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kb0616 said:
LOL! True that!
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It really isn't very impressive

I can't imagine that the top brass at apple are patting themselves on the back about lagging behind the market like this without even an indication that they are going to make their laptop line up up to date. It doesn't exactly portray apple as an industry leader. I can't see how the anticipation generated by the 'hush hush" policy/delay can possibly outweigh the negativity perceived and the poor sales because of an outdated array of products on offer?
 
Aluco said:
This sucks, no other company would make me wait for weeks to hand them £1500. Wtf are they doing.
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I mean, why shouldn't Apple just create Wishlist trust funds, and securely look after our money till they actually release a product we want?

;)
 
Aluco said:
It will be my first mac and I want it because I am thinking about moving to Japan to teach next year. This will be difficult with a desktop ! but I really just want a mac now :mad:
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Everyone who is wanting a MBP, do not cave and get an iMac. I bought an iMac in 2007 when they released leopard because i've always hated the idea of typing on a laptop. now with the desktop keyboards the way they are, it makes no difference, and i definitely wish i had a MBP now. of course, if i bought one back then, it wouldn't have been as good as the ones they have now, so i'm happy about that, but now i'm waiting to see what they do with their notebooks because I, so badly, am wanting one. i may continue to hold out for blu-ray. it just depends on when they finally refresh them, and what new features they'll have.

moral of the story: be patient. yes, iMacs are still portable. i even have the iLugger carrying case or whatever its called, but it gets old very quickly. plus you still have to plug in somewhere, and you look like a total a**hole when you whip out an iMac like that lol. they'll have to refresh them by summer at the very latest. if you can hold out til then, you won't regret it. it's already the middle of february. before you know it, it will be march, and then april, and hopefully they'll have refreshed them by then so that they can focus on the iphone in june/july.
 
I decided August last year not to wait for the refresh of the processors and I decided wisely! I enjoy my MBP for 7 months now and '
I am happy. So everyone who has a OLD MBP just buy a new MBP now or ACCEPT to wait maybe for ever or at least until summer. The C2D will phase out but when no one knows.
 
wesmhead said:
No, not the Macbook Pros, but other products have been released without a press conference. Like back in October, the new iMacs were released back then without a conference, it was all done online. And im new here too, so lets just keep our fingers crossed that the MBPs will be here soon!

P.S. It was probably a very smart move of you to return your MBP.:apple:
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I know im glad I returned it, but it’s killing me because I loved it for the three whole days I had it. I’m new to macs, was so sick of windows! Had gone through all of their bs, I just couldn’t take windows crashing anymore! I wake up every morning thinking maybe something will be announced. Its driving me insane, heck I don’t even care if they just come out and say its releasing 2 months from now, I mean throw us a bone or something lolz. At least we will have an exact day to look forward too! Or announce an event for March. Something, anything apple!
 
Just another meaningless sign

Just checked best buy and spotted the "Backordered" text next to the 17'' mbp. It is obviously the least sold mbpro, so I'm guessing they just don't stock them in huge bulks. Anyways... (sigh).
Frigging capitalism and it's shiny aluminium products.

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iPhysicist said:
I decided August last year not to wait for the refresh of the processors and I decided wisely! I enjoy my MBP for 7 months now and '
I am happy. So everyone who has a OLD MBP just buy a new MBP now or ACCEPT to wait maybe for ever or at least until summer. The C2D will phase out but when no one knows.
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Very true. The current MBP may be the last one ever released... There may never be a new release...

And in the real world C2D has already been phased out.
 
I sort of have a bad feeling that Apple is having some problems. No one else has the issue of having to cram this new hot hardware into such a small form factor.

That and having to maintain their epic battery life.

HP tried with the envy 15, but their 6 cell built in lithium goes for about 2 hours on an i7.

They also didn't have the room to fit an optical drive.

Apple might be good, but that is going to be a lot of heat in a small space, even smaller since they have to pack in the optical.

I would guess that we wont see i7 in the 15, because the laptop would melt in your hands.

;/ something is going to have to give.
 
rmbrown09 said:
I sort of have a bad feeling that Apple is having some problems. No one else has the issue of having to cram this new hot hardware into such a small form factor.

That and having to maintain their epic battery life.

HP tried with the envy 15, but their 6 cell built in lithium goes for about 2 hours on an i7.

They also didn't have the room to fit an optical drive.

