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Ultra-thin and Ultra-light Mac Notebook in 2007
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I couldn't agree more!! All this crapping on about nothing, let's get back into the computer business again!!!
Damn...
... I knew this would happen as soon as I finally went ahead and ordered my MBP
Oh well, that's what ebay is for!
Personally, I want to see this thing come with the full, wonderful MBP keyboard, I don't care where they stick the speakers instead.
The GPU needs to be capable of simultaneously driving both it's own screen and an external 24" monitor, preferably even a 30".
Finally, the biggest problem with the MBP is that small but useless Express Card port that none of the 3G providers here in Europe offer a card for, only those horrible USB dongles. I want this ultra-portable to come with 3G built-in, as originally planned for Santa Rosa, so that I can simply slip in my SIM and get to work.
... I knew this would happen as soon as I finally went ahead and ordered my MBP
Oh well, that's what ebay is for!
Personally, I want to see this thing come with the full, wonderful MBP keyboard, I don't care where they stick the speakers instead.
The GPU needs to be capable of simultaneously driving both it's own screen and an external 24" monitor, preferably even a 30".
Finally, the biggest problem with the MBP is that small but useless Express Card port that none of the 3G providers here in Europe offer a card for, only those horrible USB dongles. I want this ultra-portable to come with 3G built-in, as originally planned for Santa Rosa, so that I can simply slip in my SIM and get to work.
I feel the same way, and would really love to buy an ultralight note from Apple (and not minuscule 10" inch crap from the PC world, please). However, I am extremely skeptic about it...MacScoop is far from reliable, and 1000 similar rumors have already circulated before...I will believe when I see it.
yuppers. if the price is not too irrational, i may supplement my mbp with a nice small macpod. it will be released, i am sure apple have plans for this: when is another matter. i shall not start burning any bridges, but this year would be great.
as for touchscreen etc and too many features in such a small package. i am sure apple would charge robbery prices for bells and whistles if released in such a form. either way, this will be a nice change from their 'usual' which we have seen naught but in the last 4 years or so..
as for touchscreen etc and too many features in such a small package. i am sure apple would charge robbery prices for bells and whistles if released in such a form. either way, this will be a nice change from their 'usual' which we have seen naught but in the last 4 years or so..
i dont understand all these fascination about ultraportable laptops...
I once had Sony x505. It might have that wow factor and might serve as female magnet but as far as practicality goes it's not all that. you have to sacrifice so much to have notebooks that thin. Small hard drives, no graphics card, limited I/O, and no optical drives...
sure, it's about 3 lbs lighter and it's easier on your back, but really, if you are going to complain about 5lb notebook being too heavy, what you need is a dumbbell, not a notebook.
being a gadget collector is one thing, being a geek is another. if you can't handle the extra 3lbs, you really need to hit the gym.
I once had Sony x505. It might have that wow factor and might serve as female magnet but as far as practicality goes it's not all that. you have to sacrifice so much to have notebooks that thin. Small hard drives, no graphics card, limited I/O, and no optical drives...
sure, it's about 3 lbs lighter and it's easier on your back, but really, if you are going to complain about 5lb notebook being too heavy, what you need is a dumbbell, not a notebook.
being a gadget collector is one thing, being a geek is another. if you can't handle the extra 3lbs, you really need to hit the gym.
prolly just another "throw it on the wall and hope it sticks" rumor.... Ultra portable would be nice though
I said it before, and will say it again...
If you want to see almost exactly what you are going to get with only some slight modifications, Intel has already given you a giant hint.
Compare the specifications listed by MacScoop and those set out in the intel prototype. Then look at the design and its distinctively Mac (sans the OS displayed). Watch and you will see this morph into your new ultra light, portable notebook. Below is just one of the images to whet the appetite.
If you want to see almost exactly what you are going to get with only some slight modifications, Intel has already given you a giant hint.
Compare the specifications listed by MacScoop and those set out in the intel prototype. Then look at the design and its distinctively Mac (sans the OS displayed). Watch and you will see this morph into your new ultra light, portable notebook. Below is just one of the images to whet the appetite.
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I'm waiting for an iphone without the phone. I don't need a cd drive because I rip all my video to digital as it is and use flash drives to pass files. I need a reader that I can write notes on and highlight. A place to store books and even write on. I would love a 10" screen, VT keyboard but with enough USB slots for a hookup of externals when I'm home. I want it wide open, like a standard computer. At least 2GB ram, 120 or more HD, removable battery. Sorry to say this but it is going to cost over 1k. Small computers are very expensive, not cheaper than full size.
I agree they could have placed the speakers on the Asus Eee a better place than on side of the screen, and that way cut the size of the machine somewhat. I guess that's what you get paying $200 for a full-featured laptop - some ugliness, but a lot of cool stuff aswell. Flash-disk, expandable memory, Wireless network, USB, it has pretty much everything. And it's small.
I wish Apple would release an 8-inch portable or something. Would be really cool. CD-drives are for whimps. Who uses CDs nowadays? I thought they were obsolete.. Anyway, you can just connect an external drive the few times you need one.
Hmm... so I guess that you don't want the 14 hours battery life?
Ultraportables get much better battery life than the heavy duty 19" lappies.If it ain't cheap then Asus is the way to go.
*sigh* Not again...
Listen. Apple will first release a MBP with a 13" screen but with all the bells and whistles of an MBP. Not 12". Not 14". 13". Why? To keep their inventory simpler. They already have a 13" form-factor. Keep it simple, stupid. It will be a 13" MBP. The end.
