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RUMOR: Ultra-thin, ultra-portable, 12-inch Apple MacBook Pro heading to market?

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 · 8:56 am · 42 Comments

“Speculation has been running rampant in recent days over a ’12-inch MacBook Pro’….very much similar to the ‘MacBook Thin’ that we have been talking about here on Rumors since before the first Intel-based Apple laptops shipped,” Mac OS Rumors reports.

MOSR reports on rumored specs that include, “12-inch widescreen display, 1280×800 resolution, 2.16 or 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of DDR2-667 memory standard. Max. capacity 3GB, standard “Pro” ports: USB2, Firewire 400 & 800, gigabit ethernet, digital/analog audio minijack I/O ports, ExpressCard/34, 2.5in SATA HDDs at 120GB & up, ‘Combo’ or ‘Super’ optical drive.”

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Darth Avenus

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:00 am · Reply

I was thinking about the 15″, but in light of this news I’m holding out for the 12!
iwantone

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:01 am · Reply

Backlit keyboard?
Skeptic

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:02 am · Reply

For all of the rumored products to be true, the keynote would have to be 4 hours long. It seems the rumor sites get people’s hopes up so they feel let down when ‘only’ 2 or 3 revolutionary products are announced.
M.X.N.T.4.1

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:08 am · Reply

I suppose if you report every possible thing they could ever do as being a rumour then you have to be right about something.
mike k.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:13 am · Reply

a question for the savvy: is Apple’s separation of its “Pro” line from its consumer line consistent with other computer makers?

It is not clear to me what makes the above rumoured product a “pro” laptop. Is it really just having FW800?
Macatheson

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:14 am · Reply

No mention of HD spec…flash based, hence the long battery life, use your 80GB iPod for permanent storage. Love it.
egomac

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:18 am · Reply

An anorexia laptop? LOL
One guy from Finland

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:20 am · Reply

I think that my MacBook Pro 17″ is thin enough. It could be thicker for bigger battery.
Apple should focus for is the mePhone.
Non-Skeptic

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:21 am · Reply

The Ultra-Thin Mac Book Pro would not be that ground breaking to require a “Special Event” release. It would be just like the Core 2 Duo release.

The “iPhone” would require a special event release. I don’t believe it would be MacWorld. It would be in Feb like the Mac Mini and HiFi.

My thougts on upcoming release schedule:

Ultra-Thin (released before MacWorld)

MacWorld:
iLife ’07 (released)
iWork ’07 (released)
.mac ’07 (released)
Leopard (75% chance preview, 25% chance release)
iTV (released)
True Video iPod (released)

Feb.:
Leopard (75% chance release)
iPhone (released)
Non-Skeptic

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:23 am · Reply

Actually, if Leopard is released at MacWorld, then the True Video iPod will be released in Feb.
klapka

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:29 am · Reply

I want a 15″ MacBook (not Pro)…

I currently have a 15″ Titanium PowerBook, and the 13″ MacBook screen seems too small!
Connor MacBook

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:34 am · Reply

MOSR have been sounding off about the MacBook Thin for years. What’s their track record like in other areas? Didn’t the MacBook replace both the iBook and the PB12?
Switched

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:40 am · Reply

1280×800 would be too damn tiny for a 12″ screen. Otherwise this notebook would be a highly needed addition to Apple’s selection of portables.
Noraa Haras

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:43 am · Reply

MOSR? C’mon! Can we be realistic? You can’t get the features of the 15″ MBP in a 12″ form. The expresscard slot is out, certainly. The rest I could imagine, but it’s not going to be as thin as the 15″.

Get rid of the optical drive and there is lots of room. Apple wouldn’t do that though.
NeoVoyager

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:50 am · Reply

With integrated graphics?

NO THANKS!

Now, on the other hand, with dedicated graphics, this would be mighty appealing.
Holy Mackerel

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:58 am · Reply

This must be the Sony Vaio killer…
Cpt. Obvious

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 11:01 am · Reply

MOSR?

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dd

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 11:02 am · Reply

Yeah, um, this is MOSR. Even with all of their rampant speculation, they’ve never been on target. Not believing it (though a MBP 12″ with a dedicated graphics card would be sweet). If true, I would hardly expect the backlit keyboard (think PB 12″).
Pete

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 11:03 am · Reply

In the book of Apple 3:07, the prophet MDN said ” And look! out of the clouds of Cupertino I saw a bright light and coming down with wings was a 12 inch ultra macbook pro! The angels and the people below rejoiced with great happyness and sang praises to the Almighty Steve Job wearing a black turtleneck and black jeans with an iPod Shuffle in his pocket”…… :p
mark

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 11:09 am · Reply

Besides the FW800, the “Pro” also has the ExpressCard slot, backlit keyboard, 3GB max RAM.

All but the backlit keyboard is mentioned above in the rumor.

I have a 12″ ThinkPad X60 (but not widescreen) and it doesn’t have an optical drive inside and it’s no thinner than a 15″ MBP. Could Apple engineering and the widescreen make enough extra space to make it fit? It would be remarkable if they did it.