iParadise Lost
The trials of a long-term mac user
Tuesday 14 October 2008, 10:15 PM
New MacBooks and MacBook Pros - Beauty inside and out ?
Well that's what Jonny Ive apple's chief designer thinks - they are more beautiful inside than out, and why that may be good for those crazy tear down websites the average mac user probably wont get further than taking out the battery.
As a first snippit to what's new the advent of a glass trackpad with no click button - the trackpad is the button- is perhaps the biggest feature. A mini display port instead of a dvi port. Much beefed up new Nvidia 9400m chip + an added discreet 9600 GT chip which must make video and games fly on this beast. A black bezel and full flush glass screen a la imac. Many Macbook air curves, chiclet keyboard.
This morning's launch narrative was much about how they make them from one piece of aluminium as anything else, all precision good fit stuff so may be the days of wonky warping lids are over for Apple.
Sneakily you might think the new macbooks have dropped in price but that is apple just selling of the old white ones.
The Macbooks are now more expensive and the 17 inch Macbook pro has no redesign on the outside yet too.
Oh yes these new models are a shave thinner but no lighter and this is big if your an apple fan come in small more compact boxes.
Back tomorrow will more details and perhaps some hands on pics
Let the unboxing begin !
As a first snippit to what's new the advent of a glass trackpad with no click button - the trackpad is the button- is perhaps the biggest feature. A mini display port instead of a dvi port. Much beefed up new Nvidia 9400m chip + an added discreet 9600 GT chip which must make video and games fly on this beast. A black bezel and full flush glass screen a la imac. Many Macbook air curves, chiclet keyboard.
This morning's launch narrative was much about how they make them from one piece of aluminium as anything else, all precision good fit stuff so may be the days of wonky warping lids are over for Apple.
Sneakily you might think the new macbooks have dropped in price but that is apple just selling of the old white ones.
The Macbooks are now more expensive and the 17 inch Macbook pro has no redesign on the outside yet too.
Oh yes these new models are a shave thinner but no lighter and this is big if your an apple fan come in small more compact boxes.
Back tomorrow will more details and perhaps some hands on pics
Let the unboxing begin !
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