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Apple Sub Notebook Hints: External Optical Drive, MultiTouch Trackpad?
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Hi,
I have found a page 2 rumor that has a little chance apple make use of this patent. Macrumors Page 2 Link
This sounds very interesting to me.
Without running it through PhotoShop, this seems to be a believably real picture to me. There are certainly no obvious flaws that jump out and most of the people crying "fake" have only pointed out what they wish they could see in the picture, not what's actually there.
That being said, it can't be the ultra-portable because it's a 13" screen.
If it is a real picture, it could be a picture of the new aluminium MacBooks instead of the ultra-portable.
I love the thickness of it!! So sturdy! I bet I could drop it 10 times without a dent...and at only 12 pounds it's as light as a feather!
I was just emailed this Spy Photo from Apple HQ.....
A USB stick will not replace optical media for either software installation purposes or for long-term data backup at this time because of the huge cost differential.
That being said, there is no real reason against moving to an external optical drive for the "MacSubBook". Data transfer can be handled via USB stick or the network.
There are a new generation of optical drives that are 9.5mm tall (versus 12.7mm for the previous generation), including Blu-Ray (Panasonic). Coupled with the new 1.3" HDD units, it might allow Apple to put both in the "MacSubBook" and still keep it small and light.
That being said, there is no real reason against moving to an external optical drive for the "MacSubBook". Data transfer can be handled via USB stick or the network.
There are a new generation of optical drives that are 9.5mm tall (versus 12.7mm for the previous generation), including Blu-Ray (Panasonic). Coupled with the new 1.3" HDD units, it might allow Apple to put both in the "MacSubBook" and still keep it small and light.
is going "green"
Oh I don't know, that full length mouse button on the palm rest , you know, the one that would depress the mouse button everytime you put your palms down on the subnotebook to type was kinda the obvious give away to me.
Yes! Exactly what I've been waiting for!I was just emailed this Spy Photo from Apple HQ.....
I was just kind of surprised that the metal external case would be completely unchanged after what 2-3 years... Also, did it seem that thin?
Curiously dark as well...
Now those would be slick. I don't need a sub-notebook, but I'd be darn tempted to buy one of those just for the "cool" factor.
Yah, and the bezel around the screen, and heck the screen itself, it simply looks like they shrunk down a macbook pro 15" or he combined a 15" with a 12" body (Powerbook g4).
Nothing about it looks "new" except for that faker then heck 7 inch mouse button and the obviously two shaded wider trackpad.
No need to run it through Photoshop, just use some common-sense. Take a look at that laptop, imagine typing on it and you'll come to the same conclussion.
Those look amazing...
If you did those in Photoshop, good job! Please keep up the good work!
in a side note, if apple Offers a optical drive option from the sub notbook, I wonder if an update to the Apple TV will allow that same optical drive to plug in to the empty USB port?
If they do, Bye Bye, my DVD Player hello full time Apple TV.
If they do, Bye Bye, my DVD Player hello full time Apple TV.
Whoever made or took this has a lot of other Apple stuff in the pic - a Nano, what looks like an iphone, etc....
Maybe half is a track pad and half is multi-touch.
In any event, I don't believe anything I see until MacWorld or Apple legal takes it down!!