Apple Announces MacBook Pro

[Lt Major Burns]

i dunno... i was expecting more, the mac fanboy in me wanted all the things we've been specualtating and then some.

[kainjow]

Originally Posted by djbeta

MacBook Pro

I think that name sucks... pretty bad. I'm not alone either.. most people I've spoken to think it bites.

Powerbook was a great name.. why'd they have to ruin it ?

booooooooooo

the features look nice and I dig the darker color.

I wonder how much faster it really is.

Steve said it himself: they want to get away from the term "Power" because they're moving away from PowerPC, and they also want to get the word "Mac" into their product names too.

I wonder what they'll call the Intel Power Macs? Also, anyone want to bet the iBooks will be renamed to MacBooks?

[fryke]

PowerBook -> MacBook Pro
iMac -> iMac
Mac mini -> Mac mini
iBook -> MacBook (just without the Pro tag)
PowerMac -> Mac Pro
Xserve -> Xserve. (I know, doesn't contain "Mac", but it's a server. I don't think they need the "Mac" in that...)

[Lt Major Burns]

MacMac Pro!

[fryke]

Btw.: Those who said things like "a Mac with an intel processor will merely be a PC from Apple"... Do they still think like that? To me this new iMac and MacBook look pretty much like Macs. Not like Wintel PCs...

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally Posted by fryke

Yep. FW400 still there, only FW800 gone.

Boy that's gotta hurt current PowerBook users that bought FW800 external drives for the performance. If they have to get rid of it, they should wait until there's something better.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally Posted by djbeta

MacBook Pro

I think that name sucks... pretty bad. I'm not alone either.. most people I've spoken to think it bites.

Powerbook was a great name.. why'd they have to ruin it ?

booooooooooo

the features look nice and I dig the darker color.

I wonder how much faster it really is.

I don't like the new name either, I suppose it's to differentitate between Intel and PPC.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally Posted by fryke

What exactly do you mean? I think they should've used the best available processor (2.16 GHz Yonah instead of 1.83 GHz Yonah), but otherwise...

TheRegister thinks Apple's intel computers should be lower-priced, because they now use intel processors. However: I just tried to configure a Dell notebook until it matched the 1999 USD model, and it came out at 2014 USD or something (with a lesser graphics card and an older processor, too..., because neither Yonah processors nor newer graphics cards were available at dell.com), so I'd say Apple's got the pricing right.

Probably saving it for the 17" or perhaps a 20" MacBook Pro.