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Apple schedules laptop event for Oct. 14; leaked photos abound

Our sister site Engadget received an invitation for a town-hall event in San Francisco about new Apple notebooks, featuring an image of what could be hinting at possible new aluminum enclosures for 13-inch MacBooks.

tw.apple.pro purports to have images of new aluminum cases for the MacBooks. Judging from the height of the ports (and if the photos are authentic) the new MacBooks could be significantly thinner than their predecessors.

In related news, AppleInsider claims to have confirmed that a widely-circulated spy-shot is indeed one from Apple's next generation of MacBook Pro, but is not fabricated from a single "brick" of aluminum, as 9-to-5Mac said.

The top case, however, appears now to include the ports, rather than having them integrated into the bottom case. (This could make case disassembly easier.) The port arrangement appears to include many more ports on the left side of the bottom case, much like the current MacBook.

Combined with earlier images of the back of the LCD and bottom case, the design retains much of the same look that MacBook Pros (and PowerBook G4s before them) have had since January 2001.

Apple's notebook event is scheduled for next Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern).



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Bob

Will it iron my shirts?

October 14 2008 at 6:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
James

Is there any website that will stream updates from the press conference tomorrow? I know it will be available for download after the fact, but being a good geek means not having to wait until after the fact, doesn't it? Also, anyone willing to buy my MacBook so I can afford to get one of these? =)

October 13 2008 at 7:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam Elowitch

I just ordered a refurb 160GB AppleTV to arrive today. Maybe I ought to keep it in its box until Tuesday, just in case they introduce a new hardware revision then.

October 10 2008 at 10:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Artevolve

Mac mini for today is what we want - c'mon Steve don't you read the forums? You know it's apples trojan horse

October 10 2008 at 2:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MrHatken


I think "brick" is just the codename for these new notebooks. A dig at throwing a brick through Windows ... in this space.

Sure it doesn't make a lot of sense since its a new machine not a new OS, but it is only a codename.

Solid brick of aluminium, lol.

Cheers,
Ashley.

October 09 2008 at 9:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KevinCamera

I love my MBP in the winter. Up north in CT, it's a great heating pad. Keeps me nice and toastee! I can turn down the heat when I PS for a few hours. Not like that cold white MacBook.

October 09 2008 at 7:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
007bond

am i the only one who thinks the "brick" is a new mac mini

October 09 2008 at 5:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alsogeek

Geez, who cares about the case? Talk to me about processor, bus speed, weight, and battery life.

October 09 2008 at 4:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Seth Amott

Are you new to the Apple camp? Lol.

October 09 2008 at 5:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim

Hmm, so it almost sounds like three acts in a play or a movie. Saying the spotlight moves makes it sound more like this is just part of what's to come. Maybe there's a third "act" where they reveal the new Mac Mini or whatever it is that's supposed to cut into Windows' market share. Perhaps it'll be some sort of G4 Cube revival?

October 09 2008 at 4:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DA360

I'm waiting to see what they do with the MacBooks though buying my MacBook only afew months ago, it makes me wonder if I should sell my MacBook (early 08, 2.4GHz) when these come out or not. I guess it all depends on the specs because the design from the leaks look like an aluminum version of the same design they been using (kind of like what the AIr is).

Though I've been kind of wanting a MacBook Pro as well since I've realised I want to play afew games and whatnot on my MacBook and the GMA X3100 on it does a semi-OK job but I want the nVidia 8600M the Pro has.

October 09 2008 at 4:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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