Steve Jobs Hints at Hardware Refresh as MacBook Pro Supplies Become Constrained

John Brownlee ()

Steve Jobs Hints at Hardware Refresh as MacBook Pro Supplies Become Constrained

Don’t fret, my little poppies. I know you want a new MacBook Pro, with one of Intel’s sexy new Core iX mobile processors fused to its circuit board cerebellum. Uncle Steve says not to worry. Literally. But reading between (or below, or above) Steve Jobs’ sole line of text commenting on the matter, it’s easy to guess that a hardware fresh of the MacBook line is coming soon.

According to MacRumors, MacBook Pro shipments have “abruptly” become constrained, which generally points to an imminent refresh.

Even better, one of their readers wrote to Mr. Jobs directly, expressing concerns about Apple’s recent focus on the iPad and the lack of news about MacBook Pro refreshes.

I recognise the need for secrecy etc but I am really losing heart in the lack of vision for the MBP and Mac Pros. Not expecting a response but as someone who has personally switched dozens of people onto the mac way this is a sad email for me to compose.

To this maudlin complaint, Jobs played the world’s smallest violin on one hand while typing this reply into his iPhone with the other.

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John BrownleeJohn Brownlee is news editor here at Cult of Mac, and has also written about a lot of things for a lot of different places, including Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Lifehacker, AMC, Geek and the Consumerist. He lives in Cambridge with his charming inamorata and a tiny budgerigar punningly christened after Nabokov's most famous pervert. You can follow him here on Twitter.

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  • MacRat

    Steve Jobs didn’t hint at anything.

  • CaryMG

    … nor did he “respond” to that jackoff’s torpid email.

    And that wasn’t him for that other email, either.

  • http://heavyfinger.net c

    this makes me worry

  • http://www.changethethought.com Christopher Cox

    I hope they are releasing something soon. I work in graphic design and advertising. I have been using Macs for years and love my laptop but it has been hard to ignore the upgrades happening on the PC market while the Macbook Pro lines has stayed in a state of suspended animation. They are ignoring an important consumer demographic by not upgrading soon. A lot of people in the creative industry depend on Macbook Pros and it’s time for something better. Regardless of whether or not that was Jobs, it’s time for something new because if it doesn’t come sooner than later Apple could risk sacrificing brand loyalty and the computer consumer market is no where near being out of volatile territory. There will be a hundred more brands like Apple within the next 50 years. It’s too early for arrogance.