Does this mean no new MacBooks?:(.

It's the 7th, and Apple still hasn't sent any emails out, to my knowledge... So, yeah, does this mean that the October 14th even is highly unlikely? I'm in the UK, btw, so, I guess that's a factor. It sorta sucks if there won't be one, but I just thought Apple would of told us a week in a advance, I hope it's just the time differences...
Anyone received any emails in regards to an event? I haven't =[.
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give it a few more hours. ;O

 

XD, *extremely tempted to do a Time Machine pun* . Yeah, it was like half way through the post I noticed the time differences. You'd think Apple would consider UK peoples who are waiting for shiny emails from Apple .
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Trust them, they will send it out.

 

But what's there to trust, Apple hasn't said anything official, it's just rumor sites . But, yeah, I hope they do send them out soon if they have any...
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There still could be a silent update, but even that I'm starting to doubt.

 

well, thank god there are some interesting events this month in case Apple decides to ditch us.

Blizzcon, TGS, Bioware is going to show the kotor MMO october 21, nvidia is going to reveal their new chipset 15th. So yeah, fak the mac event.

 

But I don't want a new Chipset or games, I WANT MACIONTOSH! . xD, jk. But, yeah, 6:25 PM here, minus that by 8 hours(friend in Calfornia's time) makes it 10 AM, so, I guess I might have to wait 'til tomorrow morning. Personally, I'd get up at 10 to get Apple Fans in the UK dancing around in an disturbing manor... .
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if they don't release new notebooks by 14th,I am going to sue MacRumors and Sam!

 

XD, me too, then I could get a Mac Pro more powerful than any new MacBook Apple could release by the 14th, to compensate my disappointment.
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I didn't even think about what the time difference is between here and California. It's still early in California so an announcement might come later in the day. Not only that, but if invitations are being sent out then they might not even show up until tomorrow or thursday.

 

Every hour that goes by without confirmation of a press invite for the 14th, I die a little inside. =(

 

New Rumor! Event on November 11th!!!

But seriously if they don't do a even soon I am going to be mad.

 

You've GOT to be kidding me... This sucks =[. I really hope this October the 14th business wasn't made up... xD.
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EDIT: BTW, I'm updating my Thunderbird account every minute, so, y'ah, any emails, I'll tell you .

 

I can't wait until November 11th, I can only wait until October 15th. If nothing shows up by October 15th then I will be buying another brand. I've never owned a MAC and had finally made the decision to switch but if they're going to be so shady about their new products then maybe I don't want to a product made from Apple.

 

the vaio tz looks great might opt for that one if nothing is announced this month

 

It'll be February at this rate...
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Yeah if it doesn't happen in October it will be at the 2009 event. Witch sucks.

 

I can wait until November, but I'll not be very enthusiastic about buying one... If it's February, then I'm putting off getting a Mac for a few years...
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http://macsoda.com/

doesn't seem like there will be any invites today. :/

 

Well, that sucks =[. If the events not on October the 14th, Apple will loose a lot of sales >.>. XD.
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I doubt they will lose much, their sales are stronger than ever and I doubt that will change, it sucks for consumers who want the best and latest of things but this is how they always have rolled, they dictate the terms not the consumers.

I'm getting pretty fed up with it personally, and its nice to see Wozniak criticizing Apple often, at least someone in that hen house is looking out for the consumers.

How hard can it be to update notebooks? Everyone else has done it, I want a new laptop badly but I wont go pay 4-5k$ for outdated notebooks which will probably be 50% less powerful than the new notebooks.

 

i dont really know alot about apple or anything but i think its funny people are going mad because they havent recieved an email

 

we wont receive emails, the major news sites will.

 

oo i see
i want an imac because im doing a course in computing and need it for video editing and photoshopping and all kinds of things

 

Why dont you get one? The new one will just get a slight speed bump, and it might take a while before it launches.

 

This is really disappointing. I've been waiting since July for revision, but what really irks me is I missed out on a free iTouch. < >

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co2EVQMDZHc

omg now that is a worthy computer. ^^

 

I don't get why they can't just say that they will be updating there notebooks, it's annoying, They don't have to give any other information, just say a month, it at least gives us something to look forward to, not a bunch of rumors. But I still won't lose up until like Thursday.

 

Well, then a lot of people will hold off from purchasing which will run down profits a lot.

