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Like TUAW for Flash ads. =]

@André

I’m aware of that, but when Apple made mDP it wasn’t part of the spec. VESA readily adopted it after Apple released their new Macs and the new spec including mDP didn’t actually become until a week or two ago. This is the first product I’ve seen that included it outside of Apple. This is important because while DP would surely be readily adopted as the future of computer display tech mDP’s future is less assured.

The TomTom accessory has a GPS chip in it.

You don’t point out the inclusion of mini-DisplayPort which is the first time we’ve seen this new VESA DP spec used. Also, they have dropped HDMI which was on the 5870 along with 2 DVI and DisplayPort.

Can’t this push than 3 monitors since the DP spec can daisy chain displays?

Perhaps not in every way. Ziegler correctly stated that Verizon moved it’s entire network to EVDO Rev. in 2007 and uses a link from 2009/06/29 to prove it , but he makes no mention of their acquisitions since then which may have not completed upgraded. Alltel was still in the process of EVDO Rev. A upgrades when Verizon was buying them out and I have read nothing that confirms that they completed their upgrades. They very well may have but it seems like he’s purposely overlooking what should be an obvious oversight to anyone looking into Verizon’s network.

@ Jordan,

After 300 cycles you are supposed to have about 85% of your original capacity as measured in mAh. Same goes for Apple’s 1000 cycle batteries. Again, you may not like it and/or it may not fit your needs but it’s a fact that people just don’t buy extra batteries and replacing batteries outside of warranty issues isn’t common and is less common with 3.3x the number of cycles as other vendor’s batteries.

Again, it’s all pretty damn simple to change if you need to do it yourself so there really is no need to bitch about a theoretical problem that may happen 4 to 5 years after you’ve bought a machine.

People bitched about the iPod’s built in battery instead of the common AA batteries used at the time. Was that a bad idea? You’ll see, this will catch on with premium machines simply because it allows for all day use while also allowing for slimmer and yet more rigid design.

Can South African pigeons carry a coconut?

@ Jordan,

How much can someone be wrong? Apple replaces batteries in the store. Or, you can install it yourself by removing a few simple screws. The latter part isn’t covered under warranty, but if you can last 1000 full cycles of a battery that is already 2-3x longer than other machines in duration while only have 300 charge cycles then you are well past even the 3 year Mac warranty. Realistically though, you aren’t going to ever replace the battery.

@ Information Central,

Apple’s decisions clearly don’t suit your needs but your assumption that Apple “inexplicably” made their decisions is foolish They knew exactly how many HDD-based iPods are being sold and at what capacities. If the 1.8” HDD with dual-platters was selling well I can’t imagine them axing it. As for the notebook on a long flight, the integrated battery offers exactly that.

Most notebooks don’t even get you what MBPs now get you with 2 batteries. Unless you are using it for some insane amount of work away from a power source then you shouldn’t have an issue and if it’s that mandatory then there are external battery options with MagSafe connectors.

As for thinness, that apparently is selling because is growing in the premium market where others can’t. You don’t sound their customer but you can’t deny that what they are doing is working for them.

Check ou this AnandTech article for a balanced review of the pros and cons of the MBP line. It’s from just a few hours ago so it’s relevant.

• http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3672

At this point it looks like Apple is going to simply hold out until it can drop optical media altogether, starting with their notebooks. The drives take up too much of the footprint, the thickness even in Mac notebooks will hold back machine thickness when SSDs get more feasible, they are not used much in favour of software distributed over the internet, they use too much power and are very slow compared to other storage drives. Mac OS X will likely be distributed on a cheap read-only 8GB SD card.