New Macbooks

Mallone · 16 May 2007 at 00:38

Wont catch me working for $1 a year!

WotDa · 16 May 2007 at 00:49

Mallone said:
Wont catch me working for $1 a year!

Claimed!

Not that I know what you're post was about…

gumbald · 16 May 2007 at 00:55

WotDa said:
Claimed!

Not that I know what you're post was about…

Yet again I miss out on a claim! And also no idea....

V For Vendetta · 16 May 2007 at 01:06

V For Vendetta said:
IMHO apple need to bring out a MAC midi which is double the size of the Mini, the extra space should be used for a High end mobile GFX card, express card slot, FW800 and esata ports plus a HDMI

Thats because most of apples customers are not tech clever, they simply want something that works, just like with this new macbook update.

Steve could have said we give u Intel Santa Rosa!

and most people would have said "what that"

But instead Steve says we give u a faster chip more HD space to store your crap holiday photos and a 50 price drop

And most people go woohoo I love u stevie

The fact is if apple created a machine like the one above u wouldnt need anything else in your home for Music Video Games or general Computer Use, which would cost apple more money in the long run, its such a shame

bigredshark · 16 May 2007 at 02:09

V For Vendetta said:
Thats because most of apples customers are not tech clever, they simply want something that works, just like with this new macbook update.

Steve could have said we give u Intel Santa Rosa!

and most people would have said "what that"

But instead Steve says we give u a faster chip more HD space to store your crap holiday photos and a 50 price drop

And most people go woohoo I love u stevie

The fact is if apple created a machine like the one above u wouldnt need anything else in your home for Music Video Games or general Computer Use, which would cost apple more money in the long run, its such a shame

true, true, but not too many people overall are buying a computer to connecto to their TV, there are plenty of media centers around from big names like sony but they haven't really cracked the living room market yet.

What you're describing is simialr to the mac mini in form factor along, mobile graphics would fit into it easily, they don't because it's really cheap to use intel onboard graphics.

firewire 800 and esata are likewise expensive additions and how many people would use an expresscard (not that i disagree at all with the idea, regardless of 75% of people not needing it I'd like to see some expandability).

HDMI I'm a little curious about, just use a DVI to HDMI cable surely? I haven't tried it myself yet but I'm sure it'd work...

On the general point, for some people such a machine would satisfy all their computing needs. But for others (myself for instance) I need to have a laptop for travelling and I prefer the flexibility of a laptop even at home, so apple tv would be perfect if they'd just give it all the features it ought to have already and give it a composite out as well as component and hdmi....ah well.

Also I think apple might be playing a clever game in realising that not everybody wants a computer in their living room and an 'appliance' is more marketable.

So, I guess I wouldn't mind if apple would make a machine like that, but I doubt it's part of their plans because it doesn't fit in and it'd be a relatively small market for it.

JimmyEatWorms · 16 May 2007 at 10:57

V For Vendetta said:
you really cant do much more with the mini then bump its specs a little ala macbook at the price apple are selling.

A few things of the top of my head that would improve the Mini.

Core 2 Duo CPU
1GB as standard
Better onboard GPU
FW800

subxero · 16 May 2007 at 11:02

JimmyEatWorms said:
A few things of the top of my head that would improve the Mini.

Core 2 Duo CPU
1GB as standard
Better onboard GPU
FW800

That's what i'm waiting for

feelintherage · 16 May 2007 at 11:16

what do you think about the bump in speed etc i was thinking about getting a laptop for uni and thought about the macbook because i can get it for £650 with educational discount. Seems lilke a good deal but looking around people seem to be a bit miffed because they wanted more of an update like santa rosa and a dvd rewriter and better gpu. Whats your guys thoughts on this? is it worth buying the entry level macbook, does the intel gpu matter? And when would the next revision be of the macbooks

V For Vendetta · 16 May 2007 at 13:50

I think steve needs to have a think about where apple go next, last year he gave all apple users the ability to Run Windows, 1 machine, 2 OS's.

The fact windows can be run on any intel mac, is the main reason apples market share has increased.

Apples on site options now look alittle old hat, for example if you buy an iMac 24" you can have the choice of either of a 7300GT or a 7600GT apple need to get with it and offer the like of the high end cards as a third and forth option

V For Vendetta · 16 May 2007 at 14:12

guys my Macbook should be here Friday-monday, will the Charger be white eventhough the MacBook is black

JonB · 16 May 2007 at 14:17

WotDa said:
Motion sensor, for some reason, anyone?

This is in the macbook too. It's for if you drop your laptop or something. It locks the hard drive so it isn't writing and therefore corrupt your data. Quite nifty if you're a fan of dropping your laptop!

J1234 · 16 May 2007 at 15:34

V For Vendetta said:
guys my Macbook should be here Friday-monday, will the Charger be white eventhough the MacBook is black

Don't forget to post a pic in the gallery.

AJUK · 16 May 2007 at 15:48

WotDa said:
Motion sensor, for some reason, anyone?

This is the reason they put a motion sensor in them.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qK4AonfnFaM

http://isnoop.net/blog/2006/05/26/macsaber-10-released/

and iAlertU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KkAtRfA1UXc

J1234 · 16 May 2007 at 16:09

I think iAlertU is very clever and quite handy.

fail at the internets · 16 May 2007 at 16:11

V For Vendetta said:
guys my Macbook should be here Friday-monday, will the Charger be white eventhough the MacBook is black

Nope white charger for you.

JonB · 16 May 2007 at 16:59

sux to be a black*

*macbook owner

WotDa · 16 May 2007 at 17:24

JonB said:
sux to be a black*

*macbook owner

Not really, look at the thing. Phwroar.

Thanks AJUK, I knew about the Lightsaber aspect, but not iAlertU. Could have some fun with that.

Also thanks to JonB, I knew it did something with the drive but didn't know the details, looks like I can drop away if I feel like have a mangled case.

Also, as Hornchurch said, sit down and put up with your white MagSafe.

V For Vendetta · 16 May 2007 at 18:22

Hornchurch said:
Nope white charger for you.

nooooooooooo

V For Vendetta · 16 May 2007 at 18:23

wouldnt it be cool if IalertU talked instead?

"Oi put me down yer thiefing ****"

"This is not your Notebook yer ****"

WotDa · 16 May 2007 at 18:40

V For Vendetta said:
wouldnt it be cool if IalertU talked instead?

"Oi put me down yer thiefing ****"

"This is not your Notebook yer ****"

not really, if you're out the room an alarm is obvious, voices aren't.

I'm happy with loud ass alarm, a picture emailed to me and a time.