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Well i thought i had the perfect timing since this fall i go to college. AND in summer Lion OSX is coming out. 
Apple just ruined it for me T___T
Well I guess I need to
1. Buy a crappy PC and use it til next year?
2. Buy an iPad? and use it till next year perhaps?
3. Just buy MBP anyways.
4. Wait...
Apple just ruined it for me T___TWell I guess I need to
1. Buy a crappy PC and use it til next year?
2. Buy an iPad? and use it till next year perhaps?
3. Just buy MBP anyways.
4. Wait...
Do you people even read these forums? The previous design lasted for 7 years(2001-2008), 7 years!!!!!, they aren't going to redesign a 3 year old laptop. It's just not economically viable to do so with the brand new manufacturing plants Apple had to build to get this design out, they have to milk it for a while for them to be worth their price. Not happening, get that out of all your thick heads.
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The worst thing is the resolution. 5 years straight now with 1280x800. I know of netbooks with better res.
And you just know the 15" will be 1440x900 standard. Then we got to pay high prices for and upgrade
The worst thing is the resolution. 5 years straight now with 1280x800. I know of netbooks with better res.
And you just know the 15" will be 1440x900 standard. Then we got to pay high prices for and upgrade
Well i thought i had the perfect timing since this fall i go to college. AND in summer Lion OSX is coming out.
Well I guess I need to
1. Buy a crappy PC and use it til next year?
2. Buy an iPad? and use it till next year perhaps?
3. Just buy MBP anyways.
4. Wait...
Starting medical school in the fall so I am in the same boat as you. I will be buying the refreshed 15" MBP in a month or so. My strategy is to buy the best computer I can buy at the time I purchase it and then use it..haha. Something is always coming around the bend. You have to just jump in and be happy with your new computer. I highly doubt it will disappoint. Hopefully this helps you out with your decision.
umm. unibody came out in 08
Yes, and the last generation of pre-unibody came out either january or february 08, get your facts straight before being flippant.
Edit: february 26th, 2008 to be precise.
Unibody came out on october 14th of the same year.
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Same. Also starting engineering school. Will be springing for a high end 15" if the speccs are right. Just a shame I don't get the portability of a 13"
kobyh15 said:Well i thought i had the perfect timing since this fall i go to college. AND in summer Lion OSX is coming out.
Well I guess I need to
1. Buy a crappy PC and use it til next year?
2. Buy an iPad? and use it till next year perhaps?
3. Just buy MBP anyways.
4. Wait...
Starting medical school in the fall so I am in the same boat as you. I will be buying the refreshed 15" MBP in a month or so. My strategy is to buy the best computer I can buy at the time I purchase it and then use it..haha. Something is always coming around the bend. You have to just jump in and be happy with your new computer. I highly doubt it will disappoint. Hopefully this helps you out with your decision.
Same. Also starting engineering school. Will be springing for a high end 15" if the speccs are right. Just a shame I don't get the portability of a 13"
welcome to MR ... hope you do well in Med school ... you have sensible judgement and I enjoyed reading your post.
cheers
Since 2009? That makes no sense. Apple has been known for making design change every 2-3 years on their product. Apple made big change on MBP since late 2008, so why were you waiting for so long...?
2008 was major design change, so 2009, 2010 and early 2011 will be spec bump. I expect major design change in late 2011 or early 2012.
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Same. Also starting engineering school. Will be springing for a high end 15" if the speccs are right. Just a shame I don't get the portability of a 13"
kobyh15 said:Well i thought i had the perfect timing since this fall i go to college. AND in summer Lion OSX is coming out.
Well I guess I need to
1. Buy a crappy PC and use it til next year?
2. Buy an iPad? and use it till next year perhaps?
3. Just buy MBP anyways.
4. Wait...
Starting medical school in the fall so I am in the same boat as you. I will be buying the refreshed 15" MBP in a month or so. My strategy is to buy the best computer I can buy at the time I purchase it and then use it..haha. Something is always coming around the bend. You have to just jump in and be happy with your new computer. I highly doubt it will disappoint. Hopefully this helps you out with your decision.
