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Unreleased MacBook Pro 6,1 and 6,2 Referenced in Mac OS X 10.6.2

diamornte said:
LOL Ha-ha. I love seeing the people get jealous. As a jealous person who owns a non-unibody MBP (Santa Rosa, 2007), I can't wait for these new machines to come out. I've been waiting for a MBP with more than 2 cores!

Technology jealousy...It's all cyclical.
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i'm still on my 2005 pbg4:cool:
 
wackymacky said:
what's the deal with wanting SD card readers? I'd rather forgo this any day and sync a camera via a cable, if it means better processer/HD or blueray/USB3 (I can dream).

Mind you, SD reader addition would only cost a couple of bucks per machine for apple.
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traveling alot, trying to get rid of as many cables as possible, here's where that SD would help me...
As you just wrote, they have added 2 bucks worth SD card reader and dropped the price a hundred bucks. That made me feeling not happy, actually, like cheated after few months after I have bought a very first release of a Unibody Aluminium laptop, at that time branded MacBook.
Why do you think I haven't bought a PRO version at that time?!
It happen before when I have had another brands, but a big design change haven't occurred that fast/often... maybe within a year or so for the very same model.

AND yeah, seems Dell already have an i7 in their offer for really cheap.
PRO users, you can get your i7 in a PRO laptop NOW for really cheap! ;):p
 
2992 said:
just wondering... whom actually needs i5/i7 on a "notebook"?!
Who needs really powerful machines, well, get a desktop or something similar!
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I know, I know... Don't feed the trolls...

Who needs it in a notebook? Well, for that matter, who needs a Core i5/i7 in a "desktop"? Well? Get a workstation or something similar!

For that matter, who needs a Core 2 Duo in a notebook? Just get an Atom. If you need more power, just get a desktop!


Among other reasons, some people like to have ONLY a notebook, and want it to be reasonably powerful. My last two notebooks, when purchased, were each the most powerful machine in my house.

That said, I now have a powerful PC (sadly, Windows-based, and OS X doesn't want to hack onto it nicely,) so my next notebook will likely be a MacBook Air.

Although the just-released (or more specifically, the yet-to-be-released i5/i7) iMacs are looking very inviting. I may even be up for selling my high-end desktop to get one.

As for SATA-3 and USB 3? *VERY* doubtful, as SATA-3 (or, more properly, "SATA 6Gb/s") just came out, and USB 3 won't be officially out for a little longer. Not to mention that support for both won't be in Intel chipsets until late 2010 at the absolute earliest (and Intel recently implied it won't be until 2011.) Apple won't throw in third-party chipsets to support them unnecessarily in a laptop. I mean, I'd love just to see eSATA 3Gb/s in the next MBP.
 
Great news!

Quad Core + something better than 9600 and I am in :)

Saying all that, my late 2007 MBP is still crunching rather fine so no rush here...
 
Peace said:
Slow down bucko. No need to go balistic and offensive.
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Sorry, this is getting old hearing everyone whine about how Apple has screwed them over because they update their products. Why would anyone say, I hope they don't move forward as a company? I have had the same MacBook Pro for alomost 3 and a half years now. This should be a thread about people being excited about new technology, not whiny kids complaining about how they feel cheated. You bought the computer, no one forced you to go into the store and give them your credit card.
 
This news excites me! Both power and portability, perfect for the on-the-go musician like myself! I was thinking of getting the new iMac but if they include quad core in the next MBP then I will definitely wait a few months for it.

Plus I could really use that ExpressCard slot. :D
 
scubasteve03 said:
Sorry, this is getting old hearing everyone whine about how Apple has screwed them over because they update their products. Why would anyone say, I hope they don't move forward as a company? I have had the same MacBook Pro for alomost 3 and a half years now. This should be a thread about people being excited about new technology, not whiny kids complaining about how they feel cheated. You bought the computer, no one forced you to go into the store and give them your credit card.
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It's not about that.

It's about today one pays ~1000 € for a laptop which after 2~6 months one can get it for ~30% less (or with 30% more power for the same money). That's not funny.
It's about the value of MY money.
(not to mention the premium Apple is charging outside US, as there is more than US outthere)

I'm not going to change my AluMB anytime soon just because some specs bump or the name change (ie AluMB to 13"MPB), but I don't feel happy to know the value of my hard earned money are depreciating even faster than the technology. I'm actually pretty pissed off because of that.

It's about that.
 
2992 said:
It's not about that.

