New Macbook Pro's

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24-02-2011, 02:01 PM
Homosexual

New Macbook Pro's

What do you think?

here are the new Macbook Pro's tehehe
24-02-2011, 02:54 PM
GommeInc

Adding a link for the sake of it:

http://www.apple.com/uk/macbookpro/

Nothing truely amazing for the price tag. The iCore processors have been on rival machines for a while now, and they seem a bit over kill to me :/ Also, has the keyboard always been so damn ugly?
24-02-2011, 02:59 PM
Stephen!

The sandy bridge processors that these use have only been out since January 12th. This is new tech.
24-02-2011, 03:04 PM
Fez

They look lovely.
24-02-2011, 04:16 PM
N!ck

If only they put a higher res screen on the 13" :(.
24-02-2011, 04:33 PM
HotelUser

Very expensive - although that's not a surprise :P
24-02-2011, 05:10 PM
xxMATTGxx

OSX Lion Preview can be found here too: http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/
24-02-2011, 05:52 PM
Alexx..

They look nice, not sure whether to get one or not.
24-02-2011, 06:03 PM
GommeInc

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

OSX Lion Preview can be found here too: http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/

I know little of OS X Snow Leopard, but aren't most of those features already available? I remember seeing the full-screen apps feature mentioned last year some time :S

And I got bored and looked at the GPU for the range and the screen resolutions seem to let it down, assuming you want or will ever need full HD. They're interesting, but way too expensive to justify buying one :P
24-02-2011, 06:34 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotelUser

Very expensive - although that's not a surprise :P

Bloody cheap for you guys in America/Canada compared to the prices we get ripped out of!
24-02-2011, 06:41 PM
paddy140

I got a macbook pro for Christmas wish I had waited for the new one! but hey there great
24-02-2011, 07:05 PM
iBlueBox

I like the look of Mac OS X Lion,

Any ideas on how much they cost when realised?
24-02-2011, 07:09 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stexual:

I like the look of Mac OS X Lion,

Any ideas on how much they cost when realised?

OSX Lion? Wasn't the last one £50?

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You can see the new macs now on the apple store :)
24-02-2011, 07:19 PM
iBlueBox

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milestone

OSX Lion? Wasn't the last one £50?

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You can see the new macs now on the apple store :)

I dont think they'll change the actual hardware of imac for a long time, As they look pretty decent still at the moment.
24-02-2011, 07:32 PM
Johno

really regret getting the machine I bought now, wish I had just waited and got one of these :(
24-02-2011, 07:41 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johno

really regret getting the machine I bought now, wish I had just waited and got one of these :(

You dropped the thing! LOL.

OS X Lion looks horrific.
24-02-2011, 08:00 PM
Metric1

I'll probably be ordering one very soon :)
24-02-2011, 08:22 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric1

I'll probably be ordering one very soon :)

It's great for you in other countries, I would probably buy a mac if I didn't live in Europe. The prices this way are horrific.
24-02-2011, 08:44 PM
GommeInc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recursion

OS X Lion looks horrific.

Expand on that. Why does it look horrific? I can think of obvious problems which, if it wasn't Apple, would result in any other OS getting blasted for "copying" :P
24-02-2011, 11:58 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by GommeInc

Expand on that. Why does it look horrific? I can think of obvious problems which, if it wasn't Apple, would result in any other OS getting blasted for "copying" :P

Generally just taking all the concepts from iOS and plonking them into a desktop OS, it's a terrible idea IMO.
25-02-2011, 01:13 AM
GommeInc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recursion

Generally just taking all the concepts from iOS and plonking them into a desktop OS, it's a terrible idea IMO.

The "Launchpad" feature does scream "tacky" :P Not sure why they have that :/ The multi-touch hand gestures feature on a trackpad seems a bit bizarre and pointless too :P
25-02-2011, 01:36 AM
HotelUser

Quote:

Originally Posted by GommeInc

The "Launchpad" feature does scream "tacky" :P Not sure why they have that :/ The multi-touch hand gestures feature on a trackpad seems a bit bizarre and pointless too :P

If it's anything like the magic mouse then if you install MagicPrefs it's extremely useful.
25-02-2011, 01:42 AM
GommeInc

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotelUser

If it's anything like the magic mouse then if you install MagicPrefs it's extremely useful.

