New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

Order's been placed w/ Fedex but hasn't shipped. Sounds like the first batch went out already and the next batch got stuck due to snow. I'm guessing I'm in the next batch but should still get it early next week. Assuming someone's around to sign for it. If not I get to dig out my car and drive to maspeth to pick it up.

I didn't even try tbh. Shannon did. Web page never loaded until late in the evening, then just said "sold out."

I DJ'd Dazzle Ships wed night so I came home, had a snack and next thing I knew it was 2:45 and I was looking at Google Reader and started seeing posts saying "pre-orders are now being accepted early" so I went and ordered one. Then I got 4 hours of sleep and went to work. So at least it wasn't like I stayed up all night sitting at home waiting to buy the thing (though I probably would've!).

just returned my wifes velocity ereader, what a piece of shit.

just bought her an ipad. happy valentines day.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/interim-apple-chief-under-fire-after-unveiling-gro,19111/

omg psyched for this -- ive wrote the forward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.amazon.com/As-Little-Design-Possible-Dieter/dp/0714849189/

Ive, not "I have" btw

I was a little ?!? for a moment there.

jony i have

:D

lots of apple lust object-related news. really surprised that there might be two ipad releases this year

Most are probably fake. This year I've noticed the rumour mill churn neatly through basically every permutation of iphone/ipad configuration. This week seems to be all about a small/cheap iphone, then there'll be like a 14" ipad or something.

Yeah, what happened to that January iPad 2, eh folks?

a small iphone and a BIG IPHONE guys im getting 5 of each!

subscriptions!!!

im gonna subscribe to the iphone of the month club!

\(^o^)/

http://minimalmac.com/post/3309831361/enough-episode-8-kuru-toga

...

new ipad will have usb no wait it will be an sd slot no wait it will be lightpeak no wait there is no port in the ipad 2 which will be released in april except no wait it's june but wait no there's an announcement next week but the iphone 5 will be delayed until september wait no it will be june

all of these things i believe to be true

The testimonial all children deliver at age five in the Church of Epic Win of the Latter-Day Jobs.

dual core i5? I'm there

Right so next week this ipad 2 will be launched (cbf linking, it's everywhere). Consensus based on rumours is:

- thinner
- lighter
- better speaker
- 512 Mb RAM
- faster processor
- same screen res
- facetime camera (maybe also a 1 mp rear camera)
- gyro and all that other crap that's in the iphone 4 that nobody uses

xp wow crazy xp. MBPs are due tomorrow, yeah?

oh and by 'launched' I mean Tim Jobs will announce it. Product availability is probably 4-5 weeks away.

I mean Tim Jobs will announce it

Everyone in the line of succession must now use THE LAST NAME.

He touched the sword, it's all over.

I was never getting an ipad but now that I'm going back to skewl to learn Chinese I have two distinct reasons (Pleco and Pages) that together make the ipad the only proposition on the market.

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/013/Purple/5a/46/13/mzl.cpsrawps.480x480-75.jpg

Writing Chinese characters on a trackpad (or worse, with a mouse) is a disaster.

well, shit, guess I should have put my 13" MBP and iPad I was going to sell on Ebay last week. Maybe I can sneak put them on tonight and not lose too much, relatively speaking.

Neither of these updates are likely to be significant, you should be fine.

i5 in 13" MBP is pretty signif. hopefully the rumoured screen res is off point tho

intel graphics = shit tho

cozen, with Apple stuff a faster processor isn't as significant as say a new chassis design or a retina display in terms of resale value. That's what I meant by significant. milo might only lose $50-100 per item off the back of these new product.

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agreed, yup

I was never getting an ipad but now that I'm going back to skewl to learn Chinese I have two distinct reasons (Pleco and Pages) that together make the ipad the only proposition on the market.

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/013/Purple/5a/46/13/mzl.cpsrawps.480x480-75.jpg

Writing Chinese characters on a trackpad (or worse, with a mouse) is a disaster.

― Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:02 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

you can use the MBP trackpad to write characters as well! it's pretty good actually

Fuck a hires display unless they get resolution independence. Screen on MacBook Air 11" is some squinting shit.

you can use the MBP trackpad to write characters as well! it's pretty good actually

― Neu! romancer (dayo), Thursday, 24 February 2011 11:13 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

It's hell because I can't see where my finger is. I keep jabbing the backspace/char suggestion bits and stuffing everything up. Much easier to just have it draw under your finger.

Also, Pleco developed its own char recognition software which is excellent and craps all over Apple's horrible flaky thing.

quadcore CPUs? O_o

I dunno shit about graphix cards but are the ones in the new update well-regarded? 1GB of DDR RAM seems significant

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.html

the new 15" and 17" ones have amd/ati chips

Lion beta is out. Has new Mail.

they're listed on the right, under 'class 2' xp

intel graphics, hmph

Thunderbolt sounds good, even if I have SCSI daisy chain horror flashbacks.

Battery life is way down on the new MBPs, isn't it? 7 hours even on the 17 inch?

"Apple is using a new, more rigorous battery test that measures the results you can expect in the real world", apparently.

wonder if there's any market for a 'desktop' version of the macbook pro - remove the battery, fill with a bigger graphix card/more cooling etc.

smaller and more portable than an iMac

Wow, the entire MacBook Pro line is up to one hundred times as fast as the previous generation.*

* Actual speed increase 10%.

new mail looks bollocks

holy shit, Lion is going to be great:

"Auto Save, which automatically saves your documents as you work"