Everything is just speculation until Steve Jobs takes the stage.![]()
I've already apologized in advance. And I'm not really interested in a tablet right now, I was only pointing out improbability. Even if it wasn't nice.
Isn't the 14th the same thing? Just speculation?
The other one I made was kinda like that:That one on the left is a little visually misleading only in terms of the vertical space we'd be losing. Its because it divides the loss equally on the top & bottom so it doesn't look so bad the way it is. Drop the 16:9 image down so their bottom edges are on the same plane & you'll see a different aspect as to exactly how much real estate will be gone.
The other one I made was kinda like that:
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Nobody will notice the difference in real life.
The other one I made was kinda like that:
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and people WILL notice the difference in real life.
You've based that assumption from horror stories in a Mac forum, where it is full of posts with people with problems? This is the place to come and post if your Mac breaks, and the amount of posts with people and problems with their Macs can never be used as a realistic statistic on Apple's construction quality.
My first Mac was a Macintosh Performa 6200 CD that I bought in 1995. It came in a huge box and I think I paid around $3K for it.
That computer was my main computer from 1995-fall 2000 when I bought a Blueberry iMac. My Performa never left my house for any repairs. I still play Oregon Trail on it sometimes.
I bought an iBook G3 in 2002, and it went in for a few logic board recalls/repairs. At some point the port died where you plug in your power cord to charge the battery, so I had that repaired. I had to pay for that because I didn't buy AppleCare with any of my pre-2004 Macs. When I got my G4 PowerBook in 2004 I bought AppleCare, and I used it a few times (like when my hard drive failed).
I can see the argument that Apple doesn't use the caliber of parts that they used to. But at the same time, computers are much more complex now than they were before: maybe there are simply more things that can go wrong.
I never used to buy AppleCare because I didn't feel like I needed it, but now I will never buy another Mac (that I plan to keep around for a while) without it. I'm posting from my 12" G4 PowerBook that I bought in March, 2004. I'd keep it forever if I could because it's so portable yet capable.
Am I the only person who hates the idea of a black keyboard on a MacBookPro?![]()
No, they will not!
At least an average consumer with an "un-trained" eye.
So why did Apple cancel the 12"er? All I hear is how everyone absolutely loves them. I really think they should bring them back.
it actually makes a huge difference imo.
No, it does not in my opinion.![]()
If the next batch of laptops are 16:9, I'm going to assume that the panels are much cheaper to produce and hate them for it - irrelevent of it being true or not.
So why did Apple cancel the 12"er? All I hear is how everyone absolutely loves them. I really think they should bring them back.
So why did Apple cancel the 12"er? All I hear is how everyone absolutely loves them. I really think they should bring them back.
I would like something like that to return too.
It was probably a case of not realising something was good until it was gone. I remember at the time there was no shortage of moaning about the 12" how it was "crippled" compared to the 15 and 17 models (eg. lower max ram, no card slot, no backlit keyboard).
Crazy? Quite on the contrary. It's common sense. There are (too) few things where it would be distinguishable from the plain MacBook. What is or what could realistically be different between the MB and MBP, besides screen size?Why they never even created a 13" Macbook Pro is crazy
It's certainly not going to be white, huh?(Not if they have black keys on silver! Super-fugly combo!
...which omits its biggest drawback, IMO: The display itself. 12" displays just don't quite cut it anymore with OS X*. The horizontal resolution was insufficient in some widely used apps even back then. Think menu bars in MS Office...I remember at the time there was no shortage of moaning about the 12" how it was "crippled" compared to the 15 and 17 models (eg. lower max ram, no card slot, no backlit keyboard).
What is or what could realistically be different between the MB and MBP, besides screen size?
Well... The GPU has never been a strong point in Apple's product's. And I'd certainly consider the Intel GMA totally adequate for these notebooks.A better gfx chipset.