New MacBook Pros... This Tuesday? [Closed]

[John Purple]

9to5mac.com:
It looks like the Apple event originally scheduled for February 26th has been postponed until mid-Marchish. Apple would have made the decision last week because they usually allow a journalists a week to arrange travel to the evnt. The reason for the delay is likely that the SDK isn't ready for primetime and the developer apps aren't polished enough to be shown.

Obviously SJ is not able to show his shiny new baby, so looked around in his desolation and found, somewhere under a pile of iPhone boxes, the forgotten plan to upgrade the MBP

 

[Digital Skunk]

WTF ever man.

Right now I am just about sick and tired of two things:

Macbook Pro updates.... and
iPhone users whining about their SDK

I am going to go make a cheese sandwich....

p.s. that 17" better be kick @$$ too, check the sig because I am tired of typing it in for those that don't understand.

 

[John Purple]

@ Digital Skunk
hey where did you get that MBP 17" Penryn from ?
Did they give you a disount

 

[Digital Skunk]

@ Digital Skunk
hey where did you get that MBP 17" Penryn from ?
Did they give you a disount

that's the one I would love to see from Apple. Something that I can actually use on a busy work day that won't require me juggling ports around and waiting forever for video to render. Something that I would feel comfortable editing HD content on.

Hopefully they will give me a discount.

 

[fuziwuzi]

9to5mac.com:
It looks like the Apple event originally scheduled for February 26th has been postponed until mid-Marchish. Apple would have made the decision last week because they usually allow a journalists a week to arrange travel to the evnt. The reason for the delay is likely that the SDK isn't ready for primetime and the developer apps aren't polished enough to be shown.

Obviously SJ is not able to show his shiny new baby, so looked around in his desolation and found, somewhere under a pile of iPhone boxes, the forgotten plan to upgrade the MBP

remember they postponed leopard to get the iphone out the door. possibility, that they are stalling on product to bring out another, but seriously, who the hell knows with apple

 

[Salty Pirate]

sweet. I am hoping for the new trackpad, black keyboard, 2.5 GHz penryn, magnetic latch......

 

[jonswan]

Well, finally, just what I and many others have been predicting...

And to those asking about a price drop - which particular planet are you from? You want them to give you more technology incl. bigger hard drive, more RAM, bigger video card, then drop the price. I take it you're not in business yourself?

 

[fuziwuzi]

that's the one I would love to see from Apple. Something that I can actually use on a busy work day that won't require me juggling ports around and waiting forever for video to render. Something that I would feel comfortable editing HD content on.

Hopefully they will give me a discount.

have u tried out the multitouch on the MBA yet??

 

[arn]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

 

[Digital Skunk]

have u tried out the multitouch on the MBA yet??

Hell yes....!

It's very useful and just to mention the construction of the MBA may be wasteful as some Japanese engineers seem to think, but it's far superior to the current MBP's flimsy, creaky case. I am hoping Apple give us a MBP that is built as strong as the Air, it doesn't have to look like it, but it would nice if it were just as strong.

 

[link0n]

Not getting my hopes up (yeah right) but will be autorefreshing the apple store every 30 seconds on tuesday just the same.

E-sata port, hi-res led on the 17" descent wifi range are my modest hopes.

Sort of hoping they keep the current keyboard but I guess you can get used too pretty much anything.

Touchpad would be nice but I´d much rather have apple build a functional, nice looking and ergonomic mouse.

Yeah and if any apple devs read this forum please fix the textfield input in iPhones safari. Worst evar...

 

[John Purple]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

Oooooooooohooooooooohooooooooooo

 

[pw1388]

This better be true i have waited more then 3 month already and have stay up 3 tuesdays already waiting for the update.

 

[IEatApples]

Full moon two days ago

Yes, it would really be interesting to know whether those 'sources' have prooved to be reliable in the past.

Well, it was a lunar eclipse, so…

 

[CrashMelb]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

Ouch, was very excited for a few minutes. Hope your sources can be confirmed ASAP - be great to see the article back on the front page.

 

[EagerDragon]

If true I think those are nice bumps.

The current Alum design is about as perfect as it comes, just three issues:
1) User removable disk drive, so we can upgrade them ourselves.
2) Better WIFI reception, maybe different material where the Antennas are.
3) Magnetic closure

 

[Am3822]

@EagerDragon: I thought that the rubber 'window' in the hinge is where the wi-fi antennas are located.

 

[Zillion]

It will probably have Wireless N, so should be better

 

[maverick808]

It will probably have Wireless N, so should be better

All MBPs since late 2006 have had 802.11n already.

 

[EagerDragon]

@EagerDragon: I thought that the rubber 'window' in the hinge is where the wi-fi antennas are located.

I don't know but MB has a lot better reception than MBP.

 

[MacsAttack]

I don't think anyone has a production 17 inch LED backlit display in production yet...

... which posses a bit of a problem for the MacBook Pro getting it as an upgrade.

 

[deanfitz]

Wow! Im now eagerly waiting to cancel my order of a macbook pro I placed on friday morning. I got the oportunity to afford a laptop decided to make the glorious switch immediatly, didnt think to check any rumour sites until today. dont I feel smart. I guess i can wait a bit new macbook pro release or not this tuesday..........im still imagining how sick id feel if the new one does come out tuesday and the current one shipped to me on wednesday.

 

[propropro]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

please, let us know any new information about the MBP update...

 

[EagerDragon]

Wow! Im now eagerly waiting to cancel my order of a macbook pro I placed on friday morning. I got the oportunity to afford a laptop decided to make the glorious switch immediatly, didnt think to check any rumour sites until today. dont I feel smart. I guess i can wait a bit new macbook pro release or not this tuesday..........im still imagining how sick id feel if the new one does come out tuesday and the current one shipped to me on wednesday.

If you need it now, then cancel the order, place a new order Tuesday early. If not in a rush and don't like risk, then wait until it shows up at Apple store and place your order then.

 

[joefinan]

editor note: I've removed the story off the front page for now as some conflicting information has arisen. I still believe the MBP's are coming on Tuesday, but I need to reconcile some information, and have pulled the story temporarily because of it.

Bugger. It sounded too good to be true.