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Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:34 am ]
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http://store.apple.com/uk/

Should be interesting to see the updates!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:47 am ]
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And the price changes.
Author:  timark_uk [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:48 pm ]
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New MBA.

Mark
Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:57 pm ]
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New MBA and they have removed the MacBook from the line up too! :shock:

Looks like the MBA is the new MB.

Oh... and a new Mac Mini including one with Lion Server (I thought Lion Server was all part of the same OS as the normal Lion stuff. It was according to the keynote anyway.)
Author:  timark_uk [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:59 pm ]
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Fogmeister wrote:
Looks like the MBA is the new MB.
Yep. At £850 the new MBA would've competed too closely with the now old MacBook, so I guess one of them had to go.

Mark
Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:30 pm ]
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They've also added a "Compare Macs" section which IIRC wasn't there before today.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:50 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
Fogmeister wrote:
Looks like the MBA is the new MB.
Yep. At £850 the new MBA would've competed too closely with the now old MacBook, so I guess one of them had to go.

Mark

Also the MB compared badly to the conventional PC laptops in terms of price.
Author:  forquare1 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:03 pm ]
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I hadn't noticed the MacBook lackingness...

Also, the Mini is lacking a optical drive! It looks sexy, in fact it all looks damn sexy.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:36 pm ]
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forquare1 wrote:
I hadn't noticed the MacBook lackingness...

Also, the Mini is lacking a optical drive! It looks sexy, in fact it all looks damn sexy.

Well if all future upgrades are via download you can avoid a drive completely. Though I do like the option of playing a DVD.
Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:45 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
forquare1 wrote:
Also, the Mini is lacking a optical drive! It looks sexy, in fact it all looks damn sexy.

Well if all future upgrades are via download you can avoid a drive completely. Though I do like the option of playing a DVD.

Or ripping CDs...
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:46 pm ]
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JJW009 wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
forquare1 wrote:
Also, the Mini is lacking a optical drive! It looks sexy, in fact it all looks damn sexy.

Well if all future upgrades are via download you can avoid a drive completely. Though I do like the option of playing a DVD.

Or ripping CDs...

Very true.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:02 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
JJW009 wrote:
Or ripping CDs...

Very true.

Lion pages (as of today only) say they'll be selling Lion from Apple shops on a USB stick from next month. Costs more though.

Jon
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:14 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
JJW009 wrote:
Or ripping CDs...

Very true.

Lion pages (as of today only) say they'll be selling Lion from Apple shops on a USB stick from next month. Costs more though.

Jon

Nice idea, though very prone to thefts I suspect. You get a free USB stick at the least.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:18 pm ]
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forquare1 wrote:
I hadn't noticed the MacBook lackingness...

Depends on what you mean, we get an quivalently specced laptop from our supplier for under 400€, so the 999€ for the MB was a bit steep. The MBP is as well, my last laptop (a Sony Vaio) cost a third of the closest 17" MBP at the time (the MBP didn't have an option for a quad core i7 processor at the time).

The Air doesn't look bad, but given how much my iMac crawls with only 2GB RAM, I'd be apprehensive to buy an Air with only 2GB (or the new Mini for that matter). :?

The air is very tempting, apart from I already have a decent notebook and will be looking at the desktop next.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:38 pm ]
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big_D wrote:
forquare1 wrote:
I hadn't noticed the MacBook lackingness...

Depends on what you mean, we get an quivalently specced laptop from our supplier for under 400€, so the 999€ for the MB was a bit steep. The MBP is as well, my last laptop (a Sony Vaio) cost a third of the closest 17" MBP at the time (the MBP didn't have an option for a quad core i7 processor at the time).

The Air doesn't look bad, but given how much my iMac crawls with only 2GB RAM, I'd be apprehensive to buy an Air with only 2GB (or the new Mini for that matter). :?

The air is very tempting, apart from I already have a decent notebook and will be looking at the desktop next.

I think that the desktops offer reasonable value especially if you already have a mac. Though the macbooks were very pricey compared to the PC market. The MBP are still expensive but then it is not just a laptop it can also be a fashion statement. Last year when I bought my iMacs I maxed the memory that I could afford and would last me till I replaced them. I thought 8 Gb each was enough.
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