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I'm hoping for way upgraded internals. I'd like to see at very least a Core i7 820, and an ATI 4830 1gb, like the HP Envy had. If it comes out in the spring, I'd much rather see a 58xx instead of a 48xx. This, combined with the other "mac features" like glass multitouch trackpad, mag safe, edge to edge high color gamut LED backlit screens etc... would get me to buy a mac for the first time. On which I'll likely run Windows and Linux.
I think that's a little ambitious. If you're interested in getting one, just grab it now rather than waiting for a bunch of very specific features that are unlikely to materialize.
I like the ancillary features of MBPs (trackpad, aluminum chassis, backlit island keyboard, mag safe), but I hate that the price is so high for underpowered, aging hardware.
Apple's design strategy clearly emphasizes low power consumption and silent operation over raw compute power. As a rule of thumb, faster components in a small space means poor battery life and reduced longevity due to thermal stress. There's a spectrum, and manufacturers pick where they want to sit. Alienware will put the fastest components money can buy in a laptop that after a year won't get 45 minutes of battery life. Apple puts highly energy efficient components in a system that should get 5 hours or much more.
The new quad mobile processors ramp up power consumption. Therefore I don't see them showing up in anything other than maybe the 17".
Remember, we're talking about the company that just put the more expensive, slower mobile 48xx graphics in the iMac instead of the desktop model, so that a big honking 27" desktop would run cooler.
I hate that the price is so high for underpowered
If other companies can do it and charge less, I don't think its unreasonable to ask that of Apple
As long as you are buying your laptop on a performance per dollar basis, you will never like what Apple has to offer.
Apple, has, for the longest time now, preferred to value aesthetics, design, and just about everything else over producing a machine that has a good raw performance per dollar value. Lets be honest, they just don't make those machines.
The reason it costs more is because it has all of the other features you want! So you want all the killer design elements of an apple, and the raw power of an alienware, at the price of an acer? And you think Apple is the one being unreasonable?
With a handful of niggles (Read as: no backlit keyboard or edge to edge design), the HP Envy made a notebook that was about as thin as the MBP, with considerably more powerful specs.
So, go buy it.
Personally, I'm pretty underwhelmed with the Envy. They set out to clone the MacBook Pro and didn't really succeed in the areas that count. Higher specs just for the sake of higher specs is pointless. What are you going to do with that power? What specific aspect of OS X does not run well enough that you think a drastic upgrade is in order?
the design is very different from a Mac.
Having the extra power in a laptop is always good because i dont always know what i will be installing in the future
As for the next MacBook Pro, it's not hard to figure out based on Intel's roadmap. You'll see dual-core i5 and i7 processors, GeForce GTS 260M graphics (maybe 300 series if it's timed well) and possibly 16:9 aspect ratio displays. That could be great for the 15-inch MBP as it could get some extra horizontal resolution (1600x900 versus 1440x900).
I would wait if I were you.
Speaking of updating the product line. Do you think they will EVER change the aesthetic design of the MB/MBP? I'm aware that we've gone to unibody and there have been some other slight changes here and there appearance wise, but we're had the same fundamental design for about 8-9 years now. I still like it, but it'd be interesting to see some new designs/colors/anything.
Put a current MacBook Pro next to an old PowerBook and you'll see how different the two are. The fact that both are silver does not constitute proof that Apple's notebook design has somehow stagnated.
Maybe some colors besides silver?
Different colors for keyboard backlighting? Different colors for the glowing apple.?
I just thought by now we would have seen more of an evolution, more options for consumers. Just my opinion though.
We already had the BlackBook.
Not to mention all the fruity imac and ibook color combinations back in the late '90s and early 2000's.
Now that Apple is back from the brink, they don't need to use lime green plastic.
No, but I still wish black was an option. At the very least, the new bluetooth keyboard should have had the black keys from the new macbooks.
If you care that much about custom colors, here you go.
They have glowing Apple logos and glowing keyboards now. One could argue it already comes with a ricer kit.
They seemed to have pulled off the whole concept of color options pretty well with the iPod...why can't they do that with all of their aluminum cased products?
Apple's design strategy clearly emphasizes low power consumption and silent operation over raw compute power. As a rule of thumb, faster components in a small space means poor battery life and reduced longevity due to thermal stress. There's a spectrum, and manufacturers pick where they want to sit. Alienware will put the fastest components money can buy in a laptop that after a year won't get 45 minutes of battery life. Apple puts highly energy efficient components in a system that should get 5 hours or much more.
The new quad mobile processors ramp up power consumption. Therefore I don't see them showing up in anything other than maybe the 17".
Remember, we're talking about the company that just put the more expensive, slower mobile 48xx graphics in the iMac instead of the desktop model, so that a big honking 27" desktop would run cooler.
+1
Trust me OP, you'll be kicking yourself if you don't. I know I know, there's always going to be updated products, but when you're getting very close to the next product refresh bump, it's worth waiting then (unless you need it of course).