Is there any way there could be a quad-core MBP?
I'm thinking about upgrading from my 1st gen MBP, and I'd love it if it could go quad-core when plugged in. Nov '09 is good timing for me, too...
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Is there any way there could be a quad-core MBP?
I'm thinking about upgrading from my 1st gen MBP, and I'd love it if it could go quad-core when plugged in. Nov '09 is good timing for me, too...
heh.
The two machines I want to see Apple release:
The MacBook mini, almost exactly as the (almost certainly faked) mockup looks (with an American keyboard for me, though.)
A 15" MacBook Pro that is the exact same specs as the newly-released 17".
I either want a 'full' featured 15", or a true subnotebook. I grudgingly replaced my 12" PowerBook G4 with a 15" MacBook Pro; and have come to accept my MBP's form factor. But would still like to return to a subnotebook.
That too, although I'm not so sure about the specs that came along with the mockup.
Agreed. And TALK TO YOUR ISVs - I don't want to wait until the .2 release to upgrade because you broke Lightroom.
Personally, I don't care if it's September 2010 or 2011. Just get it right. I can perfectly live with the current version of Leopard until then.
me also, it is sickening how long Apple is stalling on Blu-Ray.
I want a Mac Pro or Imac 24" that can write and playback blu-ray.
on MBP, i'd take model which just reads blu-ray and burns DVD/CD's
Seeing as how Apple doesn't buy Bloomfield Core i7 chips here it would have been impossible for you to be wrong here.
Sickening..yes but also obvious. Apple's in the content selling business with iTunes. They'll eventually support Blu-ray but my guess is they'll attach it to $$$ Mac Pro purchases.
I agree..... Pushing updates to hardware within or at a year is great. Keep em coming!
Well, I guess this means a new Mac mini around september for me. After all those months of waiting for a decent Mac mini, I'm now waiting for the new version of Mac OS X. It makes no sense to buy a 730$CAD computer now and pay 130$CAD later for a new version of the OS when I got a perfectly functional Mac mini with Leopard right now.
I'm upgrading because of the (much) better GPU, the slightly faster CPU, the DVD burner, FW800 and the new maximum of 4GB RAM.
I just hope it's available for my birthday!
I'm upgrading because of the (much) better GPU, the slightly faster CPU, the DVD burner, FW800 and the new maximum of 4GB RAM.
I just hope it's available for my birthday!
Also when Leopard was released (October '07) Apple said its goal was to make future OS releases in 12-18 month intervals, after Leopard had taken 2.5 years from Tiger.
The original story is much more in depth in french. Hardmac is a super badly translated version of Macbidouile.
In a nutshell: developper builds of Snow Leopard will soon start to include Blu-Ray support, but the official release might drop them if the Apple can't get a licensing agreement with Sony. The problem as Macbidouille has been reporting for over a year is that Sony wants Apple to open the OS X kernel and build DRM Blu-ray protection into it. Apple refuses.
DVD Studio pro updated with Blu Ray authoring support has been available for a while but will not be realized until a licensing deal is signed.
As for the RED part, the actual rumor says that Quicktime X (and therefore all FCS app) will offer native RED raw playback and edit.
I think the Quadro FX 5800 is very likely since the Mac Pro is missing a high-end GPU option. The 512MB HD4870 is a mid-range card with a MSRP of $150 so it should have replaced the HD2600XT not the 8800GT. Personally, I'm hoping that Apple adds the upcoming 1GB HD4890 alongside the Quadro FX 5800 since the HD4890 is a true high-end GPU.
The delay with the Quadro FX 5800 probably isn't engineering resources on Apple's part but more availability of the 55nm GT200b chips since I'm guessing nVidia is concentrating them on the desktop market to beat back ATI's HD48xx series.
In regards the 3.2GHz model, if it's introduced it'll have to be as an option on top rather than directly replacing a previous model since Intel has no near-term Xeon price drops planned. People shouldn't have much reason to complain since there would be no changes to existing configurations.
Heat shouldn't be a big issue. The 3.2GHz Harpertowns used in the previous Mac Pros had 150W TDPs for 300W total. Dual 3.2GHz Nehalems with 2x130W TDPs would still have breathing room.
Personally, I'm still disappointed with Apple's overall CPU choices for the Mac Pro. The entry level Nehalem Mac Pro uses a 130W TDP 2.66GHz W5320 which costs $284 (http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupID=39718&code=W3520). In contrast, the previous entry level Mac Pro used dual 2.8GHz Harpertown E5462 which cost $797 each (http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupID=33084&code=e5462). Since Intel has each price point representing a performance class, Apple is choosing significantly lower-end CPUs for the latest Mac Pro, but I can't see them making changes now.
Quicktime X is playback only so I don't see what it really has to do with RED other than previewing content.
There are already solutions for working with RED's native codec although not as natively as many RED owners want.
There are already solutions for working with RED's native codec although not as natively as many RED owners want.
When Circuit City held their going out of business sale, I grabbed an LG rewritable Blu-Ray and plugged it into my 2 x 2.8 Quad Mac Pro using one of the two SATA ports left for optical drives on the logic board. I've used it in Leopard to back up data, but booting into Vista to watch Blu-Ray (if ever) is a bit of a downer. I know Apple wants to push wireless media with iTunes and as such is refusing to even acknowledge Blu-Ray (yet they're on the Blu-Ray board), however at this point conceding that both formats are worthy of use would seem logical. Oh well. Priorities, priorities, there's a war in Darfur, it could be worse.
Total BS. Those are not rumors but guesses based on some presumably accurate date on previous releases. Cut the crap, Snow Leopard will be announced and demoed on WWDC and this is exactly the reason why Jobs is coming back. Xserve will most likely get an update too but as far as the rest of the updates go those are wishful thinking. There will be no Nahlem for notebooks this year and no Mac Pro updates either ( especially when the Mac Pro just got updated ).
There will be a new iPod though and hopefully with a better camera this time.
There will be a new iPod though and hopefully with a better camera this time.
I agree with that. The potential for mass media storage is great. I'm not too thrilled with the media for video watching though. Once they are the same price as DVDs, then we'll talk. Backup and storage are a whole other thing...