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Stolen MacBook Pro Schematics Confirm Apple's Plans to Add More Ports and Remove Touch Bar
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Looks like a lot of folks here would only be comfortable at Apple's Press Releases site. After all that's the only location to read articles explicitly authorized by Apple and not leaked/ stolen/ fell of a truck etc.
@otternonsense
Completely agree with everything you posted there.
For whatever reason they have lost the understanding and implementation of design being much more than just “how it looks”.
I would argue that about the white bezel on the iMac.
I’m fine with them offering that for some fun and change, but they need to be offering a black one as an option also.
I had a white bezel iPad Pro one time and oh my, never again. Particularly with a feature like True Tone. The white bezel basically never looks good next to the content on the screen
Completely agree with everything you posted there.
For whatever reason they have lost the understanding and implementation of design being much more than just “how it looks”.
I would argue that about the white bezel on the iMac.
I’m fine with them offering that for some fun and change, but they need to be offering a black one as an option also.
I had a white bezel iPad Pro one time and oh my, never again. Particularly with a feature like True Tone. The white bezel basically never looks good next to the content on the screen
And MR hacked his iCloud to steal it themselves lol
Not sure why people have an issue with this, but continue to enable leakers by eating up all their stuff. You guys know that a leakers source is a scumbag and breaking the law too, right?
What’s the difference how it was stolen, through hacking or an inside job (leaks)? And just because there’s no ransom makes it ok steal and post? That’s an arbitrary line in the sand.
I’m not saying whether MR should or shouldn’t have posted this, only that people who are drawing the line here are shutting their eyes to a lot more.
Presentations and external monitors (very useful in the field for video work)
You guys do realise that if a site named Mac Rumors doesn't post anymore "illegally-obtained" leaks, this site would have next to no more content? It's literally built around the fact that it posts these leaks, and has only gotten this popular due to users like you enjoying the content.
I thought the same thing -- but from the specs it seems like the iMac is very much a "consumer" Mac, versus a "Pro" Mac. Kind of like the way the base model "consumer" iPads have Lightning connectors and now the iPad Pro has a USB-C/Thunderbolt.I doubt they will do this after releasing an iMac with less ports.
On the Mac side, seems like they're using stuff like card readers and HDMI ports to differentiate the Pro line. If that's true, it's possible we'll see a larger iMac Pro with more ports.
And all things considered, the new iMacs don't even look that good.
I guess there's a reason they keep using a white background to obscure the size of those fugly white iMac bezels in their marketing shots. Reminds me of their use of back shots and dark wallpapers to obscure the notch in iPhone marketing.
The (whatever) reason is simple: Cook.
Did not Tim Cook just play the part of a burglar in yesterday's event?
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
Seriously, any theft should be condemned. Rumors about products are one thing, but this is wrong to post even though other sites might. MacRumors, I think it is the principal of the thing.
Where do you think the rumors are coming from?
The editorial team here doesn’t just make stuff up and then we all talk about it
It's reminiscent of the iPhone 4, but ransomware is a whole other ball game though.
Business ransomware is most likely organized crime.
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At long last, the final nail in the coffin of the worst laptop of Apple's history. RIP MBP (2016-2021)
4 usb-c ports is better IMO. Cleaner. Less clutter of different types of cords in my backpack, etc. And if the MagSafe makes it so there are only 3 usb-c ports then that’s lame. Hopefully it’s optional and the other end of the MagSafe is usb-c going into the power brick, that way you could just use only usb-c if you want to.
That can be valid, but it seems for some reason Apple can't or doesn't want to have 4 thunderbolt ports on M1 macs, as evidenced in the M1 Mac Mini. Plus regular macbooks always had only 2 pesky usb-c/thunderbolt ports anyway, if adding magsafe counts as an extra, it has to be win/win no matter how you see it.
How does this enable anyone? The goal was to extort money and they released this info as proof. The info is available publicly already and repeating it here doesn't increase or decrease their ability to extort money.
Nice to see apple has an army of online warriors defending them from the leaks.
I guess those same warriors are living in la la land pretending apple hasn’t been stealing personal information for years for profit. Lol
I guess those same warriors are living in la la land pretending apple hasn’t been stealing personal information for years for profit. Lol
Pretty much every major (and a whole lot of minor) ransomware attack gets widely reported on locally and nationally. A simple google search string of "ransomware attacks in + year" will produce myriad examples of attacks reported on in varying levels of detail. Unfortunately, they are becoming a common occurrence. Just because it's Apple this time isn't reason for MR to clutch pearls, catch the vapors, and act as if a news worthy event isn't occurring in it's sphere of interest.
I really hope the new keyboard shipping with the iMac isn't an indication of where the MacBook Pro is headed. The corners just look cartoonish and actually cut into the keys.
Dude seriously. As if they forget they're on a site with the word rumors in its name.
classic apple...
How the keyboard works when typing is secondary to “how it looks” for them