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Next-Generation MacBook Air to Include Black Option?
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BlackBook Air? Would be a huge seller. If this is true, expect two things:
1) Backlit keyboard (otherwise keys would vanish in the blackness)
2) Black MBP option
1) Backlit keyboard (otherwise keys would vanish in the blackness)
2) Black MBP option
Did you get my anonymous tip that it will be manufactured from toilet paper, making it a flexible computer?
...damn, not anonymous anymore. I guess that's why it isn't published.
...damn, not anonymous anymore. I guess that's why it isn't published.
the MBA rumor mill is killing me, can we at least expect an announcement some time soon? I've been waiting to get a MBA for almost two months now
What kind of announcement? I expect, like other updates, we'll see an ad on Apple's main page along with availability of the new MacBook Air... but nothing official prior to that. The BTS promo finally started, so hopefully the Air is the next on the list...
I guess I can wait a few more weeks if it's something as awesome as a BLACK MacBook Air. So hot.
My last MacBook Pro was the original 15" Core Duo 2.16ghz released in Winter of 2006. I would absolutely love something as different looking as a black MacBook Air.
A) Apple's industrial design is distinct enough that they don't have to rely on color to tell people it's Apple. B) The glowing white Apple is both a dead giveaway and even more obvious against black.
Oh, and C) as others have noted, it seems unlikely that they'd release an all black MacBook Air without backlit keyboard. Why does it have to be one or the other?
Well Apple certainly has the expertise to use colors on aluminium this way. They've done it quite successfully with various iPod models. However, I don't think this is Apple's style anymore. We'll see
If it's just an excuse to charge more (the way the "BlackBook" was), then I'll probably stick with the regular color. OTOH, I suspect Apple will do something tempting like add backlighting to the black version only. Also, a black bezel might be less conspicuous. We'll see. I'm more interested in SSD capacity and RAM.
Don't like the look in the mock up picture of the black with the gray track pad. Make the track pad black too.
I think black would be nice. Black metal that is (not plastic). But this rumor was out before the last refresh too. I wonder if it will become the new Verizon iphone rumor? Often repeated and accepted as fact.
"Update: A reliable source has told us that they havent seen any Black in the new MacBook Air materials"
From 9 to 5 mac.
Oh well.
From 9 to 5 mac.
Oh well.
you prefer a plastic composite to finished metal? i mean sure it's gonna be lighter, but metal is prettier.
black to black.. dont call it a comeback..
My current laptop is a core 2 duo BLACK macbook that I purchased in 2006(i know its old..but it works like the day it was bought.. largely due to my constant tinkering and constant care. the exterior is in mint condition), I wanted to buy Macbook air since its debut but have been holding back because of its ancient and outdated processor (core 2 duo).. Now that the next MBA will be the Sandy Bridge processor (thunderbolt.. MEH!)and in BLACK!(i know its just a color but boy is it BADASS and sticks out in the sea of grey MBA and MBP)...
HEY APPLE, RELEASE THE NEW MBA AND TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY!
My current laptop is a core 2 duo BLACK macbook that I purchased in 2006(i know its old..but it works like the day it was bought.. largely due to my constant tinkering and constant care. the exterior is in mint condition), I wanted to buy Macbook air since its debut but have been holding back because of its ancient and outdated processor (core 2 duo).. Now that the next MBA will be the Sandy Bridge processor (thunderbolt.. MEH!)and in BLACK!(i know its just a color but boy is it BADASS and sticks out in the sea of grey MBA and MBP)...
HEY APPLE, RELEASE THE NEW MBA AND TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY!
If your MacBook is from 2006, I'm pretty sure it's a Core Duo and not a Core 2 Duo.
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This would be great but if anything it would be a 3G model at high end, not just color change.
This would be great but if anything it would be a 3G model at high end, not just color change.
I don't think so- does anyone else remember the rumors about the BlackBook being picked up again about three months ago?
Yeah we get it ....
But Apple has clearly made a distinction with the whole "I'm a Mac...and I'm a PC" Ads
Remember.....
You don't have to wave your finger in the air.
We all know what he/she meant.
I don't think we'll see 3G on macs until the one device per carrier split goes away. They is no way Apple is going to have multiple versions of Macs for each carriers.
I would like to have it in dark blue ... they should bring back the days where you had the choice of color.