I would buy a purple Aluminium MacBook after a black Aluminium MacBook.
Purple does match me better though than black though.
Just for the fun of it, can any of you make an old-school 4:3 ratio Aluminium MacBook?
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MacBook Pro Prototypes and Design Details?
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Purple does match me better though than black though.
Just for the fun of it, can any of you make an old-school 4:3 ratio Aluminium MacBook?
Of course we're having fun around here...
Glass keyboards and so...
Completely useless for any human. Our body needs feedback to react to.
Imagine any professional working on a glass keyboard... spending all his/her efforts to look at the glass and finally position his/her's fingers on a hard, flat area just to write down a few words or execute a couple of commands...
Counter-productive all the way!
Those who crave a glass keyboard probably never use a keyboard themselves.
Touch screen Macbook...
You guys realize that the concept of multitouch on a MacOSX desktop requires you to point precisely at objects a few millimeters apart and move, again precisely, at a given area with perhaps smaller size than the object you're dragging?(move folder to sidebar in finder)And do that with multiple fingers at the same time?...
The idea may work on the best gadgetry on the planet (iphone) and with big enough items to "touch"... you don't feel anything anyway, that's why all those animated transitions on iphone OS exist - just to have a feel of your operations...
But it would be non-operable on a computer desktop developed for people to do some work...
+ a touch screen the size of the macbook would cost more than a MacPro!... Involving custom parts light years away of the industry.
more like the iphone prototype SJ got onstage with... forget it.
Ultra-ultra wide screens.
Again, using custom parts (meaning not currently on market-wide production) would skyrocket costs meaning less profit for apple and really crazy retail prices.(much like what happened with to the MBA..)
The screen alone on the mockups above would cost $$$$.. let alone a multi-touch of the same dimensions.
Big speakers etc...
First off, the speakers on a MBP really are so much smaller than meets the eye.Their actual size depends on the logic board and/or the internal components and has nothing to do with the size of the grill on the top.
Black chiclet keys.
I also think it wouldn't be the cutest change, though it would bring enough contrast to give a clear view in day or night conditions... apple is supposed to be all about usability so i buy that..
Folks, most things getting mentioned are really fun ideas to put on the best gadgets in the world...
But not to turn a serious tool for every professional, or an easy to use entertainment toy, into a UI experimentation device...
I think we all have to calm down a bit and show some patience.
It's just so much time until Oct. 14!!!
Cheers!
Glass keyboards and so...
Completely useless for any human. Our body needs feedback to react to.
Imagine any professional working on a glass keyboard... spending all his/her efforts to look at the glass and finally position his/her's fingers on a hard, flat area just to write down a few words or execute a couple of commands...
Counter-productive all the way!
Those who crave a glass keyboard probably never use a keyboard themselves.
Touch screen Macbook...
You guys realize that the concept of multitouch on a MacOSX desktop requires you to point precisely at objects a few millimeters apart and move, again precisely, at a given area with perhaps smaller size than the object you're dragging?(move folder to sidebar in finder)And do that with multiple fingers at the same time?...
The idea may work on the best gadgetry on the planet (iphone) and with big enough items to "touch"... you don't feel anything anyway, that's why all those animated transitions on iphone OS exist - just to have a feel of your operations...
But it would be non-operable on a computer desktop developed for people to do some work...
+ a touch screen the size of the macbook would cost more than a MacPro!... Involving custom parts light years away of the industry.
more like the iphone prototype SJ got onstage with... forget it.
Ultra-ultra wide screens.
Again, using custom parts (meaning not currently on market-wide production) would skyrocket costs meaning less profit for apple and really crazy retail prices.(much like what happened with to the MBA..)
The screen alone on the mockups above would cost $$$$.. let alone a multi-touch of the same dimensions.
Big speakers etc...
First off, the speakers on a MBP really are so much smaller than meets the eye.Their actual size depends on the logic board and/or the internal components and has nothing to do with the size of the grill on the top.
Black chiclet keys.
I also think it wouldn't be the cutest change, though it would bring enough contrast to give a clear view in day or night conditions... apple is supposed to be all about usability so i buy that..
Folks, most things getting mentioned are really fun ideas to put on the best gadgets in the world...
But not to turn a serious tool for every professional, or an easy to use entertainment toy, into a UI experimentation device...
I think we all have to calm down a bit and show some patience.
It's just so much time until Oct. 14!!!
Cheers!
Why we cannot have fun until then? At least for me, it seems to make time to "fly by faster".
This is the main reason why I have my doubts on the Mac tablet rumors (and anything Mac display multi-touch), and that display-based multi-touch will be confined to the iPhone OS and any offshoots for the time being, until Apple optimizes Mac OS X in some way or another (zooming? magnifying glass? resolution independence ("lower" resolution though)?) for display multi-touch.
Fixed that for you.
Geez your a party pooper. I could care less about a huge ipod touch I just want an itablet and that is very possible.
Would you buy a laptop this wide?
or
Do you have a better chance of buying a 16:9 ratio MacBook Pro?
Maybe someone with a really wide lap would buy it?
