Next MBookPro update - April 2011 (speculative)

Hey guys,

just thought id share this with you. Just found out on macrumors that the mbp might get an update in april 2011. but the update doesnt sound that great to me.

"MacBook Pro will follow the MacBook Airs move to Solid State Storage and removal of an optical drive."

Thanksgiving Roundup: Apple Buys Land, New MacBooks in April, App Store Sales - MacRumors Forums

 

The last few refreshes have been around April so thats why there is speculation that it will be this April.

 

agreed. but it sounds ridiculous to even think of dropping the optical drive. Maybe, jobs went too far in time that he might be lost in the space-time continuum?

 

They should go with this:

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Ha ha. priceless. Love the statement "Ill buy anything thats shiny and made by apple". Ironically, very true (at least in my case anyway )

 

I like the quality that Apple has. I would've gotten a 13 MBP if it had an i5 and higher resolution screen. I would be surprised if the next 13 MBP doesn't get the screen off of the 13 inch Air.

 

The source base (3 guys & a podcast) of this rumor has no track record of Apple related predictions. Just a couple of people more or less throwing around ideas

So not worth the time.

 

good to know

 

i agree with u Juaxoo. Also, the current macbook pros should be able to support OS Lion right? i mean minimum specs wise, it shouldnt be that much of a big deal.

 

Yep, current Macbooks will be able to run Lion fine.

 

thanks for the reply mate. out of curiosity, was there a difference in the specs between snow leopard and the previous OSX?

 

barely... mainly was just Leopard supports PPC Macs and Snow Leopard doesn't... its Intel only

No one can know for sure if 10.7 will run fine on current Macs, because Apple has released so little about it. Its EXTREMELY unlikely that if will not run though... Apple would be majorly hurting themselves. Historically they've always supported many years of machines with new OSes... the only ones that cut off a bit earlier than most was some of the few year old PPC Macs and Snow Leopard, but thats because of the transition to Intel processors, not because Apple just wanted to cut out support for certain machines.

 

gota say thats one solid argument. but wouldnt it be an issue if apple moves to sandybridge and starts incorporating that, into the new line of macbook pros, and thereby make the OS Lion to only support the new mbps?

 

Nope, the only reason Apple didn't make OS X 10.6 for PPC is because its a different architecture. Sandy Bridge is the same architecture as basically all Intel and AMD CPU's.

 

thanks for the reply man. appreciate it.

 

New April MBP to get Lightpeak. If true, USB 3.0 is dead.

 

But Intel wasn't supposed to release LP in general circulation until sometime mid-11, I thought, and then probably first into their certified desktop motherboards.

I think Apple will eventually do LP rather than USB3 since they are a development partner with Intel on the tech, but it's unlikely to be right at initial product launch.

 

lightpeak ain't happening. the Mac platform won't be their guinea pig.

 

LightPeak isnt too facinating until we have a power source as well, right now LP in a laptop still means tying up a USB port or another bloody wall wart for external devices. Sorry im not into MORE cables on my laptops. I would agree it is much more likely to be found in desktop motherboards and PCI/PCIE cards well before we see it adopted in the current form or a revised form in the mobile market soon. For now I would be happy with a USB 3 port or e-sata. Or miracles of miracles a COMBO port as there are alot of high speed devices currently using both current standards.

 

I don't see why adding a new port is bad. A lightpeak port could be used when your computer is at a desk or something with some monstrous lightpeak-based usb3/firewire hub with bandwidth not attainable with the other standards.

I'd like to see some Sandy Bridge up in Apple with Firewire 800, 2x mini DP, a USB2/eSATA combo port, and a USB3 with another USB3 port with each bigger size than the 13"

If only Apple would cater to the tech enthusiast with more ports!

 

From what I've read about lightpeak, the engineers seem to be aware of this and are developing a cable that will also transmit power, possibly through a braided copper sheath that goes around the optical cable.

 

I would like to see the option of having a second SSD or maybe a secondary graphics card, due to them removing the optical drive.

