Well, unfortunately, all signs point to the MacBook being aluminum. After all, Apple is supposed to transition away from plastic. It's definitely possible that Apple has solved or reduced some of those problems though.
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Leaked Aluminum MacBook Case?
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Well, unfortunately, all signs point to the MacBook being aluminum. After all, Apple is supposed to transition away from plastic. It's definitely possible that Apple has solved or reduced some of those problems though.
Limited WiFi reception: Place a bit of plastic over the Wi-Fi receiver.
Warped casing: The MacBook Air's sturdy, from what I've heard. A case drawing off from it would most likely also be sturdy.
High heat: More heat on the outside means less heat on the inside. If Apple uses the new 25 W CPUs (instead of existing 35 W CPUs), there'll be less heat.
Yeh, it's like thick at one end and then tails out. Bleh. Much prefer a consistent thickness, like the current MB.
And if they alter the keyboard in anyway (other than filling the blank F5 and F6 keys with a picture like the others, because that looks wrong right now) I will bludgeon Steve
looks fake to me. just look at the first picture. the case is smaller, cutoff, or something. Other than that, you can easily get the case of the white macbook and mess with the color on photoshop. Leaked pics are not trustworthy until Apple announces the product. It was obviously put in a white backround so we wouldnt be able to tell the difference....
If your good with photoshop, you can tell the difference of leaked pictures...
If your good with photoshop, you can tell the difference of leaked pictures...
Doesn't look like it has very good picture quality, though.
Edit: In the other pictures via the link you provided, it's obviously fuzzy and there's lines one third into the screen from the camera's view right..
I'd probably buy black aluminum. I'd like to see it.
never thought about limited WiFi reception but it makes sense if you get an aluminum macbook. I read the instructions on my wireless router and it mentioned that microwaves, ovens, and anything steel limits the WiFi reception. After all, everyone needs the internet and its the main source of everything we use on the Mac.....
I just bought my Macbook on Saturday and i love it. Apple just finds new designs every month to get people to buy their product....the sad part is that people buy it. iPhone 3G is the best example. Apple mentions that its "HALF THE PRICE"....but the monthly service fees add up and you end up paying wayyyyy more overtime...
Surprisingly, I'm not as psyched at the idea of an aluminum MB case as I thought I would be. For a time I was really really excited at the prospect, it was one of the reasons I put off upgrading. Shiny silver aluminum MB, woohooo!!!
Then news broke that it actually looks possible and I'm now I'm apathetic about it, at best. I've grown attached to the clean white plastic and stellar WiFi reception.
Maybe I'll be more excited when it actually happens. I have big hopes for a backlit keyboard.
Then news broke that it actually looks possible and I'm now I'm apathetic about it, at best. I've grown attached to the clean white plastic and stellar WiFi reception.
Maybe I'll be more excited when it actually happens. I have big hopes for a backlit keyboard.
I agree with you. I kind of don't want them to go with aluminum. I was excited at first, but now that it seems real, it's something I'm not looking forward to as much. Maybe I've been picturing myself with a black or white MB for too long. Also the same bland silver is getting boring, since it's already in most of the other Apple computer lines. They better have some neat things to make it exciting! Like you said, backlit keyboard, maybe trackpad, possibly different shaded aluminum. MacBook is the only diverse computer in the Apple line (with options of either black or white) and I'd be sad to see that quality go.
New designs every month?
Exaggeration aside, this is not always true.
- The Power Mac G5 / Mac Pro has had the same overall design since June 2003
- The PowerBook G4 / MacBook Pro has had the same overall design since January 2003
- The Mac mini has had the same design since its introduction on January 2005
- I think the iPod (classic) stayed similar (besides the click wheel and display) from 1st to 5th generation
- It's only the other iPods and the iPhone that have changed their designs frequently
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IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY COULD MAKE THE MACBOOK A LITTLE BIT SLIMMER MAYBE AROUND .75 INCHES ALSO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE ISGIHT CIRCLE THAT LOOKS SO UGLY. MAYBE THEY CAN ADD A HD SCREEN AND BLUE RAY? NAHHH THAT WONT FIT LOL. ADD BLUE RAY TO THE MACBOOOK PRO PLEASE BUT TRY TO MAKE THOSE SLIMMER TO ALS O GET THE MACBOOK AIR KEYBOARD ON THE PRO AND MACBOOK!!
