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Apple may be moving the MacBook to sub-$1000 territory
arstechnica.com — Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer's talk of "future product transitions" during the recent earnings call has opened the way for a lot of speculation. MacBooks under $1,000 for back-to-school seems like a pretty good bet.
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- GruntboyX, on 07/23/2008, -20/+12That may make me consider buying a mac again. But after the last macbook i want to see a cheeper price and improved build quality. No to mention the chick let keyboard needed more tactile response.
- kipmartin, on 07/23/2008, -1/+17Well, whatever you get, make sure it has a spell checker.
- ModernChem, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1congratulations!
- JohnLawson, on 07/24/2008, -2/+1Amen. You know what Maximum PC referred to the mac book pro's heating/warping problem as a feature(obviously sarcastically?
I wouldn't take a mac if it were offered to me for free.- Kyrato, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1The heating issue has long been fixed, I believe the last line to use those were the "Santa Rosa" Chipsets, there have been two major hardware revisions since then, including the switch to the new Penryn 45nm processors. Besides, the MBP has a dedicated graphics card in it of course its gonna get hot, you can also manually control the fan speeds with the free smcFancontrol app. Not many PC based laptops allow for that.
- wisedude, on 07/23/2008, -7/+19for back to school? Not likely unless they hurry it up FAST. This is really killing me. I've always been a PC user, and am about to start college. I'd love to give a Macbook Pro a try, but since it's using a several year old design, I'm only switching if they update it. Don't they realize that they could make me and MANY more college students customers if they get this out in the next month? If not, I'm just sticking with a PC. At least I'll get good value that way
- brkhobowriter, on 07/23/2008, -6/+20I would buy a Lenovo Thinkpad.
- kipmartin, on 07/23/2008, -5/+4you must be a Business major.
- brkhobowriter, on 07/23/2008, -1/+10And you must be a Liberal Arts major.
- idesign, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1We have 30-40 Thinkpads in our office. I used to think very highly of Lenovo (IBM) and Thinkpad... but not anymore. If there is a single day when one of them doesn't have some sort of networking issue or serious hardware failure, it is a very very rare day. Do yourself a favour and buy a used POS to hold you over until the new Apple hardware drops.
- blcarmadillo, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4I just bought a Thinkpad X61 and am loving it. Everyone needs to quit winning about Vista. In my experience so far it has worked perfectly for me. Also, I'm not a business or liberal arts major... I'm going into engineering at U of Michigan.
- Hosalabad, on 07/24/2008, -2/+1No need for sound and wifi at the same time eh? Pieces of junk.
- zdiggler, on 07/23/2008, -7/+9Colleges are flooded with Mac and iPod now days.. get a PC and be different!
- carter1337, on 07/23/2008, -3/+4they're also flooded with ***** HPs and Dells. I own an HP laptop and let me tell you: it's a lot easier on the eyes looking at people playing games and AIMing friends in lecture when they're doing it on macs ;)
- Nysul, on 07/23/2008, -4/+4For quality get lenovo or fujitsu. For cheap get a dell, they have a couple vostro notebooks under $500.
- tacojohn48, on 07/23/2008, -1/+8Currently the white MacBook is $1199 for students; actually at UTK it is on sell for $1149. So this is only a $150 price drop unless specs go up. Also right now you can wait until the tax-free holiday and save a $100 in taxes. Also it comes with an ipod touch free after rebate. It isn't a bad deal.
- Dalrek, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2On top of the $100 in taxes, you might also be able to still get the student discount. I got $100 off my MacBook for attending a college, and that puts the lowest end MacBook at $999 before tax.
- tacojohn48, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1My mistake, I wasn't looking at the cheapest. That is the price for the 2.4 ghz with 2 gigs of ram. I just preordered mine and will pick it up after tax free weekend.
This will be my first Mac and I think the reason I bought it was the ipod touch. The touch is the first ipod I ever owned (had another mp3 player) and I love it. Ipod to Mac seems to be a great strategy to convert people.
