It intrigues me that for a company the size of Apple, with affiliates all over the place that the are so often rumours, hunches, guesses and indeed a whole raft of people trying to guess what's next - and no one leaks!!
There must be some might strong glue holding all these secrets in place. And some really tight processes, probably with many people working on bits of a project but a tiny number knowing how the whole fits together. Tim Sent from my iPhone On 11/02/2011, at 10:25 PM, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Maureen > > And just to add to Ronni's post... > Given that according to rumours the next chipset to go in the MacBookPro is > "possibly" meant to be the Intel dual-core Sandy Bridge processors and that > Intel have been delayed with it due to some issues, that has put their > production a bit behind. Apparently they are meant to start shipping these > around Feb 20th. Assuming that all the manufacturers may have these on > order, plus previous delays with ones already there to get fixed, this has > put the delay on the MacBook Pro. > Of course, all based on rumours,..... > > Assuming that everything is all "Ready to go" and it's just waiting on the > processors to go in,..then we may see them in the next month or two > (March/April). > If there's a backlog to any other reason, then this will add to a delay in > the revision. > > Of course, this is all based on rumour and theory and guess work,...so I > could be completely wrong. Just from reading around,.... > > I'd like to get an Apple crystal ball,..could make for some interesting side > wagers! :o)) > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > > On 11/2/11 6:07 PM, "Ronda Brown" <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Maureen, >> >> No one knows when and if they did they aren't at liberty to let anyone know >> ;-) >> >> For what it is worth: >> Product MacBook Pro >> Recommendation: Don't Buy - Updates soon * >> Notes * The 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro received a new build-to-order >> option for a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 processor on October 20th, 2010. We do >> not, >> however, consider this to be a significant update to the product line and >> thus >> do not include it as a data point for our calculations. Consequently, we do >> consider the MacBook Pro to be near the end of its product cycle based on the >> most recent major upgrade date of April 2010 and advise users who do not >> require new machines immediately to hold off on purchasing MacBook Pros. >> Last Release April 13, 2010 >> Days Since Update 304 (Avg = 208) >> >> >> <http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro> >> >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 11/02/2011, at 5:40 PM, Maureen <mau...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Thanks Ronni for the links to new smaller iPhone release. >>> >>> Anybody got a crystal ball, or heard any good quality rumours, in regard to >>> when Apple will be releasing updated/new MacBook Pros? >>> >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> Maureen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
