next Montevina (or whatever it's called) Laptop Chip -- this is when things really start to improve for laptops.
Apple is not going to rush out blueray or anything else in the MBP that would cannibalize Apple TV or iTunes HD downloads in the short-term.
All these factors point to a long delay (meaning > 6 months) in Case Redesign for MBP.
Just my opinion.
i hope, but i wreally dont want that ugly black MBA keyboard om the MPB!
so i am worried for that!
maybe i order wery soon!
And I'm the opposite. I'm upgrading from a MacBook and have REALLY grown to love this keyboard, so I'm hoping they update it with a new keyboard, up the graphics cards, up the HD, and a processor bump... though I'm certainly not overly hopeful those will all happen.
I'm sorry but I doubt any of that. The MP was updated a week or so before MacWorld, what's to say the MBP (which is also overdue) wouldn't be updated (read: just a bump, not a redesign) a week or so after MacWorld?
Did you just buy a MBP recently or something? And stop spamming those damn articles everywhere.
What I'm curious about is if the new notebooks from here on out will all have the multitouch pad.
yeah, I'd like to know this as well. I figure they won't because that will take the spotlight off the mb air.
I'd guess they won't have them for a year or two anyway. Once the Air comes down in price, or up in power, they may be able to let some of it's features bleed over into the other models, but I'd suspect they'd artificially keep them out at least until the Air gets another version under it's belt.
For a lack of completely understanding what it is, and being too lazy to look it up -- I read that the Pereyn chip (not spelled correctly, again..lazy) only showed minor speed improvements, but provided up to a 40% improvement on 'encoding' when using a certain function (SS..something, lazy sorry).
So my theory is, with all the holes -- MBP when Leopard update comes out, Leopard update includes whatever it is that allows the new Intel chip to encode faster, stronger, better...whatever?
What do I know, I'm still using this damn dell untill something comes out.
When is WWDC?
-MD
So my theory is, with all the holes -- MBP when Leopard update comes out, Leopard update includes whatever it is that allows the new Intel chip to encode faster, stronger, better...whatever?
What do I know, I'm still using this damn dell untill something comes out.
When is WWDC?
-MD
I own a ton of technology.
If you read my other posts you'll see that we did just buy a new MBP for a project but were actually hoping for a redesign.
And FYI, putting out articles on a MacBook Pro review in a thread on the MacBook Pro usefulness is not spam, it's a service.
I concur. I can't see them doing a major redesign with less than six months before Montevina availability.
Yah, this article says it all about Apple's Laptop Sales right now. They are through the roof. Apple is going to ride the current MBP line right to the bank for most of this year.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080116.wgtingram17/BNStory/Technology/home
Then late this year, they'll blow us all away with the next great thing.
Here is a telling quote: "As more than one analyst noted, not only are Mac sales growing rapidly, but Apple's profit margins are increasing on both its desktop/laptop sales and its iPod sales, as the price of underlying components continues to fall."
It is all about profits this year.
That pretty much sums it up right there, doesn't it?
I'll wait 'til Tuesday w/the hope that there's some symmetry to the MacPro announcement that came exactly one week prior to MW. Then I'm buying.
<sigh> I wish the spectre of an incredible computer didn't sap the joy from the likely reality of buying a "merely" amazing machine. I'm sure that will change as soon as it arrives though.