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Let's make last-minute MBP predictions! And count this baby downnnnn!

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torrino

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Apr 25, 2007
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It's almost timeeeeee!

Make your last minute predictions. Will we get a MBP tomorrow? WWDC? Both? What will the specs be? Will the design stay the same? Any new cool ports?

I'm thinking...

Tomorrow:

Low-End MBP ($1999)
15'' LED Screen
2.4 GHz Santa Rosa Technology
160 GB HDD
1 GB RAM
128MB Graphics

High-End 15'' MBP ($2499)
15'' LED Screen
2.6 GHz Santa Rosa Technology
200 GB HDD
2 GB RAM
256MB Graphics

Santa Rosa and LED, and regular bumps in RAM/HD. The low-end will have to have LED and Santa Rosa technology. If Apple bumps the RAM to 2 GB and the HDD to 180 or 200 GB, there's not much room for the high-end MBP to be worth $400 more (3 GB RAM is not happening on the high-end, yet). Similarly, Apple realizes the unbalance between the BlackBook and the base MBP, and has to distinguish the two somehow. LED and Santa Rosa technology = def. "Pro" worthy, I guess.

The design stays the same.

What I really, really want?

MacBook Business or MacBook Portable ($1649)
13'' LED Screen
2.4 Santa Rosa
1 GB RAM
160 GB HDD
128MB Graphics

But...No ultraportable until right before Christmas, because - at this point - if Apple wants to price the 12 or 13'' MBP between the BlackBook and the base 15'' MBP, they're going to have to really, really bump up the 15'' specs. Or, if they do release it, it'll have to be with a 2.33 Intel Core 2 Duo chip, as that will be the only way to distinguish it as the compromise between the BlackBook and the 15'' MBP.
 
Copied from another thread where I posted it.

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Here's my (educated) guess. ;)

High-end 17" gets a screen update to a high-res LED screen (1900x1200) with an option or standard config including the Nvidia 8600M GPU (256mb dedicated vram). I'm not gonna make random guesses about the lower end models because I haven't heard anything personally about them, but I doubt they want to go down to a 13" MBP. Of course the Santa Rosa update. And this all rolls out sometime tomorrow.

:apple:
 
What I'm hoping for...

2.4-2.6 Ghz CPU (Obviously Santa Rosa)
15.4" LED Screen (Higher resolution, maybe even high end HD)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 (In dire need of a better GPU)
160-200GB HD (Small Bump here)
2 GBs of Ram (Can't have less)

I'd also love a SSD Hard Drive (32GBs) as an option, and a better high-capacity battery. I know the MBP is not "ultraportable" but I'd love the SSD anyway :)
 
I bought a macbook pro about a month ago, and I was wondering will there be a big performance gain with santa rosa? I got the 15" "high end" version.
 
I love the current case design, but I'm prepared to be wow'd with a funky new look. Like SJ said, the current design is hard to top so I'm looking forward to something really special.

Anyway, now that's out the way - 10, 9, 8...err...eh? Oh, sorry, too soon. 1,895,497... 1,895,496... 1,895,495....

[I think we'll be waiting til WWDC, personally, so I'll start high]

1,895,494... 1,895,493... 1,895,492...
 
I predict, as I have been stating all along in here..

2.4Ghz
160GB HDD
No LED screen (just yet)
800Mhz (maybe, but doubt it)
GeForce 8600M GT (128Mb and 256Mb)
3GB ram Max (2GB pre-installed)
No case redesign (Apple don't need to)

Anyone who wants/needs more than that should consider a desktop.
 
There's no 2.6Ghz Merom for Santa Rosa.. there will be later this year but its not out yet. The highest is 2.4Ghz.
 
base 15" ($2000)

2.4 GHz Santa Rosa
2 GB RAM as lowend
new video card (not sure what, haven't kept too up to date)
160 GB HDD
Maybe LED


All I really want is a small bump in the processor speed, 2GB of RAM to be base and a new video card and I will be happy.
 
