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No New Macbook Pro's :-(
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DSchwartz88 said:
Nobody knows. Merom chips are available, but nobody knows when there will be enough to put them into MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Fact is, once they are announced, sales of the old machines will drop to zero. So what will happen on some day is that the Apple Store will go down, an announcement is made, Apple Store goes up again and suddenly everything has Merom chips.
Apple will do that as soon as they can; if there is a special occasion then they might delay this at most for a week.
Jedi128 said:
It won't affect any applications, because there is no 64 bit operating system. That will come with Leopard, first quarter of 2007.
gnasher729 said:
in any case, i would never want the first batch which is why i feel totally comfortable going with the current lineup of intel core duo macbook pros. i know what to expect. for what i am doing with it, it's plenty powerful. i can upgrade to merom later if and when it becomes necessary.
generik said:
You do realize that some professionals use processor-intensive apps, so what would be the point of a really expensive graphics card? And the most expensive Mac can play the latest games at 100fps+, you just have to configure it which is the whole point of having only one standard configuration.
So I am right in thinking it's NOT a "straight chip swap" i.e. no new features, just take out the old chip and bung in the new?
I've heard there is going to be a complete redesign. That would also make sense, as they can't STILL use the same case as the PowerBook, I think it would be rare to use the same design through 3 models (if you know what I mean)
You never know, we might get blue ray slot loading drives!!!
Now THAT would be the cherry on the cake!
Sony (dare I say that word!!) are already offering BlueRay Laptops since June. Saying that though, it could always go HD-TV instead?!?
Dan
I've heard there is going to be a complete redesign. That would also make sense, as they can't STILL use the same case as the PowerBook, I think it would be rare to use the same design through 3 models (if you know what I mean)
You never know, we might get blue ray slot loading drives!!!
Now THAT would be the cherry on the cake!
Sony (dare I say that word!!) are already offering BlueRay Laptops since June. Saying that though, it could always go HD-TV instead?!?
Dan
All of I sudden I really regret selling my one and only Mac, a CD mini. On the upside I've kinda proven to myself how good Mac resale values are (lose about $100 or so after 5 good months of use!), on the other hand it is quite dumb to buy another Mini to go back to waiting for the MBP...
balamw said:
Agreed.
They can't take the MBP out of the stores for 2+ weeks while the new ones roll out.
danielbriggs said:Sony (dare I say that word!!) are already offering BlueRay Laptops since June. Saying that though, it could always go HD-TV instead?!?
You mean, of course, HD-DVD.
And since neither HD-DVD nor Blu-ray are available yet in the Mac Pro, I think there is practically no chance that we will see either in the MacBook Pro in the near future.
Just buy the macbook pro. I will in a few weeks time. IF they are upgraded, great. If not no biggy. Least I'll have something...