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Macbook mockup (new 13" iBook)
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Anonymous Freak
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cwedl said:
Maybe they'll go back to the original iBook and use spring-loaded hinges that just hold the lid down with pressure...
DJMastaWes
macrumors 65816
BlizzardBomb
macrumors 68030
homerjward
macrumors 68030
I'm not a big fan of the two-tone bottom, with gray and white. Other than that, it looks great.
-Chasen
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homerjward said:
i'm wondering the same. how thin typically do optical drives and hard drives get? and i mean hard drives that still have space and speed, not iPods.
the next iBook or iMacBook or MacBook Express or whatever is definitely going to be thinner than the current model, but i think this might be getting close to setting yourself up for disappointment. it is a nice looking mockup though.
if you want to get really farfetched, maybe you could put the hard drive and optical drive in something like a mini server that would act as your wireless router, the laptop using flash ROM or whatever the stuff is for the OS and maybe like some middle-man buffer of sorts. essentially turning the laptop into something like an external wireless controller and display. then you could probably start getting it real thin, like, nothing's-under-the-keyboard thin. though it wouldn't be entirely portable. i think i'm just thinking of something that would only really work out in a dorm room.
Abstract
macrumors Penryn
Whatever. I hope they keep the casing plastic.
I'm not even sure if they're gonna include an "iSight" with the new iBooks as rumoured. They need to keep some differences if people are gonna spend the extra dough, right? I also don't believe that there's only gonna be a 13" version out. I'd believe it much more if they said a 13" and 15" version was coming out, and a 13" and 17" MBP was going to be released as well.
Anyway, nice design. I hope they keep those iBooks white, or even white and light grey like the iPod headphones or something.
I'm not even sure if they're gonna include an "iSight" with the new iBooks as rumoured. They need to keep some differences if people are gonna spend the extra dough, right? I also don't believe that there's only gonna be a 13" version out. I'd believe it much more if they said a 13" and 15" version was coming out, and a 13" and 17" MBP was going to be released as well.
Anyway, nice design. I hope they keep those iBooks white, or even white and light grey like the iPod headphones or something.
i'm guessing the main different will be one core vs two. and that's plenty of reason to differentiate the two.
yankeefan24
macrumors 65816
IMO, the IR sensor should be on top. Otherwise, that could be a really nice laptop. Make it 3 pounds and i will BUY. A superdrive would be necessary in a laptop that cost $1000.
QCassidy352
macrumors G5
yankeefan24 said:
three pounds? A full featured (optical drive, IR sensor, BT/AE, isight, etc.), 3 pound, $1000 laptop? In our dreams.
Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
Platform said:
I think they are keeping the case designs similar for psychological reasons amongst the Mac faithful. Ease into this whole transition a toe at the time, not dive in head first.
That said, I'm excited to see some updated form factors.
I'm digging that 13' iBook mockup. Maybe I can hold off from the new Powerbook (I too refuse the name MacBook Pro) until these come out, and make a decision then.