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Houray! I am waiting with credit card at the ready! Noew 15″ MBP here I come!
and aren’t the MacPros due for an update as well?
Anybody read Apple’s page for troubleshooting wifi problems with the ipad? Funny stuff. “Move closer to the Wi-Fi router or hotspot.” is my favorite.
My son will be a freshman in college this year, and I’ll be needing to buy a macbook / pro.
When will the education specials be announced in the Apple store?
I’ll be disappointed if a new Apple chip is not inside the new machines.
chaz,
Typically the education pricing isn’t announced, it just happens. As soon as they release a new model and put it in the store, go there and choose the college and you should see the new pricing.
I would be very surprised if Apple has so many major product announcements this close together. Spreading them over the year makes better PR sense. If Apple is going to announce anything, it’s probably an incremental update.
However, I’d love to be very surprised later this month.
I’m getting waryobg of every rumor that says this now. I just have the feeling that they are trying to expose a leak by telling carefully selected retailers/contractors/individuals about upcoming events that are bogus just they can find the mole.
@Harvey, I really expect and hope that Apple will eventually put their own chips into all their computers. I think that is major and we will be increasingly seeing it changing the quality of computer operations. So if that does not happen now (and I wish it would), I would expect that to accompany a really significant upgrade within the next 6 to 18 months. But the current MacBooks (& Pros) really do need an upgrade and I’m hoping it is a good one.
hope they add another firewire port 1 is just stupid.
and maybe the option for another hard drive instead of an optical drive?
need mac to be a lilttle more customizable.
@Chaz,
Contact your school. They may have back to school specials, but may not be able to say anything about them until they’re ready.
iPad, iLibresse, iStayfree, iTampax, what ever. I just want a new MBP.
@ Hg Wells,
Apple sells a lot of Macs based upon the Intel chips and ‘If worse comes to worse I can always instal a Windows OS and use all my old software’.
It’s that backup plan that helps Windows users make the leap between platforms. The fact that less than 1% end up switching back is irrelevant.
You can’t abandon 50% of your customers like that. Intel on Macs is here to stay.
wait your turn, MBP lovers. the Mac Pro has been marked for an impressive update for a couple months now.
Yeah, waiting for the Mac Pro update, already got a buyer lined up for my current pro system.
What possible reason is there that I would need these for now that I have an iPad?
Big Al, I don’t think Apple will stay with Intel only because of the current Windows-friendliness. Either Apple will find a way to run Windows on their new chips or Apple will take a questionable leap and choose to abandon Windows. Not supporting Flash may have seemed something strange a few years ago. But Apple seems to be pulling it off to this point. Apple may be taking a new position on Windows, too. I agree that the ability to run Windows continues to bring people to Mac and I hope Apple keeps that capability. But I think they may have something else up their sleeve. Perhaps they can install an optional cheap second chip for Windows users. I know there are options to allow Apple to use their own chips while keeping the Windows option available and I hope we will see them. I do believe that Apple will be able to make better and faster chips than what is out there, if SJ chooses to do that.
I had to buy a new 17″ MBP by March 31st (Damn government fiscal year). It was hard to do because everyone is sold out as is usual before a new model comes in…..so we have known this for close to a month now….and I waited and waited until the last moment.
Oh well, the current version is a damn fine machine and the new model, although it would have been nice to have, would not have really made any significant difference.
Hey Apple! How about ditching the stupid audio input jack configuration you put on the latest MBs & MB Pros. ONE JACK for both audio input and output is STUPID. Audio recording through the line input now requires a cumbersome two step process that requires opening Sound Preferences as well as swapping input and output cords. We need separate input jacks for audio input and output! Please!
Who’s with me?
4 gig macbook air, see to it Steve… see to it…
i7 MacBook Pro, please!
@chaz
The “back to school” special usually runs from mid-July to mid-September.
There is always an educational discount; that is when the special bundle including an iPod, printer, etc. happens.
Worth waiting for.
@Chaz,
The last 2-3 years the “back-to-school bundle” has been available from June 15th to September 15th. As others have said, the educational discount is always available if buying hardware and/or select software titles at an Apple Store, provided the student has a valid college ID or other proof of upcoming college enrollment. The “bundle” usually includes a rebate for iPods (the last couple of years it was for iPod touches) and some type of printer rebate. I’ve seen the college bundle offered as early as mid-May one year, also.
Thanks folks. I am hoping to get the bundle including iPod and printer.
It is that time of year again. I dont mind as I’m looking to upgrade from my free macbook to a new macbook pro. Wonder if i should hold out for a touch screen macbook.