Aluminum MacBook Pro Case Photo?

[Tosser]

i'm confused and extremely afraid of everything you just said.

Don't be.

– confused, that is. But the afraid part might be a good feeling in this case, if you let someone like Ive take care of your kids. Seriously, if he does with them what he has done with computers et al these recent years, those kids will be screwed up, dysfunctional, dismembered and chained to your house within minutes.

 

[Super Intendo]

Don't be.

– confused, that is. But the afraid part might be a good feeling in this case, if you let someone like Ive take care of your kids. Seriously, if he does with them what he has done with computers et al these recent years, those kids will be screwed up, dysfunctional, dismembered and chained to your house within minutes.

sweet they'll match your wife.


hay-oooooh.



god i need sleep.

 

[Erasmus]

They could just have a smaller apple inset in the plastic apple. It would be dead simple to make – noone is saying the dark in middle would have to be part of the case.

I believe that would be pretty fugly.

The only decent, non cheap way of making it work that I can think of is to raise the Apple logo a few mm above the screen, and have light shining out from the sides of it onto the aluminium. But who would want an apple logo that would then catch on things?

 

[Tosser]

sweet they'll match your wife.

You don't really play this game very well, do you?
Didn't you realise I was talking about his design philosphy and how it's expressed in Apple's products – and how those shortcoming and design philosophy would translate into taking care of small children (as in a cartoon, of course).

Not even if try forcing myself to see how that can be transferred to my wife, can I make that connection. But feel free to explain.

god i need sleep.

Indeed

 

[Super Intendo]

You don't really play this game very well, do you?
Didn't you realise I was talking about his design philosphy and how it's expressed in Apple's products – and how those shortcoming and design philosophy would translate into taking care of small children (as in a cartoon, of course).

Not even if try forcing myself to see how that can be transferred to my wife, can I make that connection. But feel free to explain.



Indeed

i was referencing the dismembered and chained to my house part in speaking of your wife.

and i did get your reference, its quite funny.

 

[Tosser]

I believe that would be pretty fugly.

Believe what you want, but how do you think they put chromed apples into anything else?
It's quite simple, and it wouldn't look "bad" in any way (as in the assembly – taste might differ, though, as some would properly like an all-white apple).

The only decent, non cheap way of making it work that I can think of is to raise the Apple logo a few mm above the screen, and have light shining out from the sides of it onto the aluminium.

Unfortunately I don't do photoshop, but it's easily doable. The plastic-apple even in this computer (an MBP) is thick enough to cater for such an inset.

But who would want an apple logo that would then catch on things?

Because there would be nothing to catch. You can make the smaller alu apple, very, very, thin, meaning that the plastic would have to have a very shallow depression to cater to it. Even if they made it the thickness of the frame, they would able to. It's basic stuff, this.

 

[Tosser]

i was referencing the dismembered and chained to my house part in speaking of your wife.

Oh, hehe, now it's me who are the slow one. I guess it's because my "wife" (gf going on 8th years) go out more than I do. Hell, I even mostly work from home.

 

[Super Intendo]

Oh, hehe, now it's me who are the slow one. I guess it's because my "wife" (gf going on 8th years) go out more than I do. Hell, I even mostly work from home.

When i used the term wife i was speaking in generalities, I could have used mom or sister although you might not have either

but wow 8 year... thats impressive. What do you do for work?

 

[Tosser]

When i used the term wife i was speaking in generalities, I could have used mom or sister although you might not have either

but wow 8 year... thats impressive. What do you do for work?

I'm a journalist. Fortunately not in an english speaking country. My gf is a journalist too – she's on a regional media center.

 

[Super Intendo]

I'm a journalist. Fortunately not in an english speaking country. My gf is a journalist too – she's on a regional media center.

