barongreenback
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yeah they are getting the conventional upgrade stuff out of the way. Bodes well for new lines to be announced. was thinking also that iphone was announced in jan last year so who is to say that iphone2 wont be introduced to the world???
maybe rough specs of what will be in it.
I would expect an iPhone update would HAVE to be announced, it's been a flop in Europe as it has no 3G and every other phone is free so if they want to stay competitive they have no choice as all the other phone makers are working on and launching iPhone alternatives now. I know loads of people that are happy to have an iPod touch and a free phone on cheap tariffs, everyone likes the iPhone but most see it as way overpriced and lacking in features.
I would expect iTunes 3 to be launched with movie rentals and the new portable Mac. I thin the Mac Mini will be killed off soon so no update and all the MacBook Pro's to come with the Penryn CPU's and updated graphics.
As for the Mac Pro then that's fantastic news, I see everyone failed to the update to the hard drives, you can have it loaded with 4 SAS SCSI hard drives that spin at 15,000 rpm. I am sure they didn't offer this option before? But why oh why have they kept the same case design? It would of been a great opportunity to change it and they haven't.
Has the iphone been a flop? Apart from the usual bilge in The Register, the sales figures were pretty much in line with expectations.
With regard to simply updating the Macbook Pros with the penryn processors, if that was the case we would have seen it slip out today with the Mac Pro announcement. My feeling is that if there is any new ultra compact notebook with some sort of gesture based controller, this would be extended to the MBPs i.e. something worth making a song and dance out of.
Finally, what's wrong with the case design? It's still a great looking bit of kit, plus at that level, I don't think case design is a major factor influencing purchase.
Yes the iPhone is a flop, all across the net their are reports of poor sales, if you walk into an O2 shop you have to pay over £400 before you can walk out the door with one, ask the majority of people and they will all say it costs FAR too much especially for the features.
Loathe the MacPro cases... love the G3 and G4 though.
Funny mine costed me £269 and I walked out of the shop with it! Wasn't aware of a price hike. Besides ask any owner and you won't here a word about missing features. Best phone for my use I have every had, yes it costs a bit but so do others when you compare like for like.....
I love the Mac Pro cases, nothing wrong with it...
I read that in some cases the O2 shop charges a £100 deposit and 2 months line rental on top of the phones cost before leting you have it, and thats was in a Mc magazine by the way and not a website, and other phones are no where hear the cost of the iPhone, your dreaming on that one. How can you say a free phone costs the same as a £269 phone. and the iPhone is NOT 3G let alone 3.5G that ll the other handsets are so if your in a city fine, I'm not so I would have to use the 2.5G network to browse the web or check email etc and that is far too slow.
I suppose it depends if you think spending £899 plus on a phone is worth it.
The iphone has a fantastic user interface, and is very innovative but it has far too many things wrong with it for it to succeed in it's current form.
I had a N95, sold it for the iPhone, the iPhone technically isnt as sophisticated, by my god is it a much nicer and easier phone to use, it is typically Apple, does everything you need without over complicating things.
Incidentally I have also ordered a new Mac Pro tonight spec is as follows:-
Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
2GB (2x1GB)
2xATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR3
320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
One 16x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Card (Wi-Fi)
Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard & Mac OS
The memory and hard drives I will upgrade myself as I am not paying Apple prices for standard items. Hopefully having the two graphics card will run my 30" and 20" Apple screens better than my current Powermac does.
Cant wait for it to arrive.
The credit check does not get done in the shop, the phone itself still costs £269, nothing more to pay in the shop. And if the credit rating is that bad it most likely will happen with another contract of the same value as well!My mate had to pay the £100 and 2 months rental along with the contract when he got his iPhone, but that was O2's doing not Apple's. It's basically just a deposit which he will get back.
I read that in some cases the O2 shop charges a £100 deposit and 2 months line rental on top of the phones cost before leting you have it, and thats was in a Mc magazine by the way and not a website, and other phones are no where hear the cost of the iPhone, your dreaming on that one. How can you say a free phone costs the same as a £269 phone. and the iPhone is NOT 3G let alone 3.5G that ll the other handsets are so if your in a city fine, I'm not so I would have to use the 2.5G network to browse the web or check email etc and that is far too slow.
I suppose it depends if you think spending £899 plus on a phone is worth it.
The iphone has a fantastic user interface, and is very innovative but it has far too many things wrong with it for it to succeed in it's current form.
And with regards to the Mac Pro case, I just think it could have been updated but it works inside, did read that the fans weren't powerful enough to keep things cool if you fill all the hard drive bay's up though etc.
jaglad, if you dont mind me asking; how much ?