Anyone notice the URL? Looks like "magoog.apple.com/MacBook" which is odd in and of itself, for a few reasons. Obviously, the magoog is most likely wrong, however, the other oddity is that MacBook is capitalized unlike on Apple's current website. Also, the image appears to be of Apple's frontpage, however, /MacBook would point to a subpage. Setting up your own redirect that would look like Apple's site to your own computer is fairly easy, so we can pretty safely assume that this doesn't point to an actual web location.
And not that it really makes any difference, but you can tell that Photoshop is an open application at the bottom.
Anyway, things I find funny...although whoever did the image of the new machine, real or not, did an excellent job in my book and it does look very Appleish to me :-) I would LOVE to see a machine like that!
Don't they call that bluetooth? My keyboard, mouse and wacom tablet are all bluetooth, so i don't think a 'wireless USB hub' would particularly groundreaking, new, or required. And my printer runs from a USB port on the back of my wireless BT hub 2.0 - wireless USB is already with us...
well here's a longshot:
what if 'the brick' is the accessoire that turns your tablet into a desktop? so you put your tablet mac (imagine it like a 14" iphone... sweet) on a stand and it wirelessly connects to the brick for keyboard, mouse, peripherals, power, cd (built into the brick) and what not.
The Brick is a wireless CPU. Look at "This is closer." above. A Macbook Air that's only a monitor and keyboard. Everything else is wireless external.
I'd like to offer Stevie McPevie a name for this junk - shared optical drive, shared CPU: Macbook DuBoise, ala, "I have always relied upon the kindness of strangers." Or how 'bout "Brother, can you spare an optical drive/hard drive?"
Lighter than AIR. New macbook air? if its real, likely not tho. i hope the new macbook comes with an optical drive tho unlike wat ive read from other probably wrong sources.
New mac mini with the same foot print as the new time machine and apple tv so you can now stack them to make a tower. You can easily have a smaller desktop with a time machine no top giving you and the rest of the household access to a TB of information. Home networking at it finest. Also I'm expecting new displays to go along with the entire redesign. Everything mac will now be aluminum and black : )
New mac mini with the same foot print as the new time machine and apple tv so you can now stack them to make a tower. You can easily have a smaller desktop with a time machine no top giving you and the rest of the household access to a TB of information. Home networking at it finest. Also I'm expecting new displays to go along with the entire redesign. Everything mac will now be aluminum and black : )
Maybe apple will have an interchangeable line of laptops
Brick (all ports, drives, etc) and wirelessly transmits it to the laptop or monitor
then a line of bluetooth keyboards and monitors (either as a desktop or as a laptop) which can be interchangeable.....
the actual brick can range from mac mini to macbook pro depending on how much you want to pay
What if the reported glass trackpad in a revised macbook were removable and functioned as an ipod touch or even a more sophisticated portable device?
The codename 'brick' could have been taken from the bricked iPhones, so as to throw off suspicion but make it clear internally what was being talked about.
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 2:48pm — Fabien G (not verified)
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How about the brick being like some sort of accessory for the macbook air. the macbook air is light and thin but lacks external stuff, how about it being so sort of appleTV + dvd burner + external HDD made for the macbook air?
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The brick lives! Please be a
The brick lives! Please be a Mini replacement that costs $300. AppleTV+Time Capsule on steroids!
Not a computer
Pictured is the replacement for the Mighty Mouse.
hahaha ^^^
hahaha ^^^
LOL! Nice try superfunny.
LOL! Nice try superfunny. But keep them mockups coming anyway!
Brick
Maybe wireless charging we've been hearing about?
Wireless USB hub?
A USB hub w/ no attachement to the computer. Hope is not!
Discrepencies
Anyone notice the URL? Looks like "magoog.apple.com/MacBook" which is odd in and of itself, for a few reasons. Obviously, the magoog is most likely wrong, however, the other oddity is that MacBook is capitalized unlike on Apple's current website. Also, the image appears to be of Apple's frontpage, however, /MacBook would point to a subpage. Setting up your own redirect that would look like Apple's site to your own computer is fairly easy, so we can pretty safely assume that this doesn't point to an actual web location.
And not that it really makes any difference, but you can tell that Photoshop is an open application at the bottom.
Anyway, things I find funny...although whoever did the image of the new machine, real or not, did an excellent job in my book and it does look very Appleish to me :-) I would LOVE to see a machine like that!
iThink, iMac, therefore iAm
how about this?
how about this? http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/skylersaleh/macbookmockup.png
I think "The Brick" will be
I think "The Brick" will be an iPhone 3G with a battery pack the size of the old Motorola "brick phone". 600 hours of talk time!
