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Quote: Originally Posted by macanoid™ I would much rather prefer this: Source: hrmpf.com That's so wasteful. Would be much cleverer to dock only the bottom (keyboard) part of an open MacBook (going in with the trackpad first, screen …
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Apple's product range was always about upselling customers to a better option. Unlike Dell which is about offering everything to everyone. Certain features are deliberately missing to make users buy another, more expensive, option if they want…
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Thanks Tailpipe, good summary. MAC PRO I'd see a bit more here. If indeed Nehalem debuts this year, we could see new Mac Pros in November. Alternatively Mac World 2009. The main new features will be DD3, faster busses, onboard memory controll…
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The current iMacs design uses mobile CPUs. So Q2 2009 is the expected time for quad-core iMacs too as Nehalem is the first quad-core mobile chip.
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From the initial specs for the quad-core Nehalem it does not look like a 15" MacBook Pro would be able to cool this chip. At 45-55W only a 17" MacBook Pro might just be up to it. And don't expect battery life to be any good either. And from all…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wheelhot Okay, let me get this right, Intel is releasing Montevina early of May so you can expect a MB and MBP update by early June, right? That will depend more on Intel than on Apple. When the Merom chip came o…
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So why is Pioneer likely quitting the plasma race? Plasma screens are not very environmentally friendly, they suck a lot of electricity. And I guess the future is OLED anyway. Low power (i.e. 'green'). Perfect viewing angle. Huge contrast. L…
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Apple's strategy is to establish the iPod touch / iPhone as a new mobile WiFi platform. They made this very clear in their conference call after last quarter's financial results. Apple is even willing to take short term profit cuts to achieve this…
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NOFEER, that's exactly what I hear from a lot of my friends as well. They say DVD's adequate and since they've waited for so long for a winner in HD - Blu Ray war, they might as well wait a bit longer and go online instead. Apple TV take2 is a r…
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The reason why Blu Ray won is that it got bundled with every Playstation 3. That was the single clever move by Sony that eventually would tip the scales. And as was said before Sony sold below cost to achieve that. XBox had HD DVD but only option…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zunx Great news. The best wins. The consumers purchase now that the war is over. Prices drop dramatically. We all win. 'Best wins'? Blu Ray is the one format which has region codes - HD DVD doesn't. Blu Ray is t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM In the US, there's not much of an alternative carrier, that alternative has less coverage and a rep for worse customer service. Elsewhere, I think it's first a matter of whether it's available "white market", a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by opnsource Nothing says that they will do am update in fall/winter '08. Yes that's speculation of course. But since in 6 of the last 7 years Apple did refresh the PowerBook/MacBook Pro lines in October or November, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tailpipe Expect new MBP 15-inch and 17-inch within two weeks. 17-inch gets LED. Thanks for the info. Pretty much the consensus. Now the bigger question is when will Montevina MBPs arrive? (Montevina chipset sup…
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Arimus, there are dozens of threads about this question. Just search. The gist: No one knows. And those who know don't say. General consensus is that Apple had intended a refresh for MacWorld, but couldn't. Either they didn't want to steal…
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The reason why people are disappointed is because Apple had a full featured smaller laptop than the MacBook Air (smaller in 2 of 3 dimensions) and replaced it with - nothing. They just stopped offering a really good product. And that's upsetting. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wheelhot And you need to remember that if they offer a 12" MBP, then the MBA will be in trouble. You're right - unfortunately. Too bad that Apple abandoned the 12" full-featured notebook. Yet with resolution i…
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Great concept, but not good enough! Quote: Whether you’re creating 3D animation ... an amazingly high-resolution 1240-by-920-pixels. Ahem. The main professional 3D animation package availble for the Mac is Autodesk Maya. Maya 2008 - accordi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland I think it will be a Mac, but it will have the iPhone's and iPod touch's user interface dynamic. Once the iPhone SDK is out this question will likely be answered. It should be clear whether the SDK is solel…
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Yesterday's conference call made one thing clear: Apple considers the iPod touch and iPhone the first of a brand new series of devices: wifi enabled, always connected, personal Internet devices. Not merely 'the best iPod ever'. And in that ligh…