The current design is pretty old now though. The current design scheme of Apple's pro line was first used in january 2003 with the first PB G4 12". From then on, all of Apple's notebooks are design-wise, mostly the same. It's not a bad design, but it's time for a change.
Several things: 1, I hate the new macbook and macbook air keyboards. I still think the 12 inch powerbook keyboard is the best thing ever
1. I agree with your assessment of the MB keyboard. I didn't like its feel and it appeared poorly built - the keys wiggled side to side and up and down (in my local Apple store). I don't remember the MBA keyboard, but I did recently type on a Sony Vaio chiclet-style keyboard and it seemed much more robust than the MB keyboard - firmly in place without wiggling; much better build quality. I would not mind something like the Sony chiclet-style keyboard.
2. I also don't care much for the all-black bezel. Personally, I think it is ugly.
3. Ditto.
4. At least leave an option for Matte. All glossy would be a disaster.
I fully agree and hope that Apple makes the trackpad more like the MBA.
Perhaps, but I am not yet convinced it will be as drastic as the MBA.
AI notes that "a hybrid 9-pin FireWire 800/3200 port looks identical to a FireWire 800 port, though there is no information either way on whether the new 3200 technology will be supported."
I can only envision Apple moving from a DVI to a mini-DVI if they are adding another video output alongside it - like DisplayPort.
I don't want to have to buy something else to make the laptop what it should be when I spend $2000 or more for it.
hmm, you're right, I haven't been arround
also reflection is the correct word, thanks.
having the dock at the trackpad is silly.
Having the dock in the trackpad is impractical unless the trackpad is much larger (= longer).
I'd be tempted to look at the refurbs or last gen models. Not what I want, but it may be necessary. At least it would cost less.
Also, I'm not sure I buy into the all-glossy idea. Isn't it more difficult to calibrate your screen when it is glossy?
It is an illusion that it can be but I heard that when all lights in the room are off and it is dark, then it is easy calibrate a glossy display.
It doesn't matter if the first one was meant as a joke or not. Once an idea spreads then others mutate the idea into others and then the mockups flow!
Keep on brainstorming people!
To reply to my own comment......MORE MOCKUPS PLEASE!
I actually think a black MacBook Air keyboard looks good on a silver laptop. To each his own, I guess.
It's grown on me.
I also think that SJ will introduce the ability to switch the MBP between integrated and dedicated graphics, especially if Apple goes with a chipset from NVidia.
As far as we know apple has used a lot of hardware in its notebooks which was also used in pc notebooks. So my guess would be that the specs of the upcoming Macbook will be very comparable to the latest up-to-date notebooks from Asus, on of the largest hardware-producers, which also has factories in Shenzen/China?!
Let's take the brand new Asus N50 series,globally released 17/9/08.
There are two versions of it and the smaller one costs around 1000, and that's a good price tag because same hardware in an MB would cost us, let's say maybe around 1200-1300.
the N50 series specs are:
CPU: 2.4 or 2.5 Core 2 Duo
RAM: 2,4 max. 8GB DDR2 800 (official asus spec sheet says max 4GB, but a friend bought one and it eats 8GB)
HD: 320GB SATA
Graphics: 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 9300M GS or NVIDIA® GeForce 9650M GT mit 1.024 MB VRAM/
Display: 15,4" TFT (WXGA, LED Backlight, Automatic Lightdimming-Sensor)
Optical: 8 x DVD Super Multi D/L Double Layer
Interfaces: beneath other Gigabit LAN, HDMI, Bluetooth, Firewire 800, N-Standard Wifi
Camera: 2 Megapixel
I bet a horse that the specs of the new MBs are somewhat compareable to this. The may modify the display, exchange the GPU for cheaper Intel chips and give the lowend MB the 2.4Ghz and the highend the 2.5 GHZ CPU..
They simply cannot build in hardware, which did not exist until the beginning of Oct because they need to start producing and it must be current PC mid-range hardware otherwise the MBS will probably start shipping for 2k?!?!
Based on this specs, my guess for the MBP would be almost the same, entry RAM is 4GB, larger HDs and to differentiate from the MBs definitely with the NVIDIA GPUs. As Maximum CPU there will be the highest available Intel Mobile CPU today, the 2,8 GHz Core 2 Duo.
IMHO this hardware-upgrade from the current MBs would be enough for Stevie to go nuts at 14 Oct. again in the oldschool way... "AMAZING bright LED Displays, FW800, 2,5 GHZ , boomblabla..."
a horse for being wrong
Come on now, you can't be serious.
You would rather do without a new modern design, w/ improved graphics, speed, battery life, etc, just because you don't want to spend a few bucks on a piece of film which essentially provides the matte effect that you desire in your screen.
You buy accessories all the time to achieve different levels of customization on the standard $2,000.00 model. Things like; software, bags, cases, adapters, pads, blue tooth mice & keyboards, drives, headphones, speaker systems. microphones, remote, etc. etc. The list is almost endless. But a piece of matte film is out of the question.
Yes, I actually think it is funny that a person might buy other accessories (like speakers, mouse, etc.) but not a an accessory like an anti-glare film when the person themselves do not like glossy.
What is this world coming to?