Link to UTK's deal I was talking about http://utbookstore.utk.edu/uccs/apple_deal/ - Kyrato, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Just buy a refurb, you get a year of AppleCare free and it works just as well, using one right now.
- HoratioHellpop, on 07/23/2008, -9/+3//This is really killing me. I've always been a PC user, and am about to start college//
What, you've been a PC user for 5 years? Wow. Old-timer. - diggmaddy, on 07/23/2008, -2/+5Thinkpad tablets are pretty cheap nowadays as well. I really could've used a tablet PC while in college. So, if you're buying a PC for college, give tablets a serious consideration.
- alexanEmpire, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1How good is the pressure detection on tablet PCs? Are they better, worse, or just as good as a wacom tablet?
- ozid, on 07/23/2008, -1/+8The MBP, despite being quite old (design wise) is still a HOT computer. And now you get a free ipod touch with purchase if you are a student.
I'd say now is a great time to buy. And build quality is right there with Lenovo.- Kyrato, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1..Its not old... the latest new hardware revision was in May 2008, completely different internals, only the case is similar.
- harlowsmonkeys, on 07/23/2008, -0/+7To add to what Ozid said, don't write off a Mac design that is a little old. Last year, I had to spend a month away on a business trip. My laptop is a 2004 PowerBook (17", G4). It was fine.
Mac software developers seem to care more about supporting older machines that PC software developers do. New software can take advantage of newer machines, but the developers usually doing a good job of making it work well on older machines.
I'd love a new MacBook Pro, but I just can't justify it because my PowerBook still works so well. - redfox2600, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Apple really needs to get into the budget PC market. I got myself a cheap ass Compaq for $350, it runs vista and adobe premiere pro pretty well. I haven't had a single issue with this thing nor have I gotten any viruses.
As of now I can't really see any reason why anyone would need a Mac. Unless they drop the price they will never be as competitive as the PC.- Kyrato, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Two things you want a mac for.
Bulk Video Editing and Graphic design
Trust me, the money is worth it if you do allot of this stuff.
- Kyrato, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Two things you want a mac for.
- LeeSoong, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3The new Apple Mac Portfolio is coming...
The entry level 9" wide screen half sized Mac Portfolio with Apple's new Ultra low power custom designed chip set will be available
starting at $ 499.
Apple is responding to the overwhelming success of sub-notebooks such as the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC:
http://h40059.www4.hp.com/hp2133/
The new Apple Mac Portfolio will have the power needed for homework / web / email - in half the size of an existing Mac Book, 16 GB to 64 GB flash based hard drive, 1 GB or 2 GB of RAM and 8 hours of battery life, built in camera, WiFi, BlueTooth, and VGA/HDMI output, and SD flash drive slot.
It will be fully compatible with the external DVD drive currently offered for the MacBook Air.
The Mac Portfolio fills the existing product gap between a regular Mac Book and the Mac Book air...
The newest innovation will be a full multi-touch 2nd LCD virtual keyboard panel instead of a keyboard, using the same sensing technology found in the iphone and ipod touch.
The virtual keyboard can display the full range of languages and special characters available for the iPhone.
This Mac Portfolio is slated for Spring 2009, and will become a hot seller for education because of it's low price, small size, and ability to easily display multiple languages, such as Japanese and Chinese keyboards. - Kyrato, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1The Macbook and Macbook Pros just got a major hardware revision 4 months ago.. wtf are you talking about several year old design?
They just got new Penryn 45nm processors which are faster and cooler along with more dedicated graphics memory, and topped off with a completely new Motherboard. Just because it looks similar does not mean the insides are the same.
- brkhobowriter, on 07/23/2008, -6/+20I would buy a Lenovo Thinkpad.
- mmijatov, on 07/23/2008, -20/+6If Apple starts dropping the prices on their computers, Mac users will no longer be able to claim that the average Mac user is more affluent than Windows users.
- dthebear, on 07/23/2008, -3/+7you buy mac because it makes you look rich/cool? that's lame and pitiful.
people buy mac because its good design and function - banmaster, on 07/23/2008, -4/+2Don't worry, you'll still be far more effluent than the average PC owner.
