anyone know when they plan to release these? been holding off purchasing one till they released it.

5/17/2007 12:00:38 PM

no one know?

5/17/2007 4:44:47 PM

nope

No rumors yet.

5/17/2007 4:52:45 PM

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

WWDC is in a few weeks, I'd wait until at least then

5/17/2007 7:35:41 PM

word up...with a LED screen ftw

5/17/2007 10:07:08 PM

now that the macbook pros are using santa rosa, they'll almost certainly do the next hardware refresh on the macbooks when Leopard comes out in october. besides santa rosa, what else do you think they'll change? i'll probably get one once Leopard comes out. I wonder how apple is going to handle back-to-school promotions?

how significant is the difference between the intel gma 950 and GeForce 8600M GT. i have the intel on my dell d620 and it seems sufficient. would i be missing out if apple kept the intel on the next macbook revision?

7/17/2007 2:04:09 PM

bttt. where did all the mac enthusiasts go?

7/18/2007 10:34:19 AM

hypnotized by their iPhones?

7/18/2007 10:43:04 AM

^^^ i'm hoping that the upgrade the iMacs in the same way that they did the Macbook Pros, if so then it could become a worthwhile future purchase (i'd like a new desktop, looks are important, i don't mind using mac os as much as i used to, and imac's honestly aren't as bad as they used to be, it's just lame that they still aren't easily upgradeable)

7/18/2007 10:45:24 AM

^^heh. nah. i've been eyeing the macbook pros for over a year. just never wanted to drop 2k+ on one. now i've decided i'd be happy with just a macbook, so i just gotta wait for leopard to come out

[Edited on July 18, 2007 at 10:48 AM. Reason : though i wouldn't mind an iphone in a year or so - my ipod is over 2 years old]

7/18/2007 10:45:43 AM

^ that's a shame too, because now is pretty much the only time i've seen the 2000 dollar macbook pro be anywhere close to price competitive with similarly equipped laptops...

but hey, i can understand not wanting to spend 2000 on a laptop... i hate thinking about how much i spent on mine, and it was outdated within 3 months (when santa rosa came out)

7/18/2007 10:48:34 AM

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/08/24/source-major-apple-event-on-september-5th

new ipods next week?

so now what should i do? buy a macbook next week and get a free (possibly upgraded) ipod, or wait till october and get a macbook (possibly upgraded - has anybody heard anything about hardware refresh on the macbook) with Leopard. get macbook+freeipod now and upgrade to leopard later, or start w/ leopard on a maybe upgraded macbook with no free ipod

[Edited on August 27, 2007 at 11:09 PM. Reason : le sigh]

8/27/2007 11:07:02 PM

at this point, i would wait to buy anything Apple.
Wait until at least next week for iPods, and until end of October for Macs

8/27/2007 11:13:08 PM

-pout- but i want one now. i mean...my wife wants one now

8/27/2007 11:21:58 PM

^^ The iMacs were just bumped, so it's pretty safe to buy them.

The iPods are definitely due for a refresh though.

8/28/2007 1:42:18 AM

^^^ I'm not sure about the "wait to buy anything Apple."

But I'm guessing when you say wait till the end of October for Macs, you're referring to waiting on Leopard to be included. In that case, I have to agree.

8/28/2007 7:00:50 AM

yeah, no reason to buy an iMac now then pay another $130 to upgrade the OS in 2 months.

8/28/2007 7:03:06 AM

You get free upgrades for the first 30 days.

So, if you're waiting for new hardware, rest assured that it will be upgraded for free.

As for Macbooks, there's not going to be a hardware refresh anytime next month...probably around holiday season or later.

8/28/2007 7:32:01 AM

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

8/28/2007 2:53:18 PM

i just don't like the hype of putting in a top of the line graphics card and under clocking

hey guys let me take this diamond and see if i can turn it back into coal.

8/29/2007 12:31:06 AM

Terrible analogy.

