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Frankly, for that price (or even $100) it should have a 15" screen. I'd happily buy that. As it is, the MBPs seem overpriced, and the MBs seem too small.

thus it has ever been, thus it shall ever be

MBs seem too big more like

i'm confused ... my MBP can do gestures on the trackpad. three finger swipe, pinch and expand, rotate, etc. are there new ones?

also am i the only person that thinks the two-tone look is butt ugly?

ya, stet otm

11" MB pls, apple

get rid of white macbook and put a $900 11" MB = nintendodsprintsmoney.gif

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/12/prints_money.gif

I think the MacBooks are too big compared my beloved (RIP) PB G4 12" XPOSTS

ha.. the new 'entry level' metal macbook has a slower processor than the 'cheaper' white macbook..

lame... too expensive... too big and heavy

MB white:

Processor and memory
intel Core 2 Duo

* 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed
* 800MHz frontside bus
* 1GB (two 512MB
SO-DIMMs) of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB

new MB:

Processor and memory
intel Core 2 Duo

* 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed
* 1066MHz frontside bus
* 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB

also the white MB is more expensive than the old cheapest MB in UK. Seems weird for Apple to be going all-guns on expensive stuff as, yknow, world ends etc.

really? They dropped the price by 50 euros to 949euros in europe

i'm confused ... my MBP can do gestures on the trackpad. three finger swipe, pinch and expand, rotate, etc. are there new ones?

also am i the only person that thinks the two-tone look is butt ugly?

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:52 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

expln!

Does the 13" MacBook have the hard disk behind the battery like the MBP?

I'm guessing yes just b/c they have to share the same case, but can't confirm.

4-finger gestures? Yeah, that keeps it simple. How far will they go before they just put two fucking buttons on the thing?

Isn't the MacPro 15" in?

haha yes thank u cold meds/stupid pills

4-finger swipe is totally ridiculous. i can already do two-finger right click but i don't really like to use it.

are they phasing the 17" mbp out? i can't even figure out how to get to the spec page for it.

expln!

― the valves of houston (gbx)

expln what?

are they phasing the 17" mbp out? i can't even figure out how to get to the spec page for it.

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:05 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

apparently not

NONE of the new MacBooks has FireWire 400 and only the MBP has Firewire 800! Wow

I wouldn't buy a 17" right now…

the firewire thing is INSANE. aren't they marketing this shit to ppl with video cameras? and fancy new hi-def video cameras??

RIP black macbook, you piece of shit

if i'm not mistaken, they're primarily marketing the macbook to high school and college students, most of whom probably use a cellphone to do video, unless they're doing it gung-ho, in which case they have an iMac or a Mac Pro.

i mean, they may have access to these as editing stations (like the kids at my high school)

ya but surely enough videographers/dps/video dudes use them either as primary editing stations or remote capturing/viewing jammies

does final cut run on a macbook?

i used a PB 12" as a primary editing station, using FC Pro, fwiw

maybe steve doesn't think a macbook is worthy of FC pro?

maybe steve doesn't think a macbook is worthy of FC pro?

There's still Final Cut Express... and that requires FW.

I have mixed feelings about this. I wonder if they'll add it soon enough on later models, like what happened with the very first iBook (the "toilet seat" ones). FW800-only on the MBP isn't a big deal. I'd rather have that than a FW400 port.

fwiw, screamin' deals on yesterday's MBPs in the refurb section - firewirez for days!

http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB488LL/A

refurb macbook air w/SSD £999 (RRP £1799) - that's some saving

The scarier thing is that by taking FW out of their #1 selling computer (well, they took out FW syncing in iPods a while back as well) they're gradually phasing it out... Then again the majority of PC laptops probably still have FW, right?

They do?

I don't think firewire is an issue for 90% of Macbook customers. People go for the USB hard drive because it is cheaper, rather than the firewire drive because it has better performance. Most other peripherals are USB, if you need firewire for cameras, audio interfaces, fast disks then you must be a pro so please fork over an extra $500.

i would say that most PC laptops do not have firewire. Sony and Samsung being about the only brands I can think of where it has been nearly universal.

Woah that MacBook Air is kinda tempting

looks like they're gone. £899 for the 1.6 no-SSD model.

Now I get to spend 2 grand instead of 1500 bux on a new computer. I'll be doing a hard disk upgrade via newegg though. Also, switching between the two video cards in the higher end model requires a logout. Two videocards should be cool with that general purpose computing on GPU stuff in Snow Leopard.

Are the MBPros in stores yet? Y/N?

Y

WTF, 4 drunk apple employee friends of mine LIED to me.

64GB SSD airs still available for £999 on my mac refurb store

Shame about the lack of firewire on the Macbook, its mightly convenient just for the target disk mode. Nice to be able to power stuff like external hard drives too, but I guess the vast majority of Macbook buyers aren't really doing this stuff. For those talking about the only Firewire 800, it is backwards compatible with an adapter...

Besides giving me another reason to curse my lack of a new 17" for work, which through the magic of multinational product sourcing might be in fucking Hungary of all places right now, I don't really care for these updates. I will buy a new laptop when Apple adds an option for 4GB or more on the Macbook Air -- a HSDPA radio would be nice too -- and until they do I will lug my 15" around with its dying battery and worn keyboard.

You know, you can replace the battery...

My audio interface is firewire 400, looks like I'll have to spring for the MacBook Pro when it's time to get a new computer and get something like this. Or get a new audio interface (the problem is all the good ones are firewire).

My audio interface is firewire 400, looks like I'll have to spring for the MacBook Pro when it's time to get a new computer and get something like this. Or get a new audio interface (the problem is all the good ones are firewire).

FireWire 800 is backwards-compatible with 400. Just pick up a cheap adapter.

Somewhere around here is where I point out that it's usually better to wait for the first minor revision of a new product.

Kthxguy for ripping off Australians because our dollar has dipped. Seriously fuck your price rise because a brother is gunna get a PC laptop with Linux instead now of spending a MacTax on the fact that I'm not American.