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Let the countdown begin!!!

In all fairness, this is the design I had invisaged Apple would produce for the new MacBook or whatever their smallest notebook will be called (if they introduce a new product line).

My guess is black and white (with maybe white being available on the higher spec machine like the iPhone), colours at macworld.

Oct 10, 08 - 12:55 pm Comment from: Cubert

"Think if a iMac and a MacBook Air had offspring"

Oooohhhhh, spicy!

mmm, lovely in brown!

I hope it's glossy.

I hope it's snappy.

I hope it's like me

"Think if a iMac and a MacBook Air had offspring."

Would the umbilical cord transmit at 400–3200 Mbit/s?

If the original rumour about 6 new product codes is correct, and the new 13" Pro is correct, then colours might not be in the mix.

I am thinking the products shake out as:

- 13" MacBook Pro
- 15" MacBook Pro
- 17" MacBook Pro
- Black MacBook
- Silver/white MacBook
- New MacBook Air (or secret new product)

Maybe that video from this morning is a fake and the front of the screen on the MacBooks looks like the iMac, with glass and a black border. Then the new MacBooks will look quite a lot like giant iPhones, with Black and white shiny round backs and a glass front.

Oct 10, 08 - 01:59 pm Comment from: jtc

4 days till AAPL stock takes a beating!!!

Two-tone?
Tacky.
Apple won't do it.
Not only would it be poor esthetics, but also, Apple's tasteful, classic designs are another differentiator between Apple products and the desperate Apple-wanna-bees.
See all the ads for custom-design Vaios and Be-An-Individual DELLs?
Apple doesn't have to market tail fins and plaid keyboards.
Apple can instead concentrate on understated elegance in its designs.

You're here. You know what I'm talking about.

@ Noodle-Armed Choir Boy

. . . or tacky flower power iMacs. Oh, wait. Never mind.

Glad those days are behind us.

Oct 10, 08 - 02:12 pm Comment from: TowerTone

In other news-Microsoft's next OS is reported to be a cross between a Zune and some Charmin....

". . . or tacky flower power iMacs."

Or Dalmation. However, solid colors wouldn't be bad.

The MBP will take up six of those new product codes. With each model (Good, Better, Best) available in glossy and matte screens. So in reality, you've got six available codes to take up between the MacBook and possibly refreshed MBA.

Oct 10, 08 - 02:34 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

Sounds a bit suspect, but I never believed the all aluminum MacBook rumors.

If anyone could do a two-tone Mac and make it look great, it would be Jonathan Ive.

Glossy is TACKY! Unless you like the look of gummy fingerprints.

eww.

sounds fugly.

You mean like the tacky white iPhone? Black front, chrome bezel, and white back...

Apple does go for tri-tone it seems.....

Apple Inc makes crappy hardware and softwares. I can't believe that dumb consumers actually buys lame products. Get a life Apple sucks!

"If anyone could do a two-tone Mac and make it look great, it would be Jonathan Ive."

It probably comes with a coupon for a set of whitewall tires and a pair of two tone clown shoes.

Sounds a lot like the iBooks from a few years ago. While I like the current MacBooks in black, those white + brushed aluminum versions were amazing. I still wax nostalgically about my old dual USB 500 MHz iBook. The design went south afterward, with the change to that off-white keyboard shell that collects dirt so badly...or should I say collects dirt so well.

Oct 10, 08 - 04:40 pm Comment from: Connor MacBook

The invitation to the launch suggests all-aluminium.

Just so long as the second color is WHITE!!!

speculative bs again.

If apple did that, they'd have a lot of complaints about scratching on the polycarbonate casing.

They're at the back of the imac for a good reason... no point making the macbook like a PC, in other words a blend of metal and plastic....

it's all or nothing

Even if all aluminium (for our Brit users) ;0) it could potentially be an anodized aluminum in color. Some anodized colors are sharp looking.

It looks like the (aluminum) epidermis of the new Macbooks will be down right on the house!

Oct 10, 08 - 06:37 pm Comment from: Scandalous

@Joy Of Tech

You definitely come across and angry and insecure. You definitely have an unhealthy desire to immerse yourself in an environment that (somehow) allows you to feel better by insulting anyone who does not share your delusional and uninformed diatribe.

How old are you anyway? Does your big brother know you're using his computer?

Maybe your Mom should send you outside -- go ride your bike, you'll feel better.

"Think if a iMac and a MacBook Air had offspring"

It's so sickening when someone can't write a better comparison such as that.

To think that English is their Mother Tongue makes it all the more pitiful.

Oct 10, 08 - 09:09 pm Comment from: iDon't

Who cares? I want bling!!!

Oct 10, 08 - 11:04 pm Comment from: MacBill

Am I the only one who wants colored MacBook Pros??! Come on Apple -- I want a range of colors to choose from when buying a MacBook Pro, just like when i buy an iPod!!

I doooon't believe it either Victor that someone can resort to such a cheap remark on here.

" I want a range of colors to choose from when buying a MacBook Pro, just like when i buy an iPod!!"

Or when you buy a Dell.

Apple should use Dalekanium (aka bonded polycarbide).

Then add some funky white hemisphere bumps for character...

Students around the world returned to school in September. Everyone loves their MacBooks. The timing of this release appears to have missed the boat. No?

"The timing of this release appears to have missed the boat. No?"

Not if Apple's intent was to milk fashion conscious students by selling them overpriced hardware one last time before lowering prices.