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Upcoming Macbook refresh. Redesign???

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Life is Sweet

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Many people believe that the MB will be updated before the holiday season like usual, but a redesigned has also been assumed due to apple going away from plastic because of environmental reasons.

So my question is will they change or stay the same? If they do, will they be coloured like the nano? And what do you think the specs will be? Santa Rosa what? 2.2 or higher or lower? HDD, RAM etc.
And finally, WHEN?
 
Personally, and this is just my opinion not knowing heaps on the subject, i believe that they will have 3 models, a base silver and a higher silver and black, both being brushed aluminium. This would match apples colour scheme of late which can be seen in the ipod classic.

I believe they will recieve the Santa Rosa upgrade as well as a shared graphics upgrade. I also believe that the screen size will stay the same as apple needs to have a smaller laptop for sale. The hard drives on all models i think will be upgraded by 40g on each model with a max of 250g 4200rpm on all models.

Here are the Specs as i IMAGINE they will be:

Base model -- Silver 13.3' 2.16ghz (not necessarily SR) 1g of Ram (possible max of 3gb as specified by apple) 120/160g hd
Middle model -- Silver 13.3' 2.2-2.4ghz (SR) 1 or 2 g of ram 160/200hd
Top model -- Black 2.2-2.4ghz (SR) 2g of ram 200hd

These are my thoughts and i hope they are slightly useful
 
cheesyapple said:
Personally, and this is just my opinion not knowing heaps on the subject, i believe that they will have 3 models, a base silver and a higher silver and black, both being brushed aluminium. This would match apples colour scheme of late which can be seen in the ipod classic.

I believe they will recieve the Santa Rosa upgrade as well as a shared graphics upgrade. I also believe that the screen size will stay the same as apple needs to have a smaller laptop for sale. The hard drives on all models i think will be upgraded by 40g on each model with a max of 250g 4200rpm on all models.

Here are the Specs as i IMAGINE they will be:

Base model -- Silver 13.3' 2.16ghz (not necessarily SR) 1g of Ram (possible max of 3gb as specified by apple) 120/160g hd
Middle model -- Silver 13.3' 2.2-2.4ghz (SR) 1 or 2 g of ram 160/200hd
Top model -- Black 2.2-2.4ghz (SR) 2g of ram 200hd

These are my thoughts and i hope they are slightly useful
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you're dreaming.
 
The iBook look wasn't updated for nearly 4 years (1999-2006). There were redesigns, but no refresh. I think you're looking well into 2009 or 2010.
 
I agree with the last poster. Late 2008 at the earliest, but more realistically 2009/2010.

Macbooks will always be low end hardware, even with the GMA950 Apple has no problems selling them. Besides the fact that the average mac users doesn't know what a GMA950 is or even cares.
 
Life is Sweet said:
anyone think colours like nanos?
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Personally, i would not be surprised if Apple did release the macbooks in the nano colours or some sort of colours.

Because Dell right now has that notebook where you can get it in many different colours and it would be a good competition if Apple started to offer coloured laptops (again)
 
It's coming, but not right now. That's my prediction. But I just jumped three weeks ago, so I don't want it coming.

Unless they're hideous. Then I don't care. I'm more interested in the new case design than specs.
 
brgnewman said:
Personally, i would not be surprised if Apple did release the macbooks in the nano colours or some sort of colours.

Because Dell right now has that notebook where you can get it in many different colours and it would be a good competition if Apple started to offer coloured laptops (again)
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Ugh, what a horrible thought; resorting to Dell paint jobs to sell Macbooks.
 
im about to pull the trigger and get a MB replacing my powerbook. My luck they'll upgrade them right after. :(
 
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Foxglove9 said:
I agree with the last poster. Late 2008 at the earliest, but more realistically 2009/2010.

Macbooks will always be low end hardware, even with the GMA950 Apple has no problems selling them. Besides the fact that the average mac users doesn't know what a GMA950 is or even cares.
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well jobs said that they would eliminate materials like in the macbook soon so i assume next update

besides, all other mac and ipods are aluminium it sticks out

SR uses better than GMA 950
 
esaleris said:
The iBook look wasn't updated for nearly 4 years (1999-2006). There were redesigns, but no refresh. I think you're looking well into 2009 or 2010.
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nooo...........that can't possible. they wont keep the macbook the only white and plastic product left for THAT long, especially with leopard coming out, theyll probs want to upgrade the hardware a LITTLE ....however slight
 
Well, Apple need to maintain a difference between the MBP and MB.

Im guessing...

drop one of the models and have 2 different models of MB.

Both being Silver (Al)

Model 1:
2.00Ghz SR C2D
1Gb RAM
GMA 3100 Graphics
13.3" LED Display
120Gb HDD
4x DL DVD Drive
£749

Model 2:
2.2Ghz SR C2D
2gb RAM
GMA 3100 Graphics
13.3" LED Display
160Gb HDD
8x DL DVD Drive
£949

Both models with have an online customizable options to change the colours over. These will cost £50.

Colours will be:
Blue
Green
Pink
Red
Black

Colours will apply over the keyboard and trackpad.

Thats what im hoping anyway!

:apple::apple::apple:
 
My guess is that in order to maintain the aluminum and black theme, new Macbooks will be all (or mostly) black like the current blackbook. They can still stay plastic (cheaper) and stay within the style family.
 
-Shock- said:
My guess is that in order to maintain the aluminum and black theme, new Macbooks will be all (or mostly) black like the current blackbook. They can still stay plastic (cheaper) and stay within the style family.
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If you take a look in the other macbook refresh thread, someone just posted the prices re: plastic vs. Aluminum. Plastic is about 4 times as expensive.

Though your post has made me think of something. The back of the iMac is plastic is it not? Why not do the Macbook with aluminum bottom, and black plastic on the flipside of the display? It wouldn't affect airport reception like having metal around the display would, and would make a clear distinction between the MB and MBP. Maybe give it an aluminum edge and hinge as well for added durability.
Might look very svelte with the combination of the matte aluminum and shiny black plastic.

~Thursday
 
Or there might be a limited edition macbook in real apple colours (like green and red) just joking, But still it could be anything
 
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