[Simon]

So it appears the cases for the new MB and MBP have been leaked.



The new MBP case. Solid aluminum top, but it appears the sides are separate have been attached to the top. Even thinner, thinner than the width of a USB port actually. Those speaker holes are quite a bit smaller in diameter than on the current MBP - laser carving maybe? The ports look like Mini-DVI, Ethernet, 2xUSB, ???, mic, headphones. Is the mystery port the lock slot? If so, thanks Apple for again putting it in a bad location. Looks like MagSafe, FW and EC (and hopefully eSATA) will be on the right side.

Or is that a FW logo I see to the left of what I thought was the second USB port?

[Simon]

The new MB case. This one looks like it might be solid aluminum, but it's hard to tell from the distance these pics were taken. The form seems to match the current MB form, but with a larger trackpad like on the MBA. Th optical seems to be located at the same spot. It appears the case has become a whole lot thinner than it is now. The ports on the right side look like Mini-DVI, Ethernet, 2xUSB, ???, mic, headphones, lock slot. Where is FW? I'm wondering if this last picture actually shows the ports on the MBP case rather than on the MB?

[Simon]

Does Mini-DVI actually do DDL? IIRC it doesn't. And if you're going to require a dongle anyway, why chose Mini-DVI over Micro-DVI?

[Simon]

After looking at the MBP pic some more, is that a monitor icon I see next to port between the USB and the mic? What kind of display port would that be?

[analogika]

From left to right on the MacBook Pro:

(MagSafe - not visible in this image)

Ethernet

FW800/1600/3200 (there's a firewire logo to the left of the jack; the connectors are identical)

2x USB

Micro DVI (you can see the monitor icon just to the left of the port)

audio in

audio out.

[analogika]

NO FIREWIRE ON THE MACBOOK!!???

(from left to right - MagSafe, Ethernet, 2x USB, micro-DVI, audio in, audio out)

WTF!

(please no please no please no - I really don't want to have to go 15" just to get a machine that isn't completely useless for audio/video work...I love the 13" form factor. Please.)

[redhot_nyc]

R.I.P. MacBook Pro keyboard 2003 - 2008

Survived by Chiclet keyboard.

[DKeithA]

thank god

[adamfishercox]

Well, if all the MBP brings design wise is a slightly thinner shape and some ugly (on an aluminum laptop) chiclet keys, I wont feel as bad hanging onto my current MBP.

[Dakar V]

Not exactly the most exciting photos.

[Super Mario]

As it looks like Apple is going to keep slimming and trimming the MBP it will still have underclocked lamo graphics and dual core as usual so I'm going to get a Dell Precision M6400 if I need a PRO laptop with real pro power, not to mention it has a 100% Adobe RGB color gamut edge to edge screen and quad core processors.

[Chuckit]

I love the PowerBook G4 keyboard. I don't like the MacBook keyboard. Of course they'd choose the latter. Drat.

[Super Mario]

I like the MacBook keyboard except a couple I used were squeeky. The Sony Z series has a better version of the same thing that is sooooo solid.

[Simon]

The MBA has a very nice KB. If they go with that I'll be fine.

I actually am more worried about the video output. I want regular DVI. I hate carrying around dongles. Although admittedly you do still come across a of VGA projectors so even with DVI out you sometimes still have to carry around a dongle.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by analogika 

NO FIREWIRE ON THE MACBOOK!!???

(from left to right - MagSafe, Ethernet, 2x USB, micro-DVI, audio in, audio out)

WTF!

(please no please no please no - I really don't want to have to go 15" just to get a machine that isn't completely useless for audio/video work...I love the 13" form factor. Please.)

That would royally suck... and could be enough to prevent me buying any new Mac laptop for the time being. Unless the new MacBook were killer in every other way, I'd consider just getting a refurb.

I could accept it though... if Apple implemented USB booting for the OS.

[Dakar V]

Originally Posted by Eug 

I could accept it though... if Apple implemented USB booting for the OS.

My first thought was "How do you do Migration?"

[darkmatter]

Don't know if everyone saw it yet but what i see is that the first picture on this thread shows clearly what it may be the new 17" notebook and it includes a FW800 port.

Does fourth picture shows a 13" or 14" notebook case? From the sides/upper part it looks very similar to the Macbook Air only the power button is placed differently.

About the GPU I "believe" that the new nVIDIA promo has some correlation with all the new line of Apple notebooks.

Seems that this new notebooks will be indeed indestructible

[analogika]

Originally Posted by darkmatter 

Don't know if everyone saw it yet but what i see is that the first picture on this thread shows clearly what it may be the new 17" notebook and it includes a FW800 port.

It's the 15", and don't know if you saw it, but everyone's been discussing these pictures for a couple of posts already.

Welcome to the thread.

[analogika]

Originally Posted by Eug 

That would royally suck... and could be enough to prevent me buying any new Mac laptop for the time being. Unless the new MacBook were killer in every other way, I'd consider just getting a refurb.

It would instantly raise the entry-level price for audio from €1000 to €1900, ruling out Mac laptops as an affordable option to pretty much any budding musician.

Boy, would that ever suck.

Originally Posted by Eug 

I could accept it though... if Apple implemented USB booting for the OS.

Macs have been USB-bootable for years now.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by analogika 

Macs have been USB-bootable for years now.

LOL. Welcome to 2006.