- kipmartin, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2effluent? as in waste or sewage? thats nasty!
- hkbebe1, on 07/23/2008, -4/+2haha true :P
- dthebear, on 07/23/2008, -3/+7you buy mac because it makes you look rich/cool? that's lame and pitiful.
- marcushe, on 07/23/2008, -7/+51Um, they already are under $1000. MacBooks with the student discount start at $999.
- str1fe, on 07/23/2008, -7/+2Since I don't feel like navigating Apple's website to eventually find that info, is that just for college students or high school as well?
- spitsnaugle, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3colleges, a tech school may work however.
- wazzledoozle2, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2Depends on where you're going to school
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/education_ro ... - marcushe, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Educational discounts apply to K-12 & HIgher Ed Institutions for both students and faculty.
- theutopian, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Just pick any school. They don't actually check to make sure you're a student. They also give $100 if you physically go into a store and show a student ID.
- koenigje, on 07/23/2008, -2/+2.....Starting at $1149 CAD
- SugarCoatedSalt, on 07/23/2008, -5/+14$1, boy you sure showed us wrong.
- zman8479, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Also the refurb store; great deals under $1,000.
- str1fe, on 07/23/2008, -7/+2Since I don't feel like navigating Apple's website to eventually find that info, is that just for college students or high school as well?
- johnomaz, on 07/23/2008, -2/+37Lemme guess...$999
- sockpuppets, on 07/23/2008, -0/+32.99
- banmaster, on 07/23/2008, -3/+11And your first born child, one of them will have a pancreas Steve can use.
- Wargasmic, on 07/23/2008, -3/+4.99999999999999
- JephirDromulus, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2Gas surcharge extra.
- sockpuppets, on 07/23/2008, -0/+32.99
- wildsnake, on 07/23/2008, -7/+16What's up with people spamming always Apple news. Use the ***** filter!
- quomen, on 07/23/2008, -2/+10I swear, I swear I saw this headline last night.
- ileftfark, on 07/23/2008, -2/+14Awesome. You can use that money to upgrade your RAM!
- tnoy, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9RAM from another store, the Apple RAM will still cost you an extra kidney.
- Galaxylander, on 07/23/2008, -2/+5As will any OEM RAM, hell Dell's and Gateway's RAM is more expensive then Apple's.
- wilcocola, on 07/23/2008, -6/+1But they probably don't tell you it will void your warranty if you put it in like apple does.
- dn11, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2putting RAM in my MacBook "voids the warranty" huh? wow that's news to me considering there is a detailed digram inside the battery compartment showing the end user exactly how to do it.
- redwallhp, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1My macbook has 2 gigs. I do heavy Photoshop work, and I get by fine with it.
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3Go to Newegg.com, get 4 GB of DDR2 for 98$ its not that hard.
- dn11, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2or less.... around half that price in fact. i just got 4gb for $55 after rebate
- tnoy, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9RAM from another store, the Apple RAM will still cost you an extra kidney.
- bluntwrap, on 07/23/2008, -4/+8dropping them to 999 would not be enough to get me to buy one it would have to be like 799-899 to find it a big deal...
- xoineg, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2get a PC then...At walmart :D
- mleh, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2I'll notify apple that bluntwrap @ digg refuses to buy one until they drastically lower their profit margin. I'm sure The Steev will get right on it.
- reformation, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1No one gives a ***** pauper.
- Kajico, on 07/23/2008, -3/+10Ugh, I'm an Apple user, but I got to say enough is enough with all these speculation stories. Most Apple fans will already be reading this from Macrumors.
- howdareyou, on 07/23/2008, -3/+17I'd like to introduce you to my block list.
rayburn76, block list; block list, rayburn76.- brkhobowriter, on 07/23/2008, -4/+7How dare you!
- brkhobowriter, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1Hint: Look at his username! I would put proprietary red arrows, but...
- brkhobowriter, on 07/23/2008, -4/+7How dare you!
