Q1) How many time have you used the Mini-DVI on their MacBooks?
1) Never.
2) One or twice in the time I've had my MB.
3) Every week or so.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
I have a 15" PowerBook G4 with dual link DVI, but my use of video out wouldn't change if I had a MacBook, so my answer would be #2.
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Originally Posted by solipsism
Q2) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks?
1) Never.
2) One or twice in the time I've had my MB.
3) Every week or so.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
#2 again, though I've used it a bit more than that (mainly for less than legal purposes ). But since I've come clean, I don't think I've used it in a year.
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Originally Posted by solipsism
Q3) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks to play movies music?
1) Never.
2) One or twice in the time I've had my MB.
3) Every week or so.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
5) I copy the data to iTS or the HDD as an ISO or use HandBrake/VirtualHub to save on power consumption and hassle
2" Literally once or twice for DVD watching and only a handful for simply listening to a CD in the disc drive. Mainly I do #5.
Quote:
Originally Posted by solipsism
Q4) How do you feel about the CD/DVD drive becoming an external option?
1) That would be a great idea, until we can get rid of it altogether. Plus we would get faster read/write speeds from using thicker optical drives that aren't subject to the super-thin drives Apple uses.
2) I like to lug around obsolescing tech that takes up more room than everything in my notebook, save for the battery, because it makes me feel retro.
3) I like knowing that I can slowly burn a disc as opposed to enailing or copying to another computer or Flash drive, because it gives me more time to flirt with the girls I'm tutoring.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere because it won't be affected by an EM pulse.
5) All those faulty CD/DVD burns make for a great party trick when you put them in a microwave, as well as cup coasters for bachelor pads
Haha, great choices. I'm pretty much #1, though I don't want a removable SuperDrive, I want it completely separate, like the Air. I'd prefer this on all of Apple's laptops (and in the future, desktops...if people still really use desktop computers in the future), to reduce space, costs, eliminate that ejecting sound at startup, and well, just to be rid of that archaic, increasingly useless thing.
6) I would like the CD/DVD drive to be removable so I can fit my laptop with dual batteries and go twice as long without recharging.
7) I would like the CD/DVD drive to be removable so I can fit my laptop with dual hard drives for double the storage.
Apple isn't about having those interchangeable systems as it weakens the case structure, thickens the case, and just causes too much complexity that few people use.
However, giving you the benefit of the doubt, could that taped up port near the front of the left size of the case be an easy access port to get into the internals? Getting access to the HDD, RAM, and optical drive for another HDD or battery? (I don't really believe this, but I'm trying to see this from the other side)
So now we will need several adaptors? None of them cheap either. The reason I haven't bothered connecting my Macs up to our TVs is that we will need 4 different very pricey cables, plus the separate audio cables, which will probably become rapidly redundant.
Apple has always made life difficult with monitor connections. I've lost track of how many different plugs and cables they've used.
I have learnt to not even try.
Because an $8 DVI to HDMI cable (6 ft) is expensive? Please. Apple can't help that you can't google for decent quality cables at a good price.
There's at least one disk that runs slower on FW400 than USB2. Saw the review and decided not to buy it despite it being on sale. The maker (Seagate owns them...WD?) claimed it was because Apple improved the performance of USB2 in Leopard.
Most drives these days are USB2 and folks are reasonably happy without FW. The only real need is for cameras that only output on FW.
IMHO the only shame is that the MB doesn't have an expresscard slot. That would allow folks to get the kind of port they wanted as opposed to the kind someone else wanted. eSATA, FW800, whatever.
As for the MBP...any "pro" whining about the loss of a FW400 port should just get an eSATA bay and card assuming the MBP won't already come with eSATA.
Ah, interesting. But you weren't telling me this because you thought I was one of those people decrying Apple for dropping FW on the MacBook, were you? Because I wasn't one of those people.
Like the difference between a landline and a cellphone, so is the signal quality by Ethernet superior to Wi-Fi. If Apple leaves Ethernet, I think I might have to leave Apple, which is one of the worst things imaginable.
