Supposed MacBook Pro redesign, meet Mr. BlurryiPhonecam
By Paul Miller 
posted September 25th 2008 3:49PM
posted September 25th 2008 3:49PM
posted September 25th 2008 3:49PM
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the isight photo was taken in a mirror, the apple is facing the wrong way
no, photo booth takes photos in mirror, but (as of the Leopard release of it) flips them to normal after taking. the viewfinder window should be in mirror.
Actually, by default, that's how iSight shoots photos.
Backwards.
iSight always mirrors the image. Try it.
Ah yes, and the credibility of the taker is helped by that wonderful Apple store employee shirt, no?
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time. ;)
But seriously..
What's being reflected on the trackpad? No way there'd be a screen in it, that's just not Apple.
He's taking a picture on his camera, yet the photo is coming up in photobooth WTF?
@Josh
It says in the article that we're supposed to be looking at a touchscreen trackpad.
Actually when you take a picture in photobooth its mirrored.
Josh you moron. He's using his phone camera to take a picture. The iSight thing is the veiw from the camera showing him taking the picture
Too bad the shot is taken from BELOW the iSight camera, yet he's pointing the camera down, instead of up.
the isight camera is facing up due to the tilt of the screen, so the image capture seems legit.
the dock in the trackpad, though... even if the trackpad was a touchscreen, that'd be a dumb idea.
Not conclusive. The camera just might have a wider FOV than the picture (i.e., the picture was cropped near the top).
I don't that makes the photo any less BS, but just pointing out a way around your logic ;-)
Uhm wow, I didn't realize the iphone had a Zoom feature, as that's a real close up shot for how frighin far away he is form the mac!
2 words: crop, resize.
I hope whoever responsible for the camera on those phones reads Engadget and feels ashamed.
the angle the screen is at doesn't match the direction the iphone is pointing.
@ jordan,
nice one. the pic is taken from a low angle and the isight shows the guy up high.
btw i dont care for the black around the screen. looks like a zune in an attempt to make the screen look larger.
"isight" .. argh enough already.
hmmm.... on my iphone I have to press a button on the screen to take a pic.
Also... what are those huge words in the menu bar for photobooth?
And why is the dock magnified without a finger over the touchpad? That's not how Apple would implement that.
@Joe Rodricks
With Snapture you can take the photo by pressing the volume buttons, but still this picture looks horribly fake.
I'll bet anything that those menu bar items are things like "Versioning" and "Performance". Although, I suppose they could the the German language-equivalents of said items.
Okat, so he took a picture of the mac with the isight camera showing him... I'll be impressed when there's a mirror behind him and we get a 3rd perspective...
Oh, and he need to lift up his shirt and write "Mac Fan 9/25/08" in big permanent marker on his chest!
Yeah, I take that back, those are the Photo Booth Menu Bar items as shown in German.
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what do you mean?! EVERYONE reads engadget! :D
actually, for those who think he is not taking a picture, try counting. Unless he is short one finger the his index finger is hidden behind the bottom of the phone in prime position to push the on screen button.
"hmmm.... on my iphone I have to press a button on the screen to take a pic."
But you barely need to tap the screen, it's so sensitive. I see three fingers- two hangin' out front, one holding the phone up, and one (supposedly) touching the screen.
kinda reminds me of the time i saw the fatty nano blurry pics for some reason
Another rumor that will most likely end up to be true.
Just like the Fat Nano, the iPhone 3G, and the 4th Gen Nano.
Holy touchscreen trackpad, Batman!
Dunno how that could be real, but hey, who knows?
I know its easy to hide the dock, but how would leopard force the dock into a trackpad in its current state? I guess its feesable with an update, but it removes the entire functionality of the updated Leopard dock and stacks.
I used a dock before I discovered window-picker-applet..
I'd mock Apple for putting something at the /bottom/ of the screen, but thinking way back I remember that's how my 1420n came too..
I so hope this is real, that is an amazing idea with the dock in the glass track pad.
Not sure why apple would opt for a black surround around the screen?!?! Still beautiful fake if it is, if not, ill have one on release day!!!
Dock on the touchpad would be idiotic. It would take functionality away rather than add in my opinion.
Also, black around the screen make the image seem more vibrant. If you notice, it is what they are doing for every Apple product now. iMacs, iPhone, iPod touch, and to a lesser extent the iPod classic and iPod nano.
Dock in the trackpad could be idiotic, or it could be genius. It is actually a compelling idea worth exploring. If this is a fake, someone should have diverted their talents to better use.
What you mean like on the how they did on the new iMacs.
I quite like the idea of a front loading DVD drive, and there seems to be alot of space around the keyboard aswell. But a dock in the trackpad!?
Also isnt the macbook due for more of an update than the MBP?
MacBook Pro is 6 years old...
MacBook is 4...
I think the macbook pro design has been around since the powerbook g4 days, which superceeds the life of the macbook
What exactly is that on the trackpad?
A dock....
We should just look at this as an example of what we want. I wish all the blurryphone fakers would just make their best mockup...they'd get much more respect that way.
If that is indeed a LCD trackpad, I want one.
looks pretty real to me....
The idea of a glass trackpad is cool, it can look great with aluminum under it . The idea of having the dock in a mini screen there is just ridiculous.
It's a bad idea, because:
1) You'd have to shift your eyes between the huge screen (huge for nothing, apparently) and the trackpad.
2) Trackpad won't be wide enough to accommodate all icons within reasonable size.
3) Your finger could easily hit an icon while scrolling.
Not every Apple new idea is a good one.
@ TareX
How do you know it doesnt deactivate when you use the other part of the mouse and are scrolling or miving your fingers around?
its not like apple wouldnt have thought of that....
imagine the iPhone proximity sensor but in your computer. Detects when you are there or not...
New idea, like the Nintendo DS?
If it's so obvious that this is fake, why are you posting it?
Engadget needs to fill it's "funnies" quota for the day.