MAC BOOK AIR/ 13INCH MAC BOOK PRO/New one ?

Marty_J

tingly wrote: »

thanks Jaffa-- even better cos your a training computer man. --dont spose you know about the brand new mac that may be coming out do you? I only buy a pc about every 6 years so important i get the right one

What "apple mac bloke" were you talking to?

I don't imagine the rumoured Apple tablet will be a replacement for a dedicated desktop or notebook computer, and I think it's very unlikely to have an optical drive; that's assuming it even exists at all.

Stranger things have happened though I guess.

DyManic

Nobody really knows (except maybe a few insiders at Apple etc).

I wouldnt believe anything until I saw it with my own eyes.

tingly

thanks mr jaffa. dont spose you know about the new macbook rumour -10inch netbook thing-- is it worth waiting for?

tingly

marty j-- he was an apple rep bloke at a computer shop who gave me ademo

Marty_J

tingly wrote: »

marty j-- he was an apple rep bloke at a computer shop who gave me ademo

Well, in that case, I can confidently state that he knows as much as you or I.

Even people reasonably high up at Apple's headquarters frequently don't know about new products until they're released.

Apple are ultra-secretive:

Work spaces are typically monitored by security cameras, this employee said. Some Apple workers in the most critical product-testing rooms must cover up devices with black cloaks when they are working on them, and turn on a red warning light when devices are unmasked so that everyone knows to be extra-careful, he said.

Apple employees are often just as surprised about new products as everyone else.

“I was at the iPod launch,” said Edward Eigerman, who spent four years as a systems engineer at Apple and now runs his own technology consulting firm. “No one that I worked with saw that coming.”

Mr. Eigerman was fired from Apple in 2005 when he was implicated in an incident in which a co-worker leaked a preview of some new software to a business customer as a favor. He said Apple routinely tries to find and fire leakers.

Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president for marketing, has held internal meetings about new products and provided incorrect information about a product’s price or features, according to a former employee who signed an agreement not to discuss internal matters. Apple then tries to track down the source of news reports that include the incorrect details.

Apple’s Obsession With Secrecy Grows Stronger - New York Times

tingly

blimey, they really are cagey arent they!! Think i'll get the pro next week then- like the air, but as you say the spec of the pro is alot better

thanks for all your hlep