Re: MacBooks Core2 Duo? - Was New iMacs and MacMini (Take 2)

[Daniel Kerr]

On 7/9/06 9:44 AM, "Steven Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Any guesses as to when the Core 2 Duos will make it through to the Macbooks?
> 
> Cheers, Steven
> 
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Hi Steven

This is quite a hard one to predict I'm guessing at the moment.
Although some of the "rumour mill" say that we'll see them soon no one
really knows.
And I get asked this same question a lot lately also.

Although I don't know what is going to happen, as does no one else really I
guess (well apart from maybe Steve Jobs and a select few)
My *guess* would be the following:-

I can't seem them upgrading the MacBook's until they've done the MacBook
Pro. I would think they would do these first, as otherwise if they do them
both at the same time, then it makes it harder to say why you're paying more
for the MacBook Pro against the MacBook.
So, I would think they would do themselves out of sales of MacBook Pro's.

So, my guess would be, we'll see the MacBook Pro go Core 2 Duo then maybe a
few months after that then the MacBook's will go to Core 2 Duo.

Hope that helps and makes sense.
I could be completely wrong and way off track, and all the views listed here
are just my normal ramblings, and should be taken with a grain of salt :o)
But thought I'd put something in anyway.

Enjoy!

Kind Regards
Daniel 
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Re: MacBooks Core2 Duo? - Was New iMacs and MacMini (Take 2)

[David Moyle]

Hey

Actually Daniel has raised a good point that I forgotten was raised
in a few chats. If they did update the MacBook (Which there
guarnteeded todo before the christmas rush) then it will be par with
the MacBook Pro and technically theres very little between the two.
The MacBook Pro has better build quality and a few more features but
apart from that.. 

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>Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:27:12 +0800
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>>On 7/9/06 9:44 AM, "Steven Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Any guesses as to when the Core 2 Duos will make it through to the
>Macbooks?
>>> 
>>> Cheers, Steven
>>> 
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>>
>>Hi Steven
>>
>>This is quite a hard one to predict I'm guessing at the moment.
>>Although some of the "rumour mill" say that we'll see them soon no
>one
>>really knows.
>>And I get asked this same question a lot lately also.
>>
>>Although I don't know what is going to happen, as does no one else
>really I
>>guess (well apart from maybe Steve Jobs and a select few)
>>My *guess* would be the following:-
>>
>>I can't seem them upgrading the MacBook's until they've done the
>MacBook
>>Pro. I would think they would do these first, as otherwise if they
>do them
>>both at the same time, then it makes it harder to say why you're
>paying more
>>for the MacBook Pro against the MacBook.
>>So, I would think they would do themselves out of sales of MacBook
>Pro's.
>>
>>So, my guess would be, we'll see the MacBook Pro go Core 2 Duo then
>maybe a
>>few months after that then the MacBook's will go to Core 2 Duo.
>>
>>Hope that helps and makes sense.
>>I could be completely wrong and way off track, and all the views
>listed here
>>are just my normal ramblings, and should be taken with a grain of
>salt :o)
>>But thought I'd put something in anyway.
>>
>>Enjoy!
>>
>>Kind Regards
>>Daniel 
>>---
>>Daniel Kerr
>>MacWizardry
>>
>>Phone: 0414 795 960
>>Email: 
>>Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>
>>
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>>
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Thanks, David Moyle

Manjimup, WA
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Re: MacBooks Core2 Duo? - Was New iMacs and MacMini (Take 2)

[Rod]

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 11:39 +0800, David Moyle wrote:
> Hey
> 
> Actually Daniel has raised a good point that I forgotten was raised
> in a few chats. If they did update the MacBook (Which there
> guarnteeded todo before the christmas rush) then it will be par with
> the MacBook Pro and technically theres very little between the two.
> The MacBook Pro has better build quality and a few more features but
> apart from that.. 

I predict that the MBP will be bumped in October/November (once stocks
of Meroms are back after the iMac rush), then MacBook bumps will be
during MacWorld SanFran in January (they need at least one hardware
announcement to pad out a 2 hour keynote!).

I'm also hoping that next week Apple announce that at least the UK will
have tv show downloads available via iTMS.  At least that will be
somewhere outside the US that will have something other than Pixar
shorts and music vids :-)

Seeya

Rod!

Re: MacBooks Core2 Duo? - Was New iMacs and MacMini (Take 2)

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 07/09/2006, at 1:14 PM, Rod wrote:




On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 11:39 +0800, David Moyle wrote:

Hey

Actually Daniel has raised a good point that I forgotten was raised
in a few chats. If they did update the MacBook (Which there
guarnteeded todo before the christmas rush) then it will be par with
the MacBook Pro and technically theres very little between the two.
The MacBook Pro has better build quality and a few more features but
apart from that..


I predict that the MBP will be bumped in October/November (once stocks
of Meroms are back after the iMac rush), then MacBook bumps will be
during MacWorld SanFran in January (they need at least one hardware
announcement to pad out a 2 hour keynote!).

I'm also hoping that next week Apple announce that at least the UK  
will

have tv show downloads available via iTMS.  At least that will be
somewhere outside the US that will have something other than Pixar
shorts and music vids :-)



I wonder if we can take a clue from the new iMacs. Even the entry  
point has Core 2 Duo, with the Intel Integrated Graphics as one of  
the main differential points, so it seems quite possible that all the  
laptop models could be similarly bumped. There's a Significant Apple  
Event coming up on September 12 (next Tuesday), so I guess there's  
still a chance Apple could announce something then. I won't stop  
twitching until after that.


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