new macBook pro
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- brodster
everybody is telling me to get a mac Which i do (but its the imac g5 power pc) boooo.
I'm looking at getting the new macBook pro (new)
when is the new one coming out?? i heard this fall?? should i wait?
- brodster-1
saw that
- dibec0
you have your answer.
- dibec0
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- brodster-1
what is an ARM processor, Who makes it?
- dibec0
do not worry about ARM. it will still be Intel.
Here is more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM…
- sofakingbanned0
I was in the same boat as you. i was rockin an iMac G5 isight forever!!! I held off on a new macbook for as long as i could.
finally got a new one a couple weeks ago, went all out. macbook 17 with anti glare screen, i love it and its fucking fast :D
I figure a new mac is always around the corner, if you like what they currently offer then jump on it.
- dconstrukt0
thanks for the heads up... was gonna get my lil sis a macbook....
- sofakingbanned0
what are you talking about willis?
my macbook came with lion, my keyboard works fine and if i need a complete reinstall ill just take it to the apple store and upload my time machine back up.
ninja you crazy
- shipped with Lion preinstalled? this was not my understanding from other forums but please correct if wrong.horton
- yes. out of box, new. with lionsofakingbanned
- horton0
*bump
I stated above that current MBP's are not shipping with Lion *preinstalled* but sofaking says I'm crazy. Can anyone confirm?
My understanding was they ship with free "up to date" program for Lion install.
Had read on Macrumors that there's some f-keys that still need to be changed for true Lion nativity.
ex. see #267, #268...
http://forums.macrumors.com/show…- dude i just got one less than 2 weeks ago. lolsofakingbanned
- horton0
in lower left corner... ?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upto…
- sofakingbanned0
you know what that is?
thats if you go to let say the apple store or best buy and purchase the preconfigured macs they have in stock from before the Lion release
...you get what I'm saying?
I got mine about 2-3weeks ago but mine was custom, so of course they uploaded the latest software on it.
I'm sure if i got whatever they had in the store I probably would've got their remaining stock.
- sofakingbanned0
also, if the keyboard thing you speak of is the (F1-F12) buttons then yea, thats been updated to reflect changes made in lion
- horton0
thanks yeah that makes sense, custom builds shipping with Lion installed, stock units maybe not.
re. keyboard, this is what I'm referring to:
"And, as seen in Apple's standalone keyboards, the company has also quietly tweaked the MacBook Pro's keyboard to convert the F3 key's function from Exposé to Mission Control and the F4 key's function from Dashboard to Launchpad."
- sofakingbanned0
so yes, the MBP i received comes with those new buttons. just make sure your getting the updated model if you're buying preconfigured
- sofakingbanned0
I was in a situation where i needed a new computer bad, so i said fuck it.
theres always gonna be something new around the corner and even if you do manage to wait for the new ones you still gotta wait for them to work out all the bugs and try to buy it mid cycle... too much drama to deal, just get one now if you like what they have, if you don't then wait.
- genfourth0
I got i7 15" when they first came out. boggles my mind that it's already considered old and "do not buy!"
anyway I really don't think apple is going to change the unibody design anytime soon. it's solid and look at how long the macpro has looked the same? 10+ years?
- Pro market isn't as fickle as the consumer market though.Amicus