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Someone convince me this isn't worth selling my 15" 2010 MBP for. So tempting. Especially with lightpeak and liquid metal
 
WOHOOOOOO


Just what i wanted. A made in china laptop with same specs ( in some cases, worst specs) as a DELL, SONY or HP model and all this for 300 $$ more.

Thanks APPLE !!!!
 
For those saying a redesign requires a press event... If the air is the future of macbooks, I think it would be redundant to have a press event to showcase a macbook pro with even a semi similar design change and ssd... sandy bridge doesn't need an event either. I agree though no light peak w/o event. but i don't think there needs to be an event for a design change.
 
dkhanley said:
I travel for work, so I need a mobile computer. I have an external monitor at home, and one at the office. When I am not at those two places (in the field) and I am forced to use the one screen, and it slows my productivity dramatically.
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The person I was commenting to wants his MBP to handle two external monitors.

You're only using one. I do the same incidentally.
 
From cnet:
Delay of new Sandy Bridge chips: Intel expects to begin delivering the updated version of the chipset to customers in late February and expects full volume recovery in April.
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So we won't be getting the new SB chipsets after all... :confused:
 
Secruoser said:
The new MBPs will be using revamped SB chips or the flawed SB chips which Intel admitted?
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It won't matter either way. If Apple uses the old flawed chipsets, they will only use the two SATA 3.0 slots, which are unaffected. If MBPs require more than 2 SATA slots, they will use the new, fixed chipsets.
 
EscobarFilms said:
so, if the new mbp gets redesigned.. the new imac will too :D? what are your thoughts that the macbook air will be bumped with core i3 in june?
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No, because there are no ULV i3 Sandy Bridge chips. Also, I don't even want to talk about June since I'm in the market for a MBP.

ECUpirate44 said:
There is no way the 13 inch is going to get an i5 let alone a quad.
Lightpeak would be fantastic. It's a one stop port for everything.
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Definitely no quad, but gotta think they'll have an i5 in the higher end 13" since there is only one i3 SB chip. Really hope for the 2520M if there is no discrete since it uses a higher graphics turbo clock. Please Apple...no Arrandale...

DrRadon said:
If pictures end up all over the internet they will find out and someone will loose their job. :apple:
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Not that I condone such behavior, but if you've already set your sights on snapping pictures, don't be stupid.
 
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cueca said:
Erasmus said:
Face it, the 13" is almost certainly going to be stuck with the Intel 3000 iGPU.

Any decent GPUs are going to be on the 15" and 17" only, will hopefully be from AMD, and best case scenario will be a 66x0M on the 15", and 68x0M on the 17". Although realistically, that's pushing it.
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I surely hope for and AMD GPU, but as far as I've read the chances are minimal. And to keep a 1200$+ laptop on Intel IGP will make it extremely subpar.
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Unless if apple drops the DVD drive in the 13inch. For room for a gpu. Then Leaves the DVD drive in the 15-17inch. For idiots who still think they need it.
 
Erasmus said:
Is waiting at least 2 months worth saving the hundred bucks or so Lion will cost?

I don't think so. Better to be using your new machine for an extra 3 months.

Also, if you wait for Lion, you risk being stuck with a buggy initial OS release, and being unable to downgrade to Snow Leopard, which we all know works like a champ.
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2 Questions...I'm new to Apple so how much does an upgrade in OS cost?
And like I've been posting in other threads...is there a chance these chipsets from Intel are the ones that had problems in testing and had to be fixed? (They sent the fixed ones out in "Mid-February," so I can't see them already being installed on these MBP's available on Thursday.)
 
Richard1028 said:
The person I was commenting to wants his MBP to handle two external monitors.

You're only using one. I do the same incidentally.
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Hey with 4 LightPeek connectors you be able to connect up to 4 separate monitors right?

That's the beauty of universal connectors... :D
Will it come true? Yeah... So soon? Hard to say..
 
Mattsasa said:

Unless if apple drops the DVD drive in the 13inch. For room for a gpu. Then Leaves the DVD drive in the 15-17inch. For idiots who still think they need it.
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That's exactly what I'd like to see... as I don't want a 15" anyway :D
 
Erasmus said:
It won't matter either way. If Apple uses the old flawed chipsets, they will only use the two SATA 3.0 slots, which are unaffected. If MBPs require more than 2 SATA slots, they will use the new, fixed chipsets.
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Hmm... don't understand. Perhaps you can explain in layman's term?

BTW, paying for a flawed part that comes with a product seems err...:confused: Well unless they publicly state that they are using it and are giving discounts for this.
 
Secruoser said:
From cnet:


So we won't be getting the new SB chipsets after all... :confused:
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That article is very old. Intel began shipping the new chipsets on the 14th of February. Apple has therefore had a week to replace those that need replacing.

Considering that Apple had to wait until at least this week to release new MBPs (as the dual core CPUs were only publicly released yesterday) any delay due to the chipset has likely been almost completely eaten up. Apple may simply have a small number of new MBPs on release, and just have a week or so shipping delay to compensate.
 
e-coli said:
I think we'll definitely see Lightpeak on these new models. Anyone who's shopped for an external drive lately can attest to the fact that nearly all external portable drives are USB 3 now, and FW800 drives are nearly impossible to come by.

Lightpeak this week. I'd bet money on it.
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Would you bet about $2500 on it?
 
Erasmus said:
It won't matter either way. If Apple uses the old flawed chipsets, they will only use the two SATA 3.0 slots, which are unaffected. If MBPs require more than 2 SATA slots, they will use the new, fixed chipsets.
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This is my concern. Say I get the new one that comes out on Thursday with these flawed chips...My MBP won't get messed up or break down or anything right? I've saved up for a little over a year waiting to switch to a MBP and don't want to buy something that could mess up.
 
iindigo said:
It's just human nature, I'd say... One could post a news topic about how all the world's problems were solved and that every person on earth could live in a care-free euphorical state for the rest of their lives, and even if it were true there'd be somebody that would be unhappy with it.
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He chuckles and says yes probably so!
Hurricane in your state!
 
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mr.steevo said:
Still waiting for a quad.
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In the 17inch.
 
Intel isn't expecting Light Peak to be ready till later this year.

Why would Apple release a laptop that supports LP when there are no LP devices?

So even if they DID include LP what would you use it on? USB 3.0 has been out for about a year and there are still very few USB 3.0 devices.
 
johndoejohndoes said:
This is my concern. Say I get the new one that comes out on Thursday with these flawed chips...My MBP won't get messed up or break down or anything right? I've saved up for a little over a year waiting to switch to a MBP and don't want to buy something that could mess up.
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I like your confidence on how the MBP's WILL come out on Thursday. I hope so, but I'm more pessimistic. I say new MBP's come late March.
 
I've got a MBP 13" Mid 2010 right now. I'm wondering if I should sell my current MBP and get a new 13" one. Do you guys think that the lower entry level 13" MBP's will have Sandy Bridge CPU's?
 
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