Buddy, if Apple leaves Ethernet, I will leave Apple with you along with the millions of other Mac users who would be very confused by that move on Apple's part.
Ah, interesting. But you weren't telling me this because you thought I was one of those people decrying Apple for dropping FW on the MacBook, were you? Because I wasn't one of those people.
I was supporting your position...that said, I DO own a video camera with nothing but FW 400 out. So I'd have to hope that FW 400 to USB adapter that Rolo posted about doesn't suck too much.
The Macbook, in my opinion, feels considerably smaller in my hands than my 15" MacBook Pro. Let me guess, you're probably one of the people that said that Apple would never release anything like the MacBook Air because 2lbs doesn't "break the deal".
To me, the MacBook Pro feels only slightly larger than the MB, and my perception actually corresponds to reality.
No, I never predicted anything about the Air, so don't make assumptions.
My Macbook was stolen a few weeks ago so I have been patiently waiting for this release. Now I see there is no firewire? Thanks for rendering iVideo completely useless to me, Apple. I'm sure I'm not the only one with a DV camcorder.
q1) how many time have you used the mini-dvi on their macbooks?
1) never.
2) one or twice in the time i've had my mb.
3) every week or so.
4) almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
q2) how many time have you used the dvd/cd on you macbooks?
1) never.
2) one or twice in the time i've had my mb.
3) every week or so.
4) almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
q3) how many time have you used the dvd/cd on you macbooks to play movies music?
1) never.
2) one or twice in the time i've had my mb.
3) every week or so.
4) almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
5) i copy the data to its or the hdd as an iso or use handbrake/virtualhub to save on power consumption and hassle
q4) how do you feel about the cd/dvd drive becoming an external option?
1) that would be a great idea, until we can get rid of it altogether. Plus we would get faster read/write speeds from using thicker optical drives that aren't subject to the super-thin drives apple uses.
2) i like to lug around obsolescing tech that takes up more room than everything in my notebook, save for the battery, because it makes me feel retro.
3) i like knowing that i can slowly burn a disc as opposed to enailing or copying to another computer or flash drive, because it gives me more time to flirt with the girls i'm tutoring.
4) almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere because it won't be affected by an em pulse.
5) all those faulty cd/dvd burns make for a great party trick when you put them in a microwave, as well as cup coasters for bachelor pads
Q1) How many time have you used the Mini-DVI on their MacBooks?
1) Never.
2) One or twice in the time I've had my MB.
3) Every week or so.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
Q2) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks?
1) Never.
2) One or twice in the time I've had my MB.
3) Every week or so.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
Q3) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks to play movies music?
1) Never.
2) One or twice in the time I've had my MB.
3) Every week or so.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere.
5) I copy the data to iTS or the HDD as an ISO or use HandBrake/VirtualHub to save on power consumption and hassle
Q4) How do you feel about the CD/DVD drive becoming an external option?
1) That would be a great idea, until we can get rid of it altogether. Plus we would get faster read/write speeds from using thicker optical drives that aren't subject to the super-thin drives Apple uses.
2) I like to lug around obsolescing tech that takes up more room than everything in my notebook, save for the battery, because it makes me feel retro.
3) I like knowing that I can slowly burn a disc as opposed to enailing or copying to another computer or Flash drive, because it gives me more time to flirt with the girls I'm tutoring.
4) Almost constantly when at home/school/elsewhere because it won't be affected by an EM pulse.
5) All those faulty CD/DVD burns make for a great party trick when you put them in a microwave, as well as cup coasters for bachelor pads
While I have a MBP and may not be the intended audience for the poll, I think your poll is really quite biased. You really don't like optical drives or optical formats do you?
I use my DVI port infrequently, perhaps 6-10 times per year, but its indispensable when needed. If you need to give a PP or keynote presentation you need that port and a DVI to VGA connector giving presentations is still a common use for laptops so hopefully Apple will keep it or give as an alternative that will interface easily with todays monitors and projectors.
