Apple Announced 17" MacBook Pro

artlu writes "According to Reuters news, Apple has announced the launch of the 17" MacBook Pro. The new MacBook will retail for $2,799, come with iLife '06, and begins shipping next week. Details are not yet on Apple's website, but hopefully these notebooks will be triple booting as well!"

Re:Up to 5 times the performace of the PowerBook G

[pryonic]

Oh everything's stolen these days. Why the fax machine is nothing more than a waffle iron with a phone attached!

Re:A Machine For Suckers With Too Much Cash

[hunterx11]

Clearly you haven't read Apple's business plans:

1. Maintain a tenuous balance on the edge of total collapse for decades 2. ??? 3. Profit

Only in this case, instead of nobody being sure who knows what step 2 is, we all know that Jobs knows, but he won't tell anybody.

Re:Cold Day

[base_chakra]

Gosh, not me! I found $7,000 between the couch cushions yesterday, so needless to say I'm really hoping Apple releases an 18" MBP!

Re:THREE USB PORTS!!!!!!1!!

[Keith Russell]

You might want to get that sarcasm detector looked at.

Re:Deliberately slowed graphics card... heat issue

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you talking about the Inspiron range? Those bricks aren't portable at all! They are all in one desktops should really be considered competition for the iMac rather than Macbook.

Re:Uhm. It's a MAC people!

[d34thm0nk3y]

Serious gaming is an oxymoron.

If you want to game, get a PlayStation. If you need a computer to get work done, get a Mac.

If you want to run the latest virus, get Windows.

And if you want to hear excuses for why you shouldn't want some feature X, read an Apple thread.

Massive nomination of Dave for a Grammy

[Ohreally_factor]

but every ounce of space counts

In space, an ounce is weightless.

Turn up the volume!!

=)

Re:Some notes

[mrgeometry]

So, do you have one of those jobs where you copy 17 MB from one folder to another...? ;-)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_and_petrified# Minor_trolls [wikipedia.org])

Re:17" vs. 15"

[nsayer]

It's for all those who think that two more inches will make all the difference.

Your girlfriend certainly did. :)

Oh wait. This is /. ...

Re:1680x1050? That sucks!

[dfghjk]

yes, in fact, it is, but the 20" display is intended to be viewed from further away so it's lower dpi is more excusable. A 1920x1200 17" display is a glorious thing. Hopefully Apple will invent it soon.

Re:For those complaining about the heat...

[ironring2006]

Numerous complaints about heat have come up in the Apple 17" annoucement. To this I say remember the test environment. We the Northen Canadians do not run around with jeans and sneakers on. We wear wool long johns and snowpants and snowmobile boots in general. We also are wearing flame-suseptible, three-inch whale blubber sealskin jackets. At all times we layer in the Arctic Area. Layering for the rest of the cool challenged is the concept of multiple 'layers' of clothing between you and your body. I know for those that live in the midwest it makes sense to jump around in an oversized T-shirt, however those of us more north and north of you consider leaving the house with only one North Face fleece jacket on as uncouth. So therefore, a warm laptop is a good thing, not a bad one. It will provide additional warmth whether you are uploading your seal clubbing statistics from Baffin Island, or selling your gold stocks online from Dawson City.