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MacBook Pro Prototypes and Design Details?
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I pity you, really.What I was talking about was Apple's current "Pro" design language. Putting a highly contrasting keyboard on a grey/silver chassis is not Apple's current MBP/MP language. If the black keyboard/bezel rumors are true then, hands down, black keyboards will be Apple's new "Pro" design language. I'm just saying it doesn't evoke the same feeling as the current MBP design.
On a Fisher Price laptop, eh?
Apart from the great OS X, Apple is set apart from other computer manufacturers because it has purpose in its design. Clearly you are ignorant in how aesthetics play a large part in how we humans live.
Computers for the Pro market would take on what would look like a "Professional" design. Like a wrist watch or a pair of shoes, your computer's (especially for laptops, as they're brought outside frequently) design will also tell to other people what you are. "Are you subtle/flash?" "Are you form over function?" "Are your function over form?" "Do you value mobility?" Or in this case "Do you do a good amount of professional work on your computer? (Should I trust this guy/girl with the commercial for my boss' company)" That is part of the reason its a plus point if you buy a Mac over a Mac clone/beige PC box.
A good example:
Toilet Seat iBook from Pismo PowerBook: Without looking at the specs or the included software, etc., you'll know what the casual user will buy and what the doctor won't.
If said FP laptop is faster, then it has to be a good deal faster, since MBP's are fast enough for a good number of things (and it's a lot prettier).
Hahahahaha
What I was talking about was Apple's current "Pro" design language. Putting a highly contrasting keyboard on a grey/silver chassis is not Apple's current MBP/MP language. If the black keyboard/bezel rumors are true then, hands down, black keyboards will be Apple's new "Pro" design language. I'm just saying it doesn't evoke the same feeling as the current MBP design.
On a Fisher Price laptop, eh?
Apart from the great OS X, Apple is set apart from other computer manufacturers because it has purpose in its design. Clearly you are ignorant in how aesthetics play a large part in how we humans live.
Computers for the Pro market would take on what would look like a "Professional" design. Like a wrist watch or a pair of shoes, your computer's (especially for laptops, as they're brought outside frequently) design will also tell to other people what you are. "Are you subtle/flash?" "Are you form over function?" "Are your function over form?" "Do you value mobility?" Or in this case "Do you do a good amount of professional work on your computer?" That is part of the reason its a plus point if you buy a Mac over a Mac clone/beige PC box.
A good example:
Toilet Seat iBook from Pismo PowerBook: Without looking at the specs or the included software, etc., you'll know what the casual user will buy and what the doctor won't.
This only applies if you actually walk round looking at other folks stuff all the time , analyzing what they are like as a person for the clothes , shoes , laptop etc .....which is kinda sad if you do!
I mean , how shallow is that !
....... some humans do and some don't do this , I'm firmly on the side of couldn't care less what the guy sat opposite has , or looks like ...if the job gets done , it's done , regardless of aesthetics .
YOu Know wHaT WOuLd Be KiilllER?!?! If they dumped the trackpad and just the entire rest area infront of the keyboard have multitouch right beneath the aluminium
Take it a step further and scrap the keyboard too so that the entire area below the display screen is a multitouch screen. Make it configurable so that you could have keyboard, trackpad, keypad, drawing tablet objects, or any combination of them displayed on the multi-touch screen when you need it/them - a larger scale screen from an iPhone/Touch so to speak. Speaking of scale, perhaps these objects could be resized to fit whose ever mits had to use them. Easy to keep clean - no cookie crumbs or coffee splashes to get into the keyboard and potentially destroy the computer.
Has it been done in a laptop yet? I don't know - but it would be great if Apple was the first.
I like...
Vibration feedback? Apple can figure something like that out...
i would still like to see a normal im not sure if a touchpad keyboard will become standard anytime soon its just impractical...besides it wouldnt be nice to type on like it is with keys its just not as nice i feel. but its still a great idea which is part of what i was trying to say earlier on in one of my earlier posts.
No tactile feedback. But look I found something interesting it is suppose to provide feedback to touchscreens
http://www.immersion.com/industrial/touchscreen/
I don't know though i'm old fashion and I like pressing on keys
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. 2, while I like the idea of a thin bezel, I don't like the idea of it being black. It's too distracting for me to have a black bezel...especially on my new imac. 3, I don't really see the necessity or the advantages of having a "glass trackpad". I mean, current trackpads can utilize multi-touch just as well...also, couldn't universal multi-touch be introduced just as a software update? 4, no glossy screens, PLEASE!!!
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
. 2, while I like the idea of a thin bezel, I don't like the idea of it being black. It's too distracting for me to have a black bezel...especially on my new imac. 3, I don't really see the necessity or the advantages of having a "glass trackpad". I mean, current trackpads can utilize multi-touch just as well...also, couldn't universal multi-touch be introduced just as a software update? 4, no glossy screens, PLEASE!!!
i'm glad arn is regulating on those rumors.
MacRumors weeding fact from fiction? Irony much?
Is MacRumours not pretty much based on fiction?
Apple always surprises us at the end.
here's the thing, i really don't care what Apple does with the Mac Book Pros.
i need to buy a mac laptop NOW, but because of blogs like this, i am w.a.i.t.i.n.g. and waiting and waiting...
3x. You guys are not alone.
Eh, I doubt the LCD touchpad will be on the Macbook Pro.
Maybe the Macbook....
It's too gimmicky to be on a pro model.
I can't see myself coding and compiling, then glancing down to check my coverflow.. hell, my laptop is connected to a monitor most of the time, and when I'm working on my mbp directly, I still can't see any major benefits to justify its implementation on the Pro model.
I also can't see them messing with the mouse button.
The single button is a core UI feature, and I highly doubt they want to experiment with UI changes on their flagship model.
The multi-touch gestures, I do believe those are definitely on the way.
But this brings up a better question that I've been asking for awhile....
Where's the bluetooth multi-touch pad mouses!!!
Come on Apple... I've been waiting ever since they introduced multi-touch.
Hook a brotha up!
Maybe the Macbook....
It's too gimmicky to be on a pro model.
I can't see myself coding and compiling, then glancing down to check my coverflow.. hell, my laptop is connected to a monitor most of the time, and when I'm working on my mbp directly, I still can't see any major benefits to justify its implementation on the Pro model.
I also can't see them messing with the mouse button.
The single button is a core UI feature, and I highly doubt they want to experiment with UI changes on their flagship model.
The multi-touch gestures, I do believe those are definitely on the way.
But this brings up a better question that I've been asking for awhile....
Where's the bluetooth multi-touch pad mouses!!!
Come on Apple... I've been waiting ever since they introduced multi-touch.
Hook a brotha up!
I'll just hold out for the final product then all these rumors and speculation.
The question is how much longer the holding out will be. If Oct. 14 passes with no notebook news from Apple, the angst on these boards is going to be massive
Where's the bluetooth multi-touch pad mouses!!!
Come on Apple... I've been waiting ever since they introduced multi-touch.
Hook a brotha up!
It'll happen soon, especially now that Photoshop is going to support some gestures.
The question is how much longer the holding out will be. If Oct. 14 passes with no notebook news from Apple, the angst on these boards is going to be massive
I will just pull steve jobs the bone and buy an old generation, and take it back within 2 weeks if a new one comes back. No way I'm waiting longer than 14th October. I've been a month without a laptop already, waiting for a mac for 1.5 years, enough is enough. Stink thing is, Steve Jobs will just love it cause I'm helping to clear his old inventory. Wanker.