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Thin MacBook Laptop Concept Images
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I'm in the market for something like this. My Powerbook does nothing more than sit by my bed and act as an email/internet machine, probably throw that on eBay (mygod they still go for so much!) and get myself one of these for the right price. So long as it was smaller and lighter than a 12" PowerBook.
And could time travel.
And could time travel.
Has it been rumored how large the solid state hard drive will be? A quick look on new egg puts a 32gb hd at $400 and when I look at the size of just my library folder it is about 8gb, which goes for about $200. I know that apple would get huge discounts, but this isn't looking cheap. (Although someone explain to me: why are they so expensive? I bought a 4gb flash drive for like $20-$30, why shouldnt it just be roughly additive since size isn't an issue)
I might be wrong on this, but this is my understanding…
Solid state memory has a limited number or read/writes before it fails, and the memory used in the SSD’s is of a higher caliber that it will last for years given the number of read/wire operations expected with a typical OS. There is also the issue of speed, where it has to be sufficiently fast enough not to bog your system down – and this comes at a premium cost.
Then again, the internet is an echo chamber, so I might be quoting a wrong rationale.
I think that used to be an issue, but I've heard people say that nowadays flash technology has gotten a lot better. There are so many read/write operations allowed on flash that it will take like years and years of constant read/write for the thing to fail.
Typically rhodium is used to plate white gold so that it looks more white and it has been used for many many years and is not some kind of NEW metal that is in right now. Just FYI
A little off topic, but still related is Apple really needs to overhaul the cases for all its computers. I've noticed that when a PowerPC computer is upgraded to a new kind of proc (iw G3 -> G4, G4 ->), Apple makes an entirely new case. Look at the PowerPC iMacs. Yet nothing's really changed w/ the Intel transition. MacBooks look like iBooks, MacBook Pros like Powerbook G4s, Mac Pros like Power Mac G5s and iMacs like iMac G5s. While I don't particularly like change just for the sake of change, just saying this isn't in Apple's style.
Well, the iMac G5 doesn't look like the new iMac Core 2 Duo. The style is the same but the casing is different.
One thing to think about: maybe they didn't change the cases for the intel transition on purpose: to show/prove to their users that the intel transition wouldn't change anything except underneath, that if you look at the (then) new Macs, you wouldn't be able to tell if it was PowerPC or intel, that a Mac was still a Mac, no matter what CPU was in it.
Grainy picture alert!!!!
Time for a grainy picture of the new 'Ultra-Portable' Apple device.
Looking at all of the mock-up stuff, which look excellent, something about this one makes me think it is the real deal as it seems to follow the current line of Apple design. Looks like a giant iPhone. I would guess that it is 300mm x 200mm x 25-50mm.
Time for a grainy picture of the new 'Ultra-Portable' Apple device.
Looking at all of the mock-up stuff, which look excellent, something about this one makes me think it is the real deal as it seems to follow the current line of Apple design. Looks like a giant iPhone. I would guess that it is 300mm x 200mm x 25-50mm.
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I know this might sound really stupid but what are the chances of the current macbook being replaced?
All this talk of MBP is fair enough but will the Macbook's be replaced also.
Also Any idea of prices for the new macbooks?
Also is there anywhere that is giving a live stream of the keynote ??
ThANKS
All this talk of MBP is fair enough but will the Macbook's be replaced also.
Also Any idea of prices for the new macbooks?
Also is there anywhere that is giving a live stream of the keynote ??
ThANKS
I prefer my crazy mock-up on ThinkRumors.com
That is a crazy mock-up, alright
So far my favorite is the concept of the MacBook Touch... I guess the 15th will come and everyone will be like "yeah, that's a no-brainer... why didn't I think of that?."
I just don't see what a multi-touch trackpad brings to the table. It works on the iPhone and the iPod Touch because that is the display. On the MacSubBook, you have a much larger display already there, so at that rate, just use a multi-touch LCD. Panasonic has tough-sensitive LCDs on their Toughbooks and they really are nice (we use them at work).
Now, if you put a small multi-touch display on the back of the LCD, as one of the Intel concepts did, I could see that because you could control multimedia and presentation functions from it without having to open the laptop.
Wow....
I have seen the future of computing.
And it is retarded.
If ANY of these designs are what Apple finally settles on, Apple should roll up a big doob and congratulate themselves for being lame.
I have seen the future of computing.
And it is retarded.
If ANY of these designs are what Apple finally settles on, Apple should roll up a big doob and congratulate themselves for being lame.
These mockups don't look right to me. It's hard to see what the benefit of such a wide trackpad would be, and I can't help suspecting that the purpose of Apple's patent was just a defensive move to generalise the concepts in the iPhone's touch screen to apply to devices other than phones.
I think that the iMac-style docking station is very likely - an elegant solution to not having an optical drive on board. It also makes it all the more likely that the styling of the new sub-notebook would need to match that of the new iMac. Which leads me to conclude that it would have a glossy black frame around the screen, and a white plastic keyboard on an aluminium base.
For what it's worth, before Apple adds insanely large trackpads, I'd love them to add a right-click button (or a right-area on the single button) - we have it on the Mighty Mouse now, so why not on the MacBook?
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I like your idea. it would fit in the line of the macbooks, not the macbook pro. I don't think apple would introduce any plastic on the macbook pro (recycling policy)
The grainy picture i posted earlier is not something i made up myself. It is a scan from a UK newspaper who published the picture today. The picture looks like it is something Apple would do. The composition is correct, if you know what i mean.
The giant iPhone/iTouch would be a nice device.
I like the Al iMac's look, but that is because of the nice wide Al band underneath the black border of the screen. I award aesthetic points for putting an Al band around the display to link it to the Al backplate, but with no Al band on the bottom (which I understand can't be added), the screen looks like it's "floating" above the bottom and is not connected.
Also, Apple was nuts putting white keys on an Al base with the iMac keyboard. Not only does it not look pretty when new and clean, but my most-used keys are now covered in dirt so my entire keyboard is a mish-mash of various shades of white and gray-brown.
I'd much prefer a pure Al look or a pure "piano-black" look.
I really like the mockup of the Macbook Touch. I'd buy it. I don't have issues with smudges on my Touch. The few times I've used it with greasy fingers I cleaned it by simply rubbing the screen on my shirt. I'm sure Power Support could come out with an anti-glare film for a Macbook Touch anyway. That would do away with any smudge concerns.
With the positive response Apple has had to the iPhone and Touch, and how so many people want those devices to act more like a standard computing device, I could see Apple responding with a full-blown touch-screen computer.
Typically rhodium is used to plate white gold so that it looks more white and it has been used for many many years and is not some kind of NEW metal that is in right now. Just FYI
Ha ha! There is no such thing as a "NEW" metal. They have all been around from the beginning of the universes (and the internets).