I'd probably go for the Vaio Z if it wasn't so expensive, I still might if the new notebooks wont launch soon or if they will be underwhelming.

 

Because they will lose a lot of business that way while they try to clear out the old stock. People wont buy, just wait.
Plus, I think they love the publicity of all the rumors and hype building up.

 

Just like I thought... if it is minor update, it will happened in Nov or Dev. If major update like redesign, will probably announce on Jan 5th.

 

Not to start a flame war here but, seriously, what's the big deal with having absolutely the latest revision? Apple notebooks are usually in the 2-3K range (not the 4-5k you mention) and there's *no* way the new model will be 50% better, just forget it. If you believe that, especially in this times of not-so-increasing Ghz, then you are a victim of marketing. It's not like you'll be getting the jump from 386 to 486, you know...

Yes, the new platform/cpu will probably have better support for parallel processing, some specialized new instructions, somewhat better cache management and so on and so forth, but I'll bet most users will no be able to tell the difference.

If you need the notebook now, just get it, it will work perfectly and most probably be more than most users will ever need.

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You have to remember that we who live in sweden pay about 40-50% more for the same products as you guys across the pond, so if I'm going to buy something in that price range it better be the latest, I wont go and pay that much for a MBP which has really old specs, and a flawed gpu.

Maybe you would?

 

I see both of your views, though, I think it's the re-design that's the thing we're waiting for, not the specification bump, which, will probably be minor. For all we know, they might even change the brand name, that's why people wait, I honestly do think most people wouldn't be desperate for the event, if it wasn't for the highly speculated re-design supposedly on the horizon. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be bothered about a specification bump, but maybe the speculated price drop is also significant for the others waiting.
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I'm waiting for the "specification bump".

 

Obviously, some people will be waiting for the specification bump, but, either this event-that-no-one-can-confirm has been either EXTREMELY over hyped(decent probability...), or we're going to get a bit more than a specification bump , which, from what I've seen and heard, is what the majority is excited about, xD.
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P.S Why does it have 'banned' under your user name? *Newbie at NBR forums XD*

 

^and why are you banned

 

I'm not.

 

Agreed. It's not the spec jump. I am looking at either a MB or MBA. I want an aluminum cased, LED screen MB or a MBA with a faster drive and removable battery.
It's that simple.

 

It's 5:33 PM here and no official announcement from Apple on anything new. My guess is Mac World in January 2009. I also smell a massive Mac Mini upgrade, but my spidey sense has been way off with anything Apple related so don't quote me on that.

 

Maybe just maybe the impending doom of the world via financial meltdown has pushed the release date for the mac's back abit.. maybe a week?
It could be viewed in bad taste to have a huge event for essentially a luxury item when 90 year old grannies are trying to top themselves cause they just lost there house.... that or the media might just not take as much notice right now?

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If the new macs aren't going to be released until next year I would be very disappointed. I'd also be very tempted to buy a pc (prolly vaio for blu ray) instead. But then again I might just buy the current MBP.

 

Apple doesn't look like it'll be supporting Blu-Ray anytime soon. If you're looking for Blu-Ray, sticking to a PC would be better since the hardware has been around for a while now and the driver support is quite good. (Again, spidey sense is acting all haywire, so don't quote me on this either )

 

I'm not waiting 'til 2009 for an update... I don't even want to a Mac if they're this bad at updating... >.>. I also hope they add a new chip set, or allow support for up to 8 gigs of RAM on the MacBooks. Apple suxxorz right now xD. I don't see why Apple wouldn't want to update the Macs in time for Christmas, since, I'm pretty sure they are just holding back a re-designed model... Doesn't make sense.
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jaja, I'm off to bed, do tell me if the invitations get sent.

 

GG...Apple pwned me again.

 

I guess if you want the latest platform, Dell and Apple are not the way to go.

 

So next update should be around Jan 2009 (MWSF)? Only like 3 months -ish not that bad. *cries* dammit Apple! Anyways there is no way I'm getting the current gen MBP, and come to think of it Dell hasn't updated their XPS1530 yet either .

 

yeah only 3 months, Was waiting like 3 months for the Sept. Event.

Man this is going to mess me up I need a new comp now, I was planning on getting a Macbook Pro, then when the i7 processor comes out I was going to build a comp. But Now I might be forced to build a comp now **** it Apple!