http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/ Engadget Comments for 17-inch MacBook Pro delayed two weeks 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/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 5th 2009 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
ah well, I guess the demand just went up a notch..]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks//j]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
They're busy doing indie things like uploading pictures of them at the latest Of Montreal concert or listening to the Decemberists, or doing some Deviantart, or iTunes, or Last.fm, or... Catch my drift?]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
The rest of the commenters on this topic can now sit in the Vista corner of shame with their pointy little hats, knowing they are in a bag of hurt for being so ignorant. ]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
The keyboard is not centered with the screen, so you're always a bit on the left, hitting the wrong letters when you want to go back to the center.]]>Feb 4th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
As it is, I am buying it. Money talks. ]]>Feb 4th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
Why do all of the 17" PC Laptops have fugly @ss keypads?]]>Feb 5th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
Brian Cox - Theoretical Particle Physicist - http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/briancox/

"“When you look around a physics conference now, you see more Macs than anything else,” says Cox. “I think that's because they're essentially UNIX, and that makes it very easy for everybody who's used UNIX in particle physics for the past 20 or 30 years."
"“The 17-inch MacBook Pro is my main computer, but I've got the MacBook Air as well, which is fantastic. "]]>Feb 5th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
THIS IS A TRAGEDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MY LIFE WILL BE COMPLETELY AFFECTED BY THIS!!!!!!

In other news, linux was not delayed, because it isn't a computer.]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
Don't ask questions. This kind of behavior is frowned upon by apple. ::sad mac face::]]>Feb 4th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Macbook air
Macbook (white)
Machook
Macbook Pro 15 inch
Macbook Pro 17 inch]]>Feb 4th 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
OMG LEAK LEAK LEAK HURRY GET ON THE PRESSES, APPLE IS GONNA RELEASE THE Machook OMG OMG OMG

Pffft...]]>Feb 4th 2009 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 5th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/but if you try sometimes you might find
you get what you need]]>Feb 5th 2009 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
Upshot: due to amount of work I totally had no time to spend my increased wages over past year or so. First time in my life, looking down on $3k lappie I can calmly say "Hey, I can afford that."]]>Feb 4th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
...Every new one looks exactly the same as the previous, with what to gain? extra minute in battery life or something. just like a new ipod every year for the most part, like you really need a new nano each fall, o wow, new colors, and o look this one has a wide fat screen on this years. fucking christ]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
Also likely to have longest battery life. (Unless of course benchmarkers will not forget to close iTunes playing in background.)

Frankly, I'm looking for desktop replacement - with optional portability - and 17" fits my bill. And is quite portable.

Yes, it's overpriced. But Apple - unlike many other producers - my trust in them.

P.S. And heck, it comes with bash and Perl5 preinstalled!! What's more a *nix guy like me can ask for?!]]>Feb 4th 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/
buy a 15" MacBook Pro instead... got one this week and they are tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! The trackpad is sooooo smooth... the battery is so removable!]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/17-inch-macbook-pro-delayed-two-weeks/Feb 4th 2009 7:42PM