October 14th is rumoured to be a big day for Apple, for that is the day when they are supposed to announce a design refresh, of the 5 year old designs of the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. And as ancient lore goes, where there is an Apple rumour, so follow the spy shots.
Blurry, unclear, and many times amateurish that they are, the alleged spy spots can never be avoided. The latest in the series is the new MacBook Pro, sporting a glossy black lid and front face, black keyboard, and black trackpad. By the looks of it, the design looks solid and marks a drastic change from the current all-aluminium design. According to the initiators of this rumour, ModmyiMac, the vital statistics of this revision are:
- The ‘Touchpad Dock’ rumor is false
- A new magnetic opening/closing system is in place
- The top of the ‘shell’ is gloss, similar to the iPhone and the bottom is aluminum.
- The iSight is hidden nicely in the glossy frame
- The keyboard is similar to the MacBook Air keyboard
So what gives this away as a fake? The Ad, which is supposed to go up on the Apple website, says “A blend of beauty meets beastly power”. Does that sound right to you? Apple might play around with words when it comes to their iPod lineup (Funnest iPod anyone?), but the MacBook Pro is definitely not going to have such a badly crafted tagline. As far as the imaging goes though, it looks very classy and professional so we might just be looking at the new MacBook Pro.
So what do you think about this rumour? Is this the MacBook Pro of your dreams, or did you have something else in mind? Take note that this is just a rumour, so don’t get your hopes up just yet.
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oh! the pictures in the ad are pretty crisp. I’m almost hoping it to be true. nice post there milind.
is this they call radically different design?
These and many others are floating on the web. Not surprised to see em featured here. But, am very very eagerly awaiting Oct 14th, the last Apple event of 08. The black orientation looks gr8 and so does the keyboard. an all black MBP will look even sexy.
My only demand is, the smaller macbooks to get atleast 128mbs of dedicated graphics and the price of the MBP come down a lil bit. How about quad core or centrino duo in the new ones…any guesses anyone??
I don’t think the MacBook will get a dedicated video card. As for the quad core processor, and I’m not following the Intel lineup, is that technology available yet?
Quad core is the next thing up, so just guessing. Who knows they may come in as optional. But if the Macbook gets a dedicated GPU then sales will boost. They should as almost all the brands these days provide a dedicated GPU, if not a smaller one. But they do!
cmon, 128 isnt much to be asked for!
According to some reports, the new MacBooks are going to have Nvidia power in them. Let’s just hope they are true.
I’m dying to get a new MacBook but don’t want it to be outdated right after I buy it (which it will be if they don’t release the new ones in October). I’ve been waiting since May and i don’t think I can wait anymore.
These pics of the new MBP are awesome.. i just hope that Apple also slashes the rates of the notebook