I think the battery is going in the front. If you look at the bottom, it looks like a nice place for the Battery on one side, and a hard drive on the other end. The rear of the laptop will consist of the Optical drive, and the main board and components.
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MacBook and MacBook Pro Port Speculation
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I think the battery is going in the front. If you look at the bottom, it looks like a nice place for the Battery on one side, and a hard drive on the other end. The rear of the laptop will consist of the Optical drive, and the main board and components.
Well they're not abandoning it, they're just (supposedly) telling everyone that uses it to get a MBP
Differentiation
It looks like Firewire is a differentiation between "consumer" and "pro." This is interesting because the iMac just got Firewire 800 in the aluminum redesign (maybe the 24" white one had, I'm not sure).
It looks like Firewire is a differentiation between "consumer" and "pro." This is interesting because the iMac just got Firewire 800 in the aluminum redesign (maybe the 24" white one had, I'm not sure).
It's not really an iMac. Just casing that looks like it. Still have the same ports, Wireless, IR, extra hard drive and display. Lacking a Mother Board, Graphics, Ram...
Thus, it would reduce the overall cost of an iMac and bring it into line of where the Cinema Displays sell for.
lol I enjoy your signature iMacmatician, 'tis very obvious in the threads about the supposed cases. I still remain optimistic that FW is in the new MBs unless Steve Jobs says otherwise tomorrow (perhaps I'm a naive Apple fanboy? but I just don't think he'd do that to us)
I see so kind of a device that's in between a full blown iMac and an Apple Cinema Display?
By this time tomorrow, all of our questions will be answered.
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Exactly. I think something like that would be a good fit for the LineUp. You could have a time machine and extra ports built right in and save a whole bunch of desk clutter. (But obviously not money... Hey, this is Apply we're talking about.)
With all due respect Arn, a large number of those 1400 posts go something like this:
omg this is sweet, i cant wait!!!
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the mystery port is a heat vent. that's why it's taped up. some heat exchange element will go in there. it's because the battery is on the backside where the heat vents used to be.
Oh great, so are you implying (like the initial macbooks), that someone could forget to remove the tape over the heat vent? well, considering the placement of the vent on the macbooks, I don't like having it right below the LCD. the LCD gets warm anyway and having the vent just blast more heat on it.....
They should make 50% of the bottom one big vent (would need to put feet on the laptop though), with fans bloing outward to keep the entire thing cool. My wife keeps telling me "get your mac off the table an on your pad so you don't ruin my table with that hot surface"...
My Targus pad does keep my machine running cooler...
Anyway, I think that hole is a little small for a vent. Unless they are putting in a new chipset and harddrive that runs cooler. Heat is also not just an apple thing, I have seen other articles with heat issues on PC laptops. just PC laptop have bigger vents.
By this time tomorrow, all of our questions will be answered.
Tell me about it...
Why would Apple throw out a port that most people use?
My prediction:
Ports from (right to left): Magsafe, Firewire, USB 1, USB 2, Video Out, Audio Jack, Headphones.
If I'm right, feel free to send me an iTunes Gift Card...
I just hope Apple continues to provide some means of booting in target disk mode.
I tried on my MBP where the current IR hole is near the latch of the machine. I can use my apple remote at the Magsafe port area pointing directly towards the back of the machine and it will work. So will it work when i point it anywhere around the machine. It does not need a direct line of sight. Although Apple recommends it. I can cover the the Infra Port on the MBP and the remote still will work I tried point the Apple Remote 2 meters 180 degree away from the machine - It still works.
I have done presentations where I do not even point at the machine to present..I just press the Menu button and most of the time it will work..and im facing the back of the monitor..holding the remote at any possible angle. It does not work 100% of the time, but most of the time it works...
Anyone with a MBP and Apple Remote that comes with it, you can try to verify this on your own.
It does not need a direct line of sight to work. Of course your mileage will be reduced if you do not point towards it. Putting the Infra Port at the side won't reduce the ability to receive the signal much.
My prediction:
Ports from (right to left): Magsafe, Firewire, USB 1, USB 2, Video Out, Audio Jack, Headphones.
If I'm right, feel free to send me an iTunes Gift Card...
Dude, even more people use Ethernet than Firewire (and in any case, it's rj45, like it or not, so either Ethernet or Ethernet+FW via FW-S800T)
Who wants children, right?
But seriously, I don't really have a problem with cooling on my MacBook Pro. Then again, I almost never encode or do serious video work when it's not plugged in an on my desk.
Tell me about it...
Why would Apple throw out a port that most people use?
My prediction:
Ports from (right to left): Magsafe, Firewire, USB 1, USB 2, Video Out, Audio Jack, Headphones.
If I'm right, feel free to send me an iTunes Gift Card...
Did you even bother to read the symbols printed onto the case pictures? Its clearly the symbol Apple uses for Ethernet <-> not the FireWire Y...
MB now has that, and that is how they have to do the ports because of it. It will be interesting to see if it goes all the way across like the rumors. Then it would be super easy to get at the ram and hdd.
Neither do I.
But it still gets really warm, like hot, when watching YouTube and alike.
Blimey this goes on and on! As if one thread wasn't enough
If the 'mystery' one is a battery latch, which was my suspicion from the beginning, I'm guessing the round hole will be something that needs to be pushed in to get the latch to operate. Kind of a safety feature. You don't want it ejecting in your bag, or some toddler ejecting the battery while you're working etc.
Also - Ethernet > Firewire, if I had to choose. Transferring stuff across a gigabit port "FTW".
If the 'mystery' one is a battery latch, which was my suspicion from the beginning, I'm guessing the round hole will be something that needs to be pushed in to get the latch to operate. Kind of a safety feature. You don't want it ejecting in your bag, or some toddler ejecting the battery while you're working etc.
Also - Ethernet > Firewire, if I had to choose. Transferring stuff across a gigabit port "FTW".