Apple's 2008 MacBook Event

You wouldn't want a dock for a display that'd be useful with other model notebooks. For example, if it were a dock, it wouldn't work for any of the earlier generation notebooks, as the magsafe adapter is on the opposite site of the other ports. It's really not hard to connect three wires. - Mark Trapp

At 35:40 Jobs says about the Macbook Air: "And we're putting in a new DisplayPort so you can drive all of our new displays." Seems that the rest of the line will be moving to DisplayPort relatively soon (as if there was any doubt). Also, he later says the DisplayPort will be standard across Macs. Does that hold true for Mac Pro towers as well? Nice. - Kevin Fox

think so kevin, i talked with the apple reps a bunch about it after, they are pretty excited about the mini display port - i was impressed that the macbook air one can drive a 30-inch monitor - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

Hands on with the new Apple MacBooks and Cinema Display » VentureBeat - http://venturebeat.com/2008...

October 14, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Brandon Titus liked this

I'm not a fan of the amount of glass on these things. If you drop a MBP now, there's a good chance you're walking out of it with just a couple of dings due to the plastic display and sudden motion sensor. Now, I'm afraid the display and the trackpad would shatter. - Mark Trapp

i dont think the trackpad would mark - the screen certainly could though. still these things are pretty solid, you'd have to drop it on the screen somehow i think for it to shatter. someone should test this. will it blend? - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

steve going over gestures

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Mohamed J and Chris Skinner liked this

one finger move things around, two finger rotate, three move back and forward on web pages - MG Siegler

3 more comments

four fingers to get to expose now - MG Siegler

and app switching - MG Siegler

looks pretty good - MG Siegler

I'll be impressed when they can distinguish *which* finger you're using. Then I can give some *real* gestures. - Kevin Fox

MG Siegler

One More Thing...

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Roberto Bonini liked this

The MacBook - MG Siegler

2 more comments

"best selling mac. ever." - MG Siegler

entry price $1099 - reduce entry price to $999 - MG Siegler

Not enough of a reduction. Not nearly enough. - Roberto Bonini

MG Siegler

questions about blu-ray and display port

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

why not hdmi? - MG Siegler

9 more comments

hdmi is limited in resolution it'll drive - steve - MG Siegler

it won't drive the 30 inch display - MG Siegler

we think others will ad display port - MG Siegler

"uh you know blu-ray is just uh, is just a bag of hurt" - MG Siegler

WOW - MG Siegler

licensing of the technology is so complex - we're waiting until things settle down and until it takes off - MG Siegler

schiller brings up that iTunes does HD downloads, calls this better - MG Siegler

Isn't that 30in a HD display anyway? - Roberto Bonini

iTunes is heavily compressed 720p... a far cry from BluRay. - Mark Trapp

Why not just put it in anyway????? People might actually buy it, you know. - Roberto Bonini

MG Siegler

Hands on times

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

MG Siegler

question - touch screens don't make sense on laptops?

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

we've certainly experimented with it, as you might imagine, so far it hasn't made a lot of sense to us == steve - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

question - netbooks coming soon?

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

in terms of netbooks, you know that's a nascent market just getting started, we'll see how it goes - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

question - concern of glare on new screens

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

"you know, we're going straight glass" - steve - MG Siegler

3 more comments

Vast majority prefer glass - MG Siegler

we did a lot of research on this - MG Siegler

leading back to the iMac - MG Siegler

even at the high end of the market - they like plain glass steve says - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

question - benefits of new manufacturing?

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

we'll get into more details next week in earnings - MG Siegler

we put a lot of energy in to lower the price by $700 and make it work - MG Siegler

when you start something it's more expensive, then prices drop steve says - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

question - size and weight differences

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

big difference is in thinness - MG Siegler

macbook 4.5 lbs, macbook pro 5.5 pounds - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

gene munster asking about demand in macbook pro

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

will new macbook steal the macbook pro market? - MG Siegler

steve doesn't think so - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

question - status of 17 inch macbook pro

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

still available, it's being refreshed - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

question about nvidia

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

we are first to take these chips to market - MG Siegler

others may follow - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

"any questions we can help answer"

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

anyone can ask a question, nice - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

