Next MacBook Pro to Get New Case Design

juicedropsdeuce said:

Hilarious to all those people who jumped on the THUNDERBOLT bandwagon. No thunderbolt devices yet and they have the hideous old case design.

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Most people bought the current model for the SB CPU's, nothing to do with thunderbolt. Hideous? Erm subjectively the best looking laptops in production. Go troll somewhere else.

Nice. My 17 MBP (Early 2009) will be getting close to the end of its life cycle by then, allowing me to easily slide into a new MBP.

Based on how these rumors go, in a few days there will be a new rumor saying that the 2012 MBPs actually won't be a redesign after all...

juicedropsdeuce said:

Hilarious to all those people who jumped on the THUNDERBOLT bandwagon. No thunderbolt devices yet and they have the hideous old case design.

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Hideous? Really?

I am guessing this is the kind of laptop you admire for its beautiful case design, right?

http://www.gearfuse.com/a-rugged-dell-laptop-john-connor-would-use/

Full of Win said:

Nice. My 17 MBP (Early 2009) will be getting close to the end of its life cycle by then, allowing me to easily slide into a new MBP.

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Do you suffer from schizophrenia?

juicedropsdeuce said:

Hilarious to all those people who jumped on the THUNDERBOLT bandwagon. No thunderbolt devices yet and they have the hideous old case design.

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I didn't want to buy it because i had a feeling 2012 will be new design but i had to buy it because i needed a mac and couldn't wait another year!

and its not like the 2011 MBP's are the same old thing just with thunderbolt! It had a faster processer (with **** GPU in the 13" lol)

Carbon Fiber body... Now that would be amazing!

Guessing it'll just be a lot thinner. Maybe SSD's or Flash storage instead of HD's. Perhaps we can kiss the Superdrive goodbye? Either way, curious to see what they have in store Bringing back the blackbook would be pretty cool too.

Wooo hooo i cant wait, allready have the money on the side.

I was planning on getting a new Macbook in oktober when i start my courses, buy decided to wait because of this.

Think Beige!

Maybe the next design will allow you to avoid being burned while playing games on the Macbook Pro

Black as a color option, please.

OR make them out of carbon fiber.

Skika said:

Wooo hooo i cant wait, allready have the money on the side.

I was planning on getting a new Macbook in oktober when i start my courses, buy decided to wait because of this.

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Wow, you people...

If taking cues from the MacBook Air means having a tapered front, then no thanks.

I have to say the current design is pretty good, and I'm not sure what else they could do--but I've always thought that in the past, and they've usually blown me away each time. So, I'm excited to see what they are planning.

I'm sort of on the fence about the optical drive. I don't use it every day, but it's definitely nice to have it built-in when I need it. I'm not a fan of having more cords and external devices on my laptop.

slapple said:

What about the screen? Are they finally moving to 16:9 screens?

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I certainly hope not!

ViviUO said:

Black as a color option, please.

OR make them out of carbon fiber.

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This. Omg, I'd love a MBP that looked like the silly intel mockup.

I think this 'reliable confirmation' is about the Macbook's, not the Macbook Pro's. The Macbook redesign wasn't very future-proof and is similar to the older ones, and the MBP unibody is pretty much age-less and hasn't been out for very long. So...unibody/carbon fibre Macbook's seems more likely to me, rather than another MBP redesign.

Was thinking of springing for a mid 15 for 2000 and the education deal...now I may just buy a base 13 or even MBA refresh and plan on reselling for the awesome update (which I will also buy with education deal).

They should better stick to the same design rather than messing things up. The current unibody is really great.

Ommid said:

Wow, you people...

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Let me clarify, i made my decision before this news was posted here. I really dont see nothing wrong with waiting on this refresh especially if it will be a huge step forward(which i believe it will be).

Adidas Addict said:

Hideous? Erm subjectively the best looking laptops in production.

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Understandable, seeing as you wear Adidas. LOL.

On a more serious and intelligent note, let's hope the screen and the rest of the body have a more seamless and look. The current mirror screen looks like it was slapped on a random body. They just don't go together like the previous gen. The Air looks much better.

h1r0ll3r said:

Guessing it'll just be a lot thinner. Maybe SSD's or Flash storage instead of HD's. Perhaps we can kiss the Superdrive goodbye? Either way, curious to see what they have in store Bringing back the blackbook would be pretty cool too.

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They already have that product...it's called the MacBook Air.

Skika said:

Let me clarify, i made my decision before this news was posted here. I really dont see nothing wrong with waiting on this refresh especially if it will be a huge step forward(which i believe it will be).

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Its fine, but if you need it get it, if you dont then wait, at the end of the day this is a rumor.

slapple said:

What about the screen? Are they finally moving to 16:9 screens?

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Hopefully not! I never understood the obsession with 16:9. Do you really spend so much time watching TV shows on your computer that you'd rather sacrifice vertical resolution, which is what's most important for viewing any kind of document, to avoid letterboxing. It's not even going to make much of a difference with movies, since they are almost always wider than 16:9.