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post #521 of 523
10/20/08 at 8:06am
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Originally Posted by TBaggins View Post

Seriously T, if Apple put out a MacBook with a 15" screen, card slot, and a generous number of ports (including FW), the only thing you'd have to worry about is how many Apple Store employees will get trampled by the mobs of consumers rushing into buy 'em.

I don't think anyone reasonable doubts that.

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It's important to keep your wishes grounded in reality though.

Jobs hates expansion options because he wants the customer to upgrade every 2-3 years.
That's why he limits PCI slots on the Mac Pro, and why a MacBook will never get a card slot.

I get that. I understand where he's coming from. This is why the lack of FW800 on the MacBook is such a big deal.
If you're going to lock up the expansion option, you can't take out an interface that reduces the supposedly upmarket Apple notebook to the same level as a useless PC wannabe.

I mean, if you can't use Firewire for Time Machine or Target Disk, can't use mid to pro level audio and video stuff, and have to use the default USB connection on peripherals like the Drobo, why spend the extra for a Mac?
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post #522 of 523
10/20/08 at 12:56pm
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And that kinda detonates the whole point of your post.

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Why? Because you can't understand that the two lines are barely seperated now?

Ooooh...it doesn't have FW800 or an expresscard slot. Two things I bet only a minority of MBP owners actually use.

If the 9400M works as well as the X1600 in my current MBP then I could use a MB ALU in place of my MBP for work.

What you wrote were the specs for the new MBP so go buy one. Otherwise you're just whining about price. Which has always been higher for Apple.

So your whole argument is essentially you wished to buy the MBP for $1299. Wah.
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post #523 of 523
10/20/08 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by Frank777 View Post

I mean, if you can't use Firewire for Time Machine or Target Disk, can't use mid to pro level audio and video stuff, and have to use the default USB connection on peripherals like the Drobo, why spend the extra for a Mac?

Oh, I dunno...because OSX works well? For all the students that purchased a MB without ever using FW the MB just became a much better deal.

Obviously FW is not the be all and end all of the Mac experience.
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