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.i hope, but i wreally dont want that ugly black MBA keyboard om the MPB!
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.i hope, but i wreally dont want that ugly black MBA keyboard om the MPB!
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.
I think you are right.
There will be no MBP update for some time in my opinion.
And what's that opinion based on?
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!![]()
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.
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'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.
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.
I concur. I can't see them doing a major redesign with less than six months before Montevina availability.
If I were king, I would let the media chew on my new skinny laptop and hold off on announcing more products for a while.