As for optical I really hope they do not discard it on their mainstream laptops. While I think the MBA should not come with an optical drive leaving it off the MBs and MBPs would be a grave mistake. While many savvy users here can easily work around the loss of an optical drive I'm not sure the average consumer can. Besides when people compare features on Windows laptops vs. MBs and MBPs the lack of an optical drive combined with lower PC laptops prices will make the Apple laptops appear to be a very poor value.
I use my optical drive on a weekly basis. I would miss it greatly if I didn't have it.
I was supporting your position...that said, I DO own a video camera with nothing but FW 400 out. So I'd have to hope that FW 400 to USB adapter that Rolo posted about doesn't suck too much.
Cool.
Yeah, I mean, while I'm not too bummed and the average consumer likely won't miss FW on the MacBook, I don't know how necessary Apple's move was to kill Firewire entirely on the MacBook. That's why I keep thinking we'll see a FW800 port on the next major MacBook revision (and maybe even on a future revision of the Air). Apple left FW800 on the MacBook Pro for a reason. If they hadn't dropped FW400 on the MacBook, it'd be the only laptop still shipping with that interface, so this seems like a deliberate killing off of FW400 specifically.
FW800 could give them an edge if they put out iPods and iPhones that sync and charge over FW800, and ship with FW800 cables in addition to the USB cables. Then they could advertise Macs as the "fastest syncing computers on the planet," or at the very least a caption that says iPhones and iPods sync faster over FW800.
Dropping the FW port from the MB would be a huge mistake.
I use it daily for helping out customers with problems on their macs.
Target disk mode is a wonderful system that Apple shouldn't drop. Migration assistant over USB is not possible. Unless they change that wich I doubt they will. Daisy chaining with FW is a treu delight. USB on the other hand forces mee to get a fugly hub aka another device on the desk.
No Apple, No FW on the MB is a big mistake. Unless of course they implement FW over ethernet.
I can live without ethernet, but loosing FW is a serious step back.
I'd love to see Power over eSATA on all the machines. I'd like eSATA to be bootable and do TDM. I'd also love an eSATA 32GB Flash drive, that I could install Vista on and boot to when I desired, and when I don't need Vista I could remove the eSATA Flash drive to keep it separate from my machine running OS X.
I'd love to see Power over eSATA on all the machines. I'd like eSATA to be bootable and do TDM. I'd also love an eSATA 32GB Flash drive, that I could install Vista on and boot to when I desired, and when I don't need Vista I could remove the eSATA Flash drive to keep it separate from my machine running OS X.
why would e-sata not be bootable? it is just like using a on board sata port.
I am going to be buying a MacBook or MacBook pro...I would rather not spend the extra 500 for 2 extra inches of screen (aside from the obvious extra power)... I plan to use photoshop, Flash, and possibly final cut Studio. If I buy a 24 inch display, will I be stuck with the same max resolution of the 13 inch MacBook?
Regarding the size differences between the MB and the MBP to musicians, I guess the issue is paranoia, not reality.
The fact remains that the MBP is...what...10% larger? Probably not even, but then again, if you desperately want to believe something, then you can.
Carrying around an extra .4lb and barely 1"x1" is not a big deal for those of us who are...um...not 80lb teens.
Look at THAT difference! I'm sorry, but the size argument is ridiculous to most rational people.
I'm not sure what your goal is here but do realize you are not leaving an impression of intelligence.
First linear measurements mean nothing as has been pointed out it is the area that counts. Also the color of the product does make a difference. There are reasons for the black painted crap on stage.
In any event get out of the cellar and go to a concert or other event where artists perform live. Count the number of bright shinny laptops you can find. Then hunt a lot harder for those smaller black ones. Then go around looking at the number of devices hooked up to the laptops and the interfaces used. Afterwards I think you will be singing a different tune.
I'm not sure what your goal is here but do realize you are not leaving an impression of intelligence.
First linear measurements mean nothing as has been pointed out it is the area that counts. Also the color of the product does make a difference. There are reasons for the black painted crap on stage.
In any event get out of the cellar and go to a concert or other event where artists perform live. Count the number of bright shinny laptops you can find. Then hunt a lot harder for those smaller black ones. Then go around looking at the number of devices hooked up to the laptops and the interfaces used. Afterwards I think you will be singing a different tune.
