Thats definitely not a 2003 Powerbook G4. The original PowerBook G4's (titanium) had black keyboards, plus Garageband didn't exist in 2003.
At any rate, I understand that the color has always been the same, but everything else has changed. It has been redesigned many times.
You are completely missing the point, as if we all passed you over at Ludicrous Speed while you're standing still.
The changes to the appearance are almost insignificant - and that's the complaint when someone says it "hasn't been redesigned". There are two major divisions in design, there's aesthetic design and there's engineering design. Your thinking is on a rail on the engineering design and features but that track doesn't doesn't appear to let you consider the aesthetic design. The corners, edge trim, keyboard, buttons trackpad size, speaker grills, ports and slots are generally the same as the original aluminum PowerBook. The connections and dimensions changed, but most people wouldn't notice that just by looking at it, because it uses pretty much the same aesthetic design.
Personally, I like the current design, and I don't really want to see it change, but I think anyone who isn't kidding themselves would at least acknowledge that the overall aesthetic design hasn't changed in five years.
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Originally Posted by Bryan3089
Finally, a realistic, reasonable set of predictions from an analyst. Not saying his words are golden, but at least he didn't propose anything radical, like so many others in his profession... We shall see!
Question: Does Apple usually announce these types of events? If so, typically how many weeks beforehand?
About a week before hand, everyone that's invited usually gets a postcard with an image and a phrase that vaguely suggests what the event is about without actually saying what the event is about, or showing the new product.
You are completely missing the point, as if we all passed you over at Ludicrous Speed while you're standing still.
The changes to the appearance are almost insignificant - and that's the complaint when someone says it "hasn't been redesigned".
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I'm not missing any point. I'm just stating that every single aspect of the machine has changed numerous times except for the color.. That means it has been redesigned..
Apart from being much thinner and tapered edges, the MacBook Air looks basically the same as a MacBook Pro. That doesn't mean it is not a completely different redesigned machine.
People need to understand that a redesign is more than going from silver to black. I'd take a component redesign over a color or cosmetic change any day.
I'm not missing any point. I'm just stating that every single aspect of the machine has changed numerous times except for the color.. That means it has been redesigned..
Apart from being much thinner and tapered edges, the MacBook Air looks basically the same as a MacBook Pro. That doesn't mean it is not a completely different redesigned machine.
People need to understand that a redesign is more than going from silver to black. I'd take a component redesign over a color or cosmetic change any day.
We're talking about one thing, and you're out there by yourself, talking about another.
No one has disagreed that there have been many changes inside.
It's just that when a device is described as having undergone a re-design, it usually means that the re-design is external.
Not always the situation, but it's what we're talking about.
As with Galley, I suspect you don't understand why people buy Nanos -- for many (majority?) it's not the price.
Yep, no way they kill the nano--too good for working out, travel, etc. I could see them eventually making it touch, but probably not this year...too many new things going on and I think we'd have heard more about by now.
I don't think they'll kill the 8GB touch, either...they really want to get their OSX Touch platform established and the 8GB touch is the cheapest way for them to do that sans iPhone. They could bump down the prices and maybe introduce a 64GB Touch:
1GB Shuffle $49
2GB Shuffle $69
4GB Nano $129
8GB Nano $179
8GB Touch $249
16GB Touch $349
32GB Touch $449
64GB Touch (maybe?) $549
A Touch nano down the road could squeeze into the $199 range and cancel out the regular 8GB Nano...
That's true. But the PowerBook G4 Titanium was launched in 2001
Not at all. The form factor has changed very little since the transition from Titanium to Aluminium.
Here's a list of all the form-factor-related things that you said have changed, but actually haven't:
Nope your wrong... Look at the GarageBand icon in the dock.. As I said, GarageBand DID NOT EXIST in 2003.
Your wrong about the trackpad and keyboard too.. I have both a titanium PowerBook and a MBP. The keyboard is different and the current trackpad is bigger in addition to having multitouch.
