Pictures of Apple's new MacBook leaked on Taiwanese site?
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted August 4th 2008 3:57PM
posted August 4th 2008 3:57PM
posted August 4th 2008 3:57PM
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You sure this isn't a pic of the lid of an MBA?
with the word air "shopped out
Good point - it looks just like the MacBook Air lid without any differences.
The MacBook's plastic construction and old design is a major reason why I didn't buy an Apple last Oct. But gosh -- do I wish I could just run Leopard. :( Maybe next time.... or unless I can sell my current laptop.
I don't really have anything to say. I just want to bombard this guy's inbox!
i agree with joe.
That's not nice, Joe.
i see what you (and i) did there, craig
No worries, Joe, i stopped using the e-mail this account is attached to months ago
oh I see that I clicked the "E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment" box. That was double clever. I'll stick it to you, then i'll stick it to me!
the apple logo is way off center
EPIC FAIL!
The apple logo is way off in the first photo.
this is obviously bogus and theorizing on *how* it is bogus seems a little odd in my opinion...
Alan & Bob: or the lid could be partially covered on the left side by another sheet of the foam wrap it's laying on. Hard to tell from the lighting, but I can't really see the same rounding on that "edge" as on the others. Doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a fake, but that could be why the logo appears off-center.
Isn't Engadget a great place to get the weekly Mac rumors? Oh wait, I thought that was TUAW...
Woohoo! A see-through topless MacBook. Now every company will be trying to copy that feature. Why is Apple so darn innovative? Body fluid-leaking excitement on the way in about a month or so.
My avatar thinks the photo is just a Photoshopped picture of an dis-assembled MacBook Pro. What the heck does some lower primate know of the Apple genius? Lookie, lookie, it's the new MacBookie.
THIS TUESDAY!!!
APPLE PRESS CONFRENCE!!!
THE NEW MACBOOK RELEASE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
TRUST ME ON THIS.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 2008
EXCLUSIVELY FROM [R]
And we all know it's a fake.
What a phony.
We also know that this might be real.
Remember the Fat Nano rumor ?
iPhone 3G ?
look at the apple logo looks all wrong, fake!
yeah it seems a bit off-center
@Colin: You're a bit off center!!
:P
Um, I think that's because about 25% of the left side is obscured by a foam sleeve.
I think everyone said that on the 'leaked fake' iPod nano3, Alu keyboard news
then it turns out to be true.
Doesn't aluminum make for bad wifi reception?
The current MacBooks get much better reception than the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro.
I don't ever see a different with my Air. I get reception all the same as folks that bring in MacBooks or other plastic PCs into my apartment, classes etc.
my MBP has HORRIBLE wifi reception, I just hope they drom metal in their cases(or at least the screen contour where the antennaes are
Yeah, aluminum isn't good for wifi reception, but the antenna on the MBP is under a rubbery-plastic strip on the hinge (between the keyboard and the screen) so it's not completely shrouded in aluminum... I haven't had any major issues with mine, but it's range isn't quite as good as my mates plastic HP laptop.
My aluminum G4 has always had reception issues - my work PC has full bars, Mac is at halfway :(
That's probably why the reception is terrible;
Think about it: 2.4gHz signals radiate in a kind of "doughnut", where the center of the doughnut is pierced by the antenna, causing the signal to radiate outwards. The longer the antennae, the flatter the doughnut (and longer the range but narrower the vertical margin). This is why most antennae are vertical, to provide the maximum horizontal coverage.
If a MBP had to place the antennae along the hinge because of the construction material, it would either be very stubby (providing a dense, almost spherical dispersion pattern) or would be a vertical torus slicing through the user and radiating out counter to the way we expect.
Someone grab a signal meter and see if it gets better/worse when you spin the laptop around in the same plane as a router (at a 200+ foot range). I'm curious now, but don't own one of these things.
Hooray, aluminum. Anybody know when these are supposed to be released?
they're already out. run to the apple store and don't come back! =)
actually i'm running Leopard. good try, obnoxious little fangirl
lol...erik is a dumbass
Is it me or does the first picture look really fake?
It looks short, with the apple going the wrong way.
(in my best Agent Smith voice)
ohhhh, Mr. Topolsky
13.
The apple logo on the first photo is facing sideways and not the proper way round.
Although it says MacBook, this looks exactly like the MacBook Air. I'm wondering why Apple would want the two to look exactly alike. Unless the MacBook was significantly thicker or I dunno, had a downfall which made users want to spend the extra cash on a MacBook Air.
Here's some some top secret info smuggled out of Apple's heavily fortified Chinese assembly plants by spies that are ever fearful for their own lives now. Hold on, this is really going to knock the socks off all you Mac fans.
THE NEXT GEN MACBOOK IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE A RECTANGULAR SLAB OF ALUMINUM WITH SLIGHTLY ROUNDED CORNERS.
Remember, you've read it here first.
My god the sheer genius of it.
NO WAI. You must be some kind of fucking psychic/sorcerer/insider.
Many Bothans died to bring us this information.
more fakes
But does it cut cake?
only time will tell.....
maybe it cuts cake, but does it blend?
cheese cake?
Oh, THAT's why they call it the air!
Spammers like you should get a life!
How about.... NO!
In all the history of Apple computer have any of these leaked photos EVER been real?