- cfleap, on 07/23/2008, -12/+5But you can't show off your Mac if it isn't expensive :P
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Why would you want to show it off? Thats the best way to get it stolen of course!
Cmon, not every mac user bloats about it.- Vesuvias, on 07/23/2008, -2/+0Dugg for "bloat" instead of gloat...
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Excuse me, Firefox's spelling engine isn't perfect.
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Why would you want to show it off? Thats the best way to get it stolen of course!
- davidwasman, on 07/23/2008, -13/+7Man, the Apple-hater brigade must be pulling their hair out about now. 3 Apple stories on the front page at once and they can't seem to bury them fast enough.
Sad how ignorant someone has to be to hate someone over the computer they choose to use. Really sad.- Wargasmic, on 07/23/2008, -8/+6You just love to be hated don't you? Get over it. The only reason you buy a Mac is because you're too dumb to use linux and too "Non-Conformist" to buy PC. I can't see one reason to buy a mac when you can buy a PC with better specs for less money then put linux on it or keep windows both of which are better OSes than Mac.
- davidwasman, on 07/23/2008, -6/+4Actually, smart guy, I DO use Linux...happily. Have for YEARS. I'm just not a snob about it or my Mac.
Go bark up someone else's tree. - Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -7/+3Stfu.
You lost me at "you're too dumb to use linux"
Get over your big-brain complex.
- davidwasman, on 07/23/2008, -6/+4Actually, smart guy, I DO use Linux...happily. Have for YEARS. I'm just not a snob about it or my Mac.
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2If you like apple you shouldn't talk about apple haters, it just starts the whole damn argument we've gone over and over again.
- Wargasmic, on 07/23/2008, -8/+6You just love to be hated don't you? Get over it. The only reason you buy a Mac is because you're too dumb to use linux and too "Non-Conformist" to buy PC. I can't see one reason to buy a mac when you can buy a PC with better specs for less money then put linux on it or keep windows both of which are better OSes than Mac.
- SaMdeR, on 07/23/2008, -3/+1it'll still be like 1.1k with tax in california. big deal.
- Galaxylander, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Wah wah wah, It'll be like 2k in Eastern Canada because they pay like 15% tax and we generally pay more then the US does for products even though our dollar is equivalent.
Stop whining.
- Galaxylander, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Wah wah wah, It'll be like 2k in Eastern Canada because they pay like 15% tax and we generally pay more then the US does for products even though our dollar is equivalent.
- waydee, on 07/23/2008, -7/+3Duplicate iSpam
- Wargasmic, on 07/23/2008, -9/+3Yeah but just think about how much PC you could get for that price? Very nice PC laptop for $1000...
- deadbaby, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4Sure but then you have to use Windows. People pay more for Macs so they can run OSX.
- duckyinc, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Hurray OSX, even if it sucks you can pirate it
- m1a2c2kali, on 07/23/2008, -0/+0you also would happen to get a very nice mac for under 1000 as well....the macbook isnt a crappy laptop
- deadbaby, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4Sure but then you have to use Windows. People pay more for Macs so they can run OSX.
- migshark, on 07/23/2008, -2/+6Nooooooooo! My Eee PC is becoming outmoded already!
- redwallhp, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3Your eee PC was an outdated paperweight before you bought it. Unless you have a really good desktop and only use a laptop for light stuff, get a real computer. :P
- sturmgiest, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I need a good desktop and I only use my laptop for light stuff. I made a mistake when I paid 1200$ for a laptop when I use 600$ worth of features.
- tiuk, on 07/23/2008, -1/+4I'd be in for one if they dropped the price.
- tnoy, on 07/23/2008, -1/+4The base Macbook with a 1.8GHz C2D and a 80GB drive would knock at least $200 off the top.
Even more if Apple were willing to accept a lower profit margin on the thing.- sturmgiest, on 07/24/2008, -3/+1why dont you just buy a 10 inch eee...
- rowlodge, on 07/23/2008, -1/+5would rather have any pro version under a thousand, (with screen)
- Wargasmic, on 07/23/2008, -7/+2WITH A SCREEN WHAT KIND OF SICK PERSON ARE YOU? SOME..PC USER?!
