New Macs Announced

zirk · Post by **zirk** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:01 am

I like the new design.
Black keys on silver reminds me my old atari 800 and commodore 64

Lord_Iron · Post by **Lord_Iron** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:16 am

Robot Criminal wrote:
Lord_Iron wrote: and btw, the new macbookpro, do they only have firewire 800 ??
I guess it SHOULD be backwards compatible, don't know...

I just found out this:

http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-F017-0 ... 28-7447149

So yeah, it is compatible. But I don't like that now they are going to force musicians/producers to buy a macbook pro (when the old macbooks dissapear on the shops) just because of the missing firewire port...in that case I think it would be better and cheaper to buy a nice laptop pc ...

Eloquent · Post by **Eloquent** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:10 am

wouldnt it be possible to get an usb to firewire adapter? its not a great solution tho

Android · Post by **Android** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:29 pm

[((-))] wrote:The new 13" macbooks don't have Firewire.

Lame.

this fact really disappointed me as well

I love the compact 13" design, but the 15" has the FW

how are we supposed to use Motu Ultralite's or Target Disk Mode?

FW 800 is backwards compatible to FW 400 with a cable connector

I might grab one of those Black Macbooks on the cheap and put a solidstate drive in it! then it would fly!

Zinthek · Post by **Zinthek** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:12 pm

Apple is kinda like the Minus of computers; people complain no matter what they release.

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:32 pm

Zinthek wrote:Apple is kinda like the Minus of computers; people complain no matter what they release.

I wasn't complaining about the model I bought in march.. fucking love my switch from pc to mac... so that's a kind of a strange comment to come up with.

[((-))] · Post by **[((-))]** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:00 am

I bought my black macbook around a year and a half ago now. It's OK, cept for the fact the screen flickers every now and then and the fan goes off its brain. My laptop is dying before my very eyes. I've already been to the doctor twice about the screen problem (and numerous battery problems). The fact is apple dont produce perfect machines, they're just fucking amazing at marketing. My personal preference for a next computer is a Pro so it doesn't leave me that bitter, but I wouldn't buy another macbook. My audio card is FW, so if my current Macbook dies i got no choice. Besides, I could install XP and play some decent games for a change.

Zinthek · Post by **Zinthek** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:10 am

patrick bateman wrote:that's a kind of a strange comment to come up with.

I drink a lot...