Does it pay well enough to let you buy new apple toys? I've always had a knack for writing and i'm trying to think of careers that will be enjoyable to me but will still allow me to buy my favorite things

 

[Clayne]

Website up again and I don't see anything. Time to go to bed

 

[Tosser]

Does it pay well enough to let you buy new apple toys? I've always had a knack for writing and i'm trying to think of careers that will be enjoyable to me but will still allow me to buy my favorite things

Well, yes it does. But I have to remind you, that I'm most likely not living in the same country as you do, so salaries vary (I live in Denmark).

Secondly, being a good writer is great and all (I am one too, I've been told), but being able to write well, is a very basic thing, and far from being a (good) journalist. There are so many other things one should be able to do.

Anyway, apart from that, I actually dislike writing (when it's not just chatting like this). I hate it with a vengeance at times. I prefer to do radio pieces, features, documentaries, the research part, the well-made interview, the editing of audio and so on. It's just a taste, though. But I say, if you want to do it, go for it.
I'm a little old school. I don't think that salary should be your first consideration, because that means that journalistic integrity, doing proper research, thinking journalism as the foundation which democracy stays a democracy, and so on, takes a back seat. Imo, it has to be the actual work, that drives you, not the money. If not, it can quickly become a ****** job. I mean, it IS afterall a crap business, people have huge elbows and big steel-toed boots.

Anyway, you can check out what some local papers pay, and go from there to see what other pays. Perhaps ask the union in your country. Surely they have salary statistics based on regions, age, experience, function and so on.

Edit: you asked about whether it pays well enough to buy new Apple-toys. And I said yes. The thing is, Apple's toys aren't actually what I spend most money on. I do that on audio equipment. Be it recorders, microphones, or even speakers.
As of right now, I'm saving for a pair of Beolab 5 speakers. In denmark, they're 132.000 danish kroner. It's expensive (very much so), but it sounds even more expensive now than it would have three years with the low dollar which has plummeted within these years. That price is in todays money equivalent to 27.800 dollar. Of course I have to make sacrifices to get them, but it's doable.

 

[Super Intendo]

Well, yes it does. But I have to remind you, that I'm most likely not living in the same country as you do, so salaries vary (I live in Denmark).

Secondly, being a good writer is great and all (I am one too, I've been told), but being able to write well, is a very basic thing, and far from being a (good) journalist. There are so many other things one should be able to do.

Anyway, apart from that, I actually dislike writing (when it's not just chatting like this). I hate it with a vengeance at times. I prefer to do radio pieces, features, documentaries, the research part, the well-made interview, the editing of audio and so on. It's just a taste, though. But I say, if you want to do it, go for it.
I'm a little old school. I don't think that salary should be your first consideration, because that means that journalistic integrity, doing proper research, thinking journalism as the foundation which democracy stays a democracy, and so on, takes a back seat. Imo, it has to be the actual work, that drives you, not the money. If not, it can quickly become a ****** job. I mean, it IS afterall a crap business, people have huge elbows and big steel-toed boots.
Anyway, you can check out what some local papers pay, and go from there to see what other pays. Perhaps ask the union in your country. Surely they have salary statistics based on regions, age, experience, function and so on.

Well I've been wanting the be an artist of some sort (any sort really) for video games since I can remember. I love art and I love video games. And my ultimate dream job would be as a designer for apple, but the video game industry is extremely difficult to get into and becoming a designer for apple is extremely doubtfull, so journalism or any type of semi-creative writing has always been a "fall back" of sorts. I want to love what I do, but i also want to be able to support my heavy addiction to shiny new objects

 

[Tosser]

Well I've been wanting the be an artist of some sort (any sort really) for video games since I can remember. I love art and I love video games. And my ultimate dream job would be as a designer for apple, but the video game industry is extremely difficult to get into and becoming a designer for apple is extremely doubtfull, so journalism or any type of semi-creative writing has always been a "fall back" of sorts. I want to love what I do, but i also want to be able to support my heavy addiction to shiny new objects

Yup. The thing is, the "journo-biz" isn't an easy business either. And I have to say, that even if you thought so, it was never a "fall-back" for you. It's one thing writing a nonsense column (as so many are), but another to actually do journalism. Be able to research properly, do interviews properly, edit, consider ethics, how to write an editorial, how to approach sources, how to choose sources, and not least, how to address the individual reader/viewer/listener. Of course there are many other how-to's, but this will suffice.

