maybe it will have a cf slot or something, and apple will include a restore flash card with leopard and ilife on it.
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Ultra-Portable Mac Expected at Macworld Expo 2008
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maybe it will have a cf slot or something, and apple will include a restore flash card with leopard and ilife on it.
Sounds perfect.
I am only worried about a possible lack of a video out port and the price. I really hope the NAND HDD equivalent doesn't make this super expensive,
I am only worried about a possible lack of a video out port and the price. I really hope the NAND HDD equivalent doesn't make this super expensive,
Well, if people can't purchase CDs and rip them to their notebook, it's suddenly more convenient to use iTunes. and I think we can all agree that apple doesn't have a problem with encouraging people to use iTunes.
oh, and for the "less for more" conversation. I think I should add that I'm not saying it's realistically possible to offer a 64GB flash HD and the rest of the computer for cheaper than a macbook. I'm just saying, I wouldn't buy it for more than that cost. It's a personal thing. I'd LOVE to have an iMac and a subnotebook, but for now I think i'll just have to settle for the iMac alone.
Not to sound negative, but please don't get too excited about this. Sure it could happen, but it's only a rumor. It would be nice, though. 
USB and Firewire are both bus powered. No external power supply necessary.
I can see a 13" screen, that syncs to a desktop much like an iPod does. It'll be announced MWSF, with a shipping date of feb '08.
Oh, and it'll use the same SDK as the iPhone.
that would be siiiick. Give it 20gb, sub $1000. I'd like that, a lot.
I should really stop dreaming...
Heh. Blows that comment out the park.
NOT having to carry around the weight and extra height of an included DVD drive that is NOT used by MOST people MOST of the time.
More FUN!!!!
Orly?
When I read this post, my immediate thought was that theres not enough of a market for a thinner MacBook, and that this is an Apple Ministry of Disinformation cover for a more Newton/PDA'ish device. Is anyone out there really hankering for a lighter MacBook?
By the way, that is the consensus view on the Post-G4 MacBook chicklet-style keyboards? I've never used one, and they look like a step backward to me...
When I read this post, my immediate thought was that theres not enough of a market for a thinner MacBook, and that this is an Apple Ministry of Disinformation cover for a more Newton/PDA'ish device. Is anyone out there really hankering for a lighter MacBook?
By the way, that is the consensus view on the Post-G4 MacBook chicklet-style keyboards? I've never used one, and they look like a step backward to me...
i think you're spot on about the "who really needs a lighter macbook".
I mainly just want something to take with me to the coffee shop to use on homework and such. Main computing would be on an iMac. If they made the macbook cheaper, it would work perfect for this purpose. I just need something cheap and more portable than an iMac. I dont think my iBook G4 is going to hold out much longer.
This sounds perfect to me. Unfortuately, too perfect. I'd just about broken down and was going to replace my aging 1Ghz 12"PB with either a MB or MBP in the next few weeks (probably at Black Friday if there's a deal). Now I don't know what to do. My 12" is still going strong, I just need to update as its way too slow at encoding videos for my iPhone.
My other option is to just get a refurb Mac mini to tide me over as an encoding workhorse/media centre, then buy this if it does turn up in January...
In regard to NAND storage, could they do a hybrid approach with the OS etc stored on flash (say 16GB) and a HDD for the rest (~120-160GB)?
My other option is to just get a refurb Mac mini to tide me over as an encoding workhorse/media centre, then buy this if it does turn up in January...
In regard to NAND storage, could they do a hybrid approach with the OS etc stored on flash (say 16GB) and a HDD for the rest (~120-160GB)?
Macbook Duo!
Bringing back the duo! With thumb drives and wireless-N, we don't really "need" optical drives anymore. But I do see an optional dock with a Superdrive and 2 500gb HDs set up in hardware raid.
As for a "wierd trackpad" How about a widescreen one? Perhaps backlit and a little programmable? But that is a little out there.
Bringing back the duo! With thumb drives and wireless-N, we don't really "need" optical drives anymore. But I do see an optional dock with a Superdrive and 2 500gb HDs set up in hardware raid.
