Wired's artists seem to have a very good idea (of the profile at least) of the new MacBook. The frontal is a little bit weird and we aren't sure why it is so light - but the side view is very close to what we've been told.
Remember, for this thing not to fall over - a lot of weight needs to be put on the bottom - meaning battery and SSD. However, Apple might have put the mothrboard behind the screen to save some space. Also, if it folds all the way around 360 degrees it could make one helluva tablet.
Just saying is all.
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Think about this: why fold
Think about this:
why fold it all the way around (360-degrees)?
what if it folded 180-degress?
from the looks of it, it could lay flat.
would there be any benefit to that?
dunno... what if the keyboard is virtual and a multi-touch device itself and the screen is not touch (kinda like the nintendo-ds)?
I've been thinking this is gonna be like the ds for some reason.
SO FREAKING EXCITED
As soon as I saw that image
As soon as I saw that image and how there seems to be a nice rotation
point, I thought "Gee, wouldn't it be cool if it went all the way around
and worked like a tablet!" I think you hit the nail right on the top...head...
whatever.
iThink, iMac, therefore iAm
iThink, iMac, therefore iAm
PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually... if you think
Actually... if you think about it... those intel chips get hot enough you probably could cook a pie on it.
AWESOME
Mac-n-Pie
How on Earth did you not
How on Earth did you not think of "Apple Pie"?
'cause Mac-n-Pie is kinda
'cause Mac-n-Pie is kinda like Mac-n-Cheese
do your homework, spud
pieMac :)
pieMac :)
lol....man we are totally
lol....man we are totally setting ourselves up for major dissapointment......
You know, it would truly be
You know, it would truly be awesome if this became a tablet...I am not counting on it. Besides, it would probably just be multitouch and I WANT A PEN TO DRAW DAMMIT!
But...if it folded 360 degrees...wouldn't that leave the keyboard exposed? Then, in turn, wouldn't you be resting it ON the keyboard?
Pens can touch too. You can
Pens can touch too. You can have multitouch + stylus, where it understands what the stylus is.
OK, sorry about that, it
OK, sorry about that, it kept telling me I wasn't getting the CAPTCHA right...so I kept trying!
whatever happened to the
whatever happened to the apple patent a while back of the bottom loading optical drive in order to save space? i've seen lots of (wild) speculation as to what apple could (probably not) implement in a lightweight notebook design, but somehow this part (which got decent coverage when the patent app surfaced) somehow isn't in the picture?
I just hope that they have
I just hope that they have not lost focus of the education community..(remember how education is part of their DNA blah blah blah..)
I hope that the price point of these things lets schools buy them..
It won't swing back all the
It won't swing back all the way. It would make no sense. If it did, you would have to pick the the whole thing up off the table and hold it awkwardly to get in into tablet mode. If the screen just spun around like all the other convertible tabs, it would be easier to use. omg, BUT that would create an additional seam in the hinge!!!!11!!! AHHHHH!! WE'RE APPLE AND WE DON'T BELIEVE IN ADDITIONAL SEAMS!!!!!! ; )
This model wouldn't be able
This model wouldn't be able to fold 360 degrees, just look at the bump that would be in the way..
It'll be interestinf to see de connectivity on this thing. Offcouse USB, Wifi and Bluetooth, but what else? Flash-card slot? (to kinda replace optical) WiMax? GSM? (would be great, internal GSM modem, 3G..).
MacWorld January 2008
MacWorld January 2008 Keynote
Rough Outline; draft 5
Greetings! Welcome to Moscone Center
Quick Overview: iPod/iTunes
- iPod has been extremely profitable for us this holiday season
- Sales figures, market share
- Our new models are doing better than ever
- 3 iPod games released last month accidentally (supposed to be for today)
- Another new game today: Chess
- iTunes doing extremely well (sales figures/market share)
- Today: 30 indie labels releasing their entire catalogs in iTunes Plus
- Many more to follow in the next few months
iPhone
- Best iPod ever
- Sales figures, market share
- Sales beyond our wildest dreams
- Much more than the 1% market share we asked for in January
- Starting today: 8GB $399, 16GB $499
- Four times the memory as original iPhone for the same price
- iPhone is coming to Japan in March with NTT DoCoMo
- SDK is unveiled!