It's about today one pays ~1000 € for a laptop which after 2~6 months one can get it for ~30% less (or with 30% more power for the same money). That's not funny.
It's about the value of MY money.
(not to mention the premium Apple is charging outside US, as there is more than US outthere)

I'm not going to change my AluMB anytime soon just because some specs bump or the name change (ie AluMB to 13"MPB), but I don't feel happy to know the value of my hard earned money are depreciating even faster than the technology. I'm actually pretty pissed off because of that.

It's about that.
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Then you don't understand the market powers. It's as simple as that. When Apple releases a new product, the monetary value of yours goes down because people will pay less for it. Nothing can be done about that, so STOP WHINING!
 
Get Over It

2992 said:
It's not about that.

It's about today one pays 1500 USD for a laptop which after 2~6 months one can get it for ~30% less. That's not funny.
It's about the value of YOUR money.

I'm not going to change my AluMB anytime soon just because some specs bump or the name change (ie AluMB to 13"MPB), but I don't feel happy to know the value of my hard earned money are depreciating even faster than the technology.

It's about that.
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Yeah I had the same problem when I got my 2007 MBP and saw the unibody mbps come in. But you know what, I got over it, so you should get over it too. Big deal, things depreciate, so live your life and stop looking at this site if this sort of thing is going to bug you. If you wanted to invest your hard earned money wisely, you should not have bought a laptop.
 
2992 said:
It's not about that.

It's about today one pays ~1000 € for a laptop which after 2~6 months one can get it for ~30% less (or with 30% more power for the same money). That's not funny.
It's about the value of MY money.
(not to mention the premium Apple is charging outside US, as there is more than US outthere)
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What you have wrote is EXACTLY what "that" is about. Your post basically has proven the point the poster that quoted you was trying to make.

This doesn't apply only to technology but to every other good. The moment you buy a "new" car, it loses 20% of its value just because once you bought it it is not new anymore.
 
tofagerl said:
Then you don't understand the market powers. It's as simple as that. When Apple releases a new product, the monetary value of yours goes down because people will pay less for it. Nothing can be done about that, so STOP WHINING!
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dude, I'm ok to see that happening once in a while, like once/twice a year, it's normal, but seems Apple from ones/twice a year is getting close to SEVERAL times a year.
For example, in the last 12~14 months, how many times that happen?

Glad to see that at least you don't care about how fast the value of your money is depreciating. Nor Apple. ;)
 
2992 said:
dude, I'm ok to see that happening once in a while, like once/twice a year, it's normal, but seems Apple from ones/twice a year is getting close to SEVERAL times a year.
For example, in the last 12~14 months, how many times that happen?

Glad to see that at least you don't care about how fast the value of your money is depreciating. Nor Apple. ;)
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The value of my money? I keep my money in a bank, as should you. My _laptop_ on the other hand, is resting (too) comfortably on my ever widening lap.
 
The value of your laptop

2992 said:
It's not about that.

It's about today one pays ~1000 € for a laptop which after 2~6 months one can get it for ~30% less (or with 30% more power for the same money). That's not funny.
It's about the value of MY money.
(not to mention the premium Apple is charging outside US, as there is more than US outthere)

I'm not going to change my AluMB anytime soon just because some specs bump or the name change (ie AluMB to 13"MPB), but I don't feel happy to know the value of my hard earned money are depreciating even faster than the technology. I'm actually pretty pissed off because of that.

It's about that.
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You originally bought your Laptop for performing tasks. This was worth the amount of money you paid - at least to you.

Now comes reality - even with an update your machine will still work the same way. Granted you cannot brag about having the greatest and newest MBP, it has not lost any value to you - as it still performs.

This comes from someone who spent 3.500 € (sic!) on a PB G4 in 2004. I learned, that technology doesn't stand still - but guess what: Tiger and the software I have for it are still fine with me.

Granted Flash player sucks big time and watching flix on the net is impossible - but nevertheless I can do the things I wanted to do with my PB.

And I learnt that my next Apple laptop will have a Nehalem processor, a matte screen and should be as durable and worth the money, as my PB was. This means, I would be willing to pay >3.000 € for a new comp, as long as it delivers quality.

So MBP 6,1 will be Apple's last chance, to get my money.:D
 
Macminiintel said:
GOD your such a thick idiot. I don't have a MacBook Pro yet, only 3 mac minis, macbook, emac and my G4 PowerMac tower, I am hoping there isn't a update before xmas because I have saved enough money to get a 13'' 2.53Ghz macbook pro & enough to buy 8GB RAM about $600 extra from crucial, I just hope the price stays the same in the UK if they do update them or its godbye 8GB RAM. You are worthless and fail.
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No need for name calling. Though this whole conversation is pointless... just like this ad.

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