BTW, the fact that Apple stock is held by hedge funds should be worrisome to long term investors and anyone interested in the development of the Mac OS X platform, as we all know that hedge fund managers are there for a quick profit. Beware of the day when they drop the stock for a more profitable "investment".
I checked up on the hedge funds that may be invested in Apple. I could not find one that was listed in the top Institutional or Mutual Fund listings for Apple shareholders and a complete listing found here: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=AAPL
I compared the list of the top 100 hedge funds and not one was listed as a shareholder. Of all the current big shareholder, the maximum is 4.11% by Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Ltd and the maximum Mutual Fund is 1.29% by Growth Fund of America Inc. They are a long term capital growth fund which doesn't do the quick buying and selling. They also are regulated by Wall Street. Hedge funds are not regulated and have many hidden assets they don't have to declare. Hence their investments are much more risky.
So, I will always believe that AAPL is a great investment for the long term. And now that the iPhone sales are being further expanded to more countries on Aug. 22 and even more by the end of the year, these sales along with the new MB, MBP, and iPods should greatly increase the bottom line for AAPL in the coming year.
IMO, the MacBook's and the MacBook Pro's design is near perfect. Sleek, no unnecessary fuss, quality materials, clever details. What do you think could be optimized?
It's a nice design, but if you look at Apple's most recent products and product revisions, all of them feature similar traits. What do the new aluminum iMac, MacBook Air and iPhone 3G have in common? Tapered edges and in general, each is thinner overall. Remember, the white iMacs were rounded rectangles just as the original iPhone was.
Obviously Jobs and Co. have realized that simply making things thinner isn't as impressive as also making them feel considerably more sleek in the hand or a bag.
Aluminum is also another transition - the main reason Apple dropped the original iPhone's aluminum back for the 3G's plastic was to improve 3G reception, lower the weight, and cut costs. Most of their Macs (and the Apple TV) are either entirely aluminum or have aluminum accents (the Mac Mini, for instance). The MacBook is the main exception and while Apple is moving towards aluminum, they also use different materials to differentiate their consumer Macs from their Pro machines; the iMac last year finally went aluminum because it could rival a base Mac Pro in terms of performance.
The MacBook is likely to remain a consumer-oriented laptop in terms of price and performance, so while they could add tapered edges, the white and black polycarbonate plastic is likely to stay. It probably won't have a backlit keyboard, which is another staple of their premium notebooks (the iMac's new aluminum keyboard likely doesn't use backlighting because the iMac's large 20"-24" screen illuminates the keys well enough and people generally have a light on when using a desktop computer).
A 15" MacBook...interesting idea, but Apple would probably price it a couple hundred above the 13" model (like they did with the 12"/14" iBooks & now 15/17" MBPs)...so it would cost ~$1699. That would be a lot compared with a 13" model or with comparable PCs. Also, with a $400 price difference, I'm sure that Apple would like the ability to easily upsell people to a MacBook Pro. I would imagine many people who purchase the base MBP do so for the larger screen. Great idea (I would like a 15" MB), but I wouldn't hold my breath for one.
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Thats definitely not a 2003 Powerbook G4. The original PowerBook G4's (titanium) had black keyboards, plus Garageband didn't exist in 2003.
At any rate, I understand that the color has always been the same, but everything else has changed. It has been redesigned many times.
The original PowerBook G4 (titanium) debuted in 2001..the aluminum PB pictured debuted in 2003. Garageband was introduced at MacWorld 2004. I stand to be corrected, but I don't believe there were any superficial changes to the aluminum PB G4 between its intro in 2003 until it was discontinued in 2006 (the same way there has yet to be any superficial changes to the MBP line since its intro in 2006). So the photo, I believe, is a correct depiction of the PB G4 model which debuted in 2003.
I'm not missing any point. I'm just stating that every single aspect of the machine has changed numerous times except for the color.. That means it has been redesigned..
Apart from being much thinner and tapered edges, the MacBook Air looks basically the same as a MacBook Pro. That doesn't mean it is not a completely different redesigned machine.