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2... You make no sense, shut up now.
- Galaxylander, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2I don't see that happening on the PC side of things OR the Mac side of things...
- EtherGnat, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I recently bought several Dell XPS M1530s for $880 apiece. It's identical to the configuration of the entry level MacBook Pro except I didn't choose the high-res LED backlit option nor wireless N (and a backlit keyboard was not an option), but I did come with more memory and hard disk space, as well as a card reader, wi-fi finder, fingerprint reader, modem, express card slot remote, and some other features the MacBook doesn't.
Same processor, same video card, similar form factor etc.
- EtherGnat, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I recently bought several Dell XPS M1530s for $880 apiece. It's identical to the configuration of the entry level MacBook Pro except I didn't choose the high-res LED backlit option nor wireless N (and a backlit keyboard was not an option), but I did come with more memory and hard disk space, as well as a card reader, wi-fi finder, fingerprint reader, modem, express card slot remote, and some other features the MacBook doesn't.
- Qrange, on 07/23/2008, -2/+2You want Mac Pro to be under $1000 with a screen? Why stop there? Why not just ask Steve to make all Macs free? Why not have Apple pay you to buy a Mac?
- rowlodge, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1why the anger,do you sell keyboards for a $10,000 each or something?
- redwallhp, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3A Mac Pro is an $8000 computer...and you want it for under $1k with a monitor? Do you have any idea what's under the hood of that computer? The two quad-core processors are probably $1500 of the price tag...
- Wargasmic, on 07/23/2008, -7/+2WITH A SCREEN WHAT KIND OF SICK PERSON ARE YOU? SOME..PC USER?!
- hkbebe1, on 07/23/2008, -6/+3Pcs are Ugly. If Pc's stepped up their Design maybe more ppl would want them. Plus VIRUS's Heart Pc's :)
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -1/+3Malware makers love em because its easier to make a virus for an OS on non-proprietary hardware.
Mac Has the advantage of selecting the hardware they want and thus are able to make it as secure as they can, if OSX became multi-platform then they would have more problems with hardware and with Malware.
But they still would be more secure than the pre-Vista64bit windows platform since they are based on Darwin Unix.
Also, the design is spectacular on macs, but I for one would like to see a real gaming mac, one desktop and one laptop. The laptop could be bulky, at least it would be more durable.
And have you ever tried to take apart a mac laptop? like 80 screws!! - datdamonfoo, on 07/23/2008, -1/+5Yah...because people should base their computer-buying decision on the aesthetics of the computer rather than the functionality and cost. And if you're an intelligent computer user, you don't have to worry about viruses (or VIRUS'S, as you so eloquently put it).
- JohnLawson, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1"Pcs are Ugly"
Their are a few cool things about PC's. For example, you don't have to conform to apple's single style.
In fact, you don't even have to conform to PC's style. You can be your own person with a PC, Hell, maybe even run a game at a decent speed.
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -1/+3Malware makers love em because its easier to make a virus for an OS on non-proprietary hardware.
- zdiggler, on 07/23/2008, -9/+2I got a $500 Acer laptop. It does everything MacBook Pro does like browsing the web and reading email etc.
It also got SDHC card reader built in!!!- damnyooneek, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4you probably have a 2" penis and thinks it does everything an 8" does too.
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Good analogy, bad sportsmanship, - digg
Don't go after da man's balls. That is mildly homosexual.
- Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Good analogy, bad sportsmanship, - digg
- theutopian, on 07/23/2008, -3/+3Yeah, you got a great deal. Except it doesn't have OSX. OSX eats Windows for breakfast, then ***** it out and 2 girls one cups it.
- punkcat, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1oh wow thats interesting.
/sarcasm - Kyrato, on 07/23/2008, -2/+3SDHC card readers cost less than 10cent to make.
Also, does your Acer have a dedicated graphics card?
Dedicated graphics memory?
7200RPM drive?
2gb DDR2 Memory?
2.4GHz Dual Core 45nm Processor?
