Apple Introduces New 13" MacBook & 15" MacBook Pro + 24-inch LED Cinema Display!

[spilla2003]

Originally Posted by sanjay

lol, with this massive, epic fail and disappointment in apple's new notebook release...looks like i wont have any problems selling my 2 ghz core duo macbook pro

Epic fail?

The only epic fail I can see is the prices, but that's just the AUD's fault.

[ghettro]

Now that I think about it, the price increase isn't really that much, I paid $1849 for my 2.16ghz macbook about a year ago. So $2099 is only an extra $250 with the dropping aussie dollar.

[oli]

Interesting that Apple's entry level laptops can now power the 30" displays...

[Crambo]

Great, one big button. That means Macbooks now come with a game-show buzzer. This is appropriate as every time I look at them I hear the 'wrong' sound from Family Feud b-bow.

[jboles]

Originally Posted by Crambo

Great, one big button. That means Macbooks now come with a game-show buzzer. This is appropriate as every time I look at them I hear the 'wrong' sound from Family Feud b-bow.

I lol'ed at that

[FB008]

Originally Posted by jboles

I lol'ed at that

+1, good call! though it being clickable puts my mind at ease, i've preferred a button i can "click" as opposed to tapping.

[redhairkid]

I actually don't mind the look of the new macbooks and macbook pro's. The prices are a bit crap but I guess that's expected because of the exchange rate. I'm quite happy with my current macbook and don't think that its worth upgrading yet. Probably best to wait another 8 or so months when snow leopard is released and then see whats current then.

[Zardoz]

Originally Posted by ghettro

+LED on MB & MBP
+Finally decent graphics on both instead of crap intel IGP
+Support for up to 30" screen on both models
+Industry standard Mini DisplayPort on both instead of proprietary mini-dvi on MB and full DVI on MBP
+nice aluminium enclosure and slightly less weight
+multi-touch gestures on all
+DDR3 RAM

The MBP already has the discrete graphics (and used less power with it, the 9600 isn't that much faster than the 8600), also supported dual-link industry standard DVI and both the MB and MBP were lighter without the new enclosure. DDR3 is overrated.

-Lack of FW800 on MB. I would guess though that the future of FW is a bit bleak considering it has neither the economy and ubiquity of USB or the speed, simplicity and economy of eSATA. Also not much word recently of FW3200 so who knows.

Still I would definitely wait until Nehalem.

That'll be another 9 months away in mobile form. The lack of firewire will bite pro audio people who will want to use this with their digi002/003... I will also miss target disk mode for rescuing these systems easily.

[ice_cool]

Originally Posted by Zardoz

The MBP already has the discrete graphics (and used less power with it, the 9600 isn't that much faster than the 8600), also supported dual-link industry standard DVI and both the MB and MBP were lighter without the new enclosure. DDR3 is overrated.



That'll be another 9 months away in mobile form. The lack of firewire will bite pro audio people who will want to use this with their digi002/003... I will also miss target disk mode for rescuing these systems easily.

Definately - Target Disk Mode was awesome!

[FB008]

another downer is that ddr3 so-dimm isn't exactly widespread or cheap yet

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by oli

Interesting that Apple's entry level laptops can now power the 30" displays...

If you buy a 150 dollar cable lol

[Zardoz]

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

If you buy a 150 dollar cable lol

If you have a 30" display, I don't think pricing wiill be a bit barrier..

.. unless you blew all your money on the display!

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

This may piss some early users off...

MacBook Pro requires logout to switch graphics modes

We just spent some quality time with the dual-graphics VAIO Z, so when we heard that the new MacBook Pros had a similar two-chip layout, we assumed switching from the integrated NVIDIA 9400M to the discrete 9600M GT would be just as easy -- it's just a switch on the Sony that can be flipped anytime. Too bad that's not the case: according to a recently-posted Apple support document, switching graphics modes requires a trip to System Preferences and then a logout. Sure, it's slightly better than a total restart, but it's still a huge pain in the ass, and one we just don't understand -- if Sony can get Vista to handle it without issue, Apple should be able to get their own OS to deal. Here's hoping Apple fixes this particular bag of hurt soon -- we can't see mobile pros flocking to this feature until they can seamlessly switch between graphics modes when going from the office to the road.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/m...raphics-modes/

[Dr Kildare]

As said apart from the new design it isn't really a leap forward.

Originally Posted by Zardoz

...CPUs are the same 45nm design as the existing systems...

45nm is still the current generation. Worth noting these are now 1066MHz FSB parts as opposed to the previous 800MHz FSB units.

Originally Posted by Zardoz

...the 9600 isn't that much faster than the 8600..

From what I've seen the 9600 is definitely a step up from the 8600 series.

Took Apple a long time to drop prices when the dollar was up.
Pretty quick on the way down!

Don't forget KCP pricing is still valid until the end of October!

[Slong]

Anyone seen/heard specs on the HDD bay? /wonders if the VelociRaptor drive will fit.