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What do you think about a thicker "MacBook Air-like" (at least 1.20" thick to 1.00" thick) design for the MacBook and MacBook Pro?
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MacBook 'Brick' Codename Speculation
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Yes.
What do you think about a thicker "MacBook Air-like" (at least 1.20" thick to 1.00" thick) design for the MacBook and MacBook Pro?
Apple gives codenames and internal names to products. I wouldn't be surprised if Brick is just a nickname. I hope its a new shape of Portable Computer.
Could someone shed some light on the following.
Currently, its 01:30am as I type (GMT UK). If there is to be a new Macbook today (23rd September), as soon as my local Apple retail store opens (09.00am) - they will have the new Macbooks on the shelves and ready for people to purchase? Or will it be that the Apple Store receives the Macbooks and marketing information and they will take a few days to put it up on the shelves?
Currently, its 01:30am as I type (GMT UK). If there is to be a new Macbook today (23rd September), as soon as my local Apple retail store opens (09.00am) - they will have the new Macbooks on the shelves and ready for people to purchase? Or will it be that the Apple Store receives the Macbooks and marketing information and they will take a few days to put it up on the shelves?
That explanation ties in nicely with what Apple said at the last analyst meeting regarding a new product transition and that it would be a product that competitors would not be able to match for the price.
I think that would be a great idea. And I like the Air styling, though the computer itself isn't for me.
The wait is killing me too. I think we are all anticipating that they will be released tomorrow or an invite to an event next week. I like the first option but I wouldn't completely be upset with the second.
Yeah, especially with the low stock in all the stores. That's the number one sign something is gonna happen.
I'm not looking at buying a computer until February or later, but I'm just as dying of curiosity as everyone else here.
What about the CERAMIC material patent filed in 2006? Apple has been experimenting with radio-transparent ceramic materials such as zirconia for use in consumer electronic casings, as this article shows.
Or could it be reffering to the removable battery/hard drive chamber of the new MBP casings?
Or could it be reffering to the removable battery/hard drive chamber of the new MBP casings?
If it's nothing but a name they randomly picked then it idiotic. Usually calling a laptop a "brick" is derogatory. Why would Apple purposely bad mouth its own product? Certainly SJ wouldn't approve. Usually Apple code names have SOME sort of reference be it ultra-obscure or mega-obvious.
exactly, i wont even be able to afford one (at any price) until i finally get hired somewhere (apparantly no one wants an inexperienced 17 year old, go figure) and work for several weeks. I JUST WANT TO SEE DAMMIT!
I just ran some numbers through an online Calories-per-day Calculator. I hope you're a 2-ft-tall, 100lb, 80-year-old female with a sedentary lifestyle, because otherwise, you need more than 1000 calories per day!
(And even then, you need 1024, apparently. )Maybe the "Bricks" will be some kind of modular, stackable, system of peripherals for the laptops.
Heh, as an 18-year-old who just started college, I'm in a similar situation, of more not having time to have a part-time job.
Agreed. I have a 14" iBook G4 and the last thing I complain about it is that 1.35" is too thick.
I can also see 4 RAM slots on the (17"?) MacBook Pro, that would help with RAM-intensive tasks.
The iBooks didn't look ugly, and neither does the Mac Pro (really thick).
If Apple merges the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines into one "MacBook" (following widespread speculation), I'd like to see a NEW "MacBook Pro" focusing on high performance rather than being 1" thin.
Simple theory...
Apologies if I've trodden on anyone's toes with this post but it's possible the brick reference could simply be nothing more than irony. Think the opposite of brick...
It has been fun reading everyone's interpretation of what brick means though!
Apologies if I've trodden on anyone's toes with this post but it's possible the brick reference could simply be nothing more than irony. Think the opposite of brick...
It has been fun reading everyone's interpretation of what brick means though!
In hartford county lol.
And yeah, I guess, there were many things i considered when i started to reduce how much i ate, life span (which i imagine is what you were referring to), weight, health, etc... Basicly tho, I eat when Im hungry, and i dont when im not, and try to eat a good variety of things. Im also a vegetarian lol, so i dunno what `diet` im trying to follow, just basically a minimalist healthy one i guess lol.
Remember the Piltdown Man (Power Macintosh 6100) and Cold Fusion (Power Macintosh 8100) architecture? The former was named for a notorious hoax and the latter for an idea which has failed to have been achieved. There was also the Carl Sagan (Power Macintosh 7100) architecture. Carl Sagan sued because he didn't wanted his name associated with falsified or failed scientific projects. It's not unprecedented for Apple to choose ironic codenames.
Heh, you and I are of the exact same mindset.
I too would like a "high-performance" Macbook Pro. It's currently an oxymoron.
It'll be a new power supply. They'll either get rid of the "brick" and go with a regular cord (conservative guess) or figure out some way to do inductive recharging (wild guess).
They could pull this off with some kind of docking "pad" you lay the machine on to charge it, similar to how a toothbrush charges.
Only question I have (if they go the induction route) is how to recharge the battery when you're away from the "pad". One would hope there's still a way to plug it in.
Inductive recharging would fit with Apple's history of introducing technology in the mainstream just before it's about to take off (USB, Wifi, multitouch, etc). Intel has already demonstrated major advances in "wireless" charging. This would be the next logical step.
They could pull this off with some kind of docking "pad" you lay the machine on to charge it, similar to how a toothbrush charges.
Only question I have (if they go the induction route) is how to recharge the battery when you're away from the "pad". One would hope there's still a way to plug it in.
Inductive recharging would fit with Apple's history of introducing technology in the mainstream just before it's about to take off (USB, Wifi, multitouch, etc). Intel has already demonstrated major advances in "wireless" charging. This would be the next logical step.
Wrong, wrong, wrong
You are all so totally off-base.
Apple is about hip new stuff and about technology. In those terms, "brick" obviously means "non-functional device."
So clearly, they are releasing the iBrick, which is a very small, incredibly cool-looking, flashy device that has no apparent function whatsoever.
And the best news of all? It only costs $699!!
You are all so totally off-base.
Apple is about hip new stuff and about technology. In those terms, "brick" obviously means "non-functional device."
So clearly, they are releasing the iBrick, which is a very small, incredibly cool-looking, flashy device that has no apparent function whatsoever.
And the best news of all? It only costs $699!!
Wireless charging can and will happen, but all reports I've heard say it will be at least another 4 years before it is actually manufactured.
Security?
If this is true, it might mean that security will be a focus of the new MacBooks... the ability to remotely wipe your hard drive if it's stolen -- or "brick" your MacBook.
If this is true, it might mean that security will be a focus of the new MacBooks... the ability to remotely wipe your hard drive if it's stolen -- or "brick" your MacBook.