What is its front side bus speed?
What about the northbridge chipset?
Did you get A full 64bit OS with every feature anyone else with the OSX.5 Has?
Or did you simply get Vista Home Premium 32bit which can only use up to 3.5 gb of Ram and is without all the features and stability of the "Ultimate" ***** edition?- zdiggler, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Don't need all those thing. This laptop is for surfing the interweb only.
I got a kick ass desktop for that and that also only cost about $600 bucks. - Kyrato, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1The point i was making was that your laptop DOES NOT do everything the MacBook Pro can, which is what you claimed. I am glad that your laptop does what you want it to do for the money you paid, but it does not compare in terms of raw power. Granted allot of people really do not have a real reason for spending more money on a MacBook Pro, since most do not do video processing.
And no, your desktop doesn't have all of that if it costs 600$. Believe me, I work on these things all day.
Manufacturers sell a product by displaying the best of what is inside it.. lets say it is a dual core processor and lots of ram.. well they make price cuts by bundling the good hardware with sub-par crap made by a tgird party vendor...
And since the third part ***** is the stuff that connects the good components.. well you don't get even 70% of your max capability. And that is why you should have someone build you a computer if you want a cheep fast computer..
I could build you a windows based comp for 800$ that preforms 10x better that the 600$ crap you bought from Best Buy. And yes it could run Crysis on Medium settings without any problems.
- zdiggler, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Don't need all those thing. This laptop is for surfing the interweb only.
- zdiggler, on 07/24/2008, -2/+1What? Only -6!!!!
Man you guys don't like apple enough.
- damnyooneek, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4you probably have a 2" penis and thinks it does everything an 8" does too.
- bigsteve3OOO, on 07/23/2008, -6/+0only a du(he b@g would ever use an apple anything independent of price. (yes I know they are better and it does not change my opinion)
- Qrange, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2Thanks for providing us with that douchebag.
or so you can read it:
Th@nks for pr0v!d!ng us w!th th@t d0u(h3b@9.
- Qrange, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2Thanks for providing us with that douchebag.
- chamberlanderic, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1FINALLY !
- crowbar77, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1Doubt it. Kind of takes a way from the "elite" image Apple's going for, a touch screen macbook sounds more probable to me.
- InorganicMatter, on 07/23/2008, -5/+5Too late, already ordered a Lenovo Tablet.
- schmae, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1I think it would be kind of annoying to have to touch the actual screen of my computer to do stuff. I feel like I would always have to clean the darn thing. How annoying!
- yosserhughes, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1yippee
- towlie65, on 07/23/2008, -1/+0all of this speculation is wrong ...here is what apple is going for in light of the announcements of diablo 3 and starcraft 2
http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/accessories/0,2390 ...
look it even lights up!!!1 - marike, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1A MacBook Pro for $1799 would be sweet. As awesome as they are, 2k is tough to stomach for a notebook, when I already have a MacBook that does nearly everything that I want it to do. And no, I don't duel-boot into Windows, as I bought a Mac because I wanted to run OS X.
- carve, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2Hmmm...talking of chucking the optical drive, eh? I'm not sure I like that idea, but here is an idea I would LOVE to see. Instead of an optical drive, put in a universal bay. In the bay, you could swap out optical drives, hard drives, ipod docks, or even a second battery. Just tailor it for your needs of the day. If you want a cheap bare-bones machine, leave it empty. THAT, would be flexible.
- seanmc303, on 07/23/2008, -3/+2This just in. Apple to release Apple branded enema kit. This is true because everyone knows exactly what Apple's next move is and certainly would not be based on utter speculation; therefore, making the information I am providing to you extremely credible.
- alexra, on 07/23/2008, -5/+3I submitted this yesterday,
http://digg.com/apple/Apple_may_be_releasing_sub_1 ... - Colindean, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4It still doesn't have discrete graphics, so it's useless to me.
- reformation, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2I do not believe you do anything that requires it, you just think you do.
- reformation, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2I do not believe you do anything that requires it, you just think you do.
- Gorgonzola44, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2This is already getting old.
