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Thin MacBook Design Details?
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If that photo is accurate, Apple is going to have a gigantic hit on their hands. There will be no doubt that you're using a MacBook. Nothing looks like it and it will take years for anyone to come close.
Maybe AIR = GLASS
Hi everybody
Tubby from Canada, reporting for duty!
Here's my thoughts, ridiculous as they may be...
"Something in the air" might actually mean "something suspended in glass".
Could this be the return of the G4 Cube??
Okay, okay, maybe not the Cube... but considering Apple is gung-ho on the aluminum & glass these days (iMac, iPhone, NY cube store), maybe they are going to unveil something that is completely encased in glass.
I've seen pics of the new Dell monitors, where the LCD and speakers are floating in a pane of glass... fugly, but neat. Apple could do better... maybe they will.
New ACDs? Hmmm...
We are getting close to iTMS movie tore rentals, and we are due for an AppleTV refresh... perhaps the idea is to make an end-to-end, integrated media experience, and the final piece of the puzzle is a crazy-ass Cinema Display, with ultra-small chassis built in glass to hide as much frame as possible.
I'd still prefer a new Cube, but a killer screen would be exciting too.
Anyhow, I say the "air" is actually "glass"... and the "something" is definitly "something".
Cheers everyone!!
TUBBY
Hi everybody
Tubby from Canada, reporting for duty!
Here's my thoughts, ridiculous as they may be...
"Something in the air" might actually mean "something suspended in glass".
Could this be the return of the G4 Cube??
Okay, okay, maybe not the Cube... but considering Apple is gung-ho on the aluminum & glass these days (iMac, iPhone, NY cube store), maybe they are going to unveil something that is completely encased in glass.
I've seen pics of the new Dell monitors, where the LCD and speakers are floating in a pane of glass... fugly, but neat. Apple could do better... maybe they will.
New ACDs? Hmmm...
We are getting close to iTMS movie tore rentals, and we are due for an AppleTV refresh... perhaps the idea is to make an end-to-end, integrated media experience, and the final piece of the puzzle is a crazy-ass Cinema Display, with ultra-small chassis built in glass to hide as much frame as possible.
I'd still prefer a new Cube, but a killer screen would be exciting too.
Anyhow, I say the "air" is actually "glass"... and the "something" is definitly "something".
Cheers everyone!!
TUBBY
Man, are you guys kidding me? A tear drop profile? Am I the only one that thinks this mockup is absolutely HIDEOUS?
Nearly every product Apple has come out with over the past few years consists of 90º rounded angles and parallel surfaces. This design would be inconsistent with other Apple designs, a rip off of cheap Sony and Dell portables, and FUGLY!
i wonder if MacBook Pro will receive a redesign as well. Apple has been using this design since the 12" and 17" PowerBook debut years ago....me thinks its way way overdue. maybe a glass border surrounding the screen, new keyboard, and latchless design. Perhaps if a new touchpad is implemented in the MacBook Air/Lite/Mini whatever is called, it also makes its way to the Pro to create a consistent look.
You are absolutely not alone!!
I 100% agree that it would be rather odd for Apple to design a laptop in the mold of Sony and Dell...and that tapered design is what they have been doing with their smaller laptops for a while. Maybe some people like the look, I really don't...but one thing is for sure, it is anything but original. Apple should be setting new standards, not copying...ehem cough cough, I mean incorporating them.
You can download most of apples software now,
Trial iwork, Trial Ilife, Trial aperture, ect.
then pay for it, which unlocks it, low and behold you have the full version.
you can't read, can you? I said: not designed for designers. You should just chill. i didn't say "it is not useful". relax.
No, I can't read. God, how humiliating, to be outed like this on the internet. In text form.
Neither the Sony SZ or Dell XPSM1330 which I assume you are referring to are generally considered to be "cheap", and are often praised for their industrial design.
12 more hours and will see something like this..
Since I'm a new Mac user..This is the first time i'm following Macworld..hope it will be a nice experience
two leafs!... spread out. i wanna lick that. nice.
I hear ya brother, that was my point. I just decided to include a bit few of my thoughts support why I felt it might be a mock up in light of the article and pictures being released by a pretty decent and reputable source like Wired.
Deja Vu all over again...
....well, maybe not quite !
Reminds me when Psion introduced the Series 7 in 1999. Smaller than a laptop, larger than a pda...'instant on'...touch screen. Was way ahead of its time but was never destined to have a future running the epoc OS. Of course, epoc is a great success - see Symbian - but sadly, Psion is but a memory...ah..familiar words when describing the good ol' British industry...
Psion knew there was a market though I think Apple know too....
....well, maybe not quite !
Reminds me when Psion introduced the Series 7 in 1999. Smaller than a laptop, larger than a pda...'instant on'...touch screen. Was way ahead of its time but was never destined to have a future running the epoc OS. Of course, epoc is a great success - see Symbian - but sadly, Psion is but a memory...ah..familiar words when describing the good ol' British industry...
Psion knew there was a market though
I think Apple know too....No, you're not. The same has been said by a number of people of every Apple product ever.
Other than the new iMac and new nanos, the two most recent Apple hardware redesigns.
lol. 1 64Gb flash drive, or thereabouts, to get the whole FCS on. Good luck with handling that price increase.... $4,000.
And what about the group of professionals that need/want power and mobility in a more portable form than the 15" MBP? I would give my left butt cheek for something slightly smaller/lighter than the MB, with the power of the MBP. It's not like it's technically impossible.
The glass in the iPhone doesn't increase weight noticeably compared to other similar sized phones...
LMAO!
Other than leopard, I haven't used a optical disc to install anything on my iMac or Mac Pro.
And this comes with leopard... so...
the only thing out of that I want in a sub-laptop is the battery life. The rest? I specifically DONT want them in a sub-laptop.
One way to solve this would be to have an optional accessory that communicates wireless to the laptop which you plug into the ethernet cable. Jobs would sell it as something that automatically (or as he says 'ohtomatically') transforms a wired internet connection into a wireless.
The accessory would be the size of an ipod nano, or some such. Dunno..just thinkin out loud. Probably 100 problems with such an idea, one being how it gets power.