Dave
Ignoring your rudeness, your point about the MacBook's black color option and its use on stage is pretty weak. How would you know if the band was using any Macs or computers on stage at all? If they're black, you can't tell one way or the other, so it's a stretch to presume the reason you don't see any is because they're all using black MacBooks. There's more than one way to hide a laptop on stage...that is, if the artist actually cares. I know Radiohead often prominently has a MacBook Pro on stage for all their effects and I'm sure others simply do a better job of hiding them.
This weak advantage (if you can even call it that) MacBooks have with color will end this Tuesday when they all transition to aluminum (which, by the way, we both know ain't that shiny).
You keep talking about two separate chips below but niether the iPhone nor the Touch currently support that. Atleast not from what I've seen. Now Apple might go with a stacked die solution but I suspect that is a bit expensive.
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Originally Posted by solipsism
If we go by last year, we will see an update to the iPhone and iPod Touch capacity. It's my feeling that doubling capacity isn't feasible, so Apple will take advantage of the dual flash chips in each device to offer a 50% increase. Meaning, the 8 and 16GB iPhones will have a 24GB model (8GB+16GB=24GB) for the two flash chips inside. The 8, 16 and 32GB iPod Touch would then have a 48GB model (16GB+32GB=48GB) for the two flash chips inside.
We have been programmed to think that you can only double capacity because of BASE-2 rules, but we are talking about two separate chips connecting to one controller that is aggregating the two flash sticks capacities into one. Many phones already do this by taking the limited 128MB Flash for the OS and adding it to the SD card of xGB when inserted. I don' have a lot of followers (if any) on this forum backing me up on this concept, but when you project the future of Flash there is no other option available until you want to make the iPod/iPhone model stagnant for 18-24 months at a time.
Interestingly I'd would love to see expandable storage in a iPhone. Not so much for the music and video end of the IPhone but for applications to store and exchange info. I understand some of the reasons for sandboxing but it does lead to frustrations. Having a file system available that is unrestricted opens up a lot of potential apps for iPhone.
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If the likely situation of new Mac notebook case revisions come out next week, then I think Apple may forego or skim over many other new products that are up for a revision. For instance, the iMac was updated in April with Montevina-like aspects to the chipset so we may not see a new one until MacWorld, or perhaps just a quite update to full Montevina. The only real changes will be some minor performance changes and power savings, both of which aren't going to matter to most iMac buyers. The Mac Mini is an odd situation that is so long overdue for a revision that Apple could just not update it again, cancel it or turn it into a whole semi-xMac machine that many posters here have been clamoring for.
I think the best thing we can except from MacWorld is a new product announcement, an in-depth demo of Snow Leopard and a whole bunch of stats of how Apple did in their first fiscal quarter and for the 2008 calender year.
Boy you can really kill the buzz with respect to MWSF. Depending on what Apple delivers on the 14Th we could have one very interesting MWSF. Yeah it is like three months off but since I'm not buying this round the hope is the next round will be better.
I am going to be buying a MacBook or MacBook pro...I would rather not spend the extra 500 for 2 extra inches of screen (aside from the obvious extra power)... I plan to use photoshop, Flash, and possibly final cut Studio. If I buy a 24 inch display, will I be stuck with the same max resolution of the 13 inch MacBook?
1) Don't buy anything until the new machines arrive,
2) The Mini-DVI on the 13" display will allow for the maximum resolution of a SL-DVI display, while a MBP will allow for the maximum resolution tha a DL-DVI can dispaly.
If you want an external display, and may eventually consider a larger display then I'd go for the MBP, but that is just me thinking ahead.
PS: I don't think the current X3100 can do extended desktop, just mirroring, but this might change with the X4500 that may be used in the new update if Apple goes with Montevina, hence my request to wait a week. If Apple does go with NVIDIA, I would assume that DL-DVI would allow be a possibility, too, but you;ll have to wait.
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Q1) How many time have you used the Mini-DVI on their MacBooks?
