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NVIDIA Powered MacBooks on October 14th?

well its nice to know that the people at apple are taking measures to improve the graphics of their low end machines. Today i tip my glass to them, for it is now tempting to buy a mac mini once again. But i think il hold out for star-craft 2 which should come out Dec 13th.
 
I've waited longer than most

Nobita said:
I have been waiting since August for this =) the time has finally come!
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August? Ha! I decided to replace my clamshell iBook in July 2005. The buyer's guide said a replacement was due, so I waited. Then a revision came out and I was underwhelmed, so I waited. Then I lost my job, so I waited more. Then I decided to wait until Blu-Ray came. It didn't, hasn't and might not come. So I waited some more. Finally, in early summer, my iBook's LCD cracked -- so I now have to buy no matter what (Blu-Ray or not)!

So the revision date can't come fast enough for me ...
 
kabunaru said:
I would want an ATI chip-set with ATI video card the most. ;)
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For an Intel CPU'd laptop? Granted the newer AMD support products like the 780G seem pretty handy tho.

In my PC experience Intel make the best performing, most power efficient and most stable chipsets.
 
Marx55 said:
What is needed is a smaller and lighter (400 - 500 g) subnotebook. With true Firewire and Ethernet ports. Even the MacBook Air is too large and heavy for us (besides lacking the essential Firewire connectivity).
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The MBA is too large and heavy?? What are you, a 3 year old girl? :confused: Come on now. Can someone explain the sub-mini-tiny fetish for a notebook people have? How is a notebook that can do no more than run Firefox and an open-source equivalent of Word worth it? You guys sound like people with small feet fetishes; "They're so tiny!!" :eek: /hardon


Anyway regarding the MacBook, this is excellent news, but makes me wonder if it will leap over the 8600M GT in the MBPs (wouldn't surprise me, they're pretty dated at this point).
 
just saw this posted on another site...this is from nvidia's site. is it possible it's the pic some have been waiting for?
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Stridder44 said:
What is needed is a smaller and lighter (400 - 500 g) subnotebook. With true Firewire and Ethernet ports. Even the MacBook Air is too large and heavy for us (besides lacking the essential Firewire connectivity).
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How much lighter can a notebook get? Anything lighter than the MacBook Air is superfluous. It would cease to be a notebook by definition.

I wish we could get an authentic snapshot of what the new MacBook will look like. Nine days and counting...*sigh*
 
aleksandra. said:
As much as I like the idea - would half the difference in weight justify Air's price? Because for me - and I suppose for many people - Air's worth lies in its lightness (while it's remaining a notebook and not a netbook). ~1.8 kg is still out of my self-imposed limit, but it'd make me consider a MB if MBA kept its price and weight.

Also I don't see much room for weight decrease in MB, if they don't downgrade it. The only things that can get lighter are the casing and the battery. LED screens use less power, so the battery could get smaller (although I suppose most people would prefer longer battery life), but even this, combined with aluminium casing, wouldn't make it a whole pound lighter.
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I am really interested to know what is going to happen to the Air.

With MB set to have a speed bump, nvidia chipset, possible 4g of max ram expansion , redesign and reduced weight all for a highly likely $999. Who the hell would pay 1799 for the Air?
 
Ugh, why does it have to be an NVIDIA chipset? New MacBook is nice, but as we all learned from the MDP graphic-card incident, NVIDIA doesn't necessarily produce the highest quality stuff. I'd rather see Apple keep working with Intel or maybe AMD.
 
chickenninja said:
well its nice to know that the people at apple are taking measures to improve the graphics of their low end machines. Today i tip my glass to them, for it is now tempting to buy a mac mini once again. But i think il hold out for star-craft 2 which should come out Dec 13th.
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What? Did Mini get updated out of the blue or does the perspective of it possibly having NVIDIA chipsets after possibly coming future update scares you into buying it now? ;)

jcb10 said:
August? Ha! I decided to replace my clamshell iBook in July 2005. The buyer's guide said a replacement was due, so I waited. Then a revision came out and I was underwhelmed, so I waited. Then I lost my job, so I waited more. Then I decided to wait until Blu-Ray came. It didn't, hasn't and might not come. So I waited some more. Finally, in early summer, my iBook's LCD cracked -- so I now have to buy no matter what (Blu-Ray or not)!

So the revision date can't come fast enough for me ...
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Wow. That's really long wait. I hope nothing happens to you this time.

Stridder44 said:
The MBA is too large and heavy?? What are you, a 3 year old girl? :confused: Come on now. Can someone explain the sub-mini-tiny fetish for a notebook people have? How is a notebook that can do no more than run Firefox and an open-source equivalent of Word worth it? You guys sound like people with small feet fetishes; "They're so tiny!!" :eek: /hardon
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I can't explain the "small" fetish, but a girl doesn't need to be 3 years old to want her laptop light :). Not that Air is too heavy, but I wouldn't mind it at all if it was even less so.
 
kabunaru said:
The MacBook Air's price might be reduced to $1299 and it needs an hefty update to justify even that price now.
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Agreed, thats why the MBA is what I am most excited to see. Because they will have to do some insane redesign to justify not picking up a MB.
 
kabunaru said:
The MacBook Air's price might be reduced to $1299 and it needs an hefty update to justify even that price now.
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I agree. The price and the limited specs of the Air influenced my decision to buy a Pro. Granted, however, that the Air was designed to be complementary and not a replacement notebook, but the price alone is a little gouging. But that's the price you pay for convenience and Apple technology.
 
puffnstuff said:
Agreed, thats why the MBA is what I am most excited to see. Because they will have to do some insane redesign to justify not picking up a MB.
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Ennoea said:
I agree. The price and the limited specs of the Air influenced my decision to buy a Pro. Granted, however, that the Air was designed to be complementary and not a replacement notebook, but the price alone is a little gouging. But that's the price you pay for convenience and Apple technology.
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I think Apple made the MacBook Air for the sake of just making it.
 
Yixian said:
How about glass screens, iPhone style?
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...or iMac style? lol. That would be cool. But I prefer matte screens anyway. The new MacBook will 100% be glossy but the pro will probably have a matte option.
 
kabunaru said:
The MacBook Air's price might be reduced to $1299 and it needs an hefty update to justify even that price now.
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puffnstuff said:
Agreed, thats why the MBA is what I am most excited to see. Because they will have to do some insane redesign to justify not picking up a MB.
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If MacBook gets significantly lighter. Otherwise Air has its own place, though it's still overpriced right now. All decent sized and light notebooks are pricey.
 
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