you mean the taste and perference of getting shafted in the arse by apple??
You get what you pay for
^ I bought the very first revision of the MacBook Pro (first Mac with Intel chips) and it did have some some flaws, like the fitment not being great and the metal casing getting dangerously hot, and in the second revision they added a lot of new ports and a DL burner that the older Powerbook G4 came with. I'd definitely recommend you wait until a second revision if you can... it's not going to be bad or anything, but you'll most likely get a better machine if you wait.
I watched the video on how the new case is made, pretty interesting to say the least. I still wouldn't buy one myself, firstly because of the price (when I got my MBP my parents were still paying for my things). Second, I'm getting angrier at Steve Jobs day by day because he's greediness becomes more apparent. For instance, I can see no reason why a $2,000 pro laptop these days doesn't have a BL drive, other than Apple wanting to boost the sales of its own iTunes Store.
I always though Sony sucked because they provided content as well and that was a conflict of interest, now Apple is going the same route. And every revision of every product that they release comes with less things... every new release has less cables, less accessories or in the case of the iPhone 3G no damn dock even. That just makes me angry as a consumer.
also shame that'll be when im not a student and thus cant make use of the 12% discount.
in the mac book the nvidia 9400 is easily many times better than what the old mac book had, an in the pro its now a combo of that 9400 and a 9600..... not sure if thats the new hybrid SLI at work there but i wouldnt be suprised if they dont work concurrently its probably oen or the other. im guessing they can switch on the fly though which is cool. i know sony have had the dual GPU thing for a while, but it always reuired some kinds of physical switch and a restart. its a nice idea tho.... low power graphics when your just browsing, high power when you need it most.
Remember, Apple is the company that kicked the DRM-Free door open for everyone.
Hmm yeah, I guess you're right, the previous MacBook design had lots of issues, which were gradually solved over the years. Although I have to mention, the PowerBook I had was a last revision (1.5Ghz) and even that still had issues. The aluminium case would bend as a result of the processor getting hot, making the laptop wobble on any straight surface, really annoying. More importantly, eventually the motherboard supports would break and toasting your motherboard making it a costly repair. Apple wouldn't do anything about it cause they've never heard of the problem before, eventhough the forum I used to visit had tons of people on it with the same problem.^ I bought the very first revision of the MacBook Pro (first Mac with Intel chips) and it did have some some flaws, like the fitment not being great and the metal casing getting dangerously hot, and in the second revision they added a lot of new ports and a DL burner that the older Powerbook G4 came with. I'd definitely recommend you wait until a second revision if you can... it's not going to be bad or anything, but you'll most likely get a better machine if you wait.
I watched the video on how the new case is made, pretty interesting to say the least. I still wouldn't buy one myself, firstly because of the price (when I got my MBP my parents were still paying for my things). Second, I'm getting angrier at Steve Jobs day by day because he's greediness becomes more apparent. For instance, I can see no reason why a $2,000 pro laptop these days doesn't have a BL drive, other than Apple wanting to boost the sales of its own iTunes Store.
I always though Sony sucked because they provided content as well and that was a conflict of interest, now Apple is going the same route. And every revision of every product that they release comes with less things... every new release has less cables, less accessories or in the case of the iPhone 3G no damn dock even. That just makes me angry as a consumer.
Apple claimed that the music studios would not sell DRM-free music, therefore they had to implement FairPlay in order to start the iTunes Store. Eventually they started selling DRM-free tracks for an extra $0.30 (iTunes Plus). However, I would give more credit to Amazon when they launched their own music store with lower prices and full-compatibility with virtually all portable music players.
I'm mostly staying out of this thread, but I had to point out that Cossie's comeback could have been thought out a bit better. :lol:
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