Comments on: Rumor Has It: Apple to Refresh MacBook

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:28:02 +0000

Latchless lids were introduced with the original iBook

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By: Tmanic

Tmanic — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:45:47 +0000

I’m almost hoping this doesn’t turn out to be true. I just got my first Macbook Pro since I needed a new computer ASAP, and even managed to find a good deal here – http://www.computersncs.com/rd_p?p=191613&t=9544&a=29670-macapple&gift=29277

I guess I’ll just have to be ready to upgrade if these new ones do get released. That or hope they aren’t too insanely better.

By: jl

jl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:55:52 +0000

What are the chances that we’ll see something for the macbook pros in upcoming 9 September 2009 event? Or will it be much longer/later before we see a refresh of the macbook pros?

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:50:00 +0000

“it has a solid state hard drive, if u drop it its probably going to break.”

Uh…no. SSDs don’t break when you drop them, or at least they’re a lot less likely to than with a traditional mechanical disk. They also have much faster seek times, which means better performance when you’re doing a lot of disk reads. However, SSDs are still a fairly new technology and the overall life of the drive is largely unknown. They have a finite amount of times that they can be written to before sectors stop functioning properly.

Also, you can buy a MacBook Air with a traditional hard drive instead of an SSD: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air

By: crmit

crmit — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:26:54 +0000

personaly i dont trust the macbook air for one reason and one reason only.
it has a solid state hard drive, if u drop it its probably going to break. but making it out of carbon-fiber would be a good idea. i think it can withstand a larger impact than aluminum

By: Thursday Morning News | MacTalk Australia

Thursday Morning News | MacTalk Australia — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:41:58 +0000

[...] is all alone in that little quadrant, being lame. Surely Apple has something up their sleeve? The Apple Blog has heard some rumours regarding a MacBook [...]

By: Champs

Champs — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:10:05 +0000

Carbon fiber is a fairly expensive replacement for plastic.

Just sayin’.

By: Thomas Maier

Thomas Maier — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:37:00 +0000

THANK GOD you got it. We found the ominous “tablet” which is none, because they don’t have an OS for a tablet bigger than the iPone.

By: almostinfocus

almostinfocus — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:15:43 +0000

Why does the price point have to stay at $999 if it’s (rumored) to be a low cost solution? Is it really worth the r&d and all the other expenses just to release a lower power version at the same price? And if it is lower powered, then only $200 between this model and a unibody pro seems like too little of a price distinction, considering the specs on the current MacBook compare well with the unibody pro.

Maybe this is Apple’s chance to develop and release their version of a netbook. I don’t think that has to mean a sub $500, 10 inch screen. But what about a $799 version and a $999 version of a MacBook, under 4 pounds, and minus the optical media drive. That $999 version can compare spec-wise to the current MacBook, but the $799 version can use the older or lower end parts. And maybe, just maybe, that $799 version is finally the 12 inch PowerBook replacement of which so many have dreamed. But even if it’s not a 12 inch, I think the general idea is valid.