Rumor: new Macbooks NOT all Aluminum

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number9

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 10, 2008

• #1

http://9to5mac.com/macbook-plastic

Some food for thought..

MacBooks will have black (perhaps other colors - we have only heard black) plastic outer shells. The same type of plastic that is on the backside of an iMac.

The inside shell, around the keyboard and the screen will be aluminum and that one piece structure will be the skeleton of the laptop.

It will be two-tone. Think if a iMac and a MacBook Air had offspring. Thinner than its predecessor. They are going to sell a lot of these. More info on the MacBook.

An interesting sidenote...the invite could be a 13 inch MacBook ...Pro.

....or so we've heard....

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Tallest Skil

macrumors P6

• Oct 10, 2008

• #2

An iMac and a MacBook Air with offspring?

Gives new meaning to all sorts of terms...

 

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number9

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 10, 2008

• #3

Yeah that could go in many directions. This goes in the face of the "all notebooks under one case design" rumor. It would keep the macbook slightly lower market than the Pro. Also, a 13" Pro? Interesting.

 

pik.

macrumors 6502

• Oct 10, 2008

• #4

if the macbook has a plastic part I m going MBP....🙁

I hate plastic that s why I m with my 2,5G iPhone and did not get the 3G...🙄

 

Beric

macrumors 68020

• Oct 10, 2008

• #5

An interesting sidenote...the invite could be a 13 inch MacBook ...Pro.

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Sweet! 😀 Something I might actually buy.

 

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polaris20

macrumors 68030

• Oct 10, 2008

• #6

I'm all over it if they release a 13" MBP. I love small notebooks, which is why I dislike the MBP currently.

I loved the 12" PB, and was so disappointed when they decided to ditch it with the Intel switch.

 

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ethen

macrumors regular

• Oct 10, 2008

• #7

I would love a 13-inch MBP, as long as the resolution stays the same or higher

 

.Andy

macrumors 68030

• Oct 10, 2008

• #8

pik. said:

if the macbook has a plastic part I m going MBP....🙁

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And Apple pocket an extra $1000 🙂.

 

skye12

macrumors 65816

• Oct 10, 2008

• #9

I LIKE the durability of MB plastic. Its more durable in my "book."

 

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Aranince

macrumors 65816

• Oct 10, 2008

• #10

I honestly don't get the point of a 13" MBP. If you buy a MBP you are a pro user, who needs the screen real estate. If you want 13" get a Macbook

 

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DeusInvictus7

macrumors 68020

• Oct 10, 2008

• #11

the thing i dont like or believe about this post is that 9to5mac doesn't have a source where they heard that the macbooks will be two tone like that...they just go right ahead and say that it wont me all aluminum

idk, just my thoughts

 

.Andy

macrumors 68030

• Oct 10, 2008

• #12

Aranince said:

I honestly don't get the point of a 13" MBP. If you buy a MBP you are a pro user, who needs the screen real estate. If you want 13" get a Macbook

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I've been using my 12" powerbook waiting for a replacement. I don't need screen real estate when I'm on the road, I need power and portability. At home and work I plug it into my 20" ACDs. That said it's incredibly long in the tooth and needs putting out to pasture.... A 13" MBP would do superbly.

 

acfusion29

macrumors 68040

• Oct 10, 2008

• #13

Aranince said:

I honestly don't get the point of a 13" MBP. If you buy a MBP you are a pro user, who needs the screen real estate. If you want 13" get a Macbook

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If Apple released a 13" MacBook Pro with a 1440x900 resolution (just like the 15" pro), then pro users would get the real estate they want.

 

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DeusInvictus7

macrumors 68020

• Oct 10, 2008

• #14

acfusion29 said:

If Apple released a 13" MacBook Pro with a 1440x900 resolution (just like the 15" pro), then pro users would get the real estate they want.

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that would be just awesome! 😀

but then again, a 13" MacBook Pro is going to be sweet either way...

come on Apple! Bring it on!

 

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puffnstuff

macrumors 65816

• Oct 10, 2008

• #15

I wouldn't trust 9to5 at all.

 

OrangeSVTguy

macrumors 601

• Oct 10, 2008

• #16

DeusInvictus7 said:

the thing i dont like or believe about this post is that 9to5mac doesn't have a source where they heard that the macbooks will be two tone like that...they just go right ahead and say that it wont me all aluminum

idk, just my thoughts

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Rumors have to start somewhere.... 🙄

 

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DeusInvictus7

macrumors 68020

• Oct 10, 2008

• #17

OrangeSVTguy said:

Rumors have to start somewhere.... 🙄

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haha i guess so 😀

 

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marvel2

macrumors 6502

• Oct 10, 2008

• #18

OoOooh, give me a 13" pro.

 

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Jpoon

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 10, 2008

• #19

I wonder who owns that site..... They sure do know a lot considering. Usually there's at least two sites spouting off the rumors.

 

alphaod

macrumors Core

• Oct 10, 2008

• #20

If they release a 13" MBP I would dump my 17" and jump ship immediately.

 

Bengt77

macrumors 68000

• Oct 10, 2008

• #21

.Andy said:

I've been using my 12" powerbook waiting for a replacement. I don't need screen real estate when I'm on the road, I need power and portability. At home and work I plug it into my 20" ACDs. That said it's incredibly long in the tooth and needs putting out to pasture.... A 13" MBP would do superbly.

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Man, think of the benefits you'd have had, had you bought an intermittent MacBook a couple of years ago.

 

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marvel2

macrumors 6502

• Oct 10, 2008

• #22

It is hard to make two-tone look good and easy to mess up.

 

Beric

macrumors 68020

• Oct 10, 2008

• #23

Aranince said:

I honestly don't get the point of a 13" MBP. If you buy a MBP you are a pro user, who needs the screen real estate. If you want 13" get a Macbook

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What if you want a Macbook that has a good graphics card? I'm a student who doesn't need a huge screen, but also wants to play some more demanding games than the integrated graphics of the MB can handle. If I need a big screen to play something, I'll hook up an external monitor. I don't want thinness, I want power in a smaller footprint. I want the power purely for games, but don't want to own a separate PC just for gaming.

 

Eric S.

macrumors 68040

• Oct 10, 2008

• #24

Some hope for us plastic lovers yet. Although I can't think of anything uglier than a cross between a Macbook Air and an iMac.

 

Beric

macrumors 68020

• Oct 10, 2008

• #25

Eric S. said:

Some hope for us plastic lovers yet.

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I'm not sure I really care. But I do know that the white plastic of my Macbook stains too easily. That's about it of any preferences I have. It's all looks, and I don't care about looks one bit. All I care about is the performance and cost of the machine, and how well it runs OS X.