People need to understand that a redesign is more than going from silver to black. I'd take a component redesign over a color or cosmetic change any day.
You really are missing the point. The thread's moving pretty quickly so you might have missed my earlier post here.
The MacBook Air's form-factor is completely different from that of the MacBook Pro's. It does not "look basically the same as a MacBook Pro" to anywhere near the degree that a MacBook Pro looks basically the same as the aluminium PowerBook G4. The differences between aluminium PowerBook G4 and MacBook Pro are vanishingly minor, the differences between MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are major.
I don't think those two features are mutually exclusive in the slightest degree.
Really? There's such thing as a relatively easy to remove slot-loading drive (easy as in a knowledgeable consumer could do so with ease)? News to me...but I'm just a consumer. \
Nope your wrong... Look at the GarageBand icon in the dock.. As I said, GarageBand DID NOT EXIST in 2003.
Your wrong about the trackpad and keyboard too.. I have both a titanium PowerBook and a MBP. The keyboard is different and the current trackpad is bigger in addition to having multitouch.
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHGGHGHGHGHGHGH
Why are you being so dense?
The Titanium PowerBook G4is completely different from the MacBook Pro. No one is disputing that.
But you appear to have entirely forgotten that there was an aluminium PowerBook G4 and it looked exactly the same as a MacBook Pro.
A 15" MacBook...interesting idea, but Apple would probably price it a couple hundred above the 13" model (like they did with the 12"/14" iBooks & now 15/17" MBPs)...so it would cost ~$1699. That would be a lot compared with a 13" model or with comparable PCs. Also, with a $400 price difference, I'm sure that Apple would like the ability to easily upsell people to a MacBook Pro. I would imagine many people who purchase the base MBP do so for the larger screen. Great idea (I would like a 15" MB), but I wouldn't hold my breath for one.
i think with iPhone selling like a hot cake and app store, iTunes store, iPods i think APPLE will re-price their entire notebook line (this is the moment to get Mac to everyone not couple of year later). NOW is the time.
i think apple will make very good NetBook as well (aka mini laptops) when price, compoenent and technology is rite.
I understand what you're saying very well. Same book, same page.
I'm just arguing the point. A redesign is more than a color or cosmetic change. And although it's been slight, the form factor has also changed.
We know that!
But, it's not what we're talking about.
The question of Apple's enclosure changes has always been a point of speculation. That's aside from what will go inside. Small changes, such as trackpad sizes and even keyboard differences don't count here. We are talking about the external case?before you open the thing up. And there, Apple has made no real design change. Slightly different sizing to accommodate a slightly bigger display doesn't count. Therefore, both the 15 and 17 have the same design case.
I understand what you're saying very well. Same book, same page.
We might not even be in the same library. You're looking at the engineer's bookshelf, and everyone else is looking at the artist's bookshelf.
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I'm just arguing the point. A redesign is more than a color or cosmetic change. And although it's been slight, the form factor has also changed.
That's basically arguing just to be argumentative. You're completely refusing to address the root cause of why people complain about the lack of a redesign. You may know the words, but you really are trying as hard as you can to avoid the intent behind them.
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Thats definitely not a 2003 Powerbook G4. The original PowerBook G4's (titanium) had black keyboards, plus Garageband didn't exist in 2003.
At any rate, I understand that the color has always been the same, but everything else has changed. It has been redesigned many times.
You are completely missing the point, as if we all passed you over at Ludicrous Speed while you're standing still.
The changes to the appearance are almost insignificant - and that's the complaint when someone says it "hasn't been redesigned". There are two major divisions in design, there's aesthetic design and there's engineering design. Your thinking is on a rail on the engineering design and features but that track doesn't doesn't appear to let you consider the aesthetic design. The corners, edge trim, keyboard, buttons trackpad size, speaker grills, ports and slots are generally the same as the original aluminum PowerBook. The connections and dimensions changed, but most people wouldn't notice that just by looking at it, because it uses pretty much the same aesthetic design.
