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What Size Next MacBook - 14"?
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My God, if Apple released a 12" non widescreen MacBook, I would drive straight to the nearest Apple store and blow all my life savings in a heartbeat.
14", no thanks.
14", no thanks.
agreed i liked those little ibooks but i had a stupid idea of getting a intel
and i did and i regret it sorta.....
If the macbook uses high grade plastic I'd hate to see a computer made out of low grade plastic
If they brought out the MBA two years ago it would have been 12"!
Everything gets bigger - cars get bigger for the same model replacement - screens are getting bigger.
Anyway, if the 14" MB was not made of dint-able aluminium or Planet Earth murdering plastic - what would it be made of? What's gonna be the new Apple material?
Everything gets bigger - cars get bigger for the same model replacement - screens are getting bigger.
Anyway, if the 14" MB was not made of dint-able aluminium or Planet Earth murdering plastic - what would it be made of? What's gonna be the new Apple material?
I really belive that apple will return w\ color. They had colored iPod minies then left it with the iPod nano then brought it back to the iPod nano. I remeber Jobs' quote when introducing the colored iPod nanos: "colors are back"
Not saying that apple is completely predictable but I think it is something to be expecting.
OK! Interesting alternative case materials!!!
I thought Hemp was illegal in the US? Can't have people trying to smoke their Macbooks now can we?
Finally then. 14" MB with discrete graphics or 13" like now?
Hemp is a fashionable alternative in the United States.
Even Nike makes shoes (that are sold in the U.S.) made out of Hemp material.
I hope that we will see a 14" option, the only thing preventing me from buying a MB right now is the small screen. For everyone saying that a 15" screen is "too big and heavy" needs to go to the gym immediately, gaining a pound is absolutely nothing.
I travel for my job and I travel with a 15" laptop. In all of the airports I have been in and all international flights that I must take I have never wished for a smaller laptop. I would not like to loose the real estate that I am now accustomed to.
I travel for my job and I travel with a 15" laptop. In all of the airports I have been in and all international flights that I must take I have never wished for a smaller laptop. I would not like to loose the real estate that I am now accustomed to.
I hope that we will see a 14" option, the only thing preventing me from buying a MB right now is the small screen. For everyone saying that a 15" screen is "too big and heavy" needs to go to the gym immediately, gaining a pound is absolutely nothing.
I travel for my job and I travel with a 15" laptop. In all of the airports I have been in and all international flights that I must take I have never wished for a smaller laptop. I would not like to loose the real estate that I am now accustomed to.
So you honestly think an increase from 13.3 in to 14 inch is going to make that much of a difference?
You suggest people going to the GYM? Ha Ha! I suggest you go to an eye doctor if you think .7 inches is such a huge difference! If thats the only thing holding you back as you do state, well your the one missing out at such a huge .7 inch increase.
Good Luck!
I agree. I was just noticing the other day how heavy the thing is
Well obviously it isnt too heavy, but I agree Apple wants you to buy the Air
After waiting over two years for a 12" MacBook, earlier this month I relented and upgraded from a 12" PowerBook to a 13" black MB. While I appreciate (and require) the performance gain, I can attest that the 1 inch difference is significant for those of us who favor the smaller form factor. The extra space around the keyboard serves no consumer function, and I prefer the 12" PB's full-size keyboard compared to the "stretched" keys on the MB. The extra width makes taking the machine out of and putting it into a standard laptop bag a more gingerly and time consuming maneuver -- which is significant to those users who bring out and put in our machines several times a day. If you've never had a 12 incher, you may wonder what I'm taking about? But that' reinforces my point: a 13" machine does not serve the 12" market. So I hope Apple does come back to the smaller form factor, and I'll ditch this 13 incher.
My preference would be to keep the 13" screen, but reduce the bezel to as thin as possible. Cutting off the space along the sides of the keyboard would make the machine less wide as well - think 12" PowerBook G4 for bezel and thinness around the keyboard. That would reduce the width footprint by well over an inch (probably closer to 2"). Add the next gen Intel integrated graphics (X4500 I think its called) and I I'd be quite satisfied. To hope for even a low-end discrete graphics chip might be pushing it, knowing Apple's modus operandi.
So you honestly think an increase from 13.3 in to 14 inch is going to make that much of a difference?
You suggest people going to the GYM? Ha Ha! I suggest you go to an eye doctor if you think .7 inches is such a huge difference! If thats the only thing holding you back as you do state, well your the one missing out at such a huge .7 inch increase.
Good Luck!
For me, yes it is.
I have 20/20 vision and I still appreciate a bigger screen, I honestly would like to see a 15" version.