depends. usually the "bigger leaks" like this one occur closer to the release date than just "whispers" of "possibilities".
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depends. usually the "bigger leaks" like this one occur closer to the release date than just "whispers" of "possibilities".
That said, these apparently came from the same source as the previous 'prototype' caseback shots from a while ago, so this could, conceivably, just be more of the same, and mean nothing.
Have you seen this???
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translat...space-itemid-1084&lp=zh_en&btnTrUrl=Translate
(Is a translation...)
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translat...space-itemid-1084&lp=zh_en&btnTrUrl=Translate
(Is a translation...)
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To further add something semi-constructive, I would like to say, I really think the current macbook pros are great. I would not like to see FW or Ethernet missing from either Macbook, or Pro. I'm not a huge fan of the large touch pad, but I didn't like the chicklet keyboard at first, and now I love it.
I wouldn't mind seeing a slight case change, as this appears to be so anyway. The biggest thing I'd love to see is a true video card on the macbook series, removable drive option on both Macbook & Pro, and a decent speed boost. I also wouldn't mind the option of not having a superdrive, and having an SSD to boot from, and a 500GB drive for media and such. But I suppose people can do that on their own if they wish.
I wouldn't mind seeing a slight case change, as this appears to be so anyway. The biggest thing I'd love to see is a true video card on the macbook series, removable drive option on both Macbook & Pro, and a decent speed boost. I also wouldn't mind the option of not having a superdrive, and having an SSD to boot from, and a 500GB drive for media and such. But I suppose people can do that on their own if they wish.
Yeah that made the rounds extensively. Looks like a mock-up - DVD's in the wrong place based on what we're seeing today. Could be close though.
I think your right. That makes more sense. I guess all the ports are there.
But those usb ports are huge.....
They are not huge -- the case is thinner.
More Confirm news later
In the blog of the pics, 安大 will have more confirmed news tonight..It will be US morning time.
In the blog of the pics, 安大 will have more confirmed news
tonight..It will be US morning time.It does seem like there's a trend with Apple removing parts to match or lower their current prices, and then selling them as accessories. IPods used to come with docks, and then they started to not include them. I may be making things up though since it is pretty late.
In the blog of the pics, 安大 will have more confirmed news
Where did you read this?
安大 is Angarsk-Daqing: Angarsk and Daqing are towns in Russia and China respectively, and there is a planned oil pipeline between them.
haha your kidding right? smuggling a tiny phone with a camera on it? or smuggling a lap-top aluminum casing of the assembly line and out the building?
yeah right, where is the logic behind that?
I so don't get the big buzz over this. It looks almost the same as the MacBook Pro sitting right here except it's a tad thinner and has the optical drive in another location. Some people have been whining about how the MBP hasn't had a "major" redesign in years. I assume these aren't the same people fawning over this.
Personally, I don't think the MBP is too thick. What is it, an inch? I'd rather have it run cooler and faster at its current size than to keep shrinking it just for shrinking it.
However, if this is a MacBook redesign, I get a bit of it. Problem is that it's just a case. They could pull a fast one and put a Celeron processor in it!
Personally, I don't think the MBP is too thick. What is it, an inch? I'd rather have it run cooler and faster at its current size than to keep shrinking it just for shrinking it.
However, if this is a MacBook redesign, I get a bit of it. Problem is that it's just a case. They could pull a fast one and put a Celeron processor in it!
That would be fantastic.In the blog of the pics, 安大 will have more confirmed news
I hope the MacBook gets backlit black keys and an LED screen.
basically it is the same thing what most web has been saying about Nvdia's image on their webpage....it was just his comments.
His sources 安大 said according to him in the comments "虽不中亦不远矣"
"It is not on target, but its not that far away"
i just thought of something, the fact that we only have pictures of the bodies of the new macbooks and not the monitor part could mean that the employee that snuck these out works in the part of the factory that makes that particular part of the cases, giving these pictures further legitimacy...
Please google 安大. It is just a name - nick in this case...It can be so many things...
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Just to add. http://anthony.tw.apple.pro is 大安的安大
and 安大 is the poster of that blog. So that clears it up..It is just a play of words. He is just one of the site's member.
I am not kidding. I am merely suggesting that there might be the possibility that it could actually be easier this way.
It would really depend on the security they have in place there. Going through a security gate is only one factor in the equation. While you might have no problem bringing the camera through the gate, you have it with you all day and also have to take a picture without anybody noticing. So you have an exposure window of a whole day.
With smuggling out the case the exposure is only when you try to bring it out. While you are on the factory you are not doing anything suspicious - handling pieces of aluminium is part of your job description...
That's a good point.... if making a fake, why don't make the monitor part too...
However, it may be a fake pic from a smart hyper.
I believe they're real pics but i wouldn't discard the possibility that they're just prototypes.
maybe the worker who took it home didn't have a camera phone? anyways, someone already wrote out a possible scenario of how someone could take one out of the building. think about it, if it was so easy to take a picture at the factory instead of taking one at home, don't you think we would have seen it already?
Good stuff, good stuff. Let's see if the new nVidia card is an add-on and not standard in the MB, since there are all these rumored price points...
Oh, and another thing.
If you are planing something like this yourself. Don't use a camera-phone. Leave out the phone part of it. I think no worker in this factory is allowed to have a phone and phones are easily detectable - they tend to send of electromagnetic waves - even in your pocket.