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Slim Aluminum MacBooks Soon
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True True...Very True!! 4 hours 17 hrs 29 min until the end of the apple computer plastic era. Notice i said "computer", i didn't forget about airport extreme
Haha same here. I just decided a few days ago to pick up a MB. I just made the switch to Apple with a new iMac 24" and after 17 years of Microsoft I will NEVER go back.
So, alas, I am spending more money on a laptop I could get by without. But I MUST have it. Now make it aluminum and pretty for me on Friday with Leopard and I will buy it IMMEDIATELY! Now if you don't... Yeah I'm still buying it lol.
well white is also used in the new aluminium keyboards so white can remain as an accent colour (although I would like a black option due to the black glass on the imac!)
If there's an update to the macs I hope it's substantial, otherwise it'll just feel like it was done to shut people up until MacWorld..
And it'd also make it hard for me to decide whether to wait or not
And it'd also make it hard for me to decide whether to wait or not
If there's an update to the macs I hope it's substantial, otherwise it'll just feel like it was done to shut people up until MacWorld..
And it'd also make it hard for me to decide whether to wait or not
yeah, but if it's updated soon, then most likely there won't be an update to it at MacWorld
I was thinking maybe the physical update now, such as the aluminium or black screen surround and then the Penryn update Jan/Feb time, possibly MacWorld. I'm not sure if I'd rather they just focused on one date or the other.
speculation?
seems like a lot of just pure speculation (saying so while realizing this is a rumors site) without any credible "inside info" regarding new macbooks on friday? any articles/insider info pointing to new macbooks this soon? my next purchase will be a [hopefully the slim] macbook, but since there's been no mention of it on page one for quite some time, my bet is its gotta be at macworld or later. friday is all about leopard, nothing else, i'm afraid . . .
macworld prediction: 12" aluminum macbook, 3G iphone 16GB, macpro orb - hovers 4" above your desk and comes in 5 different glowing transucent color schemes.
seems like a lot of just pure speculation (saying so while realizing this is a rumors site) without any credible "inside info" regarding new macbooks on friday? any articles/insider info pointing to new macbooks this soon? my next purchase will be a [hopefully the slim] macbook, but since there's been no mention of it on page one for quite some time, my bet is its gotta be at macworld or later. friday is all about leopard, nothing else, i'm afraid . . .
macworld prediction: 12" aluminum macbook, 3G iphone 16GB, macpro orb - hovers 4" above your desk and comes in 5 different glowing transucent color schemes.
well i would like to think they would just do it all at once. but who knows with Apple
macworld prediction: 12" aluminum macbook, 3G iphone 16GB, macpro orb - hovers 4" above your desk and comes in 5 different glowing transucent color schemes.
I think there will be a 16GB iphone by macworld and I expect some sort of 32GB flash player, but I highly doubt 3G. Jobs has said 3G will be in an iphone hopefully by fall 2008. Battery technology has to get better first.
Well maybe checking the dates of previous updates, you may spot that MB and MBP updates tend to come at different times to one another. That being said, we'll have to wait, but if the new MacBooks are Aluminium, I might get one (for the SR), and get it sprayed white. The Alu is seriously ugly.
Yeuch!
Well maybe checking the dates of previous updates, you may spot that MB and MBP updates tend to come at different times to one another. That being said, we'll have to wait, but if the new MacBooks are Aluminium, I might get one (for the SR), and get it sprayed white. The Alu is seriously ugly.
would sir prefer a black alu MB instead...?
Old 9to5 linky
Black Alu is highly likely given iPods. And silver as well.
Thanks for the link. Hmmmm maybe Black Alu doesn't sound so bad. Just hope we don't get a "black tax" on them. But then again, I guess I would pay more for the black if the silver Alu is as ugly as it sounds.
Keys
I very much hope that when (if) this thing arrives, that it comes with the keyboard the same colour as the rest of the laptop. And a magnetic lid as well, then i'll be very pleased.
I very much hope that when (if) this thing arrives, that it comes with the keyboard the same colour as the rest of the laptop. And a magnetic lid as well, then i'll be very pleased.
