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Cant Make a new Mac with out updating the MBP

They cant have a new mac that is faster than the MBP?
 
I think it only looks ok, and do not like the idea of a tapering design. If you look at the USB ports on the side and how much room is on the top and bottom of them and compare it to the thickness of a standard MBP it really only looks about 0.9" thin which isn't that revolutionary.
 
When they release a more powerful MBP version of this is when I will buy. I need a professional laptop because of the iMac at home :)

I think it only looks ok, and do not like the idea of a tapering design. If you look at the USB ports on the side and how much room is on the top and bottom of them and compare it to the thickness of a standard MBP it really only looks about 0.9" thin which isn't that revolutionary.

You have to remember these are Wired's guesses to what they are..not actual photos
 
The Good news - huge 19" 1920x1200 display (never seen before)
Even better - the price $599 and $799 (the $599 with a 3.0GHz Penryn, 4GB of RAM, the $799 with a 3.2GHz Penryn, 8GB of RAM)

I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude, this toy isn't even going to have dual-link probably and it will be a tiny 12" or 14" display and have a lower rate processor (probably no 3.0 - 3.2GHz Penryn...and probably have a smaller size HD...if it's SSD - is will be an exorbitant price and won't even come close to a MacBook Pro, which already small and very portable, at least my 15.4" is)
 
i hope not.

i hate these laptops that are thicker at the top side because of the circular hinge.

it would look like a sony vaio sub-laptop.

no thanks. make it even and slim throughout.
 
Here's how tomorrow will unfold:

Steve will show off the coolest MB yet. Everything Wired says plus new monitors that have a built in dock too. We'll all be drooling like 7th grade boys looking at a Playboy in the back of the Quicki Mart. Our CC's will be locked and loaded ready to storm the online Apple Store. We'll be at the edge of our seats, so satisfied "one last thing" isn't even on the radar. Then it comes. "On sale today, ships...in March. Right then CNN reports of a erie noise coming from SF, but it's not an earthquake, at least not the typical kind.
 
The glass would surely indicate glossy, as with the iMac. Perhaps. We will know soon enough.


I doubt it would have a glass screen. That would add a lot of weight to what is suppose to be a near weightless product.
 
Hmm, as much as I'm a huge fan of ultra-portable with no optical drive, I'd still like an ethernet port. There are still quite a few places that will have free high speed 'net w/ ethernet, but not wifi.
agreed, but to further that argument, even -N isn't good enough for connecting to some devices. if i'm going to be tempted i want gigabit ethernet in case i need to hook up NAS or something. maybe even just one little eSATA port :eek:

What's really unbelievable is that picture you just posted makes me want a razr2...
snap out of it! :eek: :p

Exactly.

I rarely use the optical drive. But I basically don't use a computer if there's no internet and like it or not, the US is a bit behind the rest of the world in terms of internet speeds/ access and so to me, an ethernet port makes more sense than an internal optical drive.
++ ;)

It's a mock-up...
that's what was implied by that post, wasn't it? :confused:

:eek: Wouldn't it need a place to connect to a charger?
wireless power, baby!
 
Here's how tomorrow will unfold:

Steve will show off the coolest MB yet. Everything Wired says plus new monitors that have a built in dock too. We'll all be drooling like 7th grade boys looking at a Playboy in the back of the Quicki Mart. Our CC's will be locked and loaded ready to storm the online Apple Store. We'll be at the edge of our seats, so satisfied "one last thing" isn't even on the radar. Then it comes. "On sale today, ships...in March. Right then CNN reports of a erie noise coming from SF, but it's not an earthquake, at least not the typical kind.

Too funny :D
Let's just hope it doesn't come to that XD
 
The whining has begun!

1. Don't like taped design!
2. What no optical drive?
3. Damn a glossy screen?
4. No what?
5. How much? Damn way to much money.
6. Only comes in aluminum? No Black?
7. Guess I am not upgrading this time!
 
I don't think Apple would make it thicker near where the monitor meets the computer...it's just not their style, and it is one of the design features that sets them apart from nearly all other computer companies. I sure hope they don't, anyway.
 
1. Don't like taped design!
2. What no optical drive?
3. Damn a glossy screen?
4. No what?
5. How much? Damn way to much money.
6. Only comes in aluminum? No Black?
7. Guess I am not upgrading this time!

Sure, there will always be whining....that doesn't mean some criticism is not valid. Someone upthread and I mentioned earlier that the tapered design would look too much like the newest dell/sony small laptops...not very original or good looking. I think that's perfectly fair criticism...as well as wondering how much power this thing is going to have....
 
Who else is signed up for SMS because they will be in class? :p

Pfft, to heck with class, I'll be staying home for the afternoon :p

About the design mockup, I can't say I really like it. I've never been a fan of the tapered designs.

I'm anxious to see if there's something worth replacing my current MacBook though.
 
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