MacBook Pro mockup contest results: the winner is you!
By Paul Miller 
posted February 15th 2008 4:21PM
posted February 15th 2008 4:21PM
posted February 15th 2008 4:21PM
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I R Soo Expensive! hahah that's rock and roll. hey, i use a MBP, but if you can't laugh at that one, you need to be reprogrammed.
Or should I say UNprogrammed!
No. 8 is officially the best thing ever.
#12 is kinda rad too
lol, "I R sooo expensive."
The old ThinkPad style butterfly keyboard cracked me up.
the one where it says "i r expensive" was brilliant. :) but the funny thing is engadget is ruunning this contest in request to apple, because they havent got any design ideas left. so this is where they could get the new designs for free... all the hard work is from people who sent this in. and if apple usses one of these designs apple gets all the credit. but have to admit some of them were really good. mac to the future
Cue M.C. Hammer music:
can touch this!
Two of them I think tried to make the mockup in two minutes or less..
Orly?
Where's my check?
Don't you mean cheque? :P
...no?
Either is correct I think. Cheque is British and check American.
They all suck
Mac Aircraft FTW!!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2221194388_0bbf9db3ed_o.jpg
HAHAHA.
You know, that mock up could be making fun of the MacBook Air and it's lack of features, or it can be making fun of those who don't like the MacBook Air and it's lack of features.
hmmmmmm.
I like the one that has an iphone esque to it. It's neat and looks like it would be really good for people who like mini devices, touchscreens and the feel of a laptop
Thank God none of these people are Apple designers. *gag*
"we asked if you could guys could do better"?
The iphone-inspired one (4-6) is one of the ugliest laptops I've seen. And it's got a Dell feel over it. Old Dell, from a few years ago. Still, it ain't as bad as the XPS m1730.
So can we now have a contest for Sony Vaios, Dell XPS, or other top-of-the-line laptops?
I wouldn't mind putting up a contest for mock up of those too. I can come up with some good ones.
4-6 looks more like recent "shiny" HP/Compaq designs to me.
Is it just me, or does Don Z's design (4-6) actually suck? I understand the satire in the other bad designs and their comical effects, but I think he's actually serious. A touch screen keyboard? Art Lebedev did it.
I'm sure it took a while to draw up those graphics in photoshop/GIMP/MS clip art, but the thing looks like one of Conan's "What if they mated?" compilations. An iPhone and a DS got tipsy at the Christmas party and ended up with that piece of shit.
I hope Don Z intended the design to be a joke and Engadget did a poor job of publicizing that. I pray that this is the explanation.
i agree, suddenly i can't even look at my iphone the same way again
I don't think the mbp will be much tinner than it already is for a while: it's using a dedicated graphic card and a regular mobile processor not a low-voltage version... We'll just get penryn, a redesigned keyboard and maybe blu-ray.
to john m, i'm gonna use your mockup #8 as my avatar. let me know if you're insulted. =)
Glad you enjoyed the mock up! took me a total of 5 minutes in class
Mac Pro Elite FTW!! Damn you Apple, build it already! Screw thin, I want the biggest, baddest book eva!
I definitely think that portable is way Sweet also! Idk about the battery pack though, lmao!
How about a Mac Pro mock-up contest, it's been a long time, about 5 years (g5), since it's changed on the outside.
I love the one with the touch screen on the back of the screen. The only problem with that is that it will probably take more battery power to show the apple logo on the back :p
1 and 10 most probably (wishful thinking). I need one real soon so, whatever but please do it now!!!!
Don't you love how #4-6 have this HUGE SIM slot on the side of the screen? And a headphone port? And a hole that I would almost describe as a paper-clip hole except for the fact that it's so BIG? [/sarcastic tone]
I think that that mint blue look is the sexiest color I have seen applied to an Apple product thought - props.
As for the featured design (2 LCDs on either side of the screen part of the clamshell), all I really have to say is redundant and expensive. If Apple wants a tablet display, it will have to change its hinge design. My only request here is that they MUST include a stylus though - touch alone will absolutely not do it for anything other than a gimmick. Pen input is essential for any real productivity, including but not limited to journaling and Photoshop work - otherwise you spend less time going through menus and screens, and more time actually typing anything in.
I R SO EXPENSIVE is so true!
The fourth one is phat!
Anyone knows if Apple is updating its regular macbook line anytime soon? I really like the Black Macbook but hoping that they can put up a LED Backlit screen to replace the current one.
Thx
lol John M wins hands down
wuxga 15" 1920 x 1200p screen (like the one on the latest alienware lappie - Area-51 m15x high)
http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/area-51_m15x/area-51m_overview.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51M15X-AI1&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT
it should be an extra option like they have in alienware and not some crazy thing you setup in ur house after the warranty has died.