Apple might be good, but that is going to be a lot of heat in a small space, even smaller since they have to pack in the optical.

I would guess that we wont see i7 in the 15, because the laptop would melt in your hands.

;/ something is going to have to give.
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I don't think apples having any problem at all, i think their just playing games with us. My personal opinion is that apple hyped the crap out of the iPad, and they don't want the iPad sales to be overshadowed by launching the new MBP too close to the launch date of the iPad! If it doesnt come out first week of march, i don't think we will be seeing it until June!
 
Nope, i think they will drop the Edu-Price as well.
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I cannot think of a douchier thing that Apple could do than get rid of the discount. It'd be like if the cool lady who always gives out big Reese's cups on Halloween suddenly decided to charge for them.
 
Bioux said:
I cannot think of a douchier thing that Apple could do than get rid of the discount. It'd be like if the cool lady who always gives out big Reese's cups on Halloween suddenly decided to charge for them.
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I think he meant that they will go down in price. Not drop the education store.
 
ipad3g said:
I don't think apples having any problem at all, i think their just playing games with us. My personal opinion is that apple hyped the crap out of the iPad, and they don't want the iPad sales to be overshadowed by launching the new MBP too close to the launch date of the iPad! If it doesnt come out first week of march, i don't think we will be seeing it until June!
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By that point I will own a 2000 dollar 2.8 duo MBP ;/ WTF

Im sitting on one right now because I'm at work, and i want something more. The processor is enough i think, but a 9600m GT is killing me. Its a bottleneck if i have ever seen one.

Or i might have to get a 27 inch i7. Though i really want a macbook since ill be in college.
 
ipad3g said:
I don't think apples having any problem at all, i think their just playing games with us. My personal opinion is that apple hyped the crap out of the iPad, and they don't want the iPad sales to be overshadowed by launching the new MBP too close to the launch date of the iPad! If it doesnt come out first week of march, i don't think we will be seeing it until June!
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If you believe that Apple has high quality standards, you have to believe that they haven't realeased an update for some quality related issues.

Even if they were prepared to launch them 1 week ago, would you rather them stop production and fix a problem, or have your new laptop ASAP?

I, for one, would rather wait another 3 weeks because they decided to spend 2 more weeks working out a problem.
 
fynwine350z said:
If you believe that Apple has high quality standards, you have to believe that they haven't realeased an update for some quality related issues.

Even if they were prepared to launch them 1 week ago, would you rather them stop production and fix a problem, or have your new laptop ASAP?

I, for one, would rather wait another 3 weeks because they decided to spend 2 more weeks working out a problem.
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good call, and I guarantee that i7 has posed a number of them
 
i can't remember apple announcing hardware in a holiday week before...

not that i'd complain if they did, mind you.
 
Imo, apple is gonna wait to refresh until after the ipad is released...i figure mid-march, they will have a conference about how successful the ipad launch is, then talk about the 10 billionth song sold on itunes, and refresh the macbook pros...I highly doubt they will just release a major laptop change without a keynote....worst case scenario, they wait till late june to refresh everything(macbook pro, iphone,etc)

And, yes, i have been waiting for these notebooks since September, and i was very irritated when only the ipad was released..
 
ati 5 series GPU please. thats all i really care about in the refresh. i5 only fine, as long as we get a decent GPU
 
markparker said:
Imo, apple is gonna wait to refresh until after the ipad is released...i figure mid-march, they will have a conference about how successful the ipad launch is, then talk about the 10 billionth song sold on itunes, and refresh the macbook pros...I highly doubt they will just release a major laptop change without a keynote....worst case scenario, they wait till late june to refresh everything(macbook pro, iphone,etc)

And, yes, i have been waiting for these notebooks since September, and i was very irritated when only the ipad was released..
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I still don't get why everyone thinks the MBP needs to be released after the iPad? I'm not saying that it won't, but I don't understand the logic. It makes more sense to me to release the less significant hardware update before the big one. Otherwise they're waiting to release the new MBP until June and onwards, and a 1-year cycle on the MBP is simply stupid. Unless they've run into major hardware problems, having arguably their most profitable and popular product get so out of date seems ridiculous.

Why not just update MBP soon, before iPad? Don't make a huge deal out of the MBP. Sure, it'll have a new CPU, but it's probably not going to be as significant of an upgrade as a 7-hour battery, unibody enclosure and LED screen were. Then you can update the MBP again just before Christmas, too. And then again @ WWDC '11.
 
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