iPhone/iPod Touch SDK
- Apps and Widgets
- Using Cocoa with Objective-C
- Developers submit programs as source code, not executable
- Specify iPhone or both iPhone/Touch (certain features iPhone only)
- Set your own price: Apps $0-$6.99, Widgets $0-$2.99
- Users buy/download in iTunes Wi-Fi Store / iTunes Store (Mac/PC)
- Automatic updating wirelessly or docked
- Demonstration of exporting from XCode 3 to iTunes Store
- Submits source code to Apple for validation (make sure that people aren't abusing the system, prevent malware and viruses)
- If using microphone or GSM, iPhone only; otherwise, available for both iPhone and iPod Touch
- Apps can be free or up to $6.99; Widgets free or up to $2.99
- Developers recieve 70% of revenue for their products
- Licensed under Apple Mobile Software License
- Can download wirelessly from iTunes Wi-Fi Store or docked to computer from iTunes Store
- Demonstration of wirelessly downloading (and running) the app submitted earlier
- Apps and widgets can be rearranged on front screen; front screen scrolls to show all apps/widgets
- Resubmit updated versions of apps; when added to store, iPhone/Touch will ask you to update it next time you use it (or next time you dock the iPhone/Touch)
- Developers can get their hands on a beta version of the SDK tomorrow on ADC and start developing; final version due early February
- iTunes 7.6 and iPhone/iPod Touch Software update 1.3 allowing for Apps mid-February
Example apps/widgets
Apps:
- iChat (coming with 1.3 update) (AIM, Jabber/Google Talk)
-- Quick demonstration
- RSS Feed Reader (coming with 1.3 update) (read feeds online or off)
- One of our partners made something cool: Last.fm (scrobble tracks played on iPhone/touch wirelessly without syncing w/ computer)
Widgets:
- Dictionary (coming with 1.3 update) (quickly look up words, translate, use wikipedia)
-- Quick demonstration
- Yellow/White Book (coming with 1.3 update) (search for contacts, add them to your address book directly from the app, will sync back with address book on your Mac/PC)
- Sports Ticker (coming with 1.3 update) (choose your sports and teams, get updates on their progress)
- Another partner: Twitter (update your Twitter on the fly, see your friends tweets)
- Try these out on the show floor today
Mac
- Sales are getting better and better every day
- Hardware sales figures/market share
- Leopard released October; doing spectacularly
- Sales figures/market share
- Selling extremely well; estimated to overtake Tiger in terms of marketshare by June if you only count the new Macs that come with it preinstalled; even quicker if you include boxed copies
- 10.5.2 out today - many bug fixes, also addressing a lot of issues and complaints users had such as list view with stacks and certain HIG non-compliance issues
New MacBooks!
- What would MacWorld be without a new Mac? (sorry about last year)
- Completely redesigned MacBook
- Completely aluminum body like MacBook Pro
- 13" screen at 1440x900
- Two colors: Black and Silver
- Looks gorgeous at 0.8" thin
- A major feat of engineering - patents abound
- DVD drive pops open on side when eject button is pressed
- New on all notebooks and iMac: iSight HD (720p)
- New backlit keyboard based on recent Apple Keyboard revisions (keys slightly lighter than that of laptop casing, colorwise)
- New matching MagSafe cable (Aluminum ends, cord color matches that of keyboard)
- New matching Apple Remote (slightly smaller with larger overall buttons)
- Intel GMA X3100 graphics
- 3 models
- Completely phasing out the combo drive on all product lines today
- BTO models can upgrade all the way to 2.6GHz/4GB Memory/320GB hard drive
- 4.5 hours of battery life
- Starting at $1199
Product Refreshes
- Refreshing Mac Pro and Mac mini today
- Mac Pro now with Penryn!
- Base model 2x2.8GHz dual-core/1GB/NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB/250GB(1x250GB)/1x16x double-layer SuperDrive
- Upgradeable to 2x3.2GHz quad-core/16GB/NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB/4TB(4x1TB)/2x16x double-layer SuperDrives
- Starting at $2,499
- Mac mini gets slight speed bumps and double-layer SuperDrive in all models
- Base model 2.0GHz IC2D/1GB/100GB
- BTO Upgradeable to 2.4GHz IC2D/4GB/320GB
- Starting at $599
One More Thing
- Been brewing for a while
- YouTube's been in Apple TV and iPhone/iPod touch: now it's in iTunes
- Download YouTube videos straight to iTunes or from iPhone/iPod Touch for later offline viewing (sync back to computer)
- Coming in iTunes 7.6 and iPhone/iPod Touch 1.3 updates
Thanks for coming, and enjoy the expo!