- P3NGUIN8, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2windows does everything i need it to... the only reason i'd wanna mac is for final cut, the no virus feature, and thats it, i kinda like the look of osx
- myusuf3, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1its not like they are free, in all reality you are only gaining 100 dollars at best!
- zenulator, on 07/24/2008, -3/+3BREAKING NEWS!!! OMG!!!
Steve Jobs took a ***** today. - Cyberdelight, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1like O-M-G $100 less.
- JohnLawson, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2Great! now, with all that extra money you saved. You can buy the tools and software to repair that POS OS.
- reformation, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2What kind of cretin goes out of his way to comment on stories about a make of computer that he hates?
Get back to your virus ridden ***** box. - Macintoshreader, on 07/26/2008, -1/+0Looks like you forgot that OS X comes with more features out of the box like Time Machine, Spaces and Stacks. Also, you should not forget that there are 100,000 viruses out for Windows and 0 for Mac and that Windows Vista has a horrible consumer satisfaction rating. That alone speaks for itself.
Why are there always haters and attention whores like you here?- JohnLawson, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1I'll agree with the second part, "Vista has a horrible consumer satisfaction rating.". Hell, it's true, i'm not going to be the one to deny it.
However, 100,000 viruses out for windows and 0 for apple.... Has someone forgot the fact there have been SEVERAL Trojans that run rampant with macs now with it's increasing popularity(Popularity that Windows has long enjoyed). Plus, I'd like to add that in a very public contest, the mac air got hacked in 2 minutes and the windows box got hacked later, but only because of software installed on it. Where as Mac's flaw was with the OS its self. Don't act like Mac is impervious because people are becoming very aware that it is not. - Macintoshreader, on 07/26/2008, -0/+0"However, 100,000 viruses out for windows and 0 for apple.... Has someone forgot the fact there have been SEVERAL Trojans that run rampant with macs now with it's increasing popularity(Popularity that Windows has long enjoyed)."
There are 0 viruses out for OS X now. If you don't believe me, look it up. A worm was made in 2006 for iChat but it didn't affect the users system files (only specific files) and it didn't spread through the computer. A few days after that Apple released a bug fix and the vulnerability no longer existed. For now, no other virus has been made for Macs. There are 860 viruses out for Linux, though. Those "several trojans" that you are mentioning don't exist.
"Plus, I'd like to add that in a very public contest, the mac air got hacked in 2 minutes and the windows box got hacked later, but only because of software installed on it. Where as Mac's flaw was with the OS its self."
I'd like to add that Macs come by default with firewall off, which is why it's easier to get into if you know how to. The Mac's "flaw" is not in the OS. Windows comes with firewall on by default, OS X comes with it off by default, simple as that so don't make things up.
"Don't act like Mac is impervious because people are becoming very aware that it is not."
I never said that it's impossible so you're making that up. People are becoming aware of what? That it's easier to get into an OS that has Firewall off? Most people are computer noobs FYI.
- JohnLawson, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1I'll agree with the second part, "Vista has a horrible consumer satisfaction rating.". Hell, it's true, i'm not going to be the one to deny it.
- reformation, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2What kind of cretin goes out of his way to comment on stories about a make of computer that he hates?
- qbelek2, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1and yet in EU, even with very cheap dollar (so it used to be even more, dollar dropped but prices in euro and pounds did not) its the equivalent of 1400-1500USD for the cheapest macbook.
for Europeans appleUS prices are like: buy 2 macbooks and get one free ;] - poutch, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1may....MAY
great news!
i have an other one: apple MAY release a faster computer some day - RichardSwingman, on 07/24/2008, -2/+0We all know apple is too gay anyway.
- Macintoshreader, on 07/26/2008, -0/+0I didn't know that companies and products had sex... -.-'
- bbqsalad, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1someone loves dick...
- kibbledbits, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Here you go people here's another opportunity to:
[placeholder]Complain of Apple's prices[/placeholder] - dcolley, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Apple is the only mover and shaker in the computer industry today. It's very fun to watch them dominate their competitors.
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