Same. Also starting engineering school. Will be springing for a high end 15" if the speccs are right. Just a shame I don't get the portability of a 13"
The powerbook G4, which became the macbook pro once apple switched to intel processor, kept the same exterior case design from 2001 all the way through 2008, if my math is correct, 2008-2001=7, so yes, that particular design stayed with apple for 7 years.
Hence, it is highly doubtful apple will just ditch the current design that isn't even 3 years old yet.
Thanks, I appreciate it! This will be my first Mac so I'm really excited. I would wait until I graduate in May, but I don't know if I'll be able to wait that long!
Yes. but I waited instead of buying the MBA since it used core2duo and sandybridge was almost out. I mean seriously? Sandy Bridge, lightpeak, blu-ray, SATA III, are being released and all Apple does is a... spec bump
. -_____-... I do know that every year something is aways around the bend, but this year so many things are out and Apple could make such a beast computer. but noooooooooooo. 1. Sorry, i havent read posts dating back to 7 years ago.
2. 3 year old is pretty old actually. Processing power DOULBLES every 18 months or so. Spec bump? Come on, Intel HD 3000? When will Apple ever realize that graphics is such a huge thing in the computer. Cut me 2 hrs of battery and give me graphics.
3. Did you know the iPhone precision enclosed body had the same amount of "development" and cost procedures as the lapse between the time Apple bought Liquidmetal technologies and February?. They did it before, they can do it again.
Actually, I believe that Hai1242 means he will kill ALL of us first, and then himself... Next to Christmas and New Years, Apple product refreshes are the worst times of the year for mass suicides.
Yes. but I waited instead of buying the MBA since it used core2duo and sandybridge was almost out. I mean seriously? Sandy Bridge, lightpeak, blu-ray, SATA III, are being released and all Apple does is a... spec bump
1. Sorry, i havent read posts dating back to 7 years ago.
2. 3 year old is pretty old actually. Processing power DOULBLES every 18 months or so. Spec bump? Come on, Intel HD 3000? When will Apple ever realize that graphics is such a huge thing in the computer. Cut me 2 hrs of battery and give me graphics.
3. Did you know the iPhone precision enclosed body had the same amount of "development" and cost procedures as the lapse between the time Apple bought Liquidmetal technologies and February?. They did it before, they can do it again.
1. Me neither, but wikipedia can teach you a lot of things
2. Depends on how you look at it, a Lamborghini Diablo is now 10 years old(I believe they were last produced in '01), it still looks good and is still valuable and sexy. Processing power has no bearing whatsoever on the exterior design of a computer unless you are talking supercomputers where ventilation is primordial, your point please?
3. Smaller piece, and it isn't machined in it's entirety, in fact most of it is molded, this does not apply. The manufacturing plants only needed a few modifications as most of the material was already being used in the same way.
I'm not trying to bash, I'm just using facts and logic here. In my opinion the MBP is still cutting edge, maybe not in the raw processing power department, but in the usability yes.
1. Yes, I randomly use wikipedia to search when Apple switched bodies.
2. Point is, I am raging on the Intel 3000HD. U call a switch from 320m to 3000 a spec bump?
3. Thats a total lie. Do you even how much the guy who manufactured these bodies spent in their new equipment?
In all honesty, I do not care about the body (shocking I know). Whats the difference between aluminum and liquidmetal? Its barely differentiable, and by the time you can actually start noticing the differences, it will be 10 years from now, and that means you definitely need to get another laptop.
What im raging about is the fail spec bump. 12 hours of battery is nice, but after 10? the effect just becomes a plateau.
Sandy Bridge i5? Okay, im fine with that, but again graphics is such a fail. I do understand that you have to use Intel's graphics for sandybridge but you cannot use the 3000HD...
oh, and screen resolution.