The best way in my view would be for Apple to the same thing with the MBP as they offer with the Mac mini, get one with an internal optical drive or with a second storage drive bay.
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Regarding (a), I have read about one hundred reports by people who say installing a SSD was the best thing ever they did to their computer, I have read no reports by people who were disappointed. The fact that some SSDs might have slower write speeds than half-empty HDDs, does not change that what counts for user experience is much more is read speed.
Regarding (b), I have yet to see a 756 GB SSD (which my 256 SSD + 500 GB HDD offers and which is vastly cheaper).
That would be interesting. The second storage drive option would allow for a larger battery too!
Why would a "sane person" not assume that an APPLE external DVD drive, made and sold by APPLE, is compatible with ALL APPLE computers?
Obviously, they must not be a "sane person", since the APPLE external DVD is proprietorially locked in to just one (and now two) APPLE computers only!
When it comes to assumptions, sanity and proprietary products only the Jobs knows!
If you think little bit more, it is not irrational behaviour by Apple to only certify the external DVD drive with certain models. Less firmware compatibility to test, simple as that.
You don't have to like all their actions, but they normally do not behave like a head-less chicken.
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folks are getting all excited, even slashdot is reporting that the macbook pro in april 2010 will have lightpeak because of these guys.
this should be page 2 news at best.
amusingly in their post where they claim all this about ipad, mbp and lightpeak they cite their previous prediction in an article from september of an update to to the macbook air in "October or November" and "The base MacBook will cease to exist" while "Gone will be the custom packaged Core 2 Duo, and in it's place will ride Intel's latest Core i-series of processors".
I and any other pundit can guess at months with a good chance of being in the ballpark, but they clearly do not have a source with access to apple details.
They are not a reliable source of information and should be relegated to page 2, if they are to be reported on at all.
this should be page 2 news at best.
amusingly in their post where they claim all this about ipad, mbp and lightpeak they cite their previous prediction in an article from september of an update to to the macbook air in "October or November" and "The base MacBook will cease to exist" while "Gone will be the custom packaged Core 2 Duo, and in it's place will ride Intel's latest Core i-series of processors".
I and any other pundit can guess at months with a good chance of being in the ballpark, but they clearly do not have a source with access to apple details.
They are not a reliable source of information and should be relegated to page 2, if they are to be reported on at all.
Most of YOUR user experience is read speed. Most PRO customers need write speeds. Video people need write speeds. But that hybrid set up that you speak of solves those problems.
Not quite, my SuperDrive (coming out of a 13" MBP) is 9.5 mm thick, the same thickness as most 2.5" HDDs.
What really would solve most problems would by a striped RAID of two 500 GB Sandforce SSDs. But that comes at a price.
agreed, if apple could make a breakthrough on price. i'd be there. but they won't, so i won't either.
"MacBook Pro will follow the MacBook Airs move to Solid State Storage and removal of an optical drive." ???
Then the 13'' MBP will be discontinued!
More likely it would get a Core i5 and discrete GPU. It's thicker than the 13" MacBook Air so there would be room for the extra circuitry.
I would not be surprised that there is a new campus layout running on AutoCAD with all the architecture extensions running on a Mac somewhere in Steve's inner circle right now. If you haven't been around the planning of a major building, it is a bizarre mix of aesthetics, egos, symbolism and practicality. I'm sure there are a dozen top architecture firms bidding on this job now.
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I am a student. I can't afford 2k. Easily. So I hope that is not true
I am a student. I can't afford 2k. Easily. So I hope that is not true
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I can't afford 2k for a 13" laptop.
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I can't afford 2k for a 13" laptop.
don't worry, they have no idea what they're talking about. they're just making stuff up. apple will always maintain a full range of prices. whether you get good value for your money is a more subjective notion.
I could do without an optical drive if i can RAID 0 with 2 internal SSDs. If the prices were to start at $2000, I would be out of luck. I do not see that happening. Apple already has premium prices. If they went that far off the deep end they would most definitely lose a chunk of their laptop market share.
If the prices were to start at $2000, I would be out of luck. I do not see that happening. Apple already has premium prices. If they went that far off the deep end they would most definitely lose a chunk of their laptop market share.If most potential customers prefer a product with less features (but maybe better execution of whatever's left), then a producer can charge more for providing something that better meets those customer's preference.
In this case, Apple is catering to people who would rather have something thinner and lighter, instead of an optical disk, a floppy disk, a dial-up modem, SCSI and parallel-printer ports, an 8-track player, and 7 Apple II card slots, all built-in.
Yes, and that product is called the MacBook Air. So leave the Pros alone. Just because you don't have a use for that particular feature, doesn't mean that everyone else doesn't either. I have no use for the SD card slot, but maybe I might, and it's there in case I do. I don't use the FireWire port every day, but when I do, I'm thankful that it's there.
Just because they're vocal, it does not mean it's the minority. I'm sure most people would want to keep the optical drive in an MBP but probably don't even know that macrumors (or any other similar site) exist or just don't participate in these types of forums.
The most vocal minority is the "Steve Job's Yes Men Society".
I use my optical drive fairly often, there are still several games out there that require the original disc in the optical drive before running. This may be great for AAPL and their shareholders (larger margins, it will drive iTunes sales because it will be too much of a hassle to rip a CD to iTunes), plus it bypasses the problem of Apple being so embarrassingly behind in implementing BD technology to their product line. I would really like to start backing up my iTunes library (and several large DBs) to 3 or 4 BD writeable discs instead of 12 to 16 2 layer DVDs or 24 to 32 single layer DVDs.
I could care less about watching Blu-Ray movies on my MBP, but I do like the idea of a 30 to 50 gig (and soon 100 gig) data disc. And, since it's a laptop, I don't want to walk around with external devices to plug into it.
Blueray is already obsolete. Invest in faster broadband and stream your media. It's the future!
If you need more data space, invest in a 1000 gig drive.
exacty, I could spend maybe 1399 mpb 13'' starting price for
-i5
-light peak
-256 ssd
-no optical drive
-larger battery
-higher resolution screen
-facetime camera
-larger trackpad (wish of mine)
-infrared
-wifi
-bluetooth
-3 usb prots
-1 firewire
-sd slot
-audio in/out
-os x lion