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Leaked Aluminum MacBook Case?

.Chris said:
Whys that? Apple said they are ditching ALL plastic by the end of 2008 to make room for aluminum and glass. Much more eco friendly AKA "Green"

Look at the iMac. The 2007 revision is the best looking one they ever made. Got rid of the plastic white. Times are changing. Apple is to.
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Uh huh, that's great and all but...
apple-iphone-3g-white.jpg
 
plastic takes beatings much better, and the screen doesn't bruise. Wish we had a solid layer behind the lcd to protect it but apple said they are dithcing plastics so they probably really are
 
Took them three+ years to...

Reintroduce the 12" Powerbook in 13.1-inch Intel format.

Seriously, this casing, if real, just shows how little the external design has evolved since the 12" Powerbook came out.
 
pinktank said:
plastic takes beatings much better, and the screen doesn't bruise. Wish we had a solid layer behind the lcd to protect it
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I disagree. My iPhone has taken quite the beating that I feel, had I had an iPhone 3G, it would have been damaged much more heavily.


Lesser Evets: It's really not all that thicker than the current MacBook screen, if at all. It may just look thicker because there are no components in the shell to get rid of the shadows and such. It looks about the same as the current MacBook thickness to my eyes, which is currently thicker than the rest of the lineup.
 
aaple said:
Yep, I'm gonna have to agree with those who say this is a MacBook Air. Could the new MacBook look a lot like this? Yes. Is this it? I don't think so. Look at the placement of the word "MacBook" on the screen. It's off center and in the exact same place as the word "MacBook" on the MacBook Air. They tilted the shot so it would be harder to tell that it was off center.
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I tried to look at the wording on the screen bezzel too and couldnt find anything....

happydude said:
ah, aluminum is the wrong way to go, apple!! the wifi reception sucks compared to plastic. my macbook gets way better reception than our macbook pro. and my 3G iphone gets way better reception that the original iphone . . . though maybe the cracks all over it are letting the reception seep in . . .:p

no aluminum, let's go with function over form. please!
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Sorry to disappoint you kid, but apple said they are ditching the plastic by 2008 to make room to aluminum and glass. its much more "green"

UMHurricanes34 said:
It's the friggin top half of the notebook. It's the casing of the screen. Is this REALLY that difficult? It's a hollow shell for the top (screen) half of a notebook.


GEESH.
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some people just cant get it trough their heads...
 
kabunaru said:
Why not?
Why quickly jump to a conclusion like that?
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Because he doesn't want an aluminum computer, more prone to dents and bad fit? Anyway, that's what's bugging me the most about my MBP, that and the poor quality of anodising.
 
Looks like it's aluminum outside with a white plastic inside? If that's the case I'm sold. Sign me up for a new MacBook with aluminum outside and black inside. Plus $250 upcharge. Haha.
 
kabunaru said:
It would be very cool if the new MacBook was a convertible tablet-laptop. :)
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I was hoping.... but if this is a real item, that's totally unlikely.
It's just a different material cast in the current form.
Sad, because this could be faked by spraying a current casing with aluminum paint and mocking in a logo.
A logo which is off center as is.
 
I was holding onto my PowerBook until the day that Apple got rid of the plastic piping around the seals. Just give me a large, full-featured Air, call it a Pro, and ship me one.

It's all in the details. The way the Air is constructed is just a work of art, and I expect no less from their top of the line notebook.

Give those MacBook users the plastic ;) (Just kidding, I can't wait to see these new notebooks)
 
If :apple: is in fact going aluminum for the MB please give me a anodized black model! For that matter a variety of anodized colors ala ipod nano/shuffle to satisfy everyone.
 
Why does everyone cry fake all the time? I understand that some photos may be fake and some photos may not be fake.

Why don't we wait and learn before we cry and moan?
 
wadejc85 said:
Why does everyone cry fake all the time? I understand that some photos may be fake and some photos may not be fake.

Why don't we wait and learn before we cry and moan?
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because everyone wants to be immature like the fan boy fights
 
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