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LouieMacGoo
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 Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject: New APPLE laptop computer. |
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New laptop computer.
MacBook Pro
15.4inch LCD. bright as cinemas.
Hair thinner than the 17".
Fastest notebook ever.
4-5x faster.
2 processors in every Macbook pro.
5.6lbs.
iSight, Front Row; $1999 1.67 Core Duo; 667 DDR bus, x1600; $2499 1.83GHz.
New Power Adapter is magnetically held in. If yanked, comes right out
IR sensor. Apple Remote.
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iSight Camera.
Taking orders today.
Shipping in February.
FINALLY a Intel Mac Laptop!!!!!
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LouieMacGoo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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15.4inch LCD. bright as cinemas.
Hair thinner than the 17".
Fastest notebook ever.
4-5x faster.
2 processors in every Macbook pro.
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13' Macbook 2.0ghz C2D w/2gb RAM and 120gb HD
G4 Mac Mini 1.42ghz w/1gb RAM, 80gb HD, SuperDrive, 160gb MiniStack
eMac 700mhz G4 PPC 1gb RAM 40gb HD, Combo drive
G3 iMac DV 400mhz 512mg RAM 40gb HD, SuperDrive
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TheBattler
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Forgot to add that it can Dual-Boot into Windows. Don't know about 10.4.4 on a PC though.
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g5g5
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| TheBattler wrote: | | Forgot to add that it can Dual-Boot into Windows. Don't know about 10.4.4 on a PC though. |
How long to you think that will take? I give it two weeks! 
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iMav
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DANG IT APPLE!!
Less than a week before I plan on spending $1500 on a new linux workstation (and accessories), Apple has to come out with new, dual-core iMac and MacBooks! DANG IT!!
Dual core 1.83Ghz CPU, 667 MHz FSB, 256MB ATI X1600 (PCI-Express arch), built-in iSight, and all the other goodies...
Man...my fairly new iBook seems SO inadequate now... 
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caulktel
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| My brand new 12 inch iBook is perfect. I predict that there will be nothing but problems with the new Intel computers at first, no matter what Steve is telling us. If my iBook becomes "inadequate" anytime in the future I will load linux on it and buy a Intel machine then, but for now, no way. |
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picaman
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| caulktel wrote: | | I predict that there will be nothing but problems with the new Intel computers at first, no matter what Steve is telling us. |
There may be a few problems with a few programs that rely on Rosetta for translation, but if you stick to the native versions of the software that come with the new Intel computers (iLife '06, iWork etc.) I'm betting it will be pretty seamless. Apple has been developing OS X for Intel parallel to the development of OSX for PPC for years now.
And yesterday Steve Jobs demoed Office for Mac apps running under Rosetta--I can't imagine any programs that are gunkier and more non-standard than they are.
They are shipping a mature product, contrary to what logic would recommend.
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poisonfist
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| picaman wrote: | | caulktel wrote: | | I predict that there will be nothing but problems with the new Intel computers at first, no matter what Steve is telling us. |
There may be a few problems with a few programs that rely on Rosetta for translation, but if you stick to the native versions of the software that come with the new Intel computers (iLife '06, iWork etc.) I'm betting it will be pretty seamless. Apple has been developing OS X for Intel parallel to the development of OSX for PPC for years now.
And yesterday Steve Jobs demoed Office for Mac apps running under Rosetta--I can't imagine any programs that are gunkier and more non-standard than they are.
They are shipping a mature product, contrary to what logic would recommend.
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I agree with you about the software side but I think what caulktel is refering to is more hardware driven. There have always been some glitches in new hardware no matter what, but with such a radical change with the motherboard architecture, there may be more than a fair share of troubles than what we saw with the TiBooks, iBooks, etc. in the past.
| g5g5 wrote: | | TheBattler wrote: | | Forgot to add that it can Dual-Boot into Windows. Don't know about 10.4.4 on a PC though. |
How long to you think that will take? I give it two weeks! |
I don't think it will even take that long. From 10.4.1 being cracked to run on generic Intel boxes, each update has been cracked in a shorter timeframe. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone figuring it out to run on a generic box by the end of the week.
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picaman
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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| poisonfist wrote: | | There have always been some glitches in new hardware no matter what, but with such a radical change with the motherboard architecture, there may be more than a fair share of troubles than what we saw with the TiBooks, iBooks, etc. in the past. |
Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I'm betting that Apple has spent a lot of time vetting these machines. I think they may be relatively problem-free for rev. A hardware, given the intense microscopic public scrutiny these machines will be under. Any problem at all would be a public relations disaster for Apple, much more so than usual given the raised stakes, and I think they know that.
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picaman
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For what it's worth, here's a quote from a story on macintouch.com:
"Intel CEO Paul Otellini, who emerged from a cloud of smoke, wearing a clean-room-style bunny suit and carrying a 12-inch semiconductor wafer, during the keynote, said Intel had deployed 1,000 people to work on the Apple transition. Some of them, according to Nathan Brookwood, an analyst at Insight64 who's very knowledgeable about Intel, among other things, actually designed the new machines' logic boards for Apple, and in doing so they used standard Intel chipsets, from the new 945/955/975 Express chipset family Intel announced last week. All of that should increase the likelihood that Windows will boot and run reliably on the Intel-based Macs, but it's no guarantee."
So Intel designed the motherboards, and used Intel components? Not sure if that will make them more or less problematic.
Seriously, I think that's a good sign. |
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SStreet
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Those of you on the fence about the x86 10.4.4 -- remember, Steve Jobs has already admited to running 10.x on Intel since the day it was first compiled (some years ago now) (see his Keynote speech from the original Intel CPU switch announcement.)
I believe this is the reason that the systems are ready "early" -- he probably left room in the timeline for problems that didn't occur.
I'm giving serious looks at the MacBook Pro -- I want it now!
And Intel does have a fantastic system design -- they came to our shop to sell us on Itanium and explained how much high-end servers and low-end desktops really get the same parts. PCI-X, PCI-Express, etc etc... just the chips that implement it are different by features provided.
RAID, or GigE, or VGA.. etc etc
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poisonfist
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| picaman wrote: | | poisonfist wrote: | | There have always been some glitches in new hardware no matter what, but with such a radical change with the motherboard architecture, there may be more than a fair share of troubles than what we saw with the TiBooks, iBooks, etc. in the past. |
Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I'm betting that Apple has spent a lot of time vetting these machines. I think they may be relatively problem-free for rev. A hardware, given the intense microscopic public scrutiny these machines will be under. Any problem at all would be a public relations disaster for Apple, much more so than usual given the raised stakes, and I think they know that.
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Optimism is a great personal quality, I should try to be a little more optimitic at times.
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caulktel
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OGN
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That's a real bummer for those who wanted to dual boot. I guess they'll have to wait for Vista.
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TheBattler
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| OGN wrote: |
That's a real bummer for those who wanted to dual boot. I guess they'll have to wait for Vista. |
Those that were serious about running Windows on their new Intel Machines would have probably waited for vista on it's own anyways.
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