“They have completely new model numbers and roughly correlate to the three 15-inch and single 17-inch MacBook Pros that currently exist,” Electronista reports. “They also hint at price changes: while the base MacBook Pro would climb $100 to $1,799, the top-end 15-inch model would drop to $2,199 and the 17-inch would fall $200 to $2,299. A mid-range MacBook Pro would stay in place at $1,999.”
Electronista reports, “It’s known that the MacBook Pro line should get Core i5 and Core i7 processors that may sport similar stock clock speeds but should be substantially faster than the outgoing Core 2 Duo models. Also likely on top of these is the use of NVIDIA Optimus graphics switching to save energy.”
Electronista reports, “A MacBook Pro update could come as soon as Tuesday and may also include a refresh of the white plastic MacBook and MacBook Air.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
I met a guy on the web who needed a translation from Italian to English. His translation was not even a good patois. I helped him, he liked it, we enjoyed the jokes we made getting to a final product.
To make long story short, we formed a company. Expensive to communicate because he lives in Milan, Italy. I live in Philadelphia!
We used software we both owned because it was free software that came with our computers. We spent every day in our “virtual office.” By the time we met at the Newark airport, six months later, to go on a road trip in support of our new CORPORATION’s first PRODUCT, we were best of friends. Without having the software to communicate face to face, all day, every day, we would never have met, formed a company, or completely created a great product!
It was free software. Thanks, Apple, for iChat. It was a game changer.
Thank you, Howard, for an uplifting story.
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and hopefully soon after new MacPros. I need a new one!
Enjoh while they last. GO iPad.
Although what about the 13-inch MacBook Pro?
Too Early for an A4 Incorporation in the MBP? I wonder…
Nerd Beautiful, stop wondering, because it’s just ridiculous. No way we will see an A4 chip clocked at more than 2.5 Ghz for this year’s MBPs.
No way does Apple shift Macs away from intel processors until they have at least doubled their market share.
@Nerd
The A4 will never appear in a MacBook. A$ is ARM architecture, for use with iPhone OS. Mac OS X is now 100% Intel.
Change is always possible, but I wouldn’t count on it. (Re PowerPC to Intel migration of OS X)
@ Dinosaurs
Between your ideas and your spelling, you live up to your handle. iPads and MacBooks are targeted at different market segments.
PS: Real Apple users would have auto spelling check enable. Are you a Windoze loser?
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New Mac Pros please.
It’s an interesting idea. Apple has used two GPUs, one for normal use, and one for high performance. Would there be an advantage to use two CPUs, one for normal use, and an A4 SOC for light use, like when watching video?
How about something like that hybrid tablet that was shown at CES by Acer or was it Asus? A regular Intel CPU for normal use, but when you remove the touchscreen, it uses the A4 SOC.
Obviously, it’s not something Apple would do now, but it’s something to consider for the future.
@KenC
I think it’s far easier and cheaper to simply have one CPU that can do everything and consume less when less used. Isn’t that what current processors do?
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Let’s see what needed connector will be MIA this time.
Maybe they’ll stop charging extra for matte screens???
Naaa…..
@Tim
To a few of us, much of the news is not only weeks and sometimes months behind the context in which we live, but it’s tainted with bias, regardless of who delivers it.
We’re here for the company, why are you here?
Why not put an A4 into a Mac? iPhone apps could run on the dashboard pretty nicely.
A laptop… how quaint.
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The MacBook Air certainly needs a refresh, if Apple is going to keep it around, now that iPad is out. Yes, I know they are not the same, but I also know that Apple is relentless about cutting (or not offering) certain products, in order to promote its other products. And an iPad will take the place of a MacBook Air for many potential customers.
I hope it continues, because an ultra-portable Mac is very cool and there are many things an iPad currently cannot do no matter how many apps you download. It needs to have 4GB of built-in RAM and go totally flash-based for the storage options. The trackpad should become like its bigger brothers (unless that is not possible due to required thinness).
Down the line, if MacBook Air continues to exist, Apple should use subsequent multi-core “A4” (whatever they will be called) processors, but have it run a special build of Mac OS X instead of iPhone OS. Then it could be even thinner with very long battery life, and therefore have an unique spot in the lineup.
I finally get my new Macbook Pro!
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@qka: “PS: Real Apple users would have auto spelling check enable. Are you a Windoze loser?”
I think you meant “enabled.”
@Howard Fatell, What’s the name of the company?
LOL!!!
The video card on my 2008 MacBook Pro (last pre-uni-body) died on Friday! I’d been praying (to Odin, of course) that the damn thing would hold out until i7 MBPs hit the streets… But, NOOOOOO, the fucker had to die last week!!!
So, Saturday, I bit the bullet and bought a Mac mini to tide me over until the AppleCare repair is complete. The last time it happened (same video failure, older model MBP), it took 5 weeks to repair!
So, if this rumor is true, some lucky bastard will get a refurb Mac mini!
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Whoever thinks an A4 will EVER go into a MacBook Pro…
ROFLMMFAO
Um… I was thinking as supplementary. Something to link hardware to software and perhaps enable better battery life.
@lukeskymac, of course it would be a cleaner, simpler design to have one CPU, but as I wrote, Apple has already put two GPUs in a Mac, so they’re not opposed to the concept.
Just thinking out loud here. The 13″MBP gets a 7hr rating with a 60WHr battery, or 8.5 Watts an hour. The iPad gets a 10hr video rating with a 25Whr battery, or 2.5 Watts an hour.
I know, the MBP has more pixels and a larger screen, but that doesn’t make up for such a huge difference in Watts per hour. Can you imagine a hybrid setup where you could have a MBP with a 20 hr rating for video? Of course, noone can watch that much video in one setting, though I believe my flight to China took 17 hours, so there’s one instance where you might find it handy, but imagine the marketing benefit!