Have you seen the new
MacBook Pro? It looks very cool. Noticably, Apple doesn't specify battery life, it no longer has S-Video out built in, it no longer has a DVD dual layer super drive, but it is 4 - 5x faster than the old model. Oh.. it doesn't have FireWire 800 anymore and the PC card slot is not CardBus, it's ExpressCard. So there goes any chance of using P2 flash (see www.panasonic.com if you are really interested) until someone makes an adapter. I presume they will... but... speed... 4 - 5x faster... intel chips... running Windows on my MacBook (I know... sounds odd... but would certainly help with some annoying troubleshooting things and save me from running VirtualPC)... universal binaries... MagSafe (patent pending...) power...
I think I want one. Battery life is reported to be 3 hrs on a full charge, and the S-Video/Composite DVI adapter can be bought for about $19US. I'd need to upgrade my final cut suite, but they don't have pricing for our volume license for the software yet. What I'm wondering is how long before the next model is announced. I don't think there will be anything new until say September. I think I can deal with having a 15" model that has the same screen res as my 17" PB for at least the next 18 months.
On other news... we're off to the Belgium Beer Café tonight. Don't ask me where... maybe someone can google it and let me know... hey... use my google bar below :-)
Will write more later. Will also probably move my blog to a wordpress site hosted by me.
Oh... and in other news... my web server acquired a new IDE controller and HDD this week. It seems to have stopped freezing randomly at 2 in the morning... or 11am... or whenever... hmm... good move :-)