Personally, I like the current design, and I don't really want to see it change, but I think anyone who isn't kidding themselves would at least acknowledge that the overall aesthetic design hasn't changed in five years.
Finally, a realistic, reasonable set of predictions from an analyst. Not saying his words are golden, but at least he didn't propose anything radical, like so many others in his profession... We shall see!
Question: Does Apple usually announce these types of events? If so, typically how many weeks beforehand?
About a week before hand, everyone that's invited usually gets a postcard with an image and a phrase that vaguely suggests what the event is about without actually saying what the event is about, or showing the new product.
Thats definitely not a 2003 Powerbook G4.
It sure is.
The original PowerBook G4's (titanium) had black keyboards
That's true. But the PowerBook G4 Titanium was launched in 2001
At any rate, I understand that the color has always been the same, but everything else has changed. It has been redesigned many times.
Not at all. The form factor has changed very little since the transition from Titanium to Aluminium.
Here's a list of all the form-factor-related things that you said have changed, but actually haven't:
New Keyboard design
New Trackpad [Mr. H: yes, the functionality has improved, but the form-factor is the same]
Backlight Keyboard added
New Speakers and placement
Firewire 800 port [Mr. H: The aluminium PowerBook G4 had one, then the first 15.4" MacBook Pro didn't have one, then the next update brought it back]
Slimmer enclosure. [Mr. H: this is true, but it was only by about 0.01" or something]
Because if it was removable, it wouldn't be slot-loading, and Apple is in love with slot-loading disc drives.
Can you blame them? Slot-loaders are so much better
Because if it was removable, it wouldn't be slot-loading, and Apple is in love with slot-loading disc drives.
I don't think those two features are mutually exclusive in the slightest degree.
You are completely missing the point, as if we all passed you over at Ludicrous Speed while you're standing still.
The changes to the appearance are almost insignificant - and that's the complaint when someone says it "hasn't been redesigned".
.
I'm not missing any point. I'm just stating that every single aspect of the machine has changed numerous times except for the color.. That means it has been redesigned..
Apart from being much thinner and tapered edges, the MacBook Air looks basically the same as a MacBook Pro. That doesn't mean it is not a completely different redesigned machine.
People need to understand that a redesign is more than going from silver to black. I'd take a component redesign over a color or cosmetic change any day.
They could make a smaller touch.
And I think this would be a good idea, but I don't think that's what Galley and shanmugam are insinuating.
I'm not missing any point. I'm just stating that every single aspect of the machine has changed numerous times except for the color.. That means it has been redesigned..
Apart from being much thinner and tapered edges, the MacBook Air looks basically the same as a MacBook Pro. That doesn't mean it is not a completely different redesigned machine.
People need to understand that a redesign is more than going from silver to black. I'd take a component redesign over a color or cosmetic change any day.
We're talking about one thing, and you're out there by yourself, talking about another.
No one has disagreed that there have been many changes inside.
It's just that when a device is described as having undergone a re-design, it usually means that the re-design is external.
Not always the situation, but it's what we're talking about.
Get on the same page.
As with Galley, I suspect you don't understand why people buy Nanos -- for many (majority?) it's not the price.
Yep, no way they kill the nano--too good for working out, travel, etc. I could see them eventually making it touch, but probably not this year...too many new things going on and I think we'd have heard more about by now.
I don't think they'll kill the 8GB touch, either...they really want to get their OSX Touch platform established and the 8GB touch is the cheapest way for them to do that sans iPhone. They could bump down the prices and maybe introduce a 64GB Touch:
1GB Shuffle $49
2GB Shuffle $69
4GB Nano $129
8GB Nano $179
8GB Touch $249
16GB Touch $349
32GB Touch $449
64GB Touch (maybe?) $549
A Touch nano down the road could squeeze into the $199 range and cancel out the regular 8GB Nano...
It sure is.
That's true. But the PowerBook G4 Titanium was launched in 2001
Not at all. The form factor has changed very little since the transition from Titanium to Aluminium.
Here's a list of all the form-factor-related things that you said have changed, but actually haven't:
Nope your wrong... Look at the GarageBand icon in the dock.. As I said, GarageBand DID NOT EXIST in 2003.
