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Poll -voting with money for new apple laptops.
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Bought six of them
Bought six of them, four MacBooks, and two MacBook Pro's.
Upgraded the whole family.
Bought six of them, four MacBooks, and two MacBook Pro's.
Upgraded the whole family.
Very disappointed with both the lackluster specs and incredibly high prices (You can get the identical specs of the $2000 MBP for $1300 from HP).
I will wait for the next revision, surviving on my Macbook. If it's still bad, I'll either wait for one more revision or buy a PC. I'm hoping that EFIX will make a product that works with PC laptops. Seems more likely than Apple releasing a high-specced, reasonably-priced product.
I will wait for the next revision, surviving on my Macbook. If it's still bad, I'll either wait for one more revision or buy a PC. I'm hoping that EFIX will make a product that works with PC laptops. Seems more likely than Apple releasing a high-specced, reasonably-priced product.
Alright Bought a 2.8GHz MBP w/ 320GB 7200RPM Hard Drive.
Only 2 complaints.... No Higher Res Screen (Was hoping for at least 1680x1050), and No GeForce 9650M GT.
Oh Well, I wanted one anyway because I think they are alot better than my Dead (Due to Video Card) Santa Rosa MBP. Yes I know I will get it fixed, but my hope is to sell it now to after It gets fixed to someone who wants a previous gen matte MBP at a really low price
Only 2 complaints.... No Higher Res Screen (Was hoping for at least 1680x1050), and No GeForce 9650M GT.
Oh Well, I wanted one anyway because I think they are alot better than my Dead (Due to Video Card) Santa Rosa MBP. Yes I know I will get it fixed, but my hope is to sell it now to after It gets fixed to someone who wants a previous gen matte MBP at a really low price
You can get a 1080p screen and a free bluray upgrade and the hp is still around $1500.
Although you don't get the dd3 and low power gpu option... or the osx option.
DDR3 isn't supposed to be much (if any) better. I don't really care about a low power option. And does it really cost Apple $700 to simply put OS X on a MBP?
Apple is a business, it wants to maximize profit, it will charge the highest price it can get away with charging. HP or any other company would do exactly the same thing.DDR3 isn't supposed to be much (if any) better. I don't really care about a low power option. And does it really cost Apple $700 to simply put OS X on a MBP?
I plan to upgrade when the time is right. I was going to possible dump the 17" I have in favor of a 15", but by the looks of things, I may not. If the new 17" is enticing, I may upgrade. The only deciding factor is will it come in matte.
Congrats!
Congrats!
Undecided
I am between buying the new MBP and buying the previous revision. Although my current laptop is very much struggling I'm hoping it holds out long enough for me to make a proper decision.
My thought process is going something like this:
Ooh, new MBP!
But ew, glossy screen.
But maybe you can get an antiglare thing?
But that's not the same as matte
But no (known) GPU issues!
But costs quite a lot of money
But awesome new design process!
But maybe I prefer the old design
But exciting new trackpad and manufacturing stuffs!
But is it worth the worth extra cash?
But... [insert but-it's-a-Mac! justifications]
But... [insert stop-being-a-slave-to-advertising! admonishments]
Slot in some "at least I won't have to deal with Vista", "I don't know if I like the keyboard" and "there seems to be some sort of competition to be President of America going on" musings and you've pretty much got my brain for the next couple of weeks.
*goes insane*
I am between buying the new MBP and buying the previous revision. Although my current laptop is very much struggling I'm hoping it holds out long enough for me to make a proper decision.
My thought process is going something like this:
Ooh, new MBP!
But ew, glossy screen.
But maybe you can get an antiglare thing?
But that's not the same as matte
But no (known) GPU issues!
But costs quite a lot of money
But awesome new design process!
But maybe I prefer the old design
But exciting new trackpad and manufacturing stuffs!
But is it worth the worth extra cash?
But... [insert but-it's-a-Mac! justifications]
But... [insert stop-being-a-slave-to-advertising! admonishments]
Slot in some "at least I won't have to deal with Vista", "I don't know if I like the keyboard" and "there seems to be some sort of competition to be President of America going on" musings and you've pretty much got my brain for the next couple of weeks.
*goes insane*
decisions decisions
the new MBP are cool, but they didn't make me want to go buy one today. there are some nice new features (glass programmable trackpad, good battery life, new design process, etc.) and some not so nice omissions (firewire 400, matte screen, more expensive RAM, regular non-chicklet keyboard, etc.)
I'm debating between a Early 08 2.5GHz MBP and a Late 08 2.4Ghz MBP. The early 08 2.5Ghz saves me about $200+ and gives a 512MB 8600GT and 6MB L2 (or was it it L3) Cache vs. 256MB 9600 + 3GB Cache.
I typically buy the later revisions because they tend to be more polished (of course there's the whole 8600GT video card problem so maybe I'm just wrong about that whole idea) so I'm leaning towards the Early 08 MBP, but I would hate to be "left behind" in a year or two when they're leveraging the new technology they put in the current MBP.
of course if cost wasn't an issue, i'd probably go new, but i'd get the higher end MBP (which is about $700 more than the 2.5Ghz MBP from Early 08).
what are the strongest arguments for going new?
the new MBP are cool, but they didn't make me want to go buy one today. there are some nice new features (glass programmable trackpad, good battery life, new design process, etc.) and some not so nice omissions (firewire 400, matte screen, more expensive RAM, regular non-chicklet keyboard, etc.)
I'm debating between a Early 08 2.5GHz MBP and a Late 08 2.4Ghz MBP. The early 08 2.5Ghz saves me about $200+ and gives a 512MB 8600GT and 6MB L2 (or was it it L3) Cache vs. 256MB 9600 + 3GB Cache.
I typically buy the later revisions because they tend to be more polished (of course there's the whole 8600GT video card problem so maybe I'm just wrong about that whole idea) so I'm leaning towards the Early 08 MBP, but I would hate to be "left behind" in a year or two when they're leveraging the new technology they put in the current MBP.
of course if cost wasn't an issue, i'd probably go new, but i'd get the higher end MBP (which is about $700 more than the 2.5Ghz MBP from Early 08).
what are the strongest arguments for going new?
I am between buying the new MBP and buying the previous revision. Although my current laptop is very much struggling I'm hoping it holds out long enough for me to make a proper decision.
My thought process is going something like this:
Ooh, new MBP!
But ew, glossy screen.
But maybe you can get an antiglare thing?
But that's not the same as matte
But no (known) GPU issues!
But costs quite a lot of money
But awesome new design process!
But maybe I prefer the old design
But exciting new trackpad and manufacturing stuffs!
But is it worth the worth extra cash?
But... [insert but-it's-a-Mac! justifications]
But... [insert stop-being-a-slave-to-advertising! admonishments]
Slot in some "at least I won't have to deal with Vista", "I don't know if I like the keyboard" and "there seems to be some sort of competition to be President of America going on" musings and you've pretty much got my brain for the next couple of weeks.
*goes insane*
lmao.
I'm in the same boat, couldn't have put it better.