Metallic MacBooks Spotted on Apple Campus

[CaptainCaveMann]

I was talking about the MAC PRO.

Oops, thought you meant the Mac BOOK Pro, because this thread is on the laptop rumors. I see now what you meant, haha har har.

 

[Hatchet]

Here is my try at what it would look like.

I made it slimmer, I increased the screen size and I made it gunmetal-ish.

I tried to put the aluminum keyboard in there but it didn't work out well.

Let me know what you think.

 

[celloman]

i was going to post this in the roundup rumor thread but this seems more fitting. i got this mag in the mail the other day. notice the macbook top right listed as 13", and selling for $1,499. The latch looked new also, or is that the current macbook latch? Of course the color and aluminum casing. Word check it out.

thats cuz the mb is the black one which sells for 1499

 

[gifford]

Here is you new Apple Ultra Portable designed by Jonny Ive's wife

 

[gifford]

And the new Macbook (not quite as slim as reports suggested)

 

[ibookos9]

cool

 

[CaptainCaveMann]

Here is my try at what it would look like.

I made it slimmer, I increased the screen size and I made it gunmetal-ish.

I tried to put the aluminum keyboard in there but it didn't work out well.

Let me know what you think.

What happened to the video camera?

 

[Hatchet]

What happened to the video camera?

I knew I forgot something.

 

[Quillz]

Something tells me that it'll be marketed as a MBP, just a smaller form factor They wouldn't release a "consumer laptop" with an aluminum enclosure... but, obviously, that's just my opinion

Just like they'd never release consumer desktops like the Mac mini and iMac with aluminum enclosures, right?

 

[gifford]

Oh and the iDog

 

[Rocketman]

I want to know if the Apple campus is eminating wimax signals

Rocketman

 

[gkarris]

Who "saw" this? The Apple Paparazzi?

Don't forget about that crashed ship outside of Roswell, New Mexico...

 

[Quillz]

And it would look pretty awesome too. I don't know how good heat dissipation work and whether it's too flammable to use in a device prone to short circuits and battery fire. I mean, carbon fiber burns fast, right?

Surely, a Carbon fiber - titanium case would be a killer combination. Titanium frame (like the iBooks) with some carbon around it, available in gun black, bathtub white and transparent (carbon fiber) finish. Awesome!

The iBook has never had a titanium chassis, only the 15'' PowerBook G4 did. And it wasn't all that great, frankly. Titanium nets you terrible Wi-Fi reception, and the paint didn't stick to it, either. Aluminum is better for portable computers.

 

[gifford]

and the iSlipper (I'l get my coat)

 

[zlinger]

The new MacType Pro running Leopard

 

[Quillz]

Mac users swear by their mac, PC users, swear at their PC.


cheers

swearbymac07

No.

 

[luminosity]

The new MacType Pro running Leopard

Change it to PowerBook G5, and you've got it.

 

[gifford]

The new MacType Pro running Leopard

LOL! quality

 

[xpisnotforme]

uhh...

Exactly, YOU may not want it, but artist and illustrators have been dreaming of such a device for years...

I'm there if it turns out to be a tablet with Wacom features. Sign me up now.

why do people pipe in with 'tablet' on every thread about an 'ultraportable macbook?' Is it because it is another rumor or does it go back to whoever made up the ultraportable rumor to begin with and his chat buddy was like, 'Dude no way, Apple's gonna invent a tablet!' and this is just the eternal feedback echo of a conversation from decades ago between two drugged up wackos?

You say apple i say banana

 

[xpisnotforme]

Nice mockup!!! good job.

awesome!!!! i wish

 

[Macula]

It was just a Macbook whose battery had exploded.

 

[Rivix]

Here is my try at what it would look like.

I made it slimmer, I increased the screen size and I made it gunmetal-ish.

I tried to put the aluminum keyboard in there but it didn't work out well.

Let me know what you think.

Ooooo very nice! I'll take one.

 

[TimTheEnchanter]

LOL! Hatchet, looks like we both used the same base image. Well, here's mine!

 

[NYCMacFan]

So i just got the new black macbook a few weeks ago but i guess there is a return policy that lets me take it back until the end of the year. Is there any logic to taking it back and waiting for these to come out or is that too big of a risk since no one seems to really know what is coming?

You may want to consider it. If for no other reason that you can return it and worse case buy it again.

I assume the new one will be pricer, even than the black. But the black will be closer in price making the new one potentially worth it...

 

[NYCMacFan]

What you can do size-wise

Here is a quick sense of what you can do. This is an old Sharp Actius PC-UM20 I still use (I think its the UM20)from 2001. Like 2-3 lbs.

This is a fully functioning computer. I believe the screen is 10 inches (it is dimensionally the same as the ibook 12inch as there was a lot of unused screen area). It has a few ports and two usb ports. No floppy or HDD naturally. See quarter between the two computers for a sense of the thickness of each. This laptop was so thin it had one of those keyboards that slid down when you closed the case (worked well actually).

I still have it and it works nicely (as a desktop ironically now plugged into a 32inch widescreen with external wireless keyboard and mouse).

As this is 6 years old laptop, we have a good sense that Apple should be able to do the same at the very least. Surely we have not regressed in 6 years...