I have a 15" PowerBook G4 with dual link DVI, but my use of video out wouldn't change if I had a MacBook, so my answer would be #2.
Q2) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks?
#2 again, though I've used it a bit more than that (mainly for less than legal purposes
Q3) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks to play movies music?
2" Literally once or twice for DVD watching and only a handful for simply listening to a CD in the disc drive. Mainly I do #5.
Q4) How do you feel about the CD/DVD drive becoming an external option?
Haha, great choices.
6) I would like the CD/DVD drive to be removable so I can fit my laptop with dual batteries and go twice as long without recharging.
7) I would like the CD/DVD drive to be removable so I can fit my laptop with dual hard drives for double the storage.
Apple isn't about having those interchangeable systems as it weakens the case structure, thickens the case, and just causes too much complexity that few people use.
However, giving you the benefit of the doubt, could that taped up port near the front of the left size of the case be an easy access port to get into the internals? Getting access to the HDD, RAM, and optical drive for another HDD or battery? (I don't really believe this, but I'm trying to see this from the other side)
So now we will need several adaptors? None of them cheap either. The reason I haven't bothered connecting my Macs up to our TVs is that we will need 4 different very pricey cables, plus the separate audio cables, which will probably become rapidly redundant.
Apple has always made life difficult with monitor connections. I've lost track of how many different plugs and cables they've used.
I have learnt to not even try.
Because an $8 DVI to HDMI cable (6 ft) is expensive? Please. Apple can't help that you can't google for decent quality cables at a good price.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...02&cp_id=10231
There's at least one disk that runs slower on FW400 than USB2. Saw the review and decided not to buy it despite it being on sale. The maker (Seagate owns them...WD?) claimed it was because Apple improved the performance of USB2 in Leopard.
Most drives these days are USB2 and folks are reasonably happy without FW. The only real need is for cameras that only output on FW.
IMHO the only shame is that the MB doesn't have an expresscard slot. That would allow folks to get the kind of port they wanted as opposed to the kind someone else wanted. eSATA, FW800, whatever.
As for the MBP...any "pro" whining about the loss of a FW400 port should just get an eSATA bay and card assuming the MBP won't already come with eSATA.
Ah, interesting. But you weren't telling me this because you thought I was one of those people decrying Apple for dropping FW on the MacBook, were you? Because I wasn't one of those people.
Like the difference between a landline and a cellphone, so is the signal quality by Ethernet superior to Wi-Fi. If Apple leaves Ethernet, I think I might have to leave Apple, which is one of the worst things imaginable.
Buddy, if Apple leaves Ethernet, I will leave Apple with you along with the millions of other Mac users who would be very confused by that move on Apple's part.
Ah, interesting. But you weren't telling me this because you thought I was one of those people decrying Apple for dropping FW on the MacBook, were you? Because I wasn't one of those people.
I was supporting your position...that said, I DO own a video camera with nothing but FW 400 out. So I'd have to hope that FW 400 to USB adapter that Rolo posted about doesn't suck too much.
The Macbook, in my opinion, feels considerably smaller in my hands than my 15" MacBook Pro. Let me guess, you're probably one of the people that said that Apple would never release anything like the MacBook Air because 2lbs doesn't "break the deal".
To me, the MacBook Pro feels only slightly larger than the MB, and my perception actually corresponds to reality.
No, I never predicted anything about the Air, so don't make assumptions.
Yes, the Air is a joke (IMO), and I had one.
The ethernet port is far more useless.
q1) how many time have you used the mini-dvi on their macbooks? q2) how many time have you used the dvd/cd on you macbooks? q3) how many time have you used the dvd/cd on you macbooks to play movies music? q4) how do you feel about the cd/dvd drive becoming an external option?
Q1) How many time have you used the Mini-DVI on their MacBooks? Q2) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks? Q3) How many time have you used the DVD/CD on you MacBooks to play movies music? Q4) How do you feel about the CD/DVD drive becoming an external option?
While I have a MBP and may not be the intended audience for the poll, I think your poll is really quite biased. You really don't like optical drives or optical formats do you?