Old News.....sort of
This was sorta expected, Steve Jobs noted before the release of the iPhone, that "they have the 'best Macs' in the new product pipeline ever right now, and that the stuff coming out in the next year is 'off the charts.'"
I don't know about you guys, but I pretty much new that they were going to refresh their line up either for the holidays, or in the spring of '08 for the student summer market.
After the new iMac and the formal announcement of Leopard's release I am sure that they will probably announce and release the said Macbooks either with the launch of OS 10.5 or announce them at Macworld '08 and release them by Summer '08
I was very surprised with the development and release of the new (and in my opinion, the best thus far) iMac in the midst of the iPhone's, iPods', and OS 10.5's attention. Apple has shown that they have the capability to do anything and, by far, they are the best computer company on the market. No one else can pump out 7 amazing products in the time period of 4 months. I am skeptical about the the new Macbooks launching in '07 (I think early '08 in time for the summer market).
Having said this, Apple is an amazing company and I would not be surprised if they do launch the said Macbook revision along with Leapord.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/journals/app...-os-x-and-off-the-charts-macs-in-the-pipeline
This was sorta expected, Steve Jobs noted before the release of the iPhone, that "they have the 'best Macs' in the new product pipeline ever right now, and that the stuff coming out in the next year is 'off the charts.'"
I don't know about you guys, but I pretty much new that they were going to refresh their line up either for the holidays, or in the spring of '08 for the student summer market.
After the new iMac and the formal announcement of Leopard's release I am sure that they will probably announce and release the said Macbooks either with the launch of OS 10.5 or announce them at Macworld '08 and release them by Summer '08
I was very surprised with the development and release of the new (and in my opinion, the best thus far) iMac in the midst of the iPhone's, iPods', and OS 10.5's attention. Apple has shown that they have the capability to do anything and, by far, they are the best computer company on the market. No one else can pump out 7 amazing products in the time period of 4 months. I am skeptical about the the new Macbooks launching in '07 (I think early '08 in time for the summer market).
Having said this, Apple is an amazing company and I would not be surprised if they do launch the said Macbook revision along with Leapord.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/journals/app...-os-x-and-off-the-charts-macs-in-the-pipeline
Interesting article there. A few months old, but not something I'd read before so yeah was quite a nice read. In fact it's made me feel that the new MB's are getting closer to release. Here's hoping.
Interesting article there. A few months old, but not something I'd read before so yeah was quite a nice read. In fact it's made me feel that the new MB's are getting closer to release. Here's hoping.
If I claim they're going to be released on Friday does it make it any more likely?
Ahh I wish.
Will be interesting that's for sure.
I know all of the stores are opening at 6pm and whatnot but are Apple going to be holding an event or a press release etc.?
Doesn't make it any more/less likely than anybody else who claims to know when the MB update will arrive. Unless that person has info from a reliable source of course. So far all of this seems to be total guesswork on the basis of the pattern of the last few updates, but as we all know anything is likely. I had heard something about an event on Friday and a few people mentioned a MB update announce, but I find it hard to believe they would want to steal Leopard's thunder. But then again, it may be a "one more thing"... or it may not. I for one would be pleased to not only have a shiny new OS, but also a shiny new MacBook revealed on Friday. All will be revealed I'm sure.If I claim they're going to be released on Friday does it make it any more likely?
Ahh I wish.
Will be interesting that's for sure.
I know all of the stores are opening at 6pm and whatnot but are Apple going to be holding an event or a press release etc.?
I wrote an article about this very topic. Would love to hear what everyone thinks.
Rumor: Theres No Macbook nano Coming Friday
Rumor: Theres No Macbook nano Coming Friday
A nice article there
Have to agree, this 'ultraportable' doesn't look to be coming very soon. It will probably be announced at one of the large events (WWDC maybe?), if it ever gets announced at all. Not much of a rumor though really. More of a debunk of a previous rumor. Completely realistic though 
A nice article there
Thanks, the whole "Rumor" title was more of a joke about how out of control this rumor has gotten lately.