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More 'Brick' MacBook Case Images?
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illegallydead
macrumors 6502a
People aren't bitching because they can't easily hook up a TV dude.
It's all about a port that is A) small B) HDCP compliant C) can do audio too.
Obviously you can make a workaround and go with an adapter and optical, but
's refusal to go with a port that EVERYONE ELSE uses is kind of annoying. There are those Mac users (like myself) that want a Mac that is designed more like a PC notebook (read: function over form) I want a Mac that has holes in the bottom to vent its heat. I want a Mac that is less a piece of art and more well-oiled machine.Sorry everyone. Rant over. 😱
Brien
macrumors 68040
OT, but I think the new notebooks will move to the Magsafe connector on the MBA, which is metal and right-angled.
Also, is anyone else annoyed that Apple is crippling the MB/MBP by removing ports/features to make them thinner/hotter?
... can you even call it a MacBook PRO anymore?
roosta
macrumors regular
its in the same place as the lock hole on a macbook and seems to be the same size.
Abstract
macrumors Penryn
I know what it is as well. RJ45 = ethernet. RS232 = that VGA 9-pin "D" connector.
Anything else, and I'm at a complete loss.
No need for Firewire? May I get an explanation as to WHY? .....
....People who actually do a decent amount of A/V work (or have ANY firewire devices at all) will scream bloody murder over it's loss. Plus,
EXACTLY. They're the biggest backers of FW, and now that they have a decent marketshare, their words carry more weight than ever. After such a long time, are they going to dump FW now that they have the best chance of increasing the userbase of FW??
MattInOz
macrumors 68030
It's shorter and squarer.
Just like the hole in that case.
These photos must be real the guy holding it has the same Alien finger that appeared in the patent app 6ish month ago
This is very disheartening. I don't need a MBP to do the little video editing I do. I have a mini-DV camcorder, that, like almost all mini-DV camcorders, uses firewire. I don't do any "pro" editing. I would only be using iMovie to rearrange clips, etc. For photos, I'm more advanced than iPhoto, but not Photoshop level. I use PhotoElements, which, again, would work fine on a high end MB. I also would prefer the 13" notebook because I have a 22" monitor if I'm at my desk.
I don't know, even though the integrated graphics card on the current MB line isn't great, I think it would still do what I need, and it has the firewire connection I need. I might wait to see what happens with the new models and then get an old high end refurbished MB. How long do they usually have those after a model upgrade? And can you get anything other than the base models (for example, would you be able to find a 2.4 GHz white notebook with the 250 GB HDD instead of the 160 GB)?
I just don't know if it's worth sacrificing size (assuming the pro models are the only ones with firewire and are only available as small as 15") and money just to get firewire...
Peace
Cancelled
With a new Apple owned plant I can guarantee you Steve will want to tout this inovation at a special event.
From the translation :
From Angarsk-Daqing three mysterious picture
Let us look at the
This is the legend added to help Lvqiao the MacBook C shell
The Angarsk-Daqing is a pipeline area. It goes to Russia from the Daqing region of China.
That region is known for industry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daqing
The blogger may have been saying. And I will paraphrase. "Hey these are the new Macbook casings that are made out of aluminum that comes from that region in China"
My guess.
The aluminum comes from the China Aluminum Corporation and is shipped in "bricks" to the secret plant Apple has to make the new laptops.
The blogger was holding a prototype of it and it doesn't mean they were made there. This guy could have a vested interest in the aluminum being sold from his interest in the Aluminum company and merely has a copy of the mold.
RTiii320
macrumors 6502a
my point was actually how is "smuggling" a casing out going to be easier than taking a quick photo? It's not , in no way, shape or form easier. Period.
If all the photo's are legit, I think your right on the money. To get the price down on the entry level Macbooks, they would end up stripping down the hardware. The Air showed that they are willing to drop firewire if they feel they can.
I could see them offering a upper-range 13" model that included firwire. Like the old 12" Powerbook. Maybe dedicated graphics on the higher end too.
And you think that they wouldn't find it suspicious that Bob took the new prototype case home yesterday and today pics of the case with hands in them that look strangely like Bobs appear on the internet?
As to the idea that someone stole a case, I would think that a high end factory would have some security, otherwise people would be walking out with whole macbooks.
I'm not saying the case is fake, but it does require some explanation, why someone in the position to get a prototype case would risk their job and possibly their freedom just to post pics on the internet. On the other hand we've seen people go to extraordinary lengths to make fakes and post them.
安大傳來三張神秘圖片 is not Angarsk-Daqing
安大 is his source there.The sentence simply means ....there is 3 mysterious pics from him.
And they are mocking at Macrumors for picking up the news 😛
Have fun.
MattInOz
macrumors 68030
Firewire is ethernet compatible to some degree, so it could be a firewire 800 port with dongle/cable options for FW400 and Ethernet RJ45.
But then again there is an unpowered spec for Firewire that uses Cat6/RJ45 leads.
Either would make a handy option with the right cables.
Yes, because apparently you don't get Firewire with the regular MacBook anymore. 😀
And go look at the current one, and look at these shells again. The base is not going to be significantly changing in width. There will be a little bit of space underneath this for the logic board standoffs, plus the lid's width. The RJ45 port is about 15mm counting it's bracket (I happen to have a PC motherboard sitting loose in my room right now, so I took the opportunity to measure it). All in all, I'd expect about 1in closed, which is good since this computer is supposed to be PORTABLE, not luggable.
If you need power, get a Mac Pro. If you can't afford it, or need to go desk to desk, get an iMac. They'd fall under "luggable", I would think.
Crossing my fingers for this to be true. All I want is a higher level 13" MB that has firewire. If it has a dedicated graphics card, great, but if it's just an improved integrated one, I'm fine with that too. Hopefully, if some of these rumors are true, Apple is finally going to give us a few more options to choose from.
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maybe the pic shows a "super low-end" 13-inch macbook without firewire to get prices low enough to go under $1000 and everything else above it has firewire 800
maybe the pic shows a "super low-end" 13-inch macbook without firewire to get prices low enough to go under $1000 and everything else above it has firewire 800
queshy
macrumors 68040
Timichango
macrumors regular
I'll be seeing them on the 14th, whether they're there or not... I'll be hallucinating by that point.
People aren't bitching because they can't easily hook up a TV dude.
It's all about a port that is A) small B) HDCP compliant C) can do audio too.
Obviously you can make a workaround and go with an adapter and optical, but
Sorry everyone. Rant over. 😱
First, don't get me wrong, it would be cool to have HDMI, but it's not that big of a deal to me. A) HDMI adapter isn't that big. b) What does HDCP matter? There isn't a blu-ray drive you're going to use. C) I can see how audio in HDMI would be convenient, but I wouldn't call using the optical port a 'workaround'. It's an audio port, that's what it's for.
Also, Apple already has Apple TV, so i'm not sure they want to cut into that market. For better or for worse. If you want to watch a DVD, use a DVD player. If want to watch youtube, you don't need a fancy HDMI port for that, it's overkill. If you want to watch HD content... Well now we're getting somewhere. Most people savvy enough to have HD content are not going to be hindered by the lack of an HDMI port anyway.
Detektiv-Pinky
macrumors 6502a
Hhm, this assumes that somebody could legitimately be in the possession of a camera while being in the factory.
I would expect the factory to be a camera-free zone. In order to take a quick snap you would have to 'smuggle' a camera in, take a picture and 'smuggle' the camera out again. If somebody found you in the possession of the camera after you had taken the picture this would make quite some nice evidence.
So from a logistics point, it might actually be easier to do this 'smuggling' act only once...