Stolen MacBook Pro Schematics Confirm Apple's Plans to Add More Ports and Remove Touch Bar

[code-m]

no. leakers ARE the people who work with said information they leak. MR reports on LEAKS and RUMORS not STOLEN documents. reporting on something that is already public, so that makes it okay? thats how you make a situation worse. I would recommend leaving MR right back to you. its not ethical.

I don’t think you understand how business works and how projects are contained.

One does not need documents to be a leaker, one can be an employee or contractor and have intimate knowledge of said leak, taking documents even if an employee or contractor is still stealing or even taking pictures and releasing it without authorization.

If I am working on a Top Secret project and verbally leak it to an unknown source, or provide documentation it is still stealing similar to me overhearing information. Just because one is an employee or contractor does not make the definition different.

 

[derekamoss]

no. leakers ARE the people who work with said information they leak. MR reports on LEAKS and RUMORS not STOLEN documents. reporting on something that is already public, so that makes it okay? thats how you make a situation worse. I would recommend leaving MR right back to you. its not ethical.

I hope you are never in a jury for a trial I'm in, but I am going to assume that you have always been declined in jury duty so I don't have to worry about it. You need to stop thinking things are always black or white and realize there is a gray area in between especially in journalism.

 

[areudum]

I hope you are never in a jury for a trial I'm in, but I am going to assume that you have always been declined in jury duty so I don't have to worry about it. You need to stop thinking things are always black or white and realize there is a gray area in between especially in journalism.

it might come as a surprise but the world doesnt consist of USA only. Where else does this happen? UK, australia?

we dont have jury duty, and what has that anything to do with this?

The grey area in journalism is a bad argument.
Actively extorting and leaking may have the same end results, but the methods make it clear which one is more destable. But i you dont care about that.

but of course. Go ahead with the personal insults.

 

[areudum]

I don’t think you understand how business works and how projects are contained.

One does not need documents to be a leaker, one can be an employee or contractor and have intimate knowledge of said leak, taking documents even if an employee or contractor is still stealing or even taking pictures and releasing it without authorization.

If I am working on a Top Secret project and verbally leak it to an unknown source, or provide documentation it is still stealing similar to me overhearing information. Just because one is an employee or contractor does not make the definition different.

but maybe actively extorting is going too far? no?

 

[Maximara]

it might come as a surprise but the world doesnt consist of USA only. Where else does this happen? UK, australia?

we dont have jury duty, and what has that anything to do with this?

What "we"? Both UK and Australia have the equivalent of Jury Duty called Jury service though they are far less often than her in the US.

The grey area in journalism is a bad argument.

Not a bad argument but a realistic one. Yellow journalism has been around even before the Yellow Kid started popping up.

 

[Nütztjanix]

What "we"? Both UK and Australia have the equivalent of Jury Duty called Jury service though they are far less often than her in the US.

Not a bad argument but a realistic one. Yellow journalism has been around even before the Yellow Kid started popping up.

That's three (confirmed) countries out of what - 193 according to Wikipedia?

I think it's safe to say that in the majority of countries worldwide there is no such thing as Jury duty/service.

 

[Arctic Moose]

What "we"? Both UK and Australia have the equivalent of Jury Duty called Jury service though they are far less often than her in the US.

Sweden does not. Not by that name, or any other.

 

[09872738]

Keep in mind: A lot of Commonwealth countries got Common Law whereas most other countries use Civil Law. These are fundamentally different systems, not necessarily comparable

 

[cmaier]

Keep in mind: A lot of Commonwealth countries got Common Law whereas most other countries use Civil Law. These are fundamentally different systems, not necessarily comparable

Louisiana uses civil law, strangely enough (or not so strangely, given the history). But it also has jury duty.

 

[Maximara]

Sweden does not. Not by that name, or any other.

WRONG.
"In press libel cases and other cases concerning offenses against freedom of the press, the question of whether or not the printed material falls outside permissible limits is submitted to a jury of 9 members which provides a pre-screening before the case is ruled on by normal courts."

The closest US equivalent is a Grand Jury though it is often joke they woud indite a Ham sandwich. SO if a grand jury throws out your case it is really a lost cause.

 

[Maximara]

That's three (confirmed) countries out of what - 193 according to Wikipedia?

I think it's safe to say that in the majority of countries worldwide there is no such thing as Jury duty/service.

Try reading the Jury article on Wikipedia. There are more than just three.

 

[Arctic Moose]

WRONG.
"In press libel cases and other cases concerning offenses against freedom of the press, the question of whether or not the printed material falls outside permissible limits is submitted to a jury of 9 members which provides a pre-screening before the case is ruled on by normal courts."

The closest US equivalent is a Grand Jury though it is often joke they woud indite a Ham sandwich. SO if a grand jury throws out your case it is really a lost cause.

No, not wrong.

Members of a Swedish freedom of the press jury must have served as lay assessors.

Lay assessors have applied for the job, and are trained and paid.

