Sorry to burst your conspiracy bubble, but an untrained chimp could have predicted that the iPhone 4 would have been huge, but the iPad was a big question mark. They had no idea how well it was going to do and making millions more than they needed would have been a huge blunder if it had not done well.
God I hope not, If it's any good, I don't want to wait months for them to actually start ramping up production following a controlled shortage in order to make it seem like the demand is overwhelming.
Don't lie, Apple does this every time. You think by now they'd know to make a few extras... "we swear, we can't make them fast enough!"
Funny how they managed to make 14 million new iPhones, but struggled to make 4 million iPads...
Sorry to burst your conspiracy bubble, but an untrained chimp could have predicted that the iPhone 4 would have been huge, but the iPad was a big question mark. They had no idea how well it was going to do and making millions more than they needed would have been a huge blunder if it had not done well.
I'm new here. What line issue?
Never say never, but there is no way the new Air will be plastic. Apple is clearly trying to move away from plastic and make everything metal.
Something you did mention that no one else has brought up yet is the idea that the Air will start at $999 but the whitebook will move down to $899 or $799. I was reading through an article recently and Jobs said one of his biggest regrets was not getting enough early penentration into the computer market against PCs years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if they slash the price of the whitebook to get more people to jump over to Mac. I think Jobs sees the wisdom in settling for lower margins on the whitebook now knowing that down the road, those folks will eventually upgrade to MBPs, Airs, etc....
Never say never, but there is no way the new Air will be plastic. Apple is clearly trying to move away from plastic and make everything metal.
Something you did mention that no one else has brought up yet is the idea that the Air will start at $999 but the whitebook will move down to $899 or $799. I was reading through an article recently and Jobs said one of his biggest regrets was not getting enough early penentration into the computer market against PCs years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if they slash the price of the whitebook to get more people to jump over to Mac. I think Jobs sees the wisdom in settling for lower margins on the whitebook now knowing that down the road, those folks will eventually upgrade to MBPs, Airs, etc....
That's one example. Apple always has "production problems!" and demand is always "overwhelming!"Give it a rest, Apple does controlled shortages to simulate increased demand which leads to what exactly ? You're right, more hype and more demand!
I'd love to see how many people could distinguish between a C2D and i3 in a blind test. I get the feeling that most people just want to know they have the latest iX CPU from Intel and don't have any practical reason. But then again, most Apple fans are superficial so it makes sense.
Core 2 is absolutely fine until Intel gets their graphics up to snuff. There is nothing a Core 2 would struggle with that an i3 wouldn't either.
That is very true, and the top of the range late C2Ds are actually more powerful than the base i3. I think its more to do with people just wanting the latest technology.
I use the credit card for points, then pay it off with my positive balance savings account.
We're not all poor and living paycheck to paycheck. Some of us do make a very decent living indeed.![]()
It doesn't take much as long as you're not living paycheck to paycheck or using debt to cover other debt. If you pay off that balance at the end of the month you do get that fraction of a percent of interest from savings unless you have other ideas to put that money to work.What do points make?
Sorry... couldn't resist, Brucie
I know I'm probably wasting my virtual breath with this one but... if it turns out that the new MBA does indeed have a Core 2 Duo processor can everyone maybe take a moment of quiet contemplation before covering the internets in bile? Just possibly? For an ultraportable that's more than enough processor power and if it makes the machine cooler / quieter / cheaper / improves battery life then it's probably a compromise worth making for the target audience..
Are you kidding? The whining on this forum will be in full force unless the new MBA has:
1. AT LEAST an i5 (although there better be an option for a quad core i7).
2. Discreet graphics in the form of something like an ATi 5870 with 2 GB of memory.
I do hope instant boot is something that will find its way to all Mac's, seems odd that there's only MBA rumors. One would imagine they'll update all portable Mac's at least.
I think they mean the eject key will become the power key, on the keyboard, not that they'll add some monstrous black power buttonIt makes a lot of sense, because to get the size down to 11.x inches and keep the full size keyboard (which is a given based on what Steve Jobs has said in the past), they need to lose the small margin from the sides. Looks at a MacBook Pro. Now imagine that the laptop sides are flush with the keyboard sides. Now imagine that Eject key has the power symbol on it. That's how it's going to look, IMHO.
- 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
... A 2.13GHz processor could be the ultra-low voltage processor we previously detailed.