Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

What the new MBP should have looked like!

Europe calling

Europe calling

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 27, 2007
249
0
The Netherlands
With a matte screen off course!!
 

Attachments

  • MBP1.jpg
    MBP1.jpg
    38.4 KB · Views: 294
  • MBP keyboard.jpg
    MBP keyboard.jpg
    37.5 KB · Views: 287
Imo, No.

There was a great mockup pic that made the MBP look similar to the air. I really liked that. But now the new models are out, fantasizing about "what it should've been" isn't gonna change whats already out.
 
Sorry but the macbook pro looks amazing!

They need to change nothing... imo of course :)
 
that looks nice. The whole black bezel thing is iffy in my opinion. Looks like a HP.

They should have made it all black if they wanted to use black.

The thing is, what works for the iMac doesn't mean it'll work for a notebook. I wish they had realized that.
 
I like your design, but I think the black keys on an aluminium body look better than white keys on an aluminium body. I think the MBA is one of the nicest Apple laptop designs in their history, if not THE best.

Right now, with the designs so similar, the MBA has the advantage in aesthetics due to the silver bezel. I don't have an objection to black, but it's just too much black!! Aluminium with a black keyboard looks OK, because black adds a nice touch of contrast to an aluminium body. The contrast looks wonderful.

I think the best look would be to use the new MBP shape, but use an aluminium screen bezel, and aluminium (coloured) chicklet keys. The chicklet keys and new taper along the edge gives the MBP an updated look without making it look gaudy. In other words, it would have looked a bit like the old MBP, but with a taper along the edges, and an aluminium chicklet keyboard.
 
I don't understand why the hell couldn't apple think of this exact design, I understand the camera would show, but it would look like a mac. The current new models look like HP/Compaq laptops.
 
zer0tails said:
that looks nice. The whole black bezel thing is iffy in my opinion. Looks like a HP.

They should have made it all black if they wanted to use black.

The thing is, what works for the iMac doesn't mean it'll work for a notebook. I wish they had realized that.
Click to expand...

Or like an Asus. When did Apple start following PC designs?!

Abstract said:
I like your design, but I think the black keys on an aluminium body look better than white keys on an aluminium body. I think the MBA is one of the nicest Apple laptop designs in their history, if not THE best.
Click to expand...

I agree completely. Good thing they didn't destroy it this time. Who knows what next revision will do to it, though.

I think many mock-ups are way better than what Apple actually showed us yesterday. All black is fine. All aluminium, possibly with a little black (keyboard) is fine. This iMac-like look might be good when there's screen only (iPhone, iMac, even the new display).

There's only one thing that could help these new notebooks IMO - carbon Colorware. Which is expensive, doesn't cover touchpad and isn't available outside US.
 
Europe calling said:
With a matte screen off course!!
Click to expand...

Fantastic job!

round it up with FW400 and DVI and I would have bought it instantly!

But now I will simply be using my fully loeaded last revision MacBook and my last revision tiBook and spend the money I had reserved for a MacBook Pro money for something else (maybe an Eames Lounge Chair clone..?!)

vSpacken
 
M. Malone said:
I don't understand why the hell couldn't apple think of this exact design, I understand the camera would show, but it would look like a mac. The current new models look like HP/Compaq laptops.
Click to expand...

+1

I would've bought the OP's design immediately.

I think the older MBPs look bette than the new onesr...
 
I wholeheartedly agree with the matching silver keys, the black are rather ugly. The black bezel doesn't bother me too much. Though the slimming down of ports and glossy only screen are more than a niggle.
 
At first I didnt like the MB MBP but It has grown on me and I think it looks awesome. So awesome Ive ordered one and I dont care what people think, I love it :D
 
Thumbs Up

Yeah, I really like those pictures, Europe Calling.

I love the new manufacturing of the MBPs: how solid they're reported to feel and the innovation of it all. They look pretty amazing... until you open them up. Whereupon you get a design that is perfectly fine but yes, that is reminiscent of a bunch of other PC designs and a bit 'loud'.

The whole black/silver/black-chiclet thing isn't a deal-breaker for me though. It's the screen I'm having trouble with. A matte screen and less black would have me scrambling to the Apple store, using my current machine to clobber people over the head and out of my way to the front of the queue. As it is I'll be researching and waiting and playing on it for a while before I decide, I think.
 
First we have "what it'll look like" threads, and now we have "what it should have looked like" threads. :rolleyes:

I do like this lighter tone better.
 
This

hp_compaq_presario_c501nr.jpg


Plus


This

6720S-KE032ES.jpg


Equals

142347-mbp_400.jpg


Am I the only one who see a resemblance, it AT LEAST in a way looks like a Windows computer

Steve_Dell_Ad.jpg
 
Cool mockups. I totally agree - the black on all the new machines is hideous and is a step backwards for their designs.
 
I'm chapped at the fact that the MB now smokes my penryn which I JUST bought a couple moths ago, and for 700 bucks less. Thanks apple :D

Oh, and I love the fact that my awesome 24'' iMac won't work with the new 24'' LCD
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back