I use my DVI port infrequently, perhaps 6-10 times per year, but its indispensable when needed. If you need to give a PP or keynote presentation you need that port and a DVI to VGA connector giving presentations is still a common use for laptops so hopefully Apple will keep it or give as an alternative that will interface easily with todays monitors and projectors.
As for optical I really hope they do not discard it on their mainstream laptops. While I think the MBA should not come with an optical drive leaving it off the MBs and MBPs would be a grave mistake. While many savvy users here can easily work around the loss of an optical drive I'm not sure the average consumer can. Besides when people compare features on Windows laptops vs. MBs and MBPs the lack of an optical drive combined with lower PC laptops prices will make the Apple laptops appear to be a very poor value.
I use my optical drive on a weekly basis. I would miss it greatly if I didn't have it.
I was supporting your position...that said, I DO own a video camera with nothing but FW 400 out. So I'd have to hope that FW 400 to USB adapter that Rolo posted about doesn't suck too much.
Cool.
Yeah, I mean, while I'm not too bummed and the average consumer likely won't miss FW on the MacBook, I don't know how necessary Apple's move was to kill Firewire entirely on the MacBook. That's why I keep thinking we'll see a FW800 port on the next major MacBook revision (and maybe even on a future revision of the Air). Apple left FW800 on the MacBook Pro for a reason. If they hadn't dropped FW400 on the MacBook, it'd be the only laptop still shipping with that interface, so this seems like a deliberate killing off of FW400 specifically.
FW800 could give them an edge if they put out iPods and iPhones that sync and charge over FW800, and ship with FW800 cables in addition to the USB cables. Then they could advertise Macs as the "fastest syncing computers on the planet," or at the very least a caption that says iPhones and iPods sync faster over FW800.
I use it daily for helping out customers with problems on their macs.
Target disk mode is a wonderful system that Apple shouldn't drop. Migration assistant over USB is not possible. Unless they change that wich I doubt they will. Daisy chaining with FW is a treu delight. USB on the other hand forces mee to get a fugly hub aka another device on the desk.
No Apple, No FW on the MB is a big mistake. Unless of course they implement FW over ethernet.
I can live without ethernet, but loosing FW is a serious step back.
I'd love to see Power over eSATA on all the machines. I'd like eSATA to be bootable and do TDM. I'd also love an eSATA 32GB Flash drive, that I could install Vista on and boot to when I desired, and when I don't need Vista I could remove the eSATA Flash drive to keep it separate from my machine running OS X.
why would e-sata not be bootable? it is just like using a on board sata port.
I am going to be buying a MacBook or MacBook pro...I would rather not spend the extra 500 for 2 extra inches of screen (aside from the obvious extra power)... I plan to use photoshop, Flash, and possibly final cut Studio. If I buy a 24 inch display, will I be stuck with the same max resolution of the 13 inch MacBook?
Regarding the size differences between the MB and the MBP to musicians, I guess the issue is paranoia, not reality.
The fact remains that the MBP is...what...10% larger? Probably not even, but then again, if you desperately want to believe something, then you can.
Carrying around an extra .4lb and barely 1"x1" is not a big deal for those of us who are...um...not 80lb teens.
Look at THAT difference! I'm sorry, but the size argument is ridiculous to most rational people.
I'm not sure what your goal is here but do realize you are not leaving an impression of intelligence.
First linear measurements mean nothing as has been pointed out it is the area that counts. Also the color of the product does make a difference. There are reasons for the black painted crap on stage.
In any event get out of the cellar and go to a concert or other event where artists perform live. Count the number of bright shinny laptops you can find. Then hunt a lot harder for those smaller black ones. Then go around looking at the number of devices hooked up to the laptops and the interfaces used. Afterwards I think you will be singing a different tune.
Dave
I'm not sure what your goal is here but do realize you are not leaving an impression of intelligence.
First linear measurements mean nothing as has been pointed out it is the area that counts. Also the color of the product does make a difference. There are reasons for the black painted crap on stage.
