Bump in processors, hard drives and graphics card is probably on the cards.
Anyhow, welcoming news
Anyhow, welcoming news
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Unreleased MacBook Pro 6,1 and 6,2 Referenced in Mac OS X 10.6.2
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
The 13-inch Macbook pro really needs an update because the hard drive in entry model is now smaller than the plastic one.
Are you sure
Apple might address it. I imagine video card upgrades are in order.Do you need it?
Do you need something until January, possibly February?
What's wrong with your current machine?
MBP update would make sense
Usually Apple updates MBP in 1-2 months after MB update. In addition, current MB and the cheap MBP 13" share the same processor, amount of RAM and MB has even larger HDD. This does not make sense in the usual Apple point of view and, more logically, provides greater pressure on highly successful cheaper MBP 13".
On the other hand, Intel has not yet introduced their new processor lines and are not likely to do so until early 2010. There were rumors of Intel making pre-production (or early release) CPUs for Apple needs, but I am very critical about that... I think, we will get updated MBPs in January-February only. Christmas sales will be a good way to clear current MBP stocks. However, I would not be too optimistic about i5/i7 in MBPs. I think, that only the highest spec models (MBP 17?) will have i5/i7.
NVidia seems to be having financial problems (they are currently developing just low end dedicated desktop GPUs) and licensing problems with Intel. I don't think, that Apple would go with Intel. No matter what Intel claims, their chip will be definitely slower than the 9400 and will probably have problems running advanced features of Snow Leopard or Photoshop CS4. However, there is always ATI. They have recently produced 4330 chip, which does essentially the same as the 9400m, but ~15-20% faster. By the way, this chip is used in HP Envy 13- a MBP 13 look a like (although slightly more expensive, Envy 13 has better specs than the MBP. This might speed up MBP update). It would be sensible to use it in the future MBP line... After all, 9400 was introduced about a year ago, or, speaking in computer years, in the Dark ages.
The time will tell, but I think, that MBP 6.x will be introduced in early 2010 with updated graphic chips, likely from ATI. Although, I hope they will come earlier... At least before my HP Pavilion dies
P.S. This summer I nearly got myself MBP 13. But I decided to wait. I hope, it was the right choice.
Usually Apple updates MBP in 1-2 months after MB update. In addition, current MB and the cheap MBP 13" share the same processor, amount of RAM and MB has even larger HDD. This does not make sense in the usual Apple point of view and, more logically, provides greater pressure on highly successful cheaper MBP 13".
On the other hand, Intel has not yet introduced their new processor lines and are not likely to do so until early 2010. There were rumors of Intel making pre-production (or early release) CPUs for Apple needs, but I am very critical about that... I think, we will get updated MBPs in January-February only. Christmas sales will be a good way to clear current MBP stocks. However, I would not be too optimistic about i5/i7 in MBPs. I think, that only the highest spec models (MBP 17?) will have i5/i7.
NVidia seems to be having financial problems (they are currently developing just low end dedicated desktop GPUs) and licensing problems with Intel. I don't think, that Apple would go with Intel. No matter what Intel claims, their chip will be definitely slower than the 9400 and will probably have problems running advanced features of Snow Leopard or Photoshop CS4. However, there is always ATI. They have recently produced 4330 chip, which does essentially the same as the 9400m, but ~15-20% faster. By the way, this chip is used in HP Envy 13- a MBP 13 look a like (although slightly more expensive, Envy 13 has better specs than the MBP. This might speed up MBP update). It would be sensible to use it in the future MBP line... After all, 9400 was introduced about a year ago, or, speaking in computer years, in the Dark ages.
The time will tell, but I think, that MBP 6.x will be introduced in early 2010 with updated graphic chips, likely from ATI. Although, I hope they will come earlier... At least before my HP Pavilion dies
P.S. This summer I nearly got myself MBP 13. But I decided to wait. I hope, it was the right choice.
A few months more and there will be a Macbook Pro 7,1. Then probably an 8,1.
Have I divulged some unknown news?
Is there a soul here who thought there would not be a Macbook Pro 6,1 and 6,2 within the next three or four months?
What qualifies as a rumor these days? That Christmas will follow Thanksgiving this year?
Have I divulged some unknown news?
Is there a soul here who thought there would not be a Macbook Pro 6,1 and 6,2 within the next three or four months?
What qualifies as a rumor these days? That Christmas will follow Thanksgiving this year?
Very true. I'm finding machines have gotten fast enough that you really don't need to upgrade as often. I used to upgrade in PowerPC days almost every revision trying to get a bit more power, but the current intel Machines really run nicely.
That sounds like a desktop job for me..
Anyways, lucky those persons as the battery will now last long enough to export that sequence while waiting in the bus/train/airplane station.
Black Friday in the USA is on Friday, November 27 this year. That's when our big sales day is.
Lightpeak:
http://www.engadget.com/tag/LightPeak/
What's with the arbitrary Engadget link.
Maybe the OS will support multitasking by then...Waiting for iPhone i7 then
99.5 % not. You might have to wait a long time for an upgrade and you are highly unlikely to get anything more decent than bump in CPU speed and upgraded GPU (25% faster at the most). The RAM and HDD will definitely be upgraded, but for re-stocking fees (~$100) you can upgrade yours to 4gb and 500 gb.
Hopefully LightPeak will be added. though I seriously don't think it will happen. I don't think USB 3 will be added for at least another full year.
I saw the term referenced a couple of times in this thread and was unfamiliar with it. In case others were as well, I provided a link for information.
I believe DailyTech.com ran an article recently stating that Intel was postponing support for USB 3.0 (at the chipset level?) until 2011 sometime.
desk
That's funny to me because when I was in school, I had a class with this bozo who just bought a MacPro, and he did one of his presentations in Keynote... In he came dragging that beast with all his might. What a tool.
Anyway, I think the bigger news here is that Arn posted an update on a Sunday!
genius.
Pretty hard to drag a desktop around.
That's funny to me because when I was in school, I had a class with this bozo who just bought a MacPro, and he did one of his presentations in Keynote... In he came dragging that beast with all his might. What a tool.
Anyway, I think the bigger news here is that Arn posted an update on a Sunday!
genius.
I'd wet myself if these "MacBookPro" are actually the rumored mac tablets... But I guess that's hoping for WAY too much
Hmmmm . . . .
Dude, there will be an Infiniband port on the MacBook Pros before there will be "LightPeak". Considering that there are exactly zero peripherals or devices on the market today that support "LightPeak". Is it even finished? I doubt it.