“When Apple Computer introduces its new line of Intel-based consumer notebooks this spring, the company may once again offer buyers a fashionable option it phased out of its iMac product line nearly half a decade ago: colored enclosures,” Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider.
“People often familiar with the tight-lipped company’s ambitions say current plans call for the Mac maker to introduce the MacBook in colors other than white. Apple has reportedly been guarding the colored models closer than the notebooks themselves, in area of its labs privy to only a select few of its elite, these people say. Therefore, it’s unclear precisely what colors the company will ultimately approve for production and if it will indeed offer a black model like it does with its iPod and iPod nano digital players,” Jade reports. “Still, the most reliable information appears to point to at least two colored MacBook models. Unlike the 90’s when Apple jazzed up its iMacs in semi-translucent plastics, the colored MacBooks are more likely sport solid-shade, sleek enclosures similar to the company’s professional MacBook Pro laptops. In fact, those people familiar with prototypes of the forthcoming notebooks say their overall design is reminiscent of the MacBook Pro, only ‘comfortably smaller.'”
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Would you like yours in Blue Dalmatian or Flower Power?
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So long, iBook. You had a great run!
Maybe this color …
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/12/30.15.shtml
Would they really need a seperate section of a LABORATORY to hide different colors?? Color is not a technical concern. That’s between the Marketing guys (i.e. Steve Jobs) and the manufacturing guys.
hope it comes out soon! Next Tuesday? how about my 17″ MacBook Pro?
I predict khaki and peuce.
When are the PowerBook G5’s coming out?
damn
MW “man” as in damnit man
I hope Apple can keep the price of the Macbook as a reasonable point. Like an into model at $999.
Mungo, your link shows that color CAN be a technical concern, which explains why lab people would be involved.
Apple has a Patent to color the case with light. Maybe they will introduce it with the MacBook. I doubt it, but it would be really cool.
MW: hit, Light Colored MacBooks will be a hit for sure!
My Mom has a 700mhz iBook, it’ve been so good to her and she love it… I used it once in a while. Great design, solid made! in its class. I am sure next iBook(MacBook) even better… lookin’ forward to it!
If this thing is as nice as they are saying, I’ll probably pick one up and hold off on the MacBook Pro until there is a complete redesign along with the 64-bit mobile processor.
i say go with aluminum enclosure and cover them in
glossy car paint in colors like Hot Rod Red, Cobalt Blue,
Banana Yellow, Silver, Onyx Black, and Cadillac Pink.
Hey, Apple satisfied Geek needs with previous announcements, now it’s time to have some fun again.
Cool!
I actually liked the Flower Power iMac (not the Dalmatian – blrrgggh)
so there is no accounting for taste.
However the white iBooks (not the clamshell – also blrgggghhh!) were fabulous to look at. I hope the the new MacBooks are as style-full.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they adopt a white+metallic look like the Mac mini.
It gives a robust yet workmanlike appearance, and if they go for colour then maybe the metal would be coloured like the popular iPod mini.
I can’t see them returning to the type of colouring of the original iMacs… passé.
Maybe they should get together with these guys:
http://www.colorwarepc.com/products/select_iBook.aspx
I have the sneaking suspicion that Apple’s about to pull a “nano” on us with the forthcoming MacBook, in that it will be MUCH smaller than we all think it will be.
As for the colors, I’ll take mine in black to match my black nano.
A $999 base model would most likely have the same integrated graphics as the mini.
aTomMac is right they have a patent for illuminating the enclosure of the mac.
its possible that will arrive on this version.
i think the colors should be alot more subtle though than the previous clam shell ibooks that had colors, they have not dated at all well.
and they look like toys now.
If theres color involved it should be alot more subtle, and perhaps with the illuminating patent, you could change the colors indepenently, as well as the brightness of the color.
I think they should cover it in glue, slip a sheet of paper underneath it and then sprinkle glitter all over it. That would be nice. Maybe.
We’ll probably have to wait for carbon fibre to appear in the full revamp of the MacBook Pro Line.
How bout a colored aluminum plate that attaches to the case of the MacBook allowing you to change colors?
Where is Ipod Video!
When is CARS the movie coming out?
Is it going to be released with Ipod Video?
Wait ipod video is already out, i guess i meant iPOD Movie.. or widescreen or cell phone…
i am guessing the whole reason for Steve jobs to be for pixar and disney merger was to create content for the next ipod, correct?
Just Black, White or Silver please…