In any event get out of the cellar and go to a concert or other event where artists perform live. Count the number of bright shinny laptops you can find. Then hunt a lot harder for those smaller black ones. Then go around looking at the number of devices hooked up to the laptops and the interfaces used. Afterwards I think you will be singing a different tune.
Dave
Ignoring your rudeness, your point about the MacBook's black color option and its use on stage is pretty weak. How would you know if the band was using any Macs or computers on stage at all? If they're black, you can't tell one way or the other, so it's a stretch to presume the reason you don't see any is because they're all using black MacBooks. There's more than one way to hide a laptop on stage...that is, if the artist actually cares. I know Radiohead often prominently has a MacBook Pro on stage for all their effects and I'm sure others simply do a better job of hiding them.
This weak advantage (if you can even call it that) MacBooks have with color will end this Tuesday when they all transition to aluminum (which, by the way, we both know ain't that shiny).
If we go by last year, we will see an update to the iPhone and iPod Touch capacity. It's my feeling that doubling capacity isn't feasible, so Apple will take advantage of the dual flash chips in each device to offer a 50% increase. Meaning, the 8 and 16GB iPhones will have a 24GB model (8GB+16GB=24GB) for the two flash chips inside. The 8, 16 and 32GB iPod Touch would then have a 48GB model (16GB+32GB=48GB) for the two flash chips inside.
We have been programmed to think that you can only double capacity because of BASE-2 rules, but we are talking about two separate chips connecting to one controller that is aggregating the two flash sticks capacities into one. Many phones already do this by taking the limited 128MB Flash for the OS and adding it to the SD card of xGB when inserted. I don' have a lot of followers (if any) on this forum backing me up on this concept, but when you project the future of Flash there is no other option available until you want to make the iPod/iPhone model stagnant for 18-24 months at a time.
Interestingly I'd would love to see expandable storage in a iPhone. Not so much for the music and video end of the IPhone but for applications to store and exchange info. I understand some of the reasons for sandboxing but it does lead to frustrations. Having a file system available that is unrestricted opens up a lot of potential apps for iPhone.
If the likely situation of new Mac notebook case revisions come out next week, then I think Apple may forego or skim over many other new products that are up for a revision. For instance, the iMac was updated in April with Montevina-like aspects to the chipset so we may not see a new one until MacWorld, or perhaps just a quite update to full Montevina. The only real changes will be some minor performance changes and power savings, both of which aren't going to matter to most iMac buyers. The Mac Mini is an odd situation that is so long overdue for a revision that Apple could just not update it again, cancel it or turn it into a whole semi-xMac machine that many posters here have been clamoring for.
I think the best thing we can except from MacWorld is a new product announcement, an in-depth demo of Snow Leopard and a whole bunch of stats of how Apple did in their first fiscal quarter and for the 2008 calender year.
Boy you can really kill the buzz with respect to MWSF. Depending on what Apple delivers on the 14Th we could have one very interesting MWSF. Yeah it is like three months off but since I'm not buying this round the hope is the next round will be better.
Dave
Random Question time!!
I am going to be buying a MacBook or MacBook pro...I would rather not spend the extra 500 for 2 extra inches of screen (aside from the obvious extra power)... I plan to use photoshop, Flash, and possibly final cut Studio. If I buy a 24 inch display, will I be stuck with the same max resolution of the 13 inch MacBook?
1) Don't buy anything until the new machines arrive,
2) The Mini-DVI on the 13" display will allow for the maximum resolution of a SL-DVI display, while a MBP will allow for the maximum resolution tha a DL-DVI can dispaly.
3) All is revealed below:If you want an external display, and may eventually consider a larger display then I'd go for the MBP, but that is just me thinking ahead.
PS: I don't think the current X3100 can do extended desktop, just mirroring, but this might change with the X4500 that may be used in the new update if Apple goes with Montevina, hence my request to wait a week. If Apple does go with NVIDIA, I would assume that DL-DVI would allow be a possibility, too, but you;ll have to wait.
1) Don't by anything euntil the new machines arrive
That shouldn't be too hard as it's only a matter of hours now.......