I don't want a wireless USB
I don't want a wireless USB hub at all. That's because then someone could sniff the data from my keyboard and see what i'm typing
Wireless USB Hub?
Don't they call that bluetooth? My keyboard, mouse and wacom tablet are all bluetooth, so i don't think a 'wireless USB hub' would particularly groundreaking, new, or required. And my printer runs from a USB port on the back of my wireless BT hub 2.0 - wireless USB is already with us...
BT Hub
How did you get your printer to run from the usb port on the back of your BT hub
Please help - one frustrated Mac owner
I've just thought, alot of
I've just thought, alot of people refer to their hard drive as a brick?
It's hardly like theres no market there - portable wireless harddrive?
shove that in your car glove box and your laptop/ipods wirelessly 1TB.
what do you think?
well here's a longshot: what
well here's a longshot:
what if 'the brick' is the accessoire that turns your tablet into a desktop? so you put your tablet mac (imagine it like a 14" iphone... sweet) on a stand and it wirelessly connects to the brick for keyboard, mouse, peripherals, power, cd (built into the brick) and what not.
The Brick is a wireless CPU.
The Brick is a wireless CPU. Look at "This is closer." above. A Macbook Air that's only a monitor and keyboard. Everything else is wireless external.
I'd like to offer Stevie McPevie a name for this junk - shared optical drive, shared CPU: Macbook DuBoise, ala, "I have always relied upon the kindness of strangers." Or how 'bout "Brother, can you spare an optical drive/hard drive?"
Lighter, slimmer. The transient Macbook.
Good thinking
You might be onto something there!
Lighter than AIR. New macbook
Lighter than AIR. New macbook air? if its real, likely not tho. i hope the new macbook comes with an optical drive tho unlike wat ive read from other probably wrong sources.
If that's not it and the other one's close...
...maybe you know some things you aren't telling us? The suspense is building!
I can see a MacBook Pro release tomorrow and a combined MacBook, "brick," and mini-laptop/mini-tablet/tablet event on October 14.
And does "this is closer" mean the actual notebook (mini-laptop) in the image or the wireless thing? Whatever it is, I'll be ready!
My guess...
"SmartBrick" - a power adapter with integrated port replicator, supporting USB hub, ethernet and DVI via a single MagSafe cable
More details:
http://www.macpredictions.com/2008/09/smartbrick-apples-one-cable-magsaf...
New mac mini with the same
New mac mini with the same foot print as the new time machine and apple tv so you can now stack them to make a tower. You can easily have a smaller desktop with a time machine no top giving you and the rest of the household access to a TB of information. Home networking at it finest. Also I'm expecting new displays to go along with the entire redesign. Everything mac will now be aluminum and black : )
brick
New mac mini with the same foot print as the new time machine and apple tv so you can now stack them to make a tower. You can easily have a smaller desktop with a time machine no top giving you and the rest of the household access to a TB of information. Home networking at it finest. Also I'm expecting new displays to go along with the entire redesign. Everything mac will now be aluminum and black : )
Maybe apple will have an
Maybe apple will have an interchangeable line of laptops
Brick (all ports, drives, etc) and wirelessly transmits it to the laptop or monitor
then a line of bluetooth keyboards and monitors (either as a desktop or as a laptop) which can be interchangeable.....
the actual brick can range from mac mini to macbook pro depending on how much you want to pay
I/O brick?
When i read this, my mind went back to the Gateway One "Power I/O Bar."
Here's a pic
http://www.wiredprairie.us/journal/2007/09/gateways_one_io_power_bar_fre...
'brick' in a mac
What if the reported glass trackpad in a revised macbook were removable and functioned as an ipod touch or even a more sophisticated portable device?
The codename 'brick' could have been taken from the bricked iPhones, so as to throw off suspicion but make it clear internally what was being talked about.
Just a thought.
macenstein has my vote..
i think that they figured it out. the new apple laptops will be better, and lower in price... which will smash windows laptops.
'bricks' smash 'windows'
Brick
How about the brick being like some sort of accessory for the macbook air. the macbook air is light and thin but lacks external stuff, how about it being so sort of appleTV + dvd burner + external HDD made for the macbook air?
Maybe...
This is a Mac mini with a built-in APC?
Bricks are one piece so this
Bricks are one piece so this can refer to the tablet.
Glass track pad = the whole screen is a track pad (touch screen)