Your wrong about the trackpad and keyboard too.. I have both a titanium PowerBook and a MBP. The keyboard is different and the current trackpad is bigger in addition to having multitouch.
And I think this would be a good idea, but I don't think that's what Galley and shanmugam are insinuating.
That's the way I read it. He'll have to explain it himself.
BTW, the fact that Apple stock is held by hedge funds should be worrisome to long term investors and anyone interested in the development of the Mac OS X platform, as we all know that hedge fund managers are there for a quick profit. Beware of the day when they drop the stock for a more profitable "investment".
I checked up on the hedge funds that may be invested in Apple. I could not find one that was listed in the top Institutional or Mutual Fund listings for Apple shareholders and a complete listing found here: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=AAPL
I compared the list of the top 100 hedge funds and not one was listed as a shareholder. Of all the current big shareholder, the maximum is 4.11% by Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Ltd and the maximum Mutual Fund is 1.29% by Growth Fund of America Inc. They are a long term capital growth fund which doesn't do the quick buying and selling. They also are regulated by Wall Street. Hedge funds are not regulated and have many hidden assets they don't have to declare. Hence their investments are much more risky.
So, I will always believe that AAPL is a great investment for the long term. And now that the iPhone sales are being further expanded to more countries on Aug. 22 and even more by the end of the year, these sales along with the new MB, MBP, and iPods should greatly increase the bottom line for AAPL in the coming year.
IMO, the MacBook's and the MacBook Pro's design is near perfect. Sleek, no unnecessary fuss, quality materials, clever details. What do you think could be optimized?
It's a nice design, but if you look at Apple's most recent products and product revisions, all of them feature similar traits. What do the new aluminum iMac, MacBook Air and iPhone 3G have in common? Tapered edges and in general, each is thinner overall. Remember, the white iMacs were rounded rectangles just as the original iPhone was.
Obviously Jobs and Co. have realized that simply making things thinner isn't as impressive as also making them feel considerably more sleek in the hand or a bag.
Aluminum is also another transition - the main reason Apple dropped the original iPhone's aluminum back for the 3G's plastic was to improve 3G reception, lower the weight, and cut costs. Most of their Macs (and the Apple TV) are either entirely aluminum or have aluminum accents (the Mac Mini, for instance). The MacBook is the main exception and while Apple is moving towards aluminum, they also use different materials to differentiate their consumer Macs from their Pro machines; the iMac last year finally went aluminum because it could rival a base Mac Pro in terms of performance.
The MacBook is likely to remain a consumer-oriented laptop in terms of price and performance, so while they could add tapered edges, the white and black polycarbonate plastic is likely to stay. It probably won't have a backlit keyboard, which is another staple of their premium notebooks (the iMac's new aluminum keyboard likely doesn't use backlighting because the iMac's large 20"-24" screen illuminates the keys well enough and people generally have a light on when using a desktop computer).
My Predictions
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Alu MacBooks
13" & 15"
A 15" MacBook...interesting idea, but Apple would probably price it a couple hundred above the 13" model (like they did with the 12"/14" iBooks & now 15/17" MBPs)...so it would cost ~$1699. That would be a lot compared with a 13" model or with comparable PCs. Also, with a $400 price difference, I'm sure that Apple would like the ability to easily upsell people to a MacBook Pro. I would imagine many people who purchase the base MBP do so for the larger screen. Great idea (I would like a 15" MB), but I wouldn't hold my breath for one.
Thats definitely not a 2003 Powerbook G4. The original PowerBook G4's (titanium) had black keyboards, plus Garageband didn't exist in 2003.
At any rate, I understand that the color has always been the same, but everything else has changed. It has been redesigned many times.
The original PowerBook G4 (titanium) debuted in 2001..the aluminum PB pictured debuted in 2003. Garageband was introduced at MacWorld 2004. I stand to be corrected, but I don't believe there were any superficial changes to the aluminum PB G4 between its intro in 2003 until it was discontinued in 2006 (the same way there has yet to be any superficial changes to the MBP line since its intro in 2006). So the photo, I believe, is a correct depiction of the PB G4 model which debuted in 2003.