As for a "wierd trackpad" How about a widescreen one? Perhaps backlit and a little programmable? But that is a little out there.
I predict a smaller form factor than 13". Otherwise, there is no reason to lose the optical drive, if they do.
Perhaps from now on instead of obtaining system disks on DVD they will come on flash USB/FireWire drives instead.
CDs and DVDs will join floppies and 8-tracks and LPs and VCDs and 33s.
Perhaps from now on instead of obtaining system disks on DVD they will come on flash USB/FireWire drives instead.
CDs and DVDs will join floppies and 8-tracks and LPs and VCDs and 33s.
Actually, if it does get released i won't be buying one, no optical drive? , and for those people who say we don't need one anymore, just about every piece of important software is distributed on optical storage, how would a downloaded operating system work ?, you'd surely have to have it on a disc in order to start up from it. and also when i think oh i'll play a game whilst sat comfortably down stairs, you'd have to find a external optical drive, plug it in to the macbook, then plug it in to the wall, what a pain in the arse, sure it can be done, but convenient, i think not
Exactly. Apple will LEAD again the trend in terms of phasing out obsolete things...this was the case for floppies and will be the case for CDs and DVDs. On my iMac, discs are used only for 3 things:
- ripping music and videos I have;
- backing up a few files;
- playing a couple of games that require the CD to be there.
This ultraportable will SURELY blow out the minds of customers and catapult Apple to the first place in the IT industry; in other words, it's gonna be one of the last nails in Microsoft's coffin...I WILL buy it the moment it's released...GO APPLE!
Stop hallucinating
Stop hallucinating man!
You want to buy a computer/device that has a 13 inch only to find out that you need a separate computer to sync it to? Yeah..a plausible idea indeed!
Cinch
USB and Firewire are both bus powered. No external power supply necessary.
I can see a 13" screen, that syncs to a desktop much like an iPod does. It'll be announced MWSF, with a shipping date of feb '08.
Oh, and it'll use the same SDK as the iPhone.
that would be siiiick. Give it 20gb, sub $1000. I'd like that, a lot.
I should really stop dreaming...
Stop hallucinating man!
You want to buy a computer/device that has a 13 inch only to find out that you need a separate computer to sync it to? Yeah..a plausible idea indeed!
Cinch
I wonder if they're referring to a patent Apple filed a while ago whereby the trackpad was backlit in a way that gave the user visual feedback to confirm what type of command was being executed (e.g. scroll, right click, left click, etc.). This type of feedback could be used in conjunction with multitouch to provide you a confirmation of any number of multi-finger gestured operations.
Additionally there's the obvious possibility of using capacitance sensing to differentiate between a right click and a left click on one continuous trackpad surface. The visual confirmation could then flash the left side or right side to provide confirmation of the corresponding user input.
To further you points
-why rip music and videos when you can download them much faster
-why use CD for back up while a cheap 160GB external drive will do just fine
-games not made anymore but still on CDs, okay, I concede on this point. I rather play Moon Patrol on my Commodore 128...oops I'm revealing my age!
Cinch
13" screen seems rather large for an ultra portable computer - I would have expected 11-12".
I'm also curious to see how no optical drive works out.
I'm also curious to see how no optical drive works out.
Stop hallucinating man!
You want to buy a computer/device that has a 13 inch only to find out that you need a separate computer to sync it to? Yeah..a plausible idea indeed!
Cinch
haha yeah, i dont know. that sounds like a literally "retarded" computer.
Stop hallucinating man!
You want to buy a computer/device that has a 13 inch only to find out that you need a separate computer to sync it to? Yeah..a plausible idea indeed!
Cinch
I really don't think his vision is too far fetched.
I do however think that it makes sense of the decision not to include an optical drive.
Besides the whole 13" thing and the "strange touchpad" references are not concrete data...to me at least. ultra portable needs more uniqueness for Apple to brand it as "Ultra portable". otherwise it's just an ibook for 2008.
I'd like to see it on a "stick" flash drive. Also, you used "et al" incorrectly. You should have used "etc."