Sorry but why does everyone think Apple will have a totally new "ultra portable" laptop to add to the line up. Seems to me they would just replace the MacBook with such a desirable model and leave the MacBook Pro alone the way it is. After all, they can't possibly reduce the thickness of a MacBook Pro as it's being reported and still keep all the fun bits they like to have on the Pro model. Makes more sense to update the MacBook since everything else in the product lines have shed the "plastic" housings and gone to aluminum...

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The poll is not what you THINK will be released but what you MOST WANT to be released. I think that's why the "ultra-portable" is so high.

Although my vote went to movie rentals (and I would hope they would be higher quality) what I really want is another iPhone price drop and a 16 GB option. I don't think either of those would merit a major keynote intro, though, more like an on the side.

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Movie rentals are fine if you live in the US. But any type of iTunes related new media will undoubtedly reach the rest of the world much later. Being in Montreal, I went for the ultra portable, but a straight forward iPhone for Canada (1st gen 2nd gen, whatever) would have been my pick had it been on the list, and with an unlimited data package! I am tired of paying $25 for every 4MB of data I use.

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.Mac syncing of Mail accounts and settings that actually works, when using two different Macs.

Without the constant ping-pong of "account stores junk on server, account doesn't store junk on server".

Well, a man can dream.

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New displays, new displays, new (better) displays. They are the oldest thing going, and I want one with an iSight built in, and better color consistency.

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Plan on buying a laptop in the spring, so I put Macbook Pros, although maybe it would be better if they came out in the spring so I could truly get the top of the line…

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I want a Mac, not a iMac or a Mac Pro, i want a plain $1200 Mac, with 4x HDD, 1-2 core2duo's, SLI pci-e video.

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i think two disks would be enough for a mac notpro. to have one empty easy to access slot to add a disk for large media and/or time machine. imacs are beautiful but upgrading a hd is insane operation.

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I agree with scotepi in his desire to see a mid-range Mac where the parts are user replaceable. However, the specs can be less and satisfy me. At least two hard drives, a standard size optical drive and a single graphics card would be enough for my needs. However, up to 8GB of RAM, and quad-core capable is a must.

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In addition, having these user replaceable components would allow for some other functionality that I'd like to see, and that is BluRay drives and the ability to play protected content. Of course, an updated iMovie that is HDCP capable would be a huge bonus.

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you can't get a Mac Pro cheap either.. cheapest config is $2300 (single CPU). I remember when you can buy a power mac for $1600 or so.. not anymore. Mac Pro is out of reach of everyone and iMac is the new Mac. Apple should go back to the quadra and performa days :) hmm... no!


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At this point I could care less about new hardware. I would love to see new functionality added to both the iPhone and Apple TV.

I guess an external BD player / burner would be nice. Allow it to work on both the Mac and Apple TV.

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I used to want to see eSATA ports on Macs, now that the new Firewire standard has been ratified I'd rather see that instead. About the same speed as SATA, but more flexible.

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As I am living nightmare with Leopard on my Quad G5 (works good on other macs), I am ignoring every kind of news and hoping for a huge 10.5.2 update which will stop me from going back to 10.4.11.

I had to uninstall/give up some great software I enjoyed on 10.4.11 just to upgrade to Leopard. Upgrade, clean install, ERASE and install, nothing mattered.

Nothing else unfortunately.



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... so finally we can truly look forward to some third party native apps that don't require us to risk bricking our phones!

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