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This is no problem at all, because we're all very patient and understanding, right guys?

The wait is killing me...

I knew it, but I did not want to accept it.

The MacBooks will have the Intel integrated graphics. That's going to make it cheaper and will be a very big differentiator to the Pro models.

That will also reduce the heat envelope and allow Apple to do other nice things for MacBooks that may have made Pro users downgrade. Pro users demand top video performance, so this would put MacBook firmly in consumer-land no matter the other features sans a faster processor.

Stupid analysts! Make up your minds! Stop teasing us!

I desperately want that new iBook, er MacBook, but finally getting Fox programming on iTunes is a nice consolation. It seems like "24" fans and video iPod owners / iTunes show downloaders are as close to the same market segment as possible. I'll go out on a limb and predict "24" will quickly be the #1 video download.

"...will reportedly arrive in tandem with changes to the company's iPod line."

Any more questions about which product is driving the Apple bus? Do you really doubt that the Mac OS will be thrown UNDER the bus in the not too distant future?

If you do, you are not paying attention.

I am so dissapointed, and I am still ready to buy one...

I would love to get a new Macbook-- my old tibook is really beginning to show it's age for what I'd like to do.

Can someone answer when the financial quarter ends? They will want to release them with enough time left in the quarter to make a strong impact. I would also guess that Apple is witholding release of the Macbook until they have a significant quantity ready. Unlike the Pro release, which had a huge psychological component to it ("See, everyone, we're early!"), the Macbook stands to sell boatloads, especially as the school buying season approaches. The psychfactor is largely over. Now, people just want their stuff.

I'll just wait until the official announcement from Apple.

The iBook G4 I bought last year has hands down been the best Mac purchase to date.

Johnny, I guess that means all those Leopard sessions at WWDC are a waste of time. As is the new "Get a Mac" ad campaign that differentiates the Mac from Windows.

I join imacattach in saying 24 will become the top downloaded show

I'm not surprised. I didn't expect them to do it quietly. If they planned a press event for the Hi-Fi, they'd surely have one for the MacBook.

dammit Steve!!!... you´re slacking boy.... I need my Macbook NOW!

aleida!!!!! where are you!!!!! ... Son of a bitch!!!

sorry Tony ... Almeida

I almost believed them this time

Quote: Macbook stands to sell boatloads, especially as the school buying season approaches

Just so you know the school buying season either started april the 1st or may the 1st. Either way it is already under-weigh and so Apple has already missed the start. I think therefore that apple will be trying to hurry these out as quick as they can. I heard reports that many schools were setting very early deadlines for their buying decisions some as early as the end of this week.

MDN Headline: RUMOR: MacBooks coming in the future.
MDN Headline: RUMOR: Sun to rise in East tomorrow.

the hold up to the ibooks is a little bewildering. i thought they would be the first to swap over.
i think apple may be waiting or were waiting on some technology, I'm thinking they were actually waiting on solid state hard drives to use in the ibook instead of traditional hardrives. i beleive that you can get like 32mb for each disk now, chuck two or three of them in and the weight and heat and size and battery consumption would go way down.
they may even have been about to release the macbooks and then decided to hold off and do a re-design.

just a gut feeling.

I want a MacBook Pro at an iBook price and I will be some pissed off if Apple doesn't come across with one, Screw this integrated graphics bullshit.

Johnny is like the guy standing on the bow of the Titanic yelling at the people in life boats to get back on board. As the Microsoft behemoth goes down, all of its passengers are in denial.

To John L. "Johnny the Troll" Pierson:

You're obviously so far off base for so many reasons -- you must be nothing more than a "Troll".

Go back to hiding under your bridge now, Johnny -- no one's interested in hearing from you.

so what *&%^& is in the damn box the mac stores weren't suppose to open untill today

Actually Johnny is like the guy standing in line to see "Mission Impossible 3" (a popular mainstream blockbuster that's full of holes) at the movie theatre, and yelling at the people in line to see "The Notorious Bettie Page" (an independent, well-reviewed, but little-seen quality film) that the projectionist isn't even going to bother showing the second reel of the film, so we should all give up and get in line with him.

It's sad, because if he really enjoys that stuff, then why can't he just enjoy it in peace and leave the rest of us alone?

Or maybe he really wants to get in our line but is afraid to be seen there by his "cool" friends with their IQ slightly south of the current temperature.

In case you haven't been keeping score: ThinkSecret's full of shit.

Rock on Steve!

I can wait. I'd love to replace my 12" G4 with a 13" Core Duo today, but that isn't in my budget any time soon and to actually be able to play with the object of my desire would be just another, more painful, tease.

Johnny said:
Do you really doubt that the Mac OS will be thrown UNDER the bus in the not too distant future?<i>
Yes, I doubt it. Tiger is a cleaner, faster and more secure OS than Vista is expected to be - and is arguably comparably feature-rich. Leopard, originally expected to debut months after Vista (a year after <i>Longhorn), is on track to be shipped late in its original window, months ahead of Vista. This wouldn't be of any great significance were it not a significantly richer environment than either Tiger or Vista. The next major upgrade has been penciled in for mid/late-2008. That's about the earliest you could expect to see Apple caving in and dropping OS X for Windows.

Is mid to late 2008 your "not too distant future"?

"This is no problem at all, because we're all very patient and understanding, right guys?"

Argh, I've been trying to stay patient for over four months by now! First we were supposed to get them at the Macworld Expo, then at the special event which introduced a leather bag for iPods(!) and now when the launch really seemed to happen, we end up empty-handed again...

Dammit, I want my i/MacBook Steve!

Urg!

One missing"/" and my words get bundled with those of a troll!

To quote Homer ... Doh!

Found on Apple site:

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I was switching a Windows guy to an iMac at the Apple Store, Trafford Park, today and the young sales assistant said that Apple had called a "meeting" for Wednesday in NY (I think). He fully expected the announcement of the new iBook (MacBook), but of course he didn't know.

So! maybe we will see something this week after all.

So what, just AAPL trying to screw the customer. What's new?

We should have learnt since the MBP.

Heat and Whine.

The only reason AAPL does not anounce things is that they can't get their shyt together.

Oh well....

When is the new Apple Store in Manhattan opening, with Steve cutting the ribbon? Maybe he wants a little extra buzz to bring to his latest cube? That's when we'll see the black & whites. Betcha a nickel!

Isn't Jobs going to be at the May 19 opening of the Manhattan store? Sounds like a perfect time to release a MacBook and iPod upgrade either on or before that date.

I just want dis ill Macbook now!

As long as they don't bring back Dalmation and Flower Power color schemes.

We are all going to be shocked at the prices.

Think higher, lots higher.

I have a new 15" MBP. Wished I had waited for the iBook replacement.

The 15" MBP is a very sweet machine, but I like the smaller footprint laptops.

Tempted to look at the 13" iBook replacement as my new workhorse machine...would be perfect size for taking to the library and using for writing. Could I actually get away with three computers for only 2 people??? (Well, it would be small enough to sneak in without the spouse seeing it at least... )

MDN - Correct Reference?