THEN (not before) Apple will release a new MB ("mini?") that will have all the ultraportable features you want.
Why do I believe it will be this way? Because Apple knows you can't have an ultra-portable powerhouse machine. If you want a lightweight machine, you first need to cut the size of the humongous battery in half... but if you want it to last more than a half hour you'll need smaller/less powerful, more energy-efficient components. You can't run a C2D in a tiny case. It just won't work well.
Apple already knows it's possible to run a C2D in a 13" enclosure. This makes it an obvious step (to bring the MBP to a 13" screen). It'll work and it'll bring Apple part of the way to bridging the gap to an ultra-portable device.
*laughs*
What, you don't think they can fit a C2D into an iPod? Slap on a full-screen, use a SSD card for RAM, add Wi-Fi and there ya go. Ultra-Portable. Use it to run Photoshop, Final Cut, and Shake simultaneously. Plus, you could stack a bunch of them up and create an iPod server.
Get real.
You can't make a PRO ultra-portable. You have to sacrifice portability or power. That's always, always, ALWAYS the case.
-Clive
Listen. Apple will first release a MBP with a 13" screen but with all the bells and whistles of an MBP. Not 12". Not 14". 13". Why? To keep their inventory simpler. They already have a 13" form-factor. Keep it simple, stupid. It will be a 13" MBP. The end.
THEN (not before) Apple will release a new MB ("mini?") that will have all the ultraportable features you want.
Why do I believe it will be this way? Because Apple knows you can't have an ultra-portable powerhouse machine. If you want a lightweight machine, you first need to cut the size of the humongous battery in half... but if you want it to last more than a half hour you'll need smaller/less powerful, more energy-efficient components. You can't run a C2D in a tiny case. It just won't work well.
Apple already knows it's possible to run a C2D in a 13" enclosure. This makes it an obvious step (to bring the MBP to a 13" screen). It'll work and it'll bring Apple part of the way to bridging the gap to an ultra-portable device.
I'll gladly accept an external optical drive I can leave home when not needed. I just hope the GPU is better than GMA950! I want PRO features in an ultraportable, as much as possible. Not a consumer ultraportable. And I do like my gaming on the go
I'll also accept the smallest screen I can get: 12", 9", whatever. I can always attach a display when at home. I want TINY!
*laughs*
What, you don't think they can fit a C2D into an iPod? Slap on a full-screen, use a SSD card for RAM, add Wi-Fi and there ya go. Ultra-Portable. Use it to run Photoshop, Final Cut, and Shake simultaneously. Plus, you could stack a bunch of them up and create an iPod server.
Get real.
You can't make a PRO ultra-portable. You have to sacrifice portability or power. That's always, always, ALWAYS the case.
-Clive
Looks pretty nice although I wonder if it has an optical drive. The article does mention that Intel and Ziba admits the cost of production version would be "painfully" high, so I wonder how if Apple were to produce one, where it would fall in their lineup. I have to wonder though, whether that magnetically-attached portfolio sheath is the major reason why it would be so expensive to produce.
That's all I needed to hear!
Just kidding.
I would love to get this though, depending on the price.
regarding the pic of the "green" cover showing a screen in back of the main screen...
make that small one "multi-touch" and let a person access their email, events etc.. and that would be a killer feature.
No it isn't. You have to sacrifice power. You do NOT have to sacrifice too much for pros unless you define "pro" to make that the case.
Intel has great mobile processors, much faster than many pros were using a year ago for Photoshop and the like. That leaves only connectivity and 3D. Connectivity can be done with a dock if needed, and Intel has much better integrated GPUs than the GMA950 now.
Well said, I think the three things that would be removed from the devise would be the leather, the magnetic sheath, and the exterior screen. I am not completely sure on the external screen, as crazy things have happened in the past, but while I know people will list all their reasons after I post this, having an external screen to me seems pretty useless most of the time. It also exposes the device to many more situations where it can be damaged. Efficiency arguments of the external screen don't really move me as most people who would need to check info that could be displayed on a screen like that are able to do so with a blackberry or iPhone and have the added benefit of being able to interact with those two devices.
plumbingandtech, I hadn't thought of multitouch, which adds an interesting side to the debate, but I would still err on the side of what I wrote above regarding damage, unless apple puts in a glass cover like the iphone. Regarding the rest, I would still tend to lean towards no external window, but who knows.
yup
it definitely shows how longs it been since apple has released new hardware (computer-wise) as the same rumors just keep coming over and over and over.
we really need something new. lol
it definitely shows how longs it been since apple has released new hardware (computer-wise) as the same rumors just keep coming over and over and over.
we really need something new. lol
rumors of products actually coming tend to come over and over until the product is released, while rumors people made up come once or twice and never again. At least that's my experience, and the reason this rumor exites me.
Just hope it will be without optical drive, and with flash-drive instead of harddisk. (I'm really hoping for 11" widescreen aswell, not 12", as 11" would give us a computer approximately as wide as the 12" powerbook - which seems a lot smaller than the current Macbook.)I can't wait to see this. I'm sure Apple has learned a ton by doing the iPhone. For me the iPhone is much more of a handheld Mac than a phone. I'm still amazed by it.
It will be great to see what they do in the ultra portable laptop space. Skip the optical drive, put some microdrives and/or flash memory in and you are ready to go.
It will be great to see what they do in the ultra portable laptop space. Skip the optical drive, put some microdrives and/or flash memory in and you are ready to go.