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Anyone else think the spy shots look like this nVidia press release photo?
http://9to5mac.com/nvidia-promo-macbook
9to5mac impliied that lst week, you might be on to something. If they had the test models so far ahead of time, they would have to know what they lookedlike
Is This The Hdmi Port?
I haven't read the whole thread I just stopped on page 5.
But I caughts my attention that until this page, am I the only one thinking that this could be the HDMI port on the MBP????
See the "HDMI" port on other device, of course it would not look like this from
I haven't read the whole thread I just stopped on page 5.
But I caughts my attention that until this page, am I the only one thinking that this could be the HDMI port on the MBP????
See the "HDMI" port on other device, of course it would not look like this from
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Hmmmmm. They might if it meant they could make everything super duper freakin stinkin thin. I could see Apple making a bunch of adapters to make the laptop .3" thin and still be able to hook up peripherals. Thin is in at Apple.
i just dont think its a port at all. Apple would put all the ports together (that whole isnt a port its for the IR sensor). plus wouldnt the spy photographers take off the tape if it was a port?
The MCP79 is supposed to be on par with ~Geforce 9300 to 9400 discrete GPUs. That's powerful enough for dual link by far.
Full blown Dual Link DVI (currently provided by a full-size DVI-I connector on the MBP, not available on the MB) or a port that can be adapted to dual link (HDMI or DisplayPort)
It's quite clearly not ethernet, so it can be FW800, FW1600 or even (would be cool) FW3200.
Why would anybody suggest 16:9 laptop screens?
DisplayPort is also an option, and one that would probably be more forward-compatible:See the "HDMI" port on other device, of course it would not look like this from
But it raises the question of why apple would put a display port (be it HDMI or DisplayPort) at this place.
You're exactly right. The port looks like Mini-DVI, but compared to the Wiki picture, Mini-DVI is Taller than USB, and in these pictures, they're the same height. Maybe Apple did engineer a Dual-Link Mini-Mini-DVI connector. Either way, they'll NEED to include adapters for whatever it is to appease the Pros, much like they include the adapters for the Air.
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Hmm, I'm thinking there could be a HDMI port on the MBP. With the rumor that there will be Blu-ray drives in them, you would definately need HDMI for output. Then there is not reason for full-sized DVI only micro or mini. Of course, there will be new HDMI-equipped cinema displays to take advantage of this.
I have no idea! But there are several 16:9 fans in these forums who want to make love to the aspect ratio. These photos make the casing appear to be pretty much the same width and depth as the current modelstherefore no 16:9!
sell-out, why do you think apple sells out!!!!!! i mean geez,youre be probably be drooling over the next latops, like apple is a genius
I thought you could only boot a machine from a firewire drive. Am I wrong? I've been making bootable backups of my computer as part of my backup strategy.
If I couldn't boot and restore from one of those backups because the new MBs lack fw, what's the workaround?
Hmm, I'm thinking there could be a HDMI port on the MBP. With the rumor that there will be Blu-ray drives in them, you would definately need HDMI for output. Then there is not reason for full-sized DVI only micro or mini. Of course, there will be new HDMI-equipped cinema displays to take advantage of this.
You get pretty much all the capabilities of full size DVI in micro/mini DVI - the only advantage is dual link (to full sized) and size (mini/micro). There is no lost quality. If there is no reason for full sized DVI, then there's no need for DVI, full stop.
HDMI won't be on any of the laptops till it is on the displays (probably not till at least MWSF 09). I don't know why they don't hurry up and just do it...
You can boot an Intel Mac from a USB drive too, but there is as yet no USB equivalent of FireWire Target Disk Mode.
Is this wishful thinking or is there another rumor floating around I haven't read yet? I definitely know the displays are beyond due for an update.
I thought you needed full-sized DVI for dual-link to power the 30-inch Cinema Display?
Makes sense for Apple to include HDMI on the new MBP now for the launch of new HDMI-equipped Cinema Displays at MWSF '09.