Once again, there is no such thing as jury duty or jury service in Sweden.

 

[Nütztjanix]

Try reading the Jury article on Wikipedia. There are more than just three.

Granted, but not an awful lot more.

 

[v3rlon]

The 'everybody else is doing it so, why shouldn't I' mantra doesn't fly, in my opinion.

Would you let your kid get away with that kind of excuse? I hope not.

But you're on a RUMORS site. Where do you think rumors come from?

If it isn't hacked, it is stolen. Someone signed an NDA and then breached that contract for - wait for it - theft of intellectual property.

Theft = stolen.

So, you're supporting them by clicking on the site. Now you are forever tainted so you might as well read the rest of it.

 

[leman]

But you're on a RUMORS site. Where do you think rumors come from?

If it isn't hacked, it is stolen. Someone signed an NDA and then breached that contract for - wait for it - theft of intellectual property.

Theft = stolen.

So, you're supporting them by clicking on the site. Now you are forever tainted so you might as well read the rest of it.

That's a bit too black and white though, isn't it? Not every rumor is based on an NDA breach (a lot of them are analysts looking at supplier data) and even then, one could very well argue for a distinction between an "NDA breach as in making a vague comment for a friend/journalist" and a full block hack + extraction of documents.

 

[IllinoisCorn]

I hope you are never in a jury for a trial I'm in, but I am going to assume that you have always been declined in jury duty so I don't have to worry about it. You need to stop thinking things are always black or white and realize there is a gray area in between especially in journalism.

“Journalism.” Lol. There are no “rules.”

 

[Mimiron]

I don't understand why they got rid of MagSafe in the first place.

 

[Seanm87]

Schematics stolen from Apple supplier Quanta Computer outline Apple's plans for the next-generation MacBook Pro models that are expected in 2021, and clearly confirm plans for additional ports and a return to MagSafe.

MacRumors saw the schematics after they were leaked online, and some of them feature the logic board of the next-generation MacBook Pro. On the right side of the machine, there's a visible HDMI port, accompanied by a USB-C/Thunderbolt port and followed by an SD Card reader. The left side features two additional USB-C/Thunderbolt ports and a MagSafe charging slot, for a total of three USB-C/Thunderbolt ports instead of four as we have today.

Rumors from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg have previously said that all of these ports will be coming to the 2021 MacBook Pro models, but the schematics both confirm the addition of the new ports and give us insight into their positioning.

The codename for the Mac is "J316," which suggests that the logic board that we've seen is for the 16-inch MacBook Pro. There's also a "J314" model that likely correlates to the 14-inch MacBook Pro that Apple is also rumored to be working on. Both machines are expected to feature the new ports, MagSafe charging option, and upgraded Apple silicon chips.

This information, which was also shared by 9to5Mac, comes from a ransomware group called REvil, which claims to have accessed the internal computers of Apple supplier Quanta Computer.

Along with the logic board layout, the documentation includes deeply technical listings of MacBook components and layouts that may ultimately provide additional information on these machines as it's parsed. Leaked images of the new MacBook Pro floating around on Twitter also confirm that the device will not feature a Touch Bar, which is in line with rumors that we've heard. The casing design may also feature more rounded corners.

REvil has threatened to release additional documents stolen from Quanta Computer if Apple does not pay a ransom fee by May 1. REvil plans to release new files every day until Apple pays the fee, and Apple has not commented on the situation.

Quanta Computer said that it has indeed been subject to "cyber attacks on a small number of Quanta servers" but that there's "no material impact on the company's business operation.

Article Link: Stolen MacBook Pro Schematics Confirm Apple's Plans to Add More Ports and Remove Touch Bar

If macrumors has actually seen the schematics as mentioned here, then surely the rumour about a notch on the display can be confirmed or denied? And why is it only gaining traction now if so?

 

[Wokis]

If macrumors has actually seen the schematics as mentioned here, then surely the rumour about a notch on the display can be confirmed or denied? And why is it only gaining traction now if so?

The schematics showed the lid without the LCD-panel. It features what resembles a camera notch but since you didn’t see the size of the panel itself nor where possible bezels would start and end, it was hard to say much about it.

 

[Liselelal]

Following the evolution of this company, Apple, we can see that they are making problems for their devices, in order to sell the solutions afterwards.

 

[Maximara]

If this is true, then I don't like it at all.

I don't think it is a case of making problems but not thinking things through - just like Apple did with the LC II baced in the day. That little piece of stupid was due to Apple taking the easy route but not thinking things through.

The LC had a ROM chip the only saw 10 MB on the motherboard - with 2 MB on the motherboard and expandable to 10 via two 4 RAM chips. The LCII put 4 MBs on the motherboard - but didn't change the ROM chip. So to max out the LCII you had to upgrade to 12 MB but that to the ROM chip only be able to use 10. I have seen Apple do dumb things before (the performa line) but that one took the cake. Apple got smart with the LCIII and upgraded the ROM chip.