http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
Where where?]]>Feb 8th 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Where?
Ireland, Obviously!]]>Feb 8th 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
I'll eat my words the day they have a contest for the next Dell notebook series. :-)]]>Feb 8th 2008 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
there will be a contest for the next dell laptop series when people actually give 2 s**ts and make photoshops of them. engadget writes about what the most people care about. google search "dell rumors" and "apple rumors" and note the difference in results. also, apparently you don't mind ryan block too much, you are on his site.]]>Feb 8th 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
Oh, and Zak. Apple could make an iPod that didn't play music and you would still think it was the coolest thing.]]>Feb 8th 2008 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 9th 2008 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 10th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/... but I would like to see HDMI.]]>Feb 8th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 16th 2008 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
I think I wanna have yo baby.]]>Feb 8th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/

PS, You're crazy!]]>Feb 8th 2008 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
However, you do need to be cognizant of where the media market is going. Personally, I see digital downloads replacing physical media such as DVD. Multi-terabyte hard-drives will soon replace cumbersome hard-copy video collections (just as the multi-gigabyte hard drive has replaced hard-copy audio collections). I foresee the current format war driving this trend as well. How long will it take for HD/Blu-Ray to become obsolete? DVD certainly didn't last long...

A simple codec is much easier and cheaper to install than buying new hardware that may not be compatible with (or even made for) your computer. My iBook isn't that old, but it has no hopes of playing Blu-Ray or HD. It's only a matter of time before consumers wise-up and realize that they can prolong the usefulness of a product through digital media.]]>Feb 8th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
A lot of people also use their DVD drives to burns backups for long term storage. Who buys an 8GB flash stick for $80 bucks, puts some files for backup on it and then stores it on a shelf for safekeeping? I do know people who burn an 8GB DVD and do exactly that. IMHO, optical drives (or the equivilant) won't go away until there is another long term storage solution. (and online file backup doesn't count. Too unreliable)]]>Feb 8th 2008 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
No one is calling for the demise of the optical drive as we know it, only that it be moved external of the notebook. The parents you referenced can still insert a DVD into an external drive; backups can still be made. Furthermore, if the "parents" cannot handle anything more complicated than double clicking, I'm sure upgrading an internal optical drive would be forbidden territory. Upgrading an external drive is as easy as swapping a USB cable.

Do you regularly backup 8 GB while on the road? The real question is, would you be willing to plug in a single USB/Firewire cable in exchange for significantly longer battery life or perhaps higher performance?


]]>Feb 8th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Well, that is a good point. Perhaps make it optional...

I am with you about using the space for battery or better performance.]]>Feb 9th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/
P.S. Nothing in the original post points to sarcasm. I really thought you were being serious. Some people on Engadget really don't understand sarcasm. Right, Daniel?

P.P.S. "Sarcasm" and its variants has appear seven times in this post. The correct term, in fact, is "verbal irony," since the original post's language contained a tone neither biting or hurtful.]]>Feb 8th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/here-come-the-macbook-pro-mockups-get-yours-in-before-its-too/Feb 8th 2008 12:55PM