what the hell? no dual layer superdrive? that is the only thing holding me back. what the hell?

Quote

Anonymous wrote:

That would be you getting screwed by the G5 drop.

The Powerbook actually used 68K sour cream and onion chips, not Power PC chips. The first Powerbooks sucked, just like these MacBook Pros will.

But hey, thanks for playing strip solitaire. Maybe next time you'll do some dental hygiene before calling others 'toothless'.

Looks like TMO has got the crackhead demographic locked up.

Here's the deal from Apple.

In order to keep the model as thin as it is, they couldn't implement the FW 800.

But..........because there is a but.... They'll start commercializing in the next few days an adapter that you plug on the FW400 slot and get the FW 800 power.

Smart...cuz your machine is thin....and sneaky...cuz u buy an adapter.

The specs on the new macbook pro are impressive exept for the firewire 400. Only thing that gets me is that they dont (yet) have a 17 inch model. I want the hugest screen available. I was going to get a powerbook to replace my iBook G4 but now here comes a new machine and I cant buy something that will become obsolete too fast. What shoud I do. I can only stand to wait a little longer... I need to decide wether I should get blazing speed and a 15" screen or high end current technology with a 17" screen. What should I do? And if the 15" powerbook and the new macbook are on slae at the same time for the same price, doesnt that indicate that there may be some advantage to getting the powerbook over the macbook if someone should decide to opt for the Mbook? No 15" powerbook clearance sales yet... they are still 2 grand!

Quote

Guest wrote:

Quote

Anonymous wrote:

That would be you getting screwed by the G5 drop.

The Powerbook actually used 68K sour cream and onion chips, not Power PC chips. The first Powerbooks sucked, just like these MacBook Pros will.

But hey, thanks for playing strip solitaire. Maybe next time you'll do some dental hygiene before calling others 'toothless'.

Looks like TMO has got the crackhead demographic locked up.

Yeah, I see that.

Quote

Guest wrote:
if they want the name 'mac' so badly in the product, why not call it 'Powerbook Mac' which makes slightly more sense.. oh well. my 2 cents

Yeah, that almost makes sense. Powerbook Mac as opposed to what? Powerbook PC/Powerbook Linux?

The name makes sense to me. It's a Mac, it's a notebook, and it's the pro model.

I asked the Apple folks on the show floor what the battery life was, and they said that they are still working hard to improve it before the final ship date, but that the MacBook Pro should have "comparable" battery life to the PowerBook G4 (which Apple claims has a 5.5 hour maximum life.)

The machines on the show floor, when unplugged from their nifty magnetic power cables, showed an estimate of about 3 hours left in the battery menu, on a close to 100% charge. It is likely that Apple will be able to squeeze additional battery life out by using power-saving features of the CPU and GPU and reducing the display brightness (which is "65% brighter than the PowerBook G4" - that has to use a lot of power!!)

Quote

Eric Alberts wrote:

Quote

Anonymous wrote:
No, that would be the penis mightier, which is free for Mac developers only.

Ahh! forced to actually use one of your many registered names!

Hmm, would anyone like to post some actual information, such as commentary on boot options, battery life, application performance, classic alternatives, or something actually related to the MacBook Pro and intel transition? How are Photoshop filters with the AltiVec emulation? Did anyone else check on the battery life? Has anyone seen the new system picker? How does EFI compare to Open Firmware? Do the machines run hot? How is game performance? Are they really brighter than the PowerBooks? Etc.

Well, one feature that EFI may offer is to retain the ability to boot into target disk mode, which would be nice. Maybe also boot off of USB?

I think the real info won't come out for a while...once people get their hands on the actual hardware. Until then, it will all be speculation.

Quote

Anonymous wrote:

Quote

Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, I see that whats in my pants was a joke.

When will these preschoolers stop. Last poster, please tell me you're under the age of 10.

Quote

Guest wrote:

Quote

Anonymous wrote:

Quote

Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, I see that whats in my pants was a joke.

When will these preschoolers stop. Last poster, please tell me you're under the age of 10.

Yes, they're both preschoolers, though I do think the other individual started it with the 'Mac Mini DVR is a joke comment'. Pretty weird thing to say, considering it isn't even out yet.

They should both just invest in Apple stock, make tons of money like everyone else is, then they'd be happy and shut up.

Who cares about the stupid name MacBook Pro! I need a PCMCIA card slot that is compatible with my PC Card Adapter/Compact Flash/Microdrive cards! The Express Card/34 will not work with my photography needs. THAT is the deal breaker!

One thing that set the PowerBook apart from the rest was the diversity of the available ports. A user didn't have to go out and buy multiple adapters! Looks like Apple has done an about face. Now we'll have to buy/carry multiple adapters, which is a shame!

As soon as I saw the Express Card/34 slot, I knew I wouldn't be getting a new MacBook Pro. WHAT is Apple thinking? The professional user has been left out in the cold!

You can name it what ever you want, just give me back the ports (PCMCIA card slot, FW800, S-Video Out)!!!!