iParadise Lost
The trials of a long-term mac user
Tuesday 12 August 2008, 10:06 PM
New Apple laptops and iPods for the back-to-school and holiday season?
Following Dell's long line of latitude laptops, industry pundits and the Apple rumour mill are looking for the legendary September Apple event to refresh and in the case of laptops introduce new designs to Apple's line up. The best bets seem to be on the following:
iPods - a complete refresh like last year -mm not sure. But a price drop and format change maybe for the nano (gets slim again) and the touch(gets 128 and 64 MB versions.)
Macbooks- over two years old in design and still plastic should see refined design a la Macbook air and aluminum casings - perhaps a price drop of £50 or so.
Macbook Pro- over 4 years old if you count the last Powerbook G4 which was identical to the Macbook Pro. Better battery and video chips and perhaps a back to black aluminum shading like the current iMac modes. Perhaps a bigger trackpad with more functions on the multi-touch mode for both laptops
Outside possibility - version 2.5 of Apple TV with more films and content available to download, perhaps more integration with MobileMe - hmm perhaps not...
Non- starters for me are any touch screen tablet and anything like an iphone nano.
iPods - a complete refresh like last year -mm not sure. But a price drop and format change maybe for the nano (gets slim again) and the touch(gets 128 and 64 MB versions.)
Macbooks- over two years old in design and still plastic should see refined design a la Macbook air and aluminum casings - perhaps a price drop of £50 or so.
Macbook Pro- over 4 years old if you count the last Powerbook G4 which was identical to the Macbook Pro. Better battery and video chips and perhaps a back to black aluminum shading like the current iMac modes. Perhaps a bigger trackpad with more functions on the multi-touch mode for both laptops
Outside possibility - version 2.5 of Apple TV with more films and content available to download, perhaps more integration with MobileMe - hmm perhaps not...
Non- starters for me are any touch screen tablet and anything like an iphone nano.
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