We're talking about one thing, and you're out there by yourself, talking about another.
No one has disagreed that there have been many changes inside.
It's just that when a device is described as having undergone a re-design, it usually means that the re-design is external.
Not always the situation, but it's what we're talking about.
Get on the same page.
I understand what you're saying very well. Same book, same page.
I'm just arguing the point. A redesign is more than a color or cosmetic change. And although it's been slight, the form factor has also changed.
I'm not missing any point. I'm just stating that every single aspect of the machine has changed numerous times except for the color.. That means it has been redesigned..
Apart from being much thinner and tapered edges, the MacBook Air looks basically the same as a MacBook Pro. That doesn't mean it is not a completely different redesigned machine.
People need to understand that a redesign is more than going from silver to black. I'd take a component redesign over a color or cosmetic change any day.
You really are missing the point. The thread's moving pretty quickly so you might have missed my earlier post here.
The MacBook Air's form-factor is completely different from that of the MacBook Pro's. It does not "look basically the same as a MacBook Pro" to anywhere near the degree that a MacBook Pro looks basically the same as the aluminium PowerBook G4. The differences between aluminium PowerBook G4 and MacBook Pro are vanishingly minor, the differences between MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are major.
I don't think those two features are mutually exclusive in the slightest degree.
Really? There's such thing as a relatively easy to remove slot-loading drive (easy as in a knowledgeable consumer could do so with ease)? News to me...but I'm just a consumer. \
Nope your wrong... Look at the GarageBand icon in the dock.. As I said, GarageBand DID NOT EXIST in 2003.
Your wrong about the trackpad and keyboard too.. I have both a titanium PowerBook and a MBP. The keyboard is different and the current trackpad is bigger in addition to having multitouch.
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHGGHGHGHGHGHGH
Why are you being so dense?
The Titanium PowerBook G4 is completely different from the MacBook Pro. No one is disputing that.
But you appear to have entirely forgotten that there was an aluminium PowerBook G4 and it looked exactly the same as a MacBook Pro.
A 15" MacBook...interesting idea, but Apple would probably price it a couple hundred above the 13" model (like they did with the 12"/14" iBooks & now 15/17" MBPs)...so it would cost ~$1699. That would be a lot compared with a 13" model or with comparable PCs. Also, with a $400 price difference, I'm sure that Apple would like the ability to easily upsell people to a MacBook Pro. I would imagine many people who purchase the base MBP do so for the larger screen. Great idea (I would like a 15" MB), but I wouldn't hold my breath for one.
i think with iPhone selling like a hot cake and app store, iTunes store, iPods i think APPLE will re-price their entire notebook line (this is the moment to get Mac to everyone not couple of year later). NOW is the time.
i think apple will make very good NetBook as well (aka mini laptops) when price, compoenent and technology is rite.
I understand what you're saying very well. Same book, same page.
I'm just arguing the point. A redesign is more than a color or cosmetic change. And although it's been slight, the form factor has also changed.
We know that!
But, it's not what we're talking about.
The question of Apple's enclosure changes has always been a point of speculation. That's aside from what will go inside. Small changes, such as trackpad sizes and even keyboard differences don't count here. We are talking about the external case?before you open the thing up. And there, Apple has made no real design change. Slightly different sizing to accommodate a slightly bigger display doesn't count. Therefore, both the 15 and 17 have the same design case.
I understand what you're saying very well. Same book, same page.
We might not even be in the same library. You're looking at the engineer's bookshelf, and everyone else is looking at the artist's bookshelf.
I'm just arguing the point. A redesign is more than a color or cosmetic change. And although it's been slight, the form factor has also changed.
That's basically arguing just to be argumentative. You're completely refusing to address the root cause of why people complain about the lack of a redesign. You may know the words, but you really are trying as hard as you can to avoid the intent behind them.