Current MacBook Pro hardware growing more scarce

Apple Switzerland just changed from shipping within 24 hours to 3-7 days for the 15 inch model.... Good sign?

Microcenter is selling the current generation 13" Macbook pro for $999. That's $200 off the price at apple.com. According to MicroCenter the sales ends on 1/30/11. I think that's a pretty good indication that Apple is trying to clear out inventory.

I'd love silver or white keyboard keys, like the BT keyboard and white MacBook. I've been turned off by the black keys since the first Air. Reminds me of a Lenovo ThinkPad.

And finger oils looks gross on black. Unless you're Kevin Spacey from Se7en you're gonna leave marks.

I can't remember the last time I used the dvd drive on my macbook pro, so I'd prefer to have the option to have a second harddrive instead.
A 128 GB SSD as an OS Drive and a 500 GB harddrive for files would be the perfect setup for me. Also would like to see quad-core cpu's and a decent videocard for the 15 and 17" models.

Also, please don't lose the non-gloss option!

I'd like to see USB3 and E-SATA ports on the next iteration. That said, I'll be sticking with the early 2007 model I'm currently using. I just replaced its original 120 GB drive with a 500 GB drive. That should keep me happy for a couple years more, methinks. It still has all the speed I need at the moment.

I was expecting a new MBP lineup soon. It's been a couple years since a major refresh (hardware design). I think this next release will be pretty substantial, with MBA influence, such as the unibody including the display in it, as well as flash storage. I wouldn't mind replacing my optical drive with an SSD, or apple putting in an SSD startup disk, just to increase speed overall, and a HDD in it for storage. Lastly, fitting a 3.5" HDD in the 17" model wouldn't be such a bad idea.

current macbook pro offerings are embarrassing, and have been for about the last month or two.

It's one thing to pay the Apple tax for modern hardware, quite another to pay it for the ancient drek they're currently selling as "professional."

And I'm sorry, but a Pro lineup needs a DVD player...I'm not going to go crazy and say it needs to have blu-ray, but I don't want to wait 3 hours to download movies games and apps that I've already purchased. If you want a netbook, buy an Air, don't subject Macbook Pro users to your nonsense just because you want a more powerful netbook...for what, god only knows.

I have a 2006 MacBook Pro that's waiting to be replaced. I'll throw my wishlist on the pile -- If there's a 15" MacBook Pro with no optical drive (lighter), and with USB3 or whatever the successor to USB2 is, I'll upgrade, otherwise, I'll keep waiting until I have problems with the 2006 machine.

I hope they do two things:

1) Remove some of the sharper edges. The little "well" in front of the track pad has some wicked sharp edges on it, which I've scraped myself on more than a few times

2) Do something about the pinching where the hinge is. If I adjust the angle of the display with the laptop in my lap, sometimes I'll get my pants caught in it, so that when I stand up, the laptop is actually "stuck" to my legs. It gets worse when you're wearing shorts and it pinches actual skin....

Otherwise, I love it. The battery life is awesome.

Been waiting for the refresh for a while now, a few more weeks or months will not kill me.

Still on the fence between the 13 or the 15, depends on the GPU available for the 15 and the resolution on the 13" screen. Will need at least 1GB on the GPUof the 15" and 1440x900 for the resolution of the 13" to consider them.

Would not mind the optical drive going away, if it makes it lighter or allows them to have a bigger battery i am all for it.