All looked pretty good right
All looked pretty good right up to what would have to be the most disappointing "One more thing" of all time!
the computer looks awesome,
the computer looks awesome, the design looks awesome, and the concept sounds awesome, but for $1500, I don't really see why i would want to buy one of these over say a souped up macbook. I'm sure there will be suprises in store for this new laptop at macworld but presently, I don't see anything that can justify a $1500 price tag.
I don't think it will be
I don't think it will be $1500. I think, rather, it will be priced between the iPhone and the Macbook base model. I would be happy to see it about $800.
Have you checked the price
Have you checked the price of other small form factor portables. Sure this one might be wider and higher than those, yet if it is as thin as reported, then I think this would be enough to justify the $1500.
They will not leave it as an entry level notebook, it will be the deluxe version of the macbook.
Will it actually have USB?
Will it actually have USB? If it really doesn't have any wired connections that would suck, I don't think I'd want a Laptop without USB. In fact I'd be perfectly happy if all they did is make the current MacBooks aluminum.
No cables REQUIRED doesn't
No cables REQUIRED doesn't necessarily mean no USB ports. That mockup profile pic has 2 ports in the base, near the hinge. It is just that you wouldn't NEED cables (assuming they have an induction charger for the battery, as per their patent). By having no ports on the back they could make room for near 360 degree hinge.
However I'm not sure it could charge in tablet mode? Normally you need to be really close for induction to work effectively, and I'd expect the antena to be on the bottom of base, to provide lots area of close proximity for the induction. Unless they somehow managed to get the induction antena into the hinge? Then it'd look more like a docking station.
wouldnt it be cool if the
wouldnt it be cool if the apple air (that sexxxy nas box) were to be included with everyone of the ultra portables... a simple 2 grand for the whole kit and kaboodle... and also it has to have usb... think of what a computer is used for... if i can do my homework on it i need to be able to save it to a flash drive... how would i connect my ipod to it? wifi handles my iphone syncing if they want to but what about all the other mp3 players on the market... if you think jobs get a bad wrap for allegedly monopolizing ipods with itunes or whatever that sillyness is dont you think a computer with no way of connecting to 3rd party devices is just a tad worse... and riaa get off apples ass when it comes to itunes... most people with 160gb ipods that hold 40000 songs arent spending $40 grand to fill it... music should be free
What i would like it look
What i would like it look like.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=7x9qg7d&s=1
they are not going to
they are not going to release this thing
Another excellent call from
Another excellent call from 9to5 as regards the screen folding 360 degrees. IN this case, the keyboard would de-activate so only the screen allowed use input.
If you remember a few months ago there was a patent which covered dual operation - touch on the front and keys on the back, originally drawn showing an iPod-like form factor. This would work equally well for a tablet.
I don't think there'd be any issues with an exposed keyboard since in tablet mode you'd be holding the thing or laying it flat on a desk.
Of course, I don't see Apple actually releasing this, but we'll find out soon enough!
The keyboard would need to
The keyboard would need to be recessed relative to the outside edge of case, or something very differet about the keys (such as physically locked in up position when screen is around). Otherwise it'd feel unstable, sort of smooshy, when set on a flat surface like a table. Also, even with a recessed case, if you were holding it I'd imagine the keys on the bottom side feeling wierd. The asthetics of it all strike me as jolting and rough. *shrug*
HEY, WHAT IF THE APPLETV WAS
HEY, WHAT IF THE APPLETV WAS GIVEN A SUPERDRIVE? THEN THE NEW 'BOOKS WOULDN'T NEED AN OPTICAL DRIVE... AS LONG AS THE TWO COULD TALK OVER HIGH SPEED WIRELESS...
US & UK stores are down!
US & UK stores are down!
Well, the store is down, so
Well, the store is down, so I'm expecting an AppleTV that can stream HD content wirelessly to a revamped Apple Cinema Display and no wires required
;)
Personally, I think it has nothing to do with a new thinner laptop but a new wireless product. The reference to 'air' does not conjour up images of a Mac of any type imo. Might as well have said "Illuminating" means a MacBook Lite !