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MacBook Pro 'Brick' Casing Photo?
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Yeah your right, i read it back and realised "oh yeah how the hell are they going to cut through if its an all in one piece"
Damn that factory must look like some Apple based rave with all them lasers going off.
KK/ iRave
LOL.My friends, I believe what we need here is to hope for the best case we can hope for. That's what this company's all about.
Now while those ones have been saying that the mini-DVI port is a horrible idea, what they're not saying is how much thinner the laptop will be getting because of this.
Now I pledge to you, my friends, that we will be getting a greater product, my friends, if we all consider the benefits of what this case brings, my friends.
Friends, we will have the best designed laptop in the world. And even though there are other products out there that might have a feature or two over us, my friends, we can take solace in the fact that ours will run longer, my friends, and faster, my friends.
My friends, we, my friends, will, my friends, see what's coming up, my friends, my friends, soon, my friends.
My friends.
PS. My Friends.
You sound like that broken record McCain. 
My friends, I believe what we need here is to hope for the best case we can hope for. That's what this company's all about.
Now while those ones have been saying that the mini-DVI port is a horrible idea, what they're not saying is how much thinner the laptop will be getting because of this.
Now I pledge to you, my friends, that we will be getting a greater product, my friends, if we all consider the benefits of what this case brings, my friends.
Friends, we will have the best designed laptop in the world. And even though there are other products out there that might have a feature or two over us, my friends, we can take solace in the fact that ours will run longer, my friends, and faster, my friends.
My friends, we, my friends, will, my friends, see what's coming up, my friends, my friends, soon, my friends.
My friends.
PS. My Friends.
"I'm not you friend buddy!"
"I'm not you buddy guy!"
"I'm not your guy friend!"
Sorry. Couldn't help the South Park reference.
I doubt Apple enjoys their employees getting out their DSLRs and snapping a few perfectly staged pictures. If this is real it's probably taken from a camera that some guy was holding sideways as he was working.
Now, before we continue I'd like to just make a follow up.
I want to clear up what I said before. Now, I said that we should take care when building new laptop designs. We will. Because we can't afford to continue to make only standard quality cases if we want to improve our image to the world.
Now, me and the other members of this forum do agree on one thing: that we shouldn't sacrifice too much function for form. And we won't.
Now, take a look at what others are proposing. They want to make the laptop thicker, just so they can have their S-Video port and their dual hard drives, AND, they want it to have an extra expansion bay.
Now, I disagree. I think, now, we need to take a look at the average pro-user here and think about what they need. They want power, they want portability. Now, they're not going to sit on a couch and edit video or render molecules, no. Now, they're going to have a set up on their desk. That way they'll have the options, if they want to, to add the components they need on the outside. Now, but they'll never have to carry it all with them if they don't want to.
Now, that's our fundamental difference, and that's why we should continue on the road we've set out. Not what's been going on here for the past few years. We need to move forward to a different goal, using a different path.
Now, as you can see, we will still have the greatest laptops in this class, now, if we accept that, now, the move, now, forward, now, is going to come with changes, now. Now.
Now.
PS. Now.
I have no idea... Maybe it is a ''greener'' packing material...
Ya greener cause there is no plastic bezel like on current MBP and so less to break waste and make. Fewer parts could reduce manufacturing by 10% not just money but energy. Less parts to make and transport between places.
i LOLd at the thought of jobs partying through the assebly line, glow sticks knees pads and all.
If it is a seam along the edge, then I think this is where the laser part of the Brick rumor comes in: large pieces machined from aluminum, and then portions are laser welded together rather than using traditional fasteners.
Here's my guesses on what the ports are, from right to left:
Headphone
Mic
Mini-DVI
USB2
USB2
Firewire 800
Ethernet
Just look at the shapes, and more importantly, the symbols at the upper left of each port. Although its slightly blurry, the symbol of the ??? port most closely resembles that of DVI. But why they would place a DVI port toward the front and not the back is anyone's guess...
Headphone
Mic
Mini-DVI
USB2
USB2
Firewire 800
Ethernet
Just look at the shapes, and more importantly, the symbols at the upper left of each port. Although its slightly blurry, the symbol of the ??? port most closely resembles that of DVI. But why they would place a DVI port toward the front and not the back is anyone's guess...
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I have no faith in these photos anymore. I'm waiting to see.
I have no faith in these photos anymore. I'm waiting to see.
No it doesn't. Look at the size of it. It's about a third of the size of a DisplayPort port. Go to the DisplayPort website, they've got a photoshopped pic of a PowerBook G4 so you can see the relative sizes. Unless Apple engineered their own smaller version (which defeats some of the purpose of DisplayPort), then it's not that.
jW
you guys are making too much about this seam... the back of the computer is where you'll notice a difference... no screws is a big deal... the company still has to be able to pull the computer apart if things go wrong, the company also has to be able to put the internal components in... did u think this was going to be a computer which cant be opened or has to be cracked open to see wats inside??? are u guys idiots? my guess is that you'll see 3 total pieces for the shell of all macbooks: 1 full casing for the screen, 2 casings for the other half, a top and a bottom
They would all have to party with their ipods on though. Obviously it would be the new 09' model iPod Neon.
Too much acid steve.. know when to stop!
so you are saying that the display will be based on the buttom case part...
I think you are right cause i see no display base part on that foto....
Now, before we continue I'd like to just make a follow up.......
You crack me up - that's uncanny!
The MBP does that too - the green LED next to the built-in iSight. Small holes that the light shines through.