If you want it, you can certainly become a journalist. But don't think for one second that because you're a good writer, then journalism suddenly becomes a "fall back" career. At least not here. And even in the US, with a crap journalists (sorry, but they are in general), commentator's journalism and what have you, it's still not enough to merely be able to write. In reality it's like saying that just because you're good at eduiting audio, you must be a splendid journalist. Well, it's not that simple.

 

[Super Intendo]

Well, yes it does. But I have to remind you, that I'm most likely not living in the same country as you do, so salaries vary (I live in Denmark).

Secondly, being a good writer is great and all (I am one too, I've been told), but being able to write well, is a very basic thing, and far from being a (good) journalist. There are so many other things one should be able to do.

Anyway, apart from that, I actually dislike writing (when it's not just chatting like this). I hate it with a vengeance at times. I prefer to do radio pieces, features, documentaries, the research part, the well-made interview, the editing of audio and so on. It's just a taste, though. But I say, if you want to do it, go for it.
I'm a little old school. I don't think that salary should be your first consideration, because that means that journalistic integrity, doing proper research, thinking journalism as the foundation which democracy stays a democracy, and so on, takes a back seat. Imo, it has to be the actual work, that drives you, not the money. If not, it can quickly become a ****** job. I mean, it IS afterall a crap business, people have huge elbows and big steel-toed boots.

Anyway, you can check out what some local papers pay, and go from there to see what other pays. Perhaps ask the union in your country. Surely they have salary statistics based on regions, age, experience, function and so on.

Edit: you asked about whether it pays well enough to buy new Apple-toys. And I said yes. The thing is, Apple's toys aren't actually what I spend most money on. I do that on audio equipment. Be it recorders, microphones, or even speakers.
As of right now, I'm saving for a pair of Beolab 5 speakers. In denmark, they're 132.000 danish kroner. It's expensive (very much so), but it sounds even more expensive now than it would have three years with the low dollar which has plummeted within these years. That price is in todays money equivalent to 27.800 dollar. Of course I have to make sacrifices to get them, but it's doable.

hahahah the use of periods and commas are very different here in the us, i thought you meant Twenty Seven dollars and 80 cents (and then tacked on the extra zero) not twenty seven thousand, eight hundred dollars.

I was thinking "if you have to save up to afford 28 dollar speakers then how does it pay enough to buy new apple toys?!" hahaha

 

[Super Intendo]

Yup. The thing is, the "journo-biz" isn't an easy business either. And I have to say, that even if you thought so, it was never a "fall-back" for you. It's one thing writing a nonsense column (as so many are), but another to actually do journalism. Be able to research properly, do interviews properly, edit, consider ethics, how to write an editorial, how to approach sources, how to choose sources, and not least, how to address the individual reader/viewer/listener. Of course there are many other how-to's, but this will suffice.

If you want it, you can certainly become a journalist. But don't think for one second that because you're a good writer, then journalism suddenly becomes a "fall back" career. At least not here. And even in the US, with a crap journalists (sorry, but they are in general), commentator's journalism and what have you, it's still not enough to merely be able to write. In reality it's like saying that just because you're good at eduiting audio, you must be a splendid journalist. Well, it's not that simple.

well i suppose i was thinking more specifically than you (if i were to do this i'd probably write for a video game magazine, or a blog like Kotaku or Engadget or something to that effect) but yes, i know its a difficult job, but its something i can see myself enjoying and with practice and time excelling at!

 

[Tosser]

hahahah the use of periods and commas are very different here in the us, i thought you meant Twenty Seven dollars and 80 cents (and then tacked on the extra zero) not twenty seven thousand, eight hundred dollars.

