1) Not require a sticker to keep the battery cover on.

2) Make every aspect of OS mutli-touch.

3) Refine HW so it doesn’t look like it was designed in USSR during the Cold War.

4) Create ads that appeal to everyone, not just teenage boys you convince that iPhone use equates to homosexual behaviour

5) Refine the fuck out of the UI so that even my Mom can use it. Seriously, if she can figure it out then you have a winner on your hands. (note: she couldn’t figure out Redlaser on the iPhone because she was pointing the display, not the camera, at the barcodes)

@Steve Jobs
You got first post with that name and pic and “owned” was the best thing you could come with for this topic? How about something recent...
“Not that big a deal. Change your business model.

Steve Jobs”

or something a bit esoteric...
“Lesser thieves get shut down; great thieves get away with it.”

or something older but well known like…
“Insanely pwned” or “BOOM!”

or something off colour…
“Be lucky I didn’t ask for your livers for settlement.”

@cherryboom

Dammit! clicked the wrong button. Vote me down to hide my post.

@hq

What could possibly be “ripped” from Apple and why would it be “ironic”? Sure, there are elements that are similar to many Apple products today that aren’t as readily found with other vendors, but most importantly this is a tablet and Apple has none to date.

What I think is most important here, if you recall the iPhone rumours prior to it’s unveiling is the very similar way in which the tablet rumours and change in this market segment are mirroring what was happening in late 2006. I fully expect Apple to have a tablet come early 2010, let’s hope we can get some real competition between vendors and the subscriber market for periodicals when this segment does explode. If these specs are even half true and the price reasonable I think it will grow quickly.

@cherryboom

What could possibly be “ripped” from Apple and why would it be “ironic”? Sure, there are elements that are similar to many Apple products today that aren’t as readily found with other vendors, but most importantly this is a tablet and Apple has none to date.

What I think is most important here, if you recall the iPhone rumours prior to it’s unveiling is the very similar way in which the tablet rumours and change in this market segment are mirroring what was happening in late 2006. I fully expect Apple to have a tablet come early 2010, let’s hope we can get some real competition between vendors and the subscriber market for periodicals when this segment does explode. If these specs are even half true and the price reasonable I think it will grow quickly.

Good for Android and its users and they’re doing this with only 5 countries that allow developer merchant accounts.

— http://www.mobisleapps.com/blog/2009/11/lost-opportunities-in-the-android-market/

Their store does allow for a lot more simple items than Apple’s store and their ever fragmenting lineup of OS versions with varying HW, not to mention 2 different SDKs, will likely make their store bigger than Apple’s, but will it be better? The iPhone OS SDk is much better than what Google offers. Sure, there are more restrictions but as developer certain restrictions are needed to know your app will run well with everyhing else going on.

Then you have all these free app with major developers pulling more toward the iPhone platform where they can actually make money. This will spur more quality apps which will interest consumers.

I’m happy for the Android but they need to resolve some major underlying foundation issues.

@kobachi

I can’t say how much better it really is, but on my MBP and all other Macs with this design it’s strong. It might be other aspects to the hinge and not the placement, but I’ve never had an Intel Mac with a weak hinge assembly.

On top of that, i can push the display back very far, until it’s pointless to have at that level even with an IPS display. This does seem to allow for a thinner device, which I like, but I also like the ports in the back. I guess when it comes down to it I’ll take a thinner stronger device than the convenient of having no wires off the side, though I only use power and the occasional USB port anyway.

No more optical drive so I can have a larger battery and more ports across that 5 inches of port side space that is now wasted.

@Johanu

Any day? Then you don’t understand how processors work. More cores don’t equate to more performance. Are you also still stuck thinking that more Hz equates to more performance?

@PBB

You’ll likely see an i7 in the MBP come early 2010. The HP Envy has a 45nm “Clarksdale" i7-7xxQM with a 45W TDP that was released in September 2009. The next MBP will have the yet unreleased 32nm “Arrandale” i7-6xxM with a 35W TDP.

This will match the current MBPs and will save some power due to the lack of a separate Northbridge, which I read has a max TDP of 8W.

The Envy uses a power hungry quad-core while the MBP will have a more power efficient dual-core. Some will scoff at this but it’s a wise move for most notebooks at this time. Just look at the battery rating of this Envy to see why.