It's the position a trackpad is in that makes me question it. At least a Magic Mouse extends the uses of a conventional mouse, a trackpad tends to be annoying in most situations, unless simply tapping. Can't they just ship it with a Magic Mouse? :P
25-02-2011, 01:48 AM
HotelUser

Quote:

Originally Posted by GommeInc

It's the position a trackpad is in that makes me question it. At least a Magic Mouse extends the uses of a conventional mouse, a trackpad tends to be annoying in most situations, unless simply tapping. Can't they just ship it with a Magic Mouse? :P

I had a multitouch trackpad on my Asus EEE 901 and it was extremely useful for scrolling down and up pages with a two finger swipe. I would imagine, given how much real estate Apple tends to give their trackpad, that it would be very useful for two finger swipes for scrolling and navigating back and forth, three finger taps for application launchers and whatever else you want to set up with magicprefs - I swear there was already multitouch capable trackpads that worked like the magic mouse with magicpref before this, anyways.
25-02-2011, 02:17 AM
GommeInc

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotelUser

I had a multitouch trackpad on my Asus EEE 901 and it was extremely useful for scrolling down and up pages with a two finger swipe. I would imagine, given how much real estate Apple tends to give their trackpad, that it would be very useful for two finger swipes for scrolling and navigating back and forth, three finger taps for application launchers and whatever else you want to set up with magicprefs - I swear there was already multitouch capable trackpads that worked like the magic mouse with magicpref before this, anyways.

My HP laptop has it for zoom, but I tend to go for ctrl as it's more accurate, but I think it may of been a new venture for them. Perhaps I'm just looking too far into the idea, I've never been much of a fan of trackpads as you have to stick your hand into the middle of your body to use them, rather than to the right like with a mouse - if that makes any sense :P
25-02-2011, 02:28 AM
HotelUser

Quote:

Originally Posted by GommeInc

My HP laptop has it for zoom, but I tend to go for ctrl as it's more accurate, but I think it may of been a new venture for them. Perhaps I'm just looking too far into the idea, I've never been much of a fan of trackpads as you have to stick your hand into the middle of your body to use them, rather than to the right like with a mouse - if that makes any sense :P

I wouldn't trash it until I've given it a fair go, you might be surprised.
25-02-2011, 08:52 AM
N!ck

The multi-touch trackpad is excellent.
25-02-2011, 01:57 PM
Zuth

lol Thats to expensive! They really should lower the price a little
27-02-2011, 06:40 PM
paddy140

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bisusz

lol Thats to expensive! They really should lower the price a little

Apple will never lower there prices on there macbook range.
27-02-2011, 06:42 PM
Alexx..

Apple won't lower the price because people buy them. Why would they make things cheaper and lose money when they make plenty of money at the prices now.
27-02-2011, 07:02 PM
e5

I think I am getting one of these for my 18th.
01-03-2011, 12:18 PM
Metric1

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotelUser

I wouldn't trash it until I've given it a fair go, you might be surprised.

Exactly, I love it.. couldn't go back to a HP touch-pad, just isn't the same.. everything from the way it feels to the way it works!
01-03-2011, 01:01 PM
Recursion

From a techie's point of view, I could very easily switch back to a Windows laptop and not miss anything, the trackpad isn't that amazing, the only multitouch I use on it is two finger scrolling/right clicking, which I can get on most Windows machines now.

The one thing I missed GOING TO a MacBook was a damn BIOS :( Apple's implementation of EFI sucks ass.
09-03-2011, 07:21 PM
e5

So the mac os x lion is a laptop or a desktop computer?
09-03-2011, 07:33 PM
xxMATTGxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by e5

So the mac os x lion is a laptop or a desktop computer?

Lion is the next version of Mac OS X by Apple which will be on their MacBooks (laptops), iMacs and Mac Pros (Desktops) when it is released fully.
09-03-2011, 07:51 PM
e5

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

Lion is the next version of Mac OS X by Apple which will be on their MacBooks (laptops), iMacs and Mac Pros (Desktops) when it is released fully.

Oh I see :) when my 18th comes around in march I'm looking to have the latest one so need to keep updated :D