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

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EagerDragon said:
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.
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Bad advice.

If you need it NOW, go to the Apple Store to pick it up. If you don't need it for an undefined period of time, cancel the order and order it when you DO need it. It's not uncommon for new computers to take weeks to show up at the Apple Store after announcement (although not as often with simple speed bumps).

Still, waiting an undetermined period of time for an unannounced product for a computer you need now is silly. You buy computers when you need them or when there's a significant change in the value proposition that makes them attractive. This attempt to plan upgrades is silly.
 
John Purple said:
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.
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sorry but why would there be an event for the release of an SDK? Apple doesn't do a roadshow every time they release XCode. Unless there are apps ready to download using the new SDK, it's a developer-only release, they don't invite journalists to things like that, they mail everyone registered on the ADC and tell them it's there for download.

They've done upgrades to iPhone and iTouch with nothing more than a message on the store, an SDK alone doesn't warrant an event. even the expected upgrades to MBP warrant nothing more than a headline on the store.

I find it hard to believe there was ever an event on the 26th, I think that was a real stretch based on one single rumour.

It's sad to see that the MBP story has been pulled from the front page again, I was actually starting to hope this was really the week, I want my first intel MBP, but I'd like it to be a little more futureproof than buying the current model.
 
jragosta said:
Bad advice.

If you need it NOW, go to the Apple Store to pick it up. If you don't need it for an undefined period of time, cancel the order and order it when you DO need it. It's not uncommon for new computers to take weeks to show up at the Apple Store after announcement (although not as often with simple speed bumps).

Still, waiting an undetermined period of time for an unannounced product for a computer you need now is silly. You buy computers when you need them or when there's a significant change in the value proposition that makes them attractive. This attempt to plan upgrades is silly.
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If needed NOW then get it now, if you can wait a few days then wait.

How is that????
 
arn said:
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.
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Well, I guess that means that you made my day 'temporarily' too.

Actually, I am quite excited that this story was removed, because now if it comes back, its veracity will seem more certain. If the information is reconciled, and Arn still thinks MBP's are coming on Tuesday, then I think it will be a pretty safe bet.
 
This thread makes no sense any more after cancelling the article.
Why don't you take it from the site?
 
Haven't we heard all this before?

Better be for real this time cause Mac Rumors has been wrong before. This sight should be renamed "Next Teusday!"
 
Mackan said:
I also hope for a new videocard, but that is probably unlikely. I wouldn't mind an GPU overclocking tool for Mac OS X though, I am a bit surprised no one has made one. They exist for Windows.
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No, someone has made one actually. You can find on
http://thomas.perrier.name/graphiccelerator.html

But why do You want to accelerate the clock speed if the battery life will suffered badly, and of course the heat?

For me, I'm hoping MBP will come up with Quadro like this one. That's probably unlikely, but who knows? :)

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Surely my next notebook will be MBP so I can dump my lovely iBook G4.. but when!
 
bengst said:
No, someone has made one actually. You can find on
http://thomas.perrier.name/graphiccelerator.html

But why do You want to accelerate the clock speed if the battery life will suffered badly, and of course the heat?

For me, I'm hoping MBP will come up with Quadro like this one. That's probably unlikely, but who knows? :)

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Surely my next notebook will be MBP so I can dump my lovely iBook G4.. but when!
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The link you provided seems to flash the rom of the videocard. I am more talking about a software solution, increasing the clocks on demand when gaming. This can make a substantial difference when playing games, although the temperatures of the videocard must be monitored more closely.

The 8600 GT in MacBook Pro is actually underclocked by default by Apple. That is the price we pay for their "slim" case design, I guess. But I guess it doesn't affect Apple's prices, we still pay for a fully clocked stock 8600 GT?
 
any rumors on the new MBPs are appreciated.

so thanks for making the post, but from the sounds of it, you might want to move the story to page 2 if you post it again ;)
 
yeh,,
guy at the apple store said something about them shipping in the next week, but i didn't give him much credit. until now.
 
I hope this is true this time. I am happy for everyone who is waiting (I am not) For me the wait for the product release is one of the good parts in buying a new Apple computer. I have always waited for every single item I purchased from Apple because I kind of enjoy the wait and the anticipation. Not sure if this makes sense to everybody. Anyway - I am enjoying a 17" Macbook Pro since June 20th 2007. Would love to have the LED backlight as well. . .
 
Well... I finally went ahead and listed my MacBook ad on ebay that I created about 2 weeks ago in Garage Sale (sweet app). Lets hope they come!:)
 
Digital Skunk said:
...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.
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A small case redesign still makes sense; they have to re-stamp the metal panels anyway. A more logical move seems to be to do all the modifications now rather than do a second set in 6 months or a year.

Or at least that's what I'm hoping.
 
anyone know why this article was removed from the macrumors homepage? Something smells fishy...
 
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