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From: Richard Maine on 6 Feb 2010 13:35
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> In article <1jdgtpj.ec8b0pdh8ftmN%nospam(a)see.signature>,
> nospam(a)see.signature (Richard Maine) wrote:
>
> > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <jollyroger-F5076B.01035306022010(a)news.individual.net>,
> > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Soon I plan to buy a new Mac. I wish to buy the MacBook Pro, but I
> > > > > wont buy a Mac that will need to be upgraded whenever Mac OSX
> > > > > Lion, Cheetah, or Mac OS 11 show up. So I will wait till they
> > > > > release one with a larger hard drive and more RAM. Does anyone
> > > > > know when Apple will release new MacBook pro's with more RAM and a
> > > > > larger Hard drive? I mean 160GB's? Come on man, thats only twice
> > > > > as much as I have in my iBook G4. 2 GB's RAM? Come on man thats
> > > > > not enough.
> > > >
> > > > 2 GB of RAM?! 160 GB hard drive?! What on Earth are you talking about?
> > >
> > > base configuration of a 13" macbook pro.
> >
> > Yep. And clicking the button to select a BTO option is just so hard, as
> > is selecting the other base 13" configuration. :-)
>
> For people who dont have your income yes. I have a job but many many
> many are out of work in my state. I wish to buy a new Mac and hopefully
> Apple will add ther FireWire back to the $1000 model.

That's a completely different question, then. That's a question more
like "when will a model with the features I want get into the price
range that I want?" While that can be a reasonable question to ask, it
isn't at all the same as the one that you actualy wrote, which was just
when a model with such features would be released. The answer to the
question that you actually wrote is that they released such a model long
ago.

The odds of getting an answer that is useful to you are significantly
higher if you actually ask the question that you want an answer for
instead of asking some other question.

And no, I have no idea what Apple's future pricing plans for specific
models are. Nor does anyone who would be posting them here. One might as
well pray for divine inspiration, which is about as likely to get an
answer. (Even among those who might take divine inspiration seriously, I
suspect most would not expect that to be a suitable kind of matter for
divine inspiration. Ok, there are the folk that ocasionally mail me
"prayer rugs" so I can pray for a new car or other worldly things.)

--
Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience;
email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment.
domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain
From: Priam on 6 Feb 2010 14:06
On 02/06/2010 07:49 AM, John wrote:
> In article<050220102044527885%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>,
> nospam<nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <jwolf6589-63123E.23420705022010(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,
>> John<jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Soon I plan to buy a new Mac. I wish to buy the MacBook Pro, but I wont
>>> buy a Mac that will need to be upgraded whenever Mac OSX Lion, Cheetah,
>>> or Mac OS 11 show up.
>>
>> cheetah was 10.0 and snow leopard will be around for a while.
>>
>>> So I will wait till they release one with a larger
>>> hard drive and more RAM. Does anyone know when Apple will release new
>>> MacBook pro's with more RAM and a larger Hard drive?
>>
>> <http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/>
>>
>>> I mean 160GB's?
>>> Come on man, thats only twice as much as I have in my iBook G4. 2 GB's
>>> RAM? Come on man thats not enough.
>>
>> so pick one of the larger capacity hard drives or swap it yourself.
>> memory is cheaper if you add it yourself too.
>
> I would like to buy a Mac soon, but they are so blasted expensive. I
> wish Apple would consider dropping their prices to make things more
> affordable during this recession.

Apple would like to do so too. Unfortunately, this would make Jooby not
so immensely rich.

Not an option.

> I could get a PC laptop for under
> $500.

Ask nospam, he'll tell you that Mac are red hot -- litterally --, flashy
-- in the screen, mainly -- and so, on and that you'll never have as
much fun with a PC.
From: Jolly Roger on 6 Feb 2010 17:45
In article
<jwolf6589-CE5EB1.07494806022010(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to buy a Mac soon, but they are so blasted expensive.

Perhaps you should buy yourself an older model used Mac. Those would
definitely be in your price range. ; )

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From: Paul Fuchs on 6 Feb 2010 17:58
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> Soon I plan to buy a new Mac. I wish to buy the MacBook Pro, but I wont
> buy a Mac that will need to be upgraded whenever Mac OSX Lion, Cheetah,
> or Mac OS 11 show up. So I will wait till they release one with a larger
> hard drive and more RAM. Does anyone know when Apple will release new
> MacBook pro's with more RAM and a larger Hard drive? I mean 160GB's?
> Come on man, thats only twice as much as I have in my iBook G4. 2 GB's
> RAM? Come on man thats not enough.
>
>
> John

Well, I want a Posche, but those uncaring and hard hearted Germans don't
want to help me out either.

I responded to your last post and I will do it one more time. Buy the
last model of the MacBook as a refurb from Apple (with 400 FW), a 500 GB
5400 rpm Seagate from OWC (~$100), and if you need it, 2 more GB of RAM
from your favorite dealer. I also bought a USB case ~$27 from OTC,
partitioned my Seagate so that the boot volume equaled the OEM HD, and
used it as a portable Time Machine back-up. Backs everything up but my
music and videos, for which, of course, I have the originals. Since I
have been living out of a suitcase the last half year, that portable
external minidrive is useful.

As to Apple putting FW back in the MacBooks, I'd give it an ice cube's
chance in hell. Apple has never put a port or storage mode back in a
model once they have pulled it.

--
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth
becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
From: Tim Streater on 6 Feb 2010 18:02
On 06/02/2010 22:58, Paul Fuchs wrote:
> John<jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Soon I plan to buy a new Mac. I wish to buy the MacBook Pro, but I wont
>> buy a Mac that will need to be upgraded whenever Mac OSX Lion, Cheetah,
>> or Mac OS 11 show up. So I will wait till they release one with a larger
>> hard drive and more RAM. Does anyone know when Apple will release new
>> MacBook pro's with more RAM and a larger Hard drive? I mean 160GB's?
>> Come on man, thats only twice as much as I have in my iBook G4. 2 GB's
>> RAM? Come on man thats not enough.
>>
>>
>> John
>
> Well, I want a Posche, but those uncaring and hard hearted Germans don't
> want to help me out either.
>
> I responded to your last post and I will do it one more time. Buy the
> last model of the MacBook as a refurb from Apple (with 400 FW), a 500 GB
> 5400 rpm Seagate from OWC (~$100), and if you need it, 2 more GB of RAM
> from your favorite dealer. I also bought a USB case ~$27 from OTC,
> partitioned my Seagate so that the boot volume equaled the OEM HD, and
> used it as a portable Time Machine back-up. Backs everything up but my
> music and videos, for which, of course, I have the originals. Since I
> have been living out of a suitcase the last half year, that portable
> external minidrive is useful.
>
> As to Apple putting FW back in the MacBooks, I'd give it an ice cube's
> chance in hell. Apple has never put a port or storage mode back in a
> model once they have pulled it.

Hope they don't pull it off at the next Mini upgrade then, its my most
useful port (disks, iSight, video-cam).

--
Tim

"That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament
ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of
Parliament"

Bill of Rights 1689
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