iParadise Lost

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 !

MacBook Air - 120GB hard drive standard,2.0GHZ chip new Nvidia card one more USB port starts at £1099

MacBook - 200GB hard drive standard 2.4GHZ chip, new Nvidia card, brand new curved enclosure starts at £599

MacBook Pro -250 GB hard drive standard, from 2.6GHZ chip, larger imac like screen new curved enclosure starts at £1199

And the one more thing thing - may be just maybe a MacTouch handheld screen 7-10 inch but I doubt it starts at £399

This is just a friday snippit about what can we do with data roaming charges on smart phones. A recent Euro business trip ended with a heft roaming data charge of over £65 for Vodafone, just for checking email and not downloading any attachments. I even made sure to check tariffs for travel before leaving and was given a 75p per MB tariff within the EU. Now in the tedious dispute stage with the provider continues.

Can anyone offer guidance here? Is there any hope that this will change?

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So it's on - the invites are out and the flyer for event is the title of this blog- so look for a whole refresh/ resign of the notebook range new MacBook MacBook Pro and MacBook airs. Analysts are pointing to price drops across the line with the MacBook easily coming in under £500.

With all the buzz centered around the possible brick aluminum manufacturing process perhaps there may be a whole new line of touchscreen tablets too ?

Who wants more ports on their Macbook Air and a big processing boost please for the slim jim of apple. Anyway see you tuesday for the RIP on the era of white plastic at Apple...

Apple always release products on a tuesday (anyone one know why?) and next week all fingers point to a new MacBook which like the previous iMacs drop the plastic enclosure and come with a new spiffy aluminum one.

Add to that some MacBook air curves and thinness, a NVIDIA MCP7A-U video chipset and a 120HDD like new new Ipod classics and you have now across the line Aluminum manufacturing (maybe that Brick rumour is true after all)

That said Apple usually holds an event for new products and upgrade insides of machines online only. With all the portables due a facelift including even the MacBook Air I wonder if Apple are holding off until their San Francisco event in the New Year.