There sure are lots of laptops in classifieds suddenly. Is an update on the horizon:)

The Santa Rosa chips are out and LED backlighting is in the works so yes there is something coming.

is it worth taking a REV A plunge...not sure. Current units with 3 gigs of RAM are pretty potent laptops.

IF it incorporates flash disc augmentation....that's a big deal.
Apple just bought millions of the flashchips - way more than needed for iPods so something is up.
Still a lot of new stuff that could be terrific...or cause issues.

http://www.physorg.com/news97924420.html

http://xtreview.com/review194.htm

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Still have and use my iBook G4 1.33, It's just too handy for my digital photography to give up.

Dave

Seems to me all these improvements are marginal at best.
Nothing earth-shattering from a user point of view.

If you need to live on the bleeding edge of technology, then of course these new laptops are for you - for the rest of us an opportunity to get a super MacBook Pro at a better price.

So if I order a MacBook Pro today would Apple ship the old version to me or make me wait for the new one-assuming the rumour sites are right and Apple releases the new stuff on Tuesday?

Could it also be the end of the school year and students are looking for disposable income?

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So if I order a MacBook Pro today would Apple ship the old version to me or make me wait for the new one-assuming the rumour sites are right and Apple releases the new stuff on Tuesday?

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I don't think we'll see any new announcements until June 11th when Mr. Jobs does the keynote at the developer's conference.

A new MacBook Pro would be targeted at the developer's community.

I concur - June looks like the right timing.

This IS a big deal if the flash ram aspect is announced.

It's still significant for battery life and power allowing a desktop to get into the performance zone of all but the top desktop boxes.

With SATA hard drive access through the busport .......big gun indeed.
Already is.

Oakbridge said:

I don't think we'll see any new announcements until June 11th when Mr. Jobs does the keynote at the developer's conference.

A new MacBook Pro would be targeted at the developer's community.

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That's my impression as well, but June 11th is only a month away.

Yeah, the LED and a possible new video chip would be the two big reasons for an upgrade IMO.

But like some of you have said, why change if you have a stable setup? I have my PowerBook setup just the way I like it. And I have a stack of non-universal binary games to play through still.

hmmm... I think I am going to keep my PB. I will wait for an integrated BR drive and a video chip that will allow me to play Oblivion in Boot Camp.

MacDoc said:

This IS a big deal if the flash ram aspect is announced.

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Sorry - what 'flash RAM aspect' are you talking about?

To replace the hard drive ?


Edit: I assume you mean this - just another small incremental step IMHO

The Future of Things (TFOT) - Samsung's Hybrid Hard Drive Exposed

I'm with KRS on this one. Would be great to pick up a current MBP at a great refurb price if they are updated.

KRS - read the Turbo memory link I posted. It's a big deal....not just for laptops.
Hard drive i/o is the biggest performance bottleneck and also a power drain.

MacDoc said:

KRS - read the Turbo memory link I posted.

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In this thread? All I see is two links about the santa Rosa chip set.

When I read up more about the flash RAM incorporated with the hard drive, I come across a lot of concerns about the finite number of read/write cycles one gets with flash memory.

Is it possible that the "way more flashchips than they need for iPods" (not exact quoting, too lazy to do that) are for iPhones?

KRS - it's there.

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Flash? Not in those numbers for iPhones.