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MacBook Pro Specs, LightPeak Known As ThunderBolt?
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Thunderbolt!? o0
http://www.htc.com/us/products/thunderbolt-verizon
Would love to get one with the new MBP!
http://www.htc.com/us/products/thunderbolt-verizon
Would love to get one with the new MBP!
The German & French specs might well be real, but the word "Thunderbolt" on the box and the thunderbolt symbol near the mini display port are obviously Photoshopped in. Either fake, or real specs and somebody decided to do some visual enhancements.
Fake: they're not going to ship another 13-inch screen at 1280x800 when the 13-inch MacBook Air is shipping at 1440x900.
Plus that Intel HD 3000 graphics is real; it's what you get with Sandy Bridge.
Plus that Intel HD 3000 graphics is real; it's what you get with Sandy Bridge.
Kind of makes sense? but i still feel like shenanigans
First of all, coming from a german box and i being named thunderbolt, why not call it blitzkrieg?
Next, I know for steve jobs, the holy grail is to not have to sully the machine with more than one port, so it kind of makes sense that somehow light peak goes through mdp, I could imagine in the future that cinema displays also have usb/light peak ports on the back and only 1 cable to carry all that data from the machine, much like the ill-advised adc ports used to do. They were ahead of their time (and proprietary, which was their main reason for failure).
Combining ports also seems to make sense in apple's magsafe + data patent.
First of all, coming from a german box and i being named thunderbolt, why not call it blitzkrieg?
Next, I know for steve jobs, the holy grail is to not have to sully the machine with more than one port, so it kind of makes sense that somehow light peak goes through mdp, I could imagine in the future that cinema displays also have usb/light peak ports on the back and only 1 cable to carry all that data from the machine, much like the ill-advised adc ports used to do. They were ahead of their time (and proprietary, which was their main reason for failure).
Combining ports also seems to make sense in apple's magsafe + data patent.
apparently so...
but do we know how good / bad it is really and does 13" laptop needs anything better!?!?!
Yep, heres hoping!
edit: but some other specs are a bit funky...especially the resolution. So yeah, I'm skeptical.
But at only 10 Gbps, LightPeak/Thunderbolt cannot support the higher resolution monitors that DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI1.4a can. We would have to wait for the next iteration (Thunderbolt 2/Thunderstorm/Tornado/whatever).
GL
As for those out there claiming this is simply an "altered" display port connector, look at the big difference with a real DisplayPort connector pic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Displayport-cable.jpg - notice no notch in the middle at the bottom?
Also as for those claiming this picture has been "altered", have a look at all the connectors, notice the inside of them is now darker instead of the normal aluminium colour, notice the factory fitted plastic around the laptop itself (see the plastic overlay covering half the MagSafe connector), notice the Thunderbolt port is display port as well in one. This is not an "altered" image. Now, if the Thunderbolt port was pasted straight onto the existing MacBook side pic, yes it would stand out well, but this is not the case.
Also as for those claiming this picture has been "altered", have a look at all the connectors, notice the inside of them is now darker instead of the normal aluminium colour, notice the factory fitted plastic around the laptop itself (see the plastic overlay covering half the MagSafe connector), notice the Thunderbolt port is display port as well in one. This is not an "altered" image. Now, if the Thunderbolt port was pasted straight onto the existing MacBook side pic, yes it would stand out well, but this is not the case.
Very good point. Never seen an Intel logo on an Apple product, that wasn't made by Apple.
usually intel graphic cards leave a sour taste in my mouth after reading this article :http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Intel-HD-Graphics-3000-graphics-solution.43710.0.html
its not as sour just bitter now :/
its not as sour just bitter now :/
UNLESS it's a $999 replacement for the white Macbook. Again, this is the only way these (disappointing) specs would make sense.
Maybe that base model doesn't come with SSD and that feature is exclusive to 15" or 17" models.