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Jeff Kilgroe
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MacWorld looks pretty uneventful.. What a shame.
To those looking for updated Mac Pros, etc.. All this shows is that Intel is not ready with their new chips. Which that wasn't a secret. Kinda hard for Apple to announce new Mac Pro systems when the processors to put in them won't ship for another month or two, maybe, if all goes well.
Quad-core mobile processors are still 5 to 8 months away at best.
The new 17" MBP looks nice. I don't understand why people are upset over the built-in battery. It looks like a great concept to me. This allows for a larger capacity battery without affecting the structure of the system. And it's not like the battery can't be replaced, it's just not easily removable. Whothefuck cares anyway. I've only removed the battery from my MBP twice in the 2.5 years I've owned it. Once because I forgot to charge it and I borrowed one from someone else in a pinch and the second time was just a couple weeks ago when I took the damn system apart to upgrade the hard drive. The only thing I'm upset over with the new MBP systems is the lack of Blu-Ray drives. But this is all political as in iTunes vs. Blu-Ray content sales. I can't see that one any other way as there's no other good explanation I can come up with. Slimline internal BD drives are under $250 from LG and Samsung, both are suppliers of Apple's "SuperDrives". No reason a Blu-Ray drive can't be an upgraded configuration option, just like adding more RAM or a larger HDD. I bet we don't see Blu-Ray authoring in FCS3 either... If no, then I probably won't be buying FCS3.
To those looking for updated Mac Pros, etc.. All this shows is that Intel is not ready with their new chips. Which that wasn't a secret. Kinda hard for Apple to announce new Mac Pro systems when the processors to put in them won't ship for another month or two, maybe, if all goes well.
Quad-core mobile processors are still 5 to 8 months away at best.
The new 17" MBP looks nice. I don't understand why people are upset over the built-in battery. It looks like a great concept to me. This allows for a larger capacity battery without affecting the structure of the system. And it's not like the battery can't be replaced, it's just not easily removable. Whothefuck cares anyway. I've only removed the battery from my MBP twice in the 2.5 years I've owned it. Once because I forgot to charge it and I borrowed one from someone else in a pinch and the second time was just a couple weeks ago when I took the damn system apart to upgrade the hard drive. The only thing I'm upset over with the new MBP systems is the lack of Blu-Ray drives. But this is all political as in iTunes vs. Blu-Ray content sales. I can't see that one any other way as there's no other good explanation I can come up with. Slimline internal BD drives are under $250 from LG and Samsung, both are suppliers of Apple's "SuperDrives". No reason a Blu-Ray drive can't be an upgraded configuration option, just like adding more RAM or a larger HDD. I bet we don't see Blu-Ray authoring in FCS3 either... If no, then I probably won't be buying FCS3.