Back to School Promo, and MacBook Pro Specs [Update]
The iTunes Store reveals an image promoting the expected Back to School Promo:
The promo which launches on Tuesday, allows college students to get a free iPod Nano with any Mac purchase (excluding the Mac mini). Students may opt to take a $199 credit against a more expensive iPod if desired. Unfortunately the iPhone seems to be excluded from this promo.
Some Page 2 MacBook Pro specs were posted earlier, pointing towards 2.2GHz / 2.4GHz MacBook Pro updates with GeForce 8600M GT video. Appleinsider has updated with comparable specs of the rumored 15" notebooks.
Update: Apple Store is down.
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hardly worth posting at this late hour, but this thread can serve as the playground for the last minute discussion/waiting.
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Every minute counts, and how! :D
Anticipation has a habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment but
Tonight there’ll be some love
Tonight there'll be a rawkus, regardless of what's gone before
If this is it for the notebooks for another 6 months, I sure hope they have some killer iMacs being unleashed next week as hinted by Steve, or this is going to be a boring summer for Mac computers.
How does the GeForce 8600M GT stack up against other GPUs suitable for inch-thin laptops? (I know those thick and heavy Windows luggables can fit higher-end GPUs than that.)
If they release as the same specs as AI showed, all I can say is HO HUM update. It's nice that its santa rosa, and new graphics, but honestly no backlit LED? Also 256 and 512MB graphics woulda been nicer for flagship notebooks dontchathink?
15" LED displays will come sometime--Apple has said LED is their future. Are we certain they are not coming today? The rumored specs I've seen don't mention the backlight used.
If this is it for the notebooks for another 6 months, I sure hope they have some killer iMacs being unleashed next week as hinted by Steve, or this is going to be a boring summer for Mac computers.
LED backlight aside, what features were you hoping for? These are the fastest mobile chips out there, in an already great laptop design. Santa Rosa and a GPU boost is all I personally was hoping to see.
And 2.2/2.4 GHz would mean Santa Rosa?
How does the GeForce 8600M GT stack up against other GPUs suitable for inch-thin laptops? (I know those thick and heavy Windows luggables can fit higher-end GPUs than that.)
I think 2.2/2.4 does indicate Santa Rosa from my understanding. I don't necessarily think TFT excludes LED, but don't take my word for it.
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