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Apple's next-gen 17-inch MacBook Pro due in a few months
Apple on Tuesday introduced its next-generation 13-inch MacBooks and 15-inch MacBook Pros but was unable to ramp production of its new 17-inch model, which is now expected to make an appearance by early next year.
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ifixit.com — Introduction Steps 1 33: First Look 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 iFixit News 10/15: We took apart the new MacBook Unibody! 10/15: We also disassembled the new MacBook Pro! 9/10: We ... (more) MacBook Pro Unibody First Look
Jobs responds to outrage over MacBook's missing FireWire
Jobs responds to outrage over MacBook's missing FireWire
appleinsider.com — In one of his characteristically terse email replies, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has reportedly told one Mac user that changes in video camera technology have reduced the need for FireWire on his company's 13-inch MacBooks. (more) Jobs responds to outrage over MacBook's missing FireWire
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Apple’s next-gen 17-inch MacBook Pro due early next year
MacDailyNews — ... a slightly larger version of the new 15-inch MacBook Pro," AppleInsider reports. "As avid readers may recall, this isn't the first time that a 17-inch MacBook Pro missed the first boat out of China," AppleInsider reports. "The situation was nearly identical back in 2006 when Apple introduced its first ever MacBook Pro at the Macworld Expo in January... About three months after the 15-inch MacBook Pro made its debut, Apple introduced the first 17-inch MacBook Pro." Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: To those of you who are stuck waiting for the 17-inch MacBook Pro, we ...

17-inch MacBook Pro Will Be Late, Not Absent
TheAppleBlog — ... Which is why it’s good news that AppleInsider is reporting this morning that the 17-inch version of the aluminum-glass MacBook Pro is not, as ...

17" MacBook Pro to be Updated "In a Few Months"?
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors — ... to the high-end MacBook Pro but with no change in external casing: The updated 17-inch MacBook Pro keeps its original aluminum design, and now comes standard with a high resolution 1920 x 1200 LED-backlit display and a larger 320GB hard drive or an optional 128GB solid state drive. As a result, there had been some uncertainty surrounding the fate of the new 17" MacBook Pro. AppleInsider says , however, that the 17" MacBook Pro will see a refresh in the next few months to bring it in line with the latest MacBook Pro designs. The next opportunity for Apple to release new ...

17" MacBook Pros supposedly delayed until "early next year"
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — [image] While many of you came out of this week's Apple event happy about the news of updated notebooks, it didn't completely obscure the fact that Apple's 17" MacBook Pro more or less stayed the same. There is no new manufacturing process, no faster frontside bus, the same old slow RAM, no hybrid graphics option, no display port, and no joy in Mudville for users who want to tote around a 17" portable. So what gives? According to AppleInsider , Apple had hoped to release the 17" machines this week along with the rest, but as ...

New 17-Inch MacBook Pro Delayed Until Early Next Year [Rumor]
Gizmodo — The reason you didn't see the new 17-inch MacBook Pro at Tuesday's MacBook event is because it's been pushed back several months, says says AppleInsider. It was supposed to launch alongside its smaller brothers to complete the family (officially making the Air the adopted child), but MacNN says it suffered from problems with the display and optical drive, so now you can expect it by early next year. Not unprecedented, in any case, the 17-inch MacBook Pro lagged behind the 15-inch one by a few months when they originally launched back in ...

Rumor Roundup: Apple’s Final Macworld
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... pointing out that quad core chips were ready and priced accordingly for this update. Apple Insider thinks that a delay was affecting the release of the notebooks, however Apple may have been waiting for additional internals in order to separate the 17″ Pro models from the rest of the line. ...

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