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MacBook Speculation Increases While we Wait

PinkyMacGodess said:
Maybe 'the brick' is an external box that provides extra slots and a DVD/optical drive and maybe the hardwire ethernet port and power with as has been said before, also perform 'dock like' functions like video, modem and more USB interfaces.

It would make sense.

Apple seems to be on a bent witht he 'Air' and not having much in the way of ports. If you remember the original Mac and Fat Mac, you see no slots, no ports and no expansion. The 'Air' seems to be a step back to that past?

That seems to be the only reason for 'the Brick'. Some kind of external device. How much do users actually use the DVD drive? I find that aside from the ease of having it built in, not having it wouldn't be a huge issue, as long as I can hot-plug 'the Brick' in when I need it and detach it when I don't. Hey, how about 'the Brick' also containing more battery capacity.

That would be cool. One thing that I loved about my HP notebook is that I could (and did) but a clip on battery that nearly doubled the runtime. I could learn to love 'the Brick'...
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sorry to burst everyones bubble but for the nth time the brick is a tablet. The word brick just comes from a mistranslation from what ever was said in Chinese.
 
With Apple buying the company that developed all the touch technology on the iphone, it would only make sense they would develop more products that use touch.
 
dual64bit said:
With Apple buying the company that developed all the touch technology on the iphone, it would only make sense they would develop more products that use touch.
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tablet

• noun 1 a slab of stone, clay, or wood on which an inscription is written. 2 a pill in the shape of a disc or cylinder, containing a compressed drug or medicine. 3 Brit. a small flat piece of soap.

See its easy to see how there was a mistranslation :D
 
Well, I have my own ideas on what the MacBook will have.

Starting price: $999 base with a NetBook at a lower price (hence Apple talking about an "Aggressive price point")
Memory: 2GB standard, upgradable to 4GB
Harddrive: Starting at 160GB, upgradable to 250 and 300
Processor: 2.4GHz Centrino 2, upgradable to 2.6GHz
Graphics: nVidia 9000 series

I think the screen will have an optional touchscreen trackpad and the apple remote will be redesigned. There will probably be a better MP iSight camera. I expect the new laptops to have the same keyboards but in black and for the battery life to extend to 5-5.5hrs with the new Genius processors. There will only be Superdrives and maybe HD-DVD Superdrives as an option. There maybe will be an increase in USB ports. An SD slot would be nice but that's impossible.;)

I am open to hearing what you have to say!
Now let's leave it up to :apple: to not screw themselves this time around!!:p

:apple::apple::apple:
 
MacsBestFriend said:
Well, I have my own ideas on what the MacBook will have.

Starting price: $999 base with a NetBook at a lower price (hence Apple talking about an "Aggressive price point")
Memory: 2GB standard, upgradable to 4GB
Harddrive: Starting at 160GB, upgradable to 250 and 300
Processor: 2.4GHz Centrino 2, upgradable to 2.6GHz
Graphics: nVidia 9000 series

I think the screen will have an optional touchscreen trackpad and the apple remote will be redesigned. There will probably be a better MP iSight camera. I expect the new laptops to have the same keyboards but in black and for the battery life to extend to 5-5.5hrs with the new Genius processors. There will only be Superdrives and maybe HD-DVD Superdrives as an option. There maybe will be an increase in USB ports. An SD slot would be nice but that's impossible.;)

I am open to hearing what you have to say!
Now let's leave it up to :apple: to not screw themselves this time around!!:p

:apple::apple::apple:
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That would be awesome
 
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I would agree 1000% with ya on this! However, it is all too common place here and very rarely is anything done about it, especially if one is a demi-god ( IE: Financial Contributor here).

Before any of you add your intellectual comments, just go back and check out almost any thread here and you will see this language used directly or implied with asterisks or whatever characters float their boat.

It's all too common place here and thanks for mentioning it. Because it's needed! ;)
 
MacsBestFriend said:
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Let me just say again just in case Steve is looking I HATE THE ISIGHT! I am a very paranoid human being and having that thing watching me and listening to me creeps me the frack out. I wish it was optional!:mad:

HD? Don't know if you know this but HD lost the war.