8/29/2007 11:00:49 AM

yeah, that is a pretty bad analogy

8/29/2007 12:56:06 PM

Quote :

"wait till october and get a macbook (possibly upgraded - has anybody heard anything about hardware refresh on the macbook) with Leopard"

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/28/new-apple-macbook-on-tuesday-gma-x3100/

hopefully new macbooks are on the way. i've been waiting 18 months to get one, finally will when this refresh happens. though i'd be a little surprised that they didn't just announce it on friday since there was hype with Leopard anyways. I'd be pissed if I bought a new macbook on friday just to have new ones come out a week later

10/29/2007 1:14:13 PM

Quote :

"i just don't like the hype of putting in a top of the line graphics card and under clocking hey guys let me take this diamond and see if i can turn it back into coal."

a better analogy is hey lets put in a big turbo and give you 400hp but limit your top end to 55mph. Or limit your torque to 50. aka honda

[Edited on October 29, 2007 at 2:57 PM. Reason : .]

10/29/2007 2:57:13 PM

Quote :

"a better analogy is hey lets put in a big turbo and give you 400hp but limit your top end to 55mph. Or limit your torque to 50. aka honda"

Or make it look like our bottom of the line econobox aka mitsubishi

10/29/2007 5:40:11 PM

Or lets give it a huge wing but make it unable to fly.

10/29/2007 5:41:36 PM

learnin to flyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

10/29/2007 5:42:26 PM

^^ironic about that crack is that wings on cars are supposed to keep it from flying At least on light and fast enough formula 1 cars

10/29/2007 6:54:17 PM

You should swap that turbo out for a jet engine.

10/29/2007 9:22:03 PM

so is AppleCare Protection Plan worth the $200 or what?

10/30/2007 11:46:17 AM

^no

10/30/2007 11:53:06 AM

For a laptop, I'd say definitely. If you actually plan to use a laptop for more than a year you should have it warrantied for more than a year. Even if you're careful with a laptop, they are still much more likely to experience failure due to normal wear than a desktop is. Last consumer reports article I saw on the subject had the warranty repair rate for laptops within 3 years at about 12-23% depending on manufacturer. The most common parts to be replaced, in order of likelyhood were:

1.) HDD
2.) Keyboard
3.) LCD Backlight

Either of the first 2 will cost you close to the warranty cost if you used original apple parts. With that in mind, and the fact that you get really good customer service for the duration of the extended warranty... I'd say go for it.

Maybe not worth it on a low end macbook though, since the portion of the cost of the machine is so high. If it's your primary computer I'd still tend to suggest the warranty upgrade.


Here's an image cropped from a consumer reports laptop reliability survey. Almost a 1 in 5 chance of needing warranty repair services in 3 years:



[Edited on October 30, 2007 at 12:04 PM. Reason : ]

10/30/2007 11:54:40 AM

I second the APP for laptops. the one i got for my wife's macbook has paid for itself a couple times over. If you want, you can wait until the end of your first year, when the normal 1-year warranty runs out, to by the AppleCare plan. but just be sure to buy it before 1 year is up.

10/30/2007 12:12:14 PM

the APP is just an extended manufacturer warranty and support plan, right? it doesn't cover accidental damages?

10/30/2007 1:09:17 PM

^^wait what??? I've asked this 100 times at the apple store and they always tell me that is incorrect and I have to buy it within the first 14 days. (although I didn't buy APP because I have found the one year to be awesome already) but since my machines are still within warranty I might have to pick that up.

10/30/2007 1:59:59 PM

^
yep, it's any time within the 1-year limited warranty period. That's the route I'm taking with my MBP b/c I don't have the $texas yet...

10/30/2007 2:06:46 PM

well what sucks is my MBP's 1 year expired in June after using it several times (the warranty) and when i asked about purchasing APP they said no... so i won't make this mistake with my iMac.

10/30/2007 2:11:26 PM

they're out!

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/11/01/apple-updates-macbooks-to-santa-rosa-gma-x3100/

11/1/2007 8:09:49 AM

bought one for punchmonk today. yay! got an extra $50 off (on top of $100 edu discount) b/c they screwed up the credit card process too. not bad for 30 min wait

11/1/2007 8:26:34 PM