Q&A session now

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

a few caveats - MG Siegler

3 more comments

no earnings questions! earnings are on october 21 - MG Siegler

110/70 - steve's blood pressure - huge laughs claps! - MG Siegler

this is all we're going to talk about steve's health today - MG Siegler

we are not economists please don't ask about global meltdown - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

now u2 - city of blinding lights with jony ive talking

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

"it becomes so much more than just a collection of parts" - MG Siegler

get rid of complexity - MG Siegler

if something doesn't need to be there, it's not there - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

macbook pro will be offered with solid state drive

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Mohamed J, Robert Scoble and Mark Trapp liked this

access battery and drive from the bottoms - MG Siegler

3 more comments

nice - Dan Hsiao

0.95 inches thin - thinnest macbook pro ever - MG Siegler

Replaceable drive? sweet. - Mark Trapp

yeah that is pretty awesome mark - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

MacBook Air up next

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Robert Scoble liked this

update with new technologies - MG Siegler

8 more comments

faster graphics, 9400M will be in there, but run slower - MG Siegler

now 120 GB hard drive - MG Siegler

128 GB solid state drive option - MG Siegler

mini display port - MG Siegler

$1799 13.3 inch display, 1.6 GHz intel core 2 duo, 2 GB RAM, 128 GB hard drive - MG Siegler

$2499 1.86 GHz and new solid state drive - MG Siegler

"early november" - MG Siegler

If they would only speed it up I'd get one! - Kevin Fox

@kevin - totally agree, i need a faster system - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

two macbook pro models

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Jesse Stay, Robert Scoble, AJ Batac and 2 other people liked this

$1999 15.4 inch, 2.4 GHz intel core 2 duo, 2 GB of RAM, 9400M and 9600M GT, 250 GB HD, super drive - MG Siegler

5 more comments

$2499 faster processor double cache, 4 GB of RAM, double graphic memory, larger hard drive 320 GB - MG Siegler

upgrade to SSD - MG Siegler

shipping today - MG Siegler

in stores tomorrow - MG Siegler

there you go Kyle - MG Siegler

i'll tell him Kyle - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

trackpad clicking looks solid, hopefully we'll get our hands on these things and i'll tell you for sure

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

MG Siegler

Video time

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

jony ive talking about the mac set to music - coldplay song - MG Siegler

14 more comments

i think it's that death and all of his friends song - MG Siegler

new song now, jony ive still on talking about making the new macbooks - MG Siegler

"the unibody" - MG Siegler

"fundamentally thinner, lighter, more robust" - MG Siegler

now showing the plant where it's made - MG Siegler

"kind of like how you make pasta" - MG Siegler

"we can get it right every single time" - MG Siegler

OOOOH lasers! - MG Siegler

you can tell jony ive LOVES this stuff - MG Siegler

more beautiful internally than externally - MG Siegler

this is almost like a wedding video - MG Siegler

the thing does look great - MG Siegler

showing iron man on it - MG Siegler

"the color has a lot more pop" with LED backlit - MG Siegler

i'm sure this video will be online later today, definitely worth watching if you're really interested in these new machines - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

Starting today $1,299 for most of the MacBook Pro features - all in the MacBook

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Patrick Veverka, Robert Scoble, AJ Batac and Cindy Waters liked this

an interesting way to look at it :) - MG Siegler

3 more comments

$1,299 13.3 inch display, 2 GHz intel core 2 duo, 2GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, 9400M - MG Siegler

$1599 2.4GHz processor, backlit keyboard, bigger hard drive, and you can get the SSD - MG Siegler

shipping today, in stores tomorrow - MG Siegler

Good way to spin it. I just wish they'd come out with their version of a "netbook", perhaps a little more expensive than the typical $500 - $600 price. The MacBooks look like a great deal, though. - Cheryl Jones

MG Siegler

"this is the sweet spot of our market"

October 14, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

two new notebooks - MG Siegler

4 more comments

a new way to build notebooks from a slab of aluminum - MG Siegler

new graphics - MG Siegler

new trackpad - MG Siegler

led-backlit displays - MG Siegler

"$700 more affordable" - MG Siegler

MG Siegler

MacBook customers want metal enclosure, faster graphics and LED backlit displays