Predictions:

Low-end 15":

2.2Ghz on the SR chipset.
1GB RAM [stock].
160GB HDD @ 5400RPM.
15.4" LED-backlit display.
256MB GeForce 8400M GT.

High-end 15":

2.4Ghz on the SR chipset.
2GB RAM [stock]
160GB HDD @ 7200RPM.
15.4" LED-backlit display.
256MB GeForce 8600M GT.

17" may potentially get a resolution boost for 1080p reasons, still CCFL backlit, and a 2.4Ghz Merom on SR. 2GB RAM and a 512MB 8600M GT. 200GB drive @ 5400RPM.

I'm still of the opinion that Apple will be slightly conservative with their GPU choices, as always [unfortunately], but that we'll see a switch to nVidia due to the AMD/ATI partnership. nVidia's openGL drivers have always been very solid too, which is a big bonus for OS X users.
 
elithrar said:
Low-end 15":

2.2Ghz on the SR chipset.
1GB RAM [stock].
160GB HDD @ 5400RPM.
15.4" LED-backlit display.
256MB GeForce 8400M GT.

High-end 15":

2.4Ghz on the SR chipset.
2GB RAM [stock]
160GB HDD @ 7200RPM.
15.4" LED-backlit display.
256MB GeForce 8600M GT.

17" may potentially get a resolution boost for 1080p reasons, still CCFL backlit, and a 2.4Ghz Merom on SR. 2GB RAM and a 512MB 8600M GT. 200GB drive @ 5400RPM.

I'm still of the opinion that Apple will be slightly conservative with their GPU choices, as always [unfortunately], but that we'll see a switch to nVidia due to the AMD/ATI partnership. nVidia's openGL drivers have always been very solid too, which is a big bonus for OS X users.
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If the 17" gets 512MB VRAM, I hope the 15" does too! I really don't want to have to lug around a 17-inch laptop :( But I want the best GPU I can get. I kind of doubt they'll have 256MB VRAM in the low-end 15, since they currently have 128. But then if both the high-end 15 and the 17 get 512MB, maybe the low-end could get 256...

I VERY EXCITE!
 
Sbrocket said:
+1
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All I want:

Super duper LED display with no grain, good viewing angles and even illumination

More tilt on the display

Better cooling /less heat


NOT aluminum - something more durable

Better battery life



And then the mandatory stuff: faster CPu, better GPU with more ram etc
 
PDE said:
All I want:

Super duper LED display with no grain, good viewing angles and even illumination

More tilt on the display

Better cooling /less heat


NOT aluminum - something more durable

Better battery life



And then the mandatory stuff: faster CPu, better GPU with more ram etc
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I sure hope so! :D I'm waiting until LED comes to town. The display issues people have had is the only thing keeping me from buying right now.
 
I predict updates to only 15" MBP models, no change to 17" MBP, I will go into the forests and live a simple life for some time, being as one with the wood and the moss. :eek:
 
I think we'll see 800 MHz FSB tomorrow. But one part of me thinks that we wont see anything tomorrow because I don't see what's the problem of just starting the back to school a week later and doing everything then. However I think that they will want to focus of Leopard and the new miniOS for WWDC so they would want to get everything out before then to focus on the OS's.
 
Jblack4083 said:
I think we'll see 800 MHz FSB tomorrow. But one part of me thinks that we wont see anything tomorrow because I don't see what's the problem of just starting the back to school a week later and doing everything then. However I think that they will want to focus of Leopard and the new miniOS for WWDC so they would want to get everything out before then to focus on the OS's.
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Once again, Santa Rosa chipset = 800 MHz FSB. So unless they suddenly decided to NOT ship the new MBP with a Santa Rosa chipset, then, yes, it will have a 800 MHz FSB. That doesn't mean 800 MHz RAM though.

Santa Rosa is the chipset, not the processor. The shipping processor is still a Merom processor.
 
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