$999 is possibly the ibook was $999 then the macbook came out and Apple decided lets slap a creepy camera on it and jack the price up

SD slot- YES!

More usb slots- No!

Touchscreen trackpad- Yes! I would set it so I have all my shortcuts in that screen no more having to hold down 3 keys

Memory- Yes! I would so go for 8g but they might leave that for the pro

HD- I would prefer SSD

Bat Life- 5 hrs? Double that! Heck I think they have laptops that can go all day.

Processor and Graphics: yes!

And I would like to add make it LIGHTER! 5.0lbs? Are you kidding me? Apple knows that there demo is college students. 5lb laptop + books :mad:
 
Well, I have my own ideas on what the MacBook will have.

Starting price: $999 base with a NetBook at a lower price (hence Apple talking about an "Aggressive price point")
Memory: 2GB standard, upgradable to 4GB
Harddrive: Starting at 160GB, upgradable to 250 and 300
Processor: 2.4GHz Centrino 2, upgradable to 2.6GHz
Graphics: nVidia 9000 series

I think the screen will have an optional touchscreen trackpad and the apple remote will be redesigned. There will probably be a better MP iSight camera. I expect the new laptops to have the same keyboards but in black and for the battery life to extend to 5-5.5hrs with the new Genius processors. There will only be Superdrives and maybe HD-DVD Superdrives as an option. There maybe will be an increase in USB ports. An SD slot would be nice but that's impossible.

I am open to hearing what you have to say!
Now let's leave it up to to not screw themselves this time around!!
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What happened to led screens? You think thats going to happen? I hope so, saves battery life and they look so much better.
 
puffnstuff said:
Let me just say again just in case Steve is looking I HATE THE ISIGHT! I am a very paranoid human being and having that thing watching me and listening to me creeps me the frack out. I wish it was optional!:mad:
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Agreed. Why did Apple include it as standard? People will get bored with Photo Booth easily and who uses iChat?
And I would like to add make it LIGHTER! 5.0lbs? Are you kidding me? Apple knows that there demo is college students. 5lb laptop + books :mad:
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4lbs would be nice for the MacBook.


3lbs for the MacBook Air
4lbs for the MacBook
5lbs for the MacBook Pro

A pretty nice pattern. :D
 
Apple,

Just release the darn computers already! I need a new one, and I'm tired of waiting. I don't like your current MBP's because of the Nvidia issue. I don't like the air because it's limited, and I don't like the macbook's because they crack. So dang it, get it right this time ok? ;)
 
jojo13 said:
fyi apple employes dont get advised of the new products
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Not 100% true. There is a class of empoyees that have access to new stuff and when they are coming out. People handling final quality assurance. These people are in the loop.
 
MacRumors said:
...the void of legitimate rumors have triggered ongoing speculation about the anticipated updates...
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Netbooks represent a challenging new laptop category.

And it's generally accepted Apple must reduce prices, or offer new lower-priced products, to compete in the nation's/world's changed economic state.

Wouldn't an 8 or 9-inch-screen iPhone/iPod Touch, with a virtual keyboard AND a keyboard port, meet that new competitive challenge perfectly?

Yeah, apple would need to add adequate internal storage, and cut-and-paste, but isn't the iPhone/iPod Touch already MOST of what a "netbook" or low-priced computer needs to be, except for screen size?

I'm just sayin'...
 
I wish so much that I didn't care about this. I have to pull an all-nighter tonight in order to have some work ready for tomorrow, but I'm still here hitting 'reload' every few minutes for no apparent reason. God, smite me now!!!!!! :(
 
rtdunham said:
Wouldn't an 8 or 9-inch-screen iPhone/iPod Touch, with a virtual keyboard AND a keyboard port, meet that new competitive challenge perfectly? ..
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Not for me. I want a DVD burner for my video cam. Otherwise, I guess I could just get an external hardrive to open up some space and keep on using this g3 ibook.

But I want it at a realistic and competitive price. You know, I think that lies at the core of my love/hate relationship with Apple. No other "big ticket" item in my life comes my way without a bargain. I like to feel like I am the customer.
 
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