MacBooks with BD Drive- Next Week?

[NexusFX]

Originally Posted by metsfan1545d

-the sirius web player
-mlb.tv didnt load correctly
-my copy of office didnt work and they wanted 150 for there version which was bs to me as the guy at the store told me the windows version would work fine when i originally bought the computer
-my printers software also wouldnt load after being told it would be fine even confirmed model # and all that good stuff
-lots of others that i dont have the time to go thru and list but those were the 4 that disturbed me the most especially the office thing since the salesman basically lied to me to make the sale when he knew full well it didnt work. i lost 115 back but when i was in there i made my displeasure very loud and was able to convince 3 ppl to stop there purchases when they heard my story so i figured that was at least 3k they lost so its fine

Whatever idiot Told you your windows office would work prolly shoulda mentioned you need to install windows for you to be able to use it. So you have a right to pimp-slap him

mlb.tv - did you try it through firefox? Mine works fine through it.

Printer Software...no need for it, all the functions are built into the os, the drivers software is useless o a mac, ya just plug it in and add the printer...voila!

[mr.hidef]

Originally Posted by metsfan1545d

-the sirius web player
-mlb.tv didnt load correctly
-my copy of office didnt work and they wanted 150 for there version which was bs to me as the guy at the store told me the windows version would work fine when i originally bought the computer
-my printers software also wouldnt load after being told it would be fine even confirmed model # and all that good stuff
-lots of others that i dont have the time to go thru and list but those were the 4 that disturbed me the most especially the office thing since the salesman basically lied to me to make the sale when he knew full well it didnt work. i lost 115 back but when i was in there i made my displeasure very loud and was able to convince 3 ppl to stop there purchases when they heard my story so i figured that was at least 3k they lost so its fine

I hope you never come in my store. (ooops)....Thanx dadkins

[dadkins]

Originally Posted by mr.hidef

I hop you never come in my store.

I hop? Pancakes?

[mr.hidef]

Originally Posted by jceperley

Sorry for no link, but it's been made clear from several sources, the one I use the most is www.macrumors.com, there's rumors all over that site, pointing next Tuesday as the date something involving the Macbooks will be unveiled. I'm just wondering if one of those things could be a BD drive.

I'm guessing it will be the one piece"brick" construction. mmmmmm pancakes...

[Chevypower]

Originally Posted by metsfan1545d

ud be better off buying a sony notebook with a blu ray drive

i bought an imac last week and had to return to it because half the programs u do on windows u cant do on a mac

A lot of Windows programs don't work on Windows either! :-) Control, Alt, Delete! Actually on a serious note, i haven't had a problem running Windows programs on our Macs, using VMware Fusion, I hear it's better than Parallels.

[dadkins]

Sorry! I couldn't resist!

[alansaysstop]

I just bought a mac a couple weeks and still have my dell laptop with a blu ray drive (which i haven't watch a movie on it in months since I purchased a BD player for my bedroom) and I actually get quite upset when I have to use a windows based computer. I wish I would've originally purchased a mac a year and half ago when i got my dell.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by metsfan1545d

too much work, and there is still plenty of limitations with that also

What in the hell are you talking about? It's extremely easy, and the macbook pro was rated the #1 laptop for Vista.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by Aaron

What in the hell are you talking about? It's extremely easy, and the macbook pro was rated the #1 laptop for Vista.

i wanted to respond with something similar but i wasn't 100% sure if there were limitations or not, but i didn't think there were

[Brain Sturgeon]

Hmmmm.... weird.

I run XP and Vista on my MacBook Pro and on my Mac Pro under both VMWare Fusion and BootCamp, and I have yet to find a windows program that will not run perfectly well on either; including some very proprietary medical imaging stuff for my work through VPN's and such.

As the meme goes, I think you're doing it wrong.

[Aaron]

leaked MacBook pro pics!!!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/m...-laptop-model/

[xtop]

Originally Posted by Aaron

leaked MacBook pro pics!!!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/m...-laptop-model/

rumored dual video cards is way more exciting! we shall see later today

[aaaa6344]

no blu ray drive, superdrives again on macbook pro

LAME, i'm gonna wait

also who is really gonna pay 1999 or 2499 these days? my dad just bought a laptop with similar specs for 399! even my powerbook g4 with all the options didn't cost that much when i got it!

[xtop]

man i want one of these REAL bad. a worthy update, way too expensive as always tho lol. oh apple, you kill me

[Aaron]

10:56AM "Blu-ray?"

Steve: "Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It's great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we're waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace."

[Aaron]

The new MacBook/MBP's are uglyyyyyy. The old ones are t3h_s3x.

[DrinkMore]

Hmm, no blu-ray on the new macs. What a waste. All that beauty with outdated technology still. They blame it on licensing? I find that very hard to believe. I think it's a hardware/software issue.

[aaaa6344]

i agree that they are way ugly. and what jobs means by waiting for blu-ray to settle down...he means waiting for his stupid video store to utterly fail, and continue to give crap quality 720p that nobody wants to pay for or wait to download (and just to rent). hd tv shows don't matter. jobs is a LIAR.

[Kage99]

They're can't release Blu-Ray drives because it'll canabalize their Video downloads.

I am really starting to dispise Apple. They tell you what you're supposed to like and what you're not supposed to like. And all the lemmings follow - like lemmings!

Kage99.

[DrinkMore]

Originally Posted by aaaa6344

i agree that they are way ugly. and what jobs means by waiting for blu-ray to settle down...he means waiting for his stupid video store to utterly fail, and continue to give crap quality 720p that nobody wants to pay for or wait to download (and just to rent). hd tv shows don't matter. jobs is a LIAR.

Originally Posted by Kage99

They're can't release Blu-Ray drives because it'll canabalize their Video downloads.

I am really starting to dispise Apple. They tell you what you're supposed to like and what you're not supposed to like. And all the lemmings follow - like lemmings!

Kage99.

Well, you would want to protect your investment too right? While that I agree with, I really don't see a reason not to include blu-ray. Everyone else is. I guess the math is off because if your system has blu-ray in it - more people would buy.

100,000 people buying - $2,400.00 macbooks > 100,000 people paying 6.99 for a movie or whatever.

Those that want blu will have it either way. They are just stiffing themselves. I used to be an Apple hater but the last year or so I have changed my views. Since owning my iPhone (yeah I know its not a macbook) I think apple is a great company with lots of innovation up it's sleeve. They did bring us the ipod which revolutionized music. They give us our digital copies which is also very nice.

I wouldn't be too hard on apple for no blu drives yet. If you want one, get a pc. You do have a choice