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HOPEFULL THE NEW DESGHNS COME OUT BEFORE I GO TO SCHOOL IN MID SEPETEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY COULD MAKE THE MACBOOK A LITTLE BIT SLIMMER MAYBE AROUND .75 INCHES ALSO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE ISGIHT CIRCLE THAT LOOKS SO UGLY. MAYBE THEY CAN ADD A HD SCREEN AND BLUE RAY? NAHHH THAT WONT FIT LOL. ADD BLUE RAY TO THE MACBOOOK PRO PLEASE BUT TRY TO MAKE THOSE SLIMMER TO ALS O GET THE MACBOOK AIR KEYBOARD ON THE PRO AND MACBOOK!!
e:HOPEFULL THE NEW DESGHNS COME OUT BEFORE I GO TO SCHOOL IN MID SEPETEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow LOOK WHEN THE MACBOOKS COMING OUT
Macbooks should be here on September 23rd i found this at apple so i decided to put it on my flickr. (i took a picture it was at the apple headquarters in California). it seemed to be they were placing the sign in a Huge semi truck along with other boxes (maybe those were the macbooks =) and like 50 other sighns! (they were all thte same!)
Macbooks should be here on September 23rd i found this at apple so i decided to put it on my flickr. (i took a picture it was at the apple headquarters in California). it seemed to be they were placing the sign in a Huge semi truck along with other boxes (maybe those were the macbooks =) and like 50 other sighns! (they were all thte same!)
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These stupid images rising under ANOTHER newbie name again! Sheesh! Give it up dudes!
Ahh.. are you the friend of 'My Alias' who had the "bad camera"?
That thread was placed the archives because this is a ridiculous fake. Please stop before you embarrass yourself further..
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/542174/
No use to try to push it on us. You've been proved fake. Making a new account and posting it elsewhere won't make us believe any more. I don't see what you try to gain by doing this. No fame, that's for sure.
Hey guys look what I've found
I'm pretty sure it's a fake but still it looks amazing
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air
Shopped air.
Seriously, why does people want a laptop that small? It would not reduce its footprint, would just give really bad specs for way too much money (look a the MBA: 1.6ghz & and 1.8ghz for 1700 bucks!) or intense heat.
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- Not quite. The classic got a few design changes with the click wheel in 2004 and 2005's video ipod and 2007's
- ipod nano got a face lift once every year. Shuffle got a face lift 2 years after its intorcution. the iphone didnt just a new backing. the touch we dont know yet and as for the ipod mini, no major changes.
- Same design from 1998-2001.
- The G4 one design
- G5 same design through the 2007 update. We are still using the G5's design expect its a lot thinner and has a new faceplate. otherwise its the same since 2004/2005 when the G5 was intorcuved.
1. If Jobs makes the macbooks look like that boat looking piece of crap pictured above in the "it might be fake but it looks cool" picture than he should hand the OS over to Microsoft and let them ruin it. Mac laptops are known for their sleek uniform designs.
2. Aluminum is obviously the way to go, so put the wifi receiver in the screen underneath the lighted apple logo? put it on the very edge of the screen with plastic casing. I mean common, 2 grand for insufficient wifi?
3. does it really matter what date it comes out at this point. You know its coming out mid to late september, and macrumors/ appleinsider will post credible information by the 10th of september. Some idiot posting about his new flickr account and september 23 is ridiculous.
4. i love my new macbook
2. Aluminum is obviously the way to go, so put the wifi receiver in the screen underneath the lighted apple logo? put it on the very edge of the screen with plastic casing. I mean common, 2 grand for insufficient wifi?
3. does it really matter what date it comes out at this point. You know its coming out mid to late september, and macrumors/ appleinsider will post credible information by the 10th of september. Some idiot posting about his new flickr account and september 23 is ridiculous.
4. i love my new macbook