You're playing "Who's on first" with shantanusaha.
When shantanusaha said "a radios", he/she was referring to 802.11a radios.

No, I don't want to pay the price for it as it stands now. But it is the future. Don't you agree? A future with a laptop completely void of moving parts (and with it, most of the noise) is getting closer.

Maybe, but our storage desires are growing quickly also. Maybe quicker than the technology for flash storage. Also there is the problem of a finite erase/write life for flash, though of course, that is improving too. I'm not convinced that memory technology will outpace the storage needs. What I am sure we will see soon is a cheap way to provide some level of storage, say 10GB, so the OS and most-used files work from that, and spinning media for the rest.

Well apple just bought out a nice scaleable solid state technology from I believe (but could be mistaken) Hitachi, that is scaleable up to over 100GB. I don't think the 100GB ipod would be the biggest seller out there, but if you could get a laptop with a 100GB solid state HD, it would be super fast and it would also take up a lot less batter power.

The technology just is not affordable to the retail market yet. I am sure if they dumped some money into it, they could make it affordable sooner than you people think. Look how much we have advanced in computer hardware since 2000.

MacBook Pro, DIDN'T suck....
 

Hey Gang,

Well... I have recently upgraded from the G4 PowerBook Titanium to the new MacBook Pro.

I have absolutly loved the increase in speed, and everything else about the new machine. I have not had any productivity loss (until now... will explain!) with any of my software (Adobe CS 2 and Macromedia Studio MX 2004).

The only thing i have had a problem with is the lack of support for Virtual PC. I need VPC to do some of my work, but i have just stolen my fathers pc based laptop now! hehe!

Anyway... until today, the new MacBook Pro didn't suck! it was sleeping over night. i opened the machine and nothing! hit lots of keys and nothing. I then held the power button in to turn off the machine, and it wouldn't boot up! Nothing!

I went to the apple website, simply typed in MacBook Pro in thier support page and found the first link was "Troubleshooting a MacBook Pro that won't turn on." Now this makes me concerned as to why this is at the top of the page? How many other people have had this problem?

I have since followed all thier instructions, and still nothing! I am taking the MacBook into an Apple Store tomorrow morning for a hardware test! \

Wish me luck!

Regarding "revs"
 

Much discussion has surrounded the quality/features of MacBook Pro "rev a." For me, the features are fine - everything I will need and more.

In regards to the various quality issues (lcd tearing and inconsistencies, whining noises, freezing, etc) that have been ubiquitously reported, is there any reason to think that these problems wouldn't be resolved prior to an official new revision? That is, would you expect the technical kinks to be worked out in a shorter amount of time than you might expect a specifications enhancement such as firewire 800?

I am planning to make a purchase, but don't want to deal with subpar initial quality that many have reported.

Thanks

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I haven't seen any MacBooks with issues at all yet, and I've seen a few dozen. I have heard of one or two minor complaints.

But anyway, yeah, a "rev B" would typically show up quickly IF the issues are real. If they turn out to be basic normal defects or just user whining, don't expect any changes.

Troubleshooting documentation is typically written in order of how the computer is used. Power on is the first thing, so it's the first thing listed in troubleshooting (plug in technically is, but they're related).