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I'll save everyone some trouble: This one will be heavier, bigger and at least 3 times the price. It will also be much more powerful.]]>Nov 12th 2007 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 13th 2007 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 13th 2007 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Blech.]]>Nov 12th 2007 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
Will it be true this time? I certainly don't know, but I feel like if they were ever going to release an ultra-portable, why haven't they done it yet? It's not like people haven't been begging for something to replace their 12" PowerBook since the second that Apple announced the MBP. ]]>Nov 12th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Blech.]]>Nov 12th 2007 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/

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I don't understand Apples fixation with the whole thinner is better thing. They'll no doubt market it as the world thinnest laptop or something silly like that, while completely ignoring the other dimensions. I mean, you stick a laptop in your bag, not your pocket, are there really any situations where you would notice the difference between a 25mm or 15mm thick laptop for example?]]>Nov 12th 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
If Apple goes the 13" route, I would imagine it's because of the keyboard. Much smaller than 13" and you're starting to look at having to reduce the size of the keys, something many people will avoid like the plague.]]>Nov 12th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
I have a Dell XPS m1210. It's 12", and it's keyboard the best I've ever used on a notebook of any size. Also, PC laptops have many more keys than MacBooks do. If Apple doesn't go below 13", it's not because of the keyboard. Look at the 13" MacBook. There's a pretty sizable border around the keyboard.]]>Nov 12th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/HA! well put]]>Nov 12th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
but still funny..]]>Nov 12th 2007 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
I for one like the 'less moving parts' in a mobile device mantra.]]>Nov 12th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/

]]>Nov 12th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/I'm also sure that a NAND hdd has the capability of storing "multiple gigabytes" of data]]>Dec 3rd 2007 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/How am I supposed to watch dvds on a flight w/o the drive? ]]>Nov 12th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
Shouldn't be lugging CD's with a portable anyways, kinda goes against the cause. ]]>Nov 12th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Dec 6th 2007 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
I bought the eeepc to tide me over 'til Apple comes out with THEIR version.. but of a 7-10" screen, not my damned macbook on ephedrine.

*sigh*

Lordy, while I hope this is TRUER than the tale of Asus making a tablet for Apple, I sure hope they got the size of this thing wrong...

btw, the eee? It ROCKS.

But it ain' no apple.]]>Nov 12th 2007 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/Nov 12th 2007 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/ultra-portable-apple-laptop-rumored-to-be-landing-at-macworld-ex/
But doing away with an optical drive (if the rumors are true, and AppleInsider HAS been wrong before) is really an excellent idea. There is convenience in being able to burn a quick CD or DVD wherever, whenever, but many people are moving to external HDDs for all of their large storage needs besides backup, and there are many external DVD/CD burners of the same strain, so it wouldn't be too difficult.

I'm hoping, though, that this turns out to be the tablet Mac. Not in so many words, mind you. Knowing Stevie, there will be something revolutionary about the new ultraportable: something like - dare I say it - DS-style technology?

Apple has the patents to make a screen that is independently touch and pressure-sensitive. They also have a myriad of patents for tactile feedback mechanisms that would push little tiny frames through the screen that a person's fingers could feel and thus use to type. It would take some getting used to, but there would be no ultimate difference in typing speed compared to conventional laptops. And the good thing? The keyboard would be 100% reconfigurable.

But yeah - DS. Two screens with complete multi-touch technology (and if you don't give me stylus support, Stevie, I'll die) and the top screen has no bottom border and the bottom screen has no top border. The screen can be folded outwards flat, thus turning it into the Mac Tablet running Full OS X Leopard. So you have a 17-inch tablet Mac and a 13-inch ultraportable notebook. What more could you ask for?

Who needs an optical drive, anyway? With a little bit of high-powered bluetooth/wifi technology, they could easily release an external HDD/optical drive that would work perfectly within a 10-foot radius of the device.]]>Nov 12th 2007 1:48PM