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13" Aluminum MacBook Pictured on Invitation?

I'm off the London Apple store on Wednesday :D

I'm so happy...I've had my MacBook since last xmas but seing as I just started uni and got a student loan plus an unexpected scholarship I've decided what the heck! I'm gunnu get a MBP I think :D

I hope the new one does get the rumored glass touchpad! Would be great with all the gestures!
 
boxod said:
I may be incredibly wrong but from my quick sizing over the invite picture. It would appear that the MacBookPro is a far closer match to Invite than the Macbook?

Thoughts. ? (like i said i may be incredibly wrong, as the apple logo does look smaller on the macbook pro.)

Boxod.
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Yeah, the logo on the MBP looks a lot smaller than the invite. It's most likely the macbook who is the only one left still sporting the white acrylic look. Even the iPod lines have evolved to aluminum. It's about time they enhanced the computer line. Over the last year, all we've heard about is "iPhone iPhone iPhone" and ipod updates but nothing about the portables. I for one will be buying a new MBP very soon :D
 
Jiddick ExRex said:
:rolleyes:
Plastic doesn’t dent and I can give you my signature that alu will be much more visible regarding scratches...
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If you don't think the current MB's are not susceptible to scratches you don't own one. They can be scratched. Also I've owned my MBP since Day One. It has no major scratches or dents. You'd need a magnifying glass to see any on the bottom. If you have dent issues I suggest you take better care of your computer.

Apple is going Al so get use to it. Al is more enviro friendly.
 
lasuther said:
I'll be buying a MacBook on Tuesday. Hopefully there will be an option for a dedicated graphics card.
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Not a chance. That would require Apple to make two separate logic boards, one w/ integrated video and one w/o. That would be too expensive and complex. If you want a graphic card then that is what the MBP is for.
 
rmwebs said:
I'm off the London Apple store on Wednesday :D

I'm so happy...I've had my MacBook since last xmas but seing as I just started uni and got a student loan plus an unexpected scholarship I've decided what the heck! I'm gunnu get a MBP I think :D

I hope the new one does get the rumored glass touchpad! Would be great with all the gestures!
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I'm worried. I really need to make that purchase on Wednesday! I hope not too many other people are at the store!!
 
iHat coming on Tuesday?

I've heard from a reliable source the iHat is coming out on Tuesday too.

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First step towards full Integration!! Yei for apple!!

What do you think?

This one could have good Airport reception and talk recognition, along with the cool factor!!!

shh!! don't tell anyone!
 
PCMacUser said:
The situation is that aluminium reduces the sensitivity of wireless network cards in Apple laptops.

Apple laptops have very strong wireless reception to begin with, so it's not surprising that even their aluminium products outperform your PC laptops. However, if you put a plastic Apple laptop next to a metal Apple laptop, the plastic will get better reception.

This is a well known fact. Regardless of whether you care about what anyone says... :)
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I see proof of this everyday in one of my classes. My friend and I sit in a lecture hall with pretty decent wireless reception and we are right next to each other and I'm online with MB while his MBP is still searching for the network. It seems to work fine once it connects but the aluminum does affect the sensitivity. I was thinking about that and perhaps they could somehow sneak a pice of plastic somewhere on the case that could hide this and not look terrible (Such as on the original iPhone).
 
Chupa Chupa said:
Not a chance. That would require Apple to make two separate logic boards, one w/ integrated video and one w/o. That would be too expensive and complex. If you want a graphic card then that is what the MBP is for.
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I agree 100%. That's why I believe that the upcoming MacBooks will not have the glass trackpad, only the MacBook Pros will.
 
drewsof07 said:
It's about time they enhanced the computer line. Over the last year, all we've heard about is "iPhone iPhone iPhone" and ipod updates
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Amen. I'm sick to damn death of hearing iPhone and iPod crap! It's nice the spotlight has turned to Mac.
 
as i wrote at the other topic if the macbook goes half plastic half alu I ll wait and stick with the MBP....

I really hate plastic= that s the reason I m with the 1GEN iPhone here in Greece(unlocked:D) and i hate the new 3G =plastic back...

only alu please...:mad:
 
andyjam said:
OK... I like the picture. To me, it seems too similar to the current gen MBP. Perhaps this won't be such a big deal in terms of redesign. Perhaps this will be focused on consolidating the notebook line. Let's say the 12 model rumours are true.

Bottom Model - 11-12" MacBook. Comes in 3 price points

Middle Model - 13" MacBook. Come in 4 price points, 2 for aluminium, 2 for black (look at the nanos, apple is now offering colours on lower models to get sales). This also alows them to have greater price difference between the MacBooks and the Pro models.

Top Model - MacBook Pro. 5 price points. 2 11-13" Model, 2 15" and the 17".

This way Apple are offering a smaller, lighter, cheaper option (the $800 rumours), their standard 13" consumer laptop and then both a smaller, lightweight pro model and their usual pro options.

All the notebooks will be aluminium, have the black keyboards, LED backlit screens and prices will drop by around $100-$200 in each model.

We need to slow down and stop fantasising (despite the fact that we all (especially me) can't stop)!!

5 days...
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wow you really live in fantasy land... way too much overlay in your case
 
boxod said:
I may be incredibly wrong but from my quick sizing over the invite picture. It would appear that the MacBookPro is a far closer match to Invite than the Macbook?

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Thoughts. ? (like i said i may be incredibly wrong, as the apple logo does look smaller on the macbook pro.)

Boxod.
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That was sort of what I was talking about when I said that if it was gonna be a 13" MacBook (based on the size of the logo) there didn't seem to be any room for the iSight above the top of the screen...

...hence my wild speculation on a screen with integrated camera! :)
 
Neerazan said:
That was sort of what I was talking about when I said that if it was gonna be a 13" MacBook (based on the size of the logo) there didn't seem to be any room for the iSight above the top of the screen...

...hence my wild speculation on a screen with integrated camera! :)
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Do you even know how big the iSight camera is?
 
bearbo said:
I don't think it's a 13.3" anything. Taking the jpeg and crop the computer out, you'll find the pixel-dimension of what's displayed is 313p x 207p, and the :apple: is 34p wide. Assuming the :apple: is 1.5" wide, that makes the computer to be 13.85in x 9.13in. That's diagonally 16.58", which is exactly what current 15" MBP measures.
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AGREED.
 
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