 

If they end up shovelling GeForce 540M card in there I would be ... p.i.ss

The 2010 Macbook Pro should have 4xxM series... That's a leap year ahead for having 5xxM series. Especially DX11 card which I know it's useless in OSX but on the Bootcamp it's a ++

 

Do you think Apple will give the option of a Sandy Bridge quad core in the next 15'' and 17'' MBPs? The new i7 quads support switchable graphics so Apple could sacrifice some of their 8 hr battery life (rofl) and give a lot more power.

Although the MBPs would probably melt seeing that the chassis is so thin and the cooling isn't even sufficient for the current dual cores......

From a realistic view, Apple probably won't implement quad cores or better graphics cards because their current sales are still doing great.

 

quad core is realistic.

 

would it be possible to fit in a quad core whilst retaining the same size of the macbook pros?

 

the problem is how much space is there on the motherboard + the cooling solution. The mobo for the MB is such a tiny thing that makes me cheer every apple engineer that I see.

So if we remove the DVD drive, that crappy thing that only takes space... we could expand the cooling solution quite a bit, check the acer 3820tg with its dual cooling solution, now imagine the great engineers that apple have and voila, we've got a powerful pc

not that this is going to happen

 

I think the CD should go... and then put a bigger battery in what you rather have. little better cooling or another 4-5hours batterylife? I'd take the battery life. as I only get 5 1/2 hour with my current gen MBP (and I still want more).

I've heard that the MBP will get the AMD Radeon 6xxxM cards.

LP... well I really couldn't care less. as fast as the tec is I'm not convinced it will fly.

 

There's no doubt that Apple will use the new SB processors. It's estimated that the SB integrated GPU will be at the level of AMD 5450 which is still a good integrated card. So I'm thinking of intel integrated for 13'' and AMD dedicated for 15'' and 17'' as usual..

New iMac and MacBook Pros coming in 2011? -- Engadget

Digitimes (the source) claims that there will be a slight chassis change, so that might help accommodate the more powerful parts. Maybe quad core? Finally MORE PORTS???

 

Darn, the current 320m gets 4700 3dmark06 points, vs. around 4000 for the HD 5450.

 

I couldn't give 2 hoots what the next model has. I'm 100% happy with my system, and won't be upgrading anytime soon since it does everything i need it to do perfectly well.
I have some Apple equipment, but I'm also not that loyal that I upgrade my equipment every year with every refresh!

 

I'm looking to buy a Sandy Bridge system early next year. I'm hoping that they introduce something at CES. If the iMacs come out and the MacBook Pros don't, then I guess I'll get an iMac to replace my six-year-old home desktop. If they come out with a 17 inch MBP, I'll look at that but the rumors seem to be going the way of the MacBook for laptop updates. If it's just MacBook, then I may get one for my wife and use it from time to time. I want to do some AVX programming and need Sandy Bridge for that.

 

Is Apple even at CES? I don't remember them participating in any of the previous ones (or maybe that's just my bad memory).

 

hell no!

if they remove the CD, that space better become a second HDD. a MBP with space for only on hard drive AND no CD bay is a ton of stupid.

 

they can use the space for extra cooling for a better CPU, GPU... and use it so that the boot drive of all Macs are flash like the MBA, with a second drive also in there for data storage... might be cool.

 

So there is a rumor of 4 sizes of MBP, return of the 12"?

 

Maybe 11.6" just like the macbook air line? or maybe the rumor referring to 3 MBPs and 1 MB (which also about to get updated).

 

Nah, I don't think that there will be 4 sizes. Maybe 4 new revisions, but a 12'' would clash against the MBA.

Anyways,
If HP could put a quad core, CD drive, mid-tier graphics, an 8 cell battery, and SUFFICIENT cooling in their Envy 14, could Apple do the same with their 15'' MBP? I hope so.

 

From what I've heard, the Envy 14 has great cooling for the Quad i7, but its a little thicker than a Macbook.