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New Macbooks / Macbook Pro soon?
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Good grief!! How about a little conversation here! All I said was "check this out". They are probably making a place holder for the new MBP and decided to use a description of an older model. What is NEW is the SKU number. Everybody needs to lighten up a little.
You're not the first person to say "HEY LOOK AT THIS!!!1" only to get shot down when it's a discontinued or current model.
Just trying to give a ray of hope that's all. Microcenter does not sell older MBP's. The fact that they posted a new SKU means the new ones are almost here. I know everyone here is on pins and needles waiting for the new release. I'm just surprised that I got this kind of reaction. Please....chill out.
I asked my boss if our store was a scam. We had a good laugh, and lols were dispensed at the expense of skil.
The prices for discontinued models don't drop unless they're open boxes, otherwise the price stays as is until someone who has some sense walks in and says "I'll give you XXX for it", and a manager will over ride it and get rid of the damn thing.
Well macmall has that one for 1599 with a 200 mail in rebate so I'd say that one is going to be sat on for awhile.
So while basically everyone else is offering HDMI or DisplayPort, Apple sticks with DVI?
I highly doubt they are going to use mini-dvi and ditch dual-link dvi support for the MBP. (Dual-Link Support = 30in Cinema display Requirement)
To reduce the footprint they will most likely use HDMI.
I highly doubt they are going to use mini-dvi and ditch dual-link dvi support for the MBP. (Dual-Link Support = 30in Cinema display Requirement)
To reduce the footprint they will most likely use HDMI.
That also involves ditching dual-link, except unlike Mini-DVI, it also kills VGA support as well. Unless they use the 29-pin Type B connector, which has two huge problems:
1. Nobody uses it for anything, so no one makes any cables for it
2. It's not significantly narrower than a DVI port
BONUS THIRD PROBLEM: You STILL don't get the VGA/DVI-I functionality back
What's the observed shipping time for a CTO model on Apple's website? If an update is close, does the shipping time increase? What is the behaviour observed from earlier updates?
And if they indeed ship new hardware, wouldn't that require new drivers? We haven't heard anything about a 10.5.6 update being close. Or perhaps they will use a special version of 10.5.5 that includes the required drivers.
And if they indeed ship new hardware, wouldn't that require new drivers? We haven't heard anything about a 10.5.6 update being close. Or perhaps they will use a special version of 10.5.5 that includes the required drivers.
US/UK/German/French stores n line are full of refurbished MBP....
Have been for weeks
That might be of interest actually, just a few days ago it said the standard "1-3 days."
That would be my bet (a redesigned port). It would be fairly easy to add pins for dual-link support and audio, for that matter. Then you could have breakout cables for both dual-link DVI-D as well as HDMI (including audio)... giving you the best of both worlds.
Of course, it could also be a displayport, and the person who saw it wasn't familiar with the look of those ports.
Doesn't make sense that Apple would pick something else than HDMI or DisplayPort.
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Hello! This is my first time writing here. Anyway, I was wondering if the next macbook pro are going to have a high resolution LED 15" screen...
What do you thing?
And if 14 is the date how many day before we going to learn it official?
Hello! This is my first time writing here. Anyway, I was wondering if the next macbook pro are going to have a high resolution LED 15" screen...
What do you thing?
And if 14 is the date how many day before we going to learn it official?
Hello! This is my first time writing here. Anyway, I was wondering if the next macbook pro are going to have a high resolution LED 15" screen...
What do you thing?
And if 14 is the date how many day before we going to learn it official?
15" 1920x1200 screens are a gimmick and useless without resolution independence.
A week before or so.
Thanks for your answer,
but what about LED 15'?
I said that it's a gimmick. It's rather difficult for many to read 1920x1200 on a 15" screen.
guys, would you feel disappointed if apple didn't do anything special (redesign, etc.) and only put montevina and new graphic card? Seeing as all other computer vendors have montevina for some time then I pressume that Apple wants to do something a bit special rather than just that as it wouldn't need such a long time for just a bump. What do you think?
I will personally feel a lot disappointed if Apple doesn't justify the delay by something nice.
What about you?
I will personally feel a lot disappointed if Apple doesn't justify the delay by something nice.
What about you?