I was thinking "if you have to save up to afford 28 dollar speakers then how does it pay enough to buy new apple toys?!" hahaha

Hehe, yeah. We do that here. We go 1.100,20 (one thousand one hundred dollars and 20 cents).

Of course the speakers are not 28 dollars. Man, I wish!

 

[Super Intendo]

Hehe, yeah. We do that here. We go 1.100,20 (one thousand one hundred dollars and 20 cents).

Of course the speakers are not 28 dollars. Man, I wish!

haha ya we do the oposite, 1,100.20 (one thousand one hundred dollars and twenty cents as well) so that definitely threw me for a loop

 

[Tosser]

well i suppose i was thinking more specifically than you (if i were to do this i'd probably write for a video game magazine, or a blog like Kotaku or Engadget or something to that effect) but yes, i know its a difficult job, but its something i can see myself enjoying and with practice and time excelling at!

Frankly, reviews in any country seldomly pays good money, unless you're a high profiled one. And most aren't. Especially with the advent of the internet, and the "anyone's opinion is just as good as the next one, and we all want to tell people about ours, so we even have a blog were we tell about what we had for breakfast in details every day", there's so many people in that game, and most will even do it for free, not thinking that it's like peeing in their pants: It might warm for a littel while, but soon after it gets cold. And that moment happens, when you try to get some money for your work. Then theyll just take the next freebie on offer.

Anyway, just to pee a little on those reviewers and bloggers: It's not journalism, never was, never will be. But certainly, if you want to go there, I think you should go for it. If you like it, it might even become a carreer, and who doesn't want to do something one likes?

EDIT: Btw, I think we should with the offtopicness. I have to get some work done, then some sleep, then some more work, and I'm done for today. If you want to, you're welcome to PM me, and we can talk a little more. I won't be back until tomorrow, though. TTYL.

 

[Super Intendo]

Frankly, reviews in any country seldomly pays good money, unless you're a high profiled one. And most aren't. Especially with the advent of the internet, and the "anyone's opinion is just as good as the next one, and we all want to tell people about ours, so we even have a blog were we tell about what we had for breakfast in details every day", there's so many people in that game, and most will even do it for free, not thinking that it's like peeing in their pants: It might warm for a littel while, but soon after it gets cold. And that moment happens, when you try to get some money for your work. Then theyll just take the next freebie on offer.

Anyway, just to pee a little on those reviewers and bloggers: It's not journalism, never was, never will be. But certainly, if you want to go there, I think you should go for it. If you like it, it might even become a carreer, and who doesn't want to do something one likes?

I guess i'll just see how things go with game design and if i cant make them then i'll try to write about them

 

[phoenix78]

Those pics looked 'crap'. I seriously doubt that they would be the real thing. Otherwise they are cases with the plastic logo and feet missing. Anyway ... those pics are ridiculous.

wishlist:
1) sloping keyboard
2) magnetic latch
3) preserve the silver keys like in the current MBPs
4) maybe a chrome or platinum apple logo on the back of the lcd lid. I dont care though as im happy with the glowing logo.

is the above basically the MBA design?

 

[sinser]

Why should those pics be fake when they do not anticipate anything relevant ?
What's the goal in making such an irrelevant joke ?
I think they are real.

 

[Les Kern]

Does anyone really think Apple would allow the Apple logo to host some other internal design or component?
No.

 

[alxths]

Why should those pics be fake when they do not anticipate anything relevant ?
What's the goal in making such an irrelevant joke ?
I think they are real.

Bringing attention to his blog, which he specifically hoped for when making the post.

Not that I'm saying they're fake-- I have no idea.

 

[Bubba Satori]

Another Montevina delay

Toshiba has delayed their latest Montevina laptop from mid-july to September. Hopefully this is just Toshiba and doesn't mean that Montevina itself is going to miss it's July 14th ship date.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4488