“As next month’s Macworld Expo rapidly approaches, sources are reporting additional sightings of an unfamiliar MacBook model floating around Apple’s Cupertino-based campus,” AppleInsider reports.
“Most recently, a source described a ‘dark grey’ or ‘gunmetal’ colored notebook of slender proportions making the rounds in an area where Apple traditionally conducts stress tests,” AppleInsider reports.
“Though noticeably thinner but otherwise similar in size to the company’s 13-inch MacBooks, the notebook appeared to have a metallic sheen to it,” AppleInsider reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Too Hot!” for the heads up.]
oh SNAP! I gosta get me one.
Mmmmm gunmetal. Tasty.
a 10″ would be insanely popular in Japan… as Apple has really taken off in the last few years there.
Must resist! MUST resist … must …
Bring back the clam!
Is anyone still using the clam? (insert joke here:________)
am i losing my friggin’ mind?
there is a windows banner at the top of MDN!
what gives?
Maclover… why yes… you are losing your friggin mind.
a 10″ would be insanely popular in Japan..
It would be popular anywhere!!!
holy crap… you’re NOT losing your friggin mind…. OMFG! macdailynews is advertizing VISTA?
What’s next… “dogs and cats sleeping together? Basically the worst part of the Bible.”
So MicroSoft is supporting a site that totally hates it’s guts. Another smart move from Redmond.
There are some things I would never do for money. One of them is advertise MS.
My guess is that Apple is dropping the white colored MacBook.
Replacing it with a gray colored plastic.
Apple has gone away from white hardware.
No more white iMac’s, iPods etc.
Just a guess
Of course, the iMac is gunmetal gray.
Anyone installed the newest version of Quicktime, yet?
Imagine a Macbbok encased in that silver stuff thats on the back of iPods. Scratch / fingerprint magnet i Know but how sexy would it look.
Typical Apple; fob off the old stock on people over Christmas, holding back the new products until after most people have bought, forcing them to plunk down another huge wad of cash for an upgrade sooner than they otherwise would have.
Just another example of Shepherd Jobs and his blind, slavering following who will pay any price to have the privilege of buying his overpriced, prettied up version of last year’s technology.
Yeah, because the color of a MacBook really affects how well it works…
You do have a real list towards Redmond.
Time to buck up kiddies. Saviour Jobs is about to roll out another over-priced junker for the masses, if the masses are rich. But they could get a great deal from Dell or Gateway instead running Vista. How long are all you folks going to keep buying this crap? Its been 30 years now. Why won’t it just go away? When Vista came out it showed just how far Microsoft had come. It was painfully obvious that Shepherd jobs ripped of most of Vista. Look who has the BSD, now. That’s right ladies, Leopard. Vista is a slick piece to software.
Please, anyone tell me why anyone would buy this little piece of Vaporware?
@Realist.
I strongly recommend that you look for a book called
The Four Agreements. It will help you.
The first of these, which requires a bit of background to
fully understand it’s impact and meaning is
“Be impeccable with your words”
If you follow this one agreement you will be much happier person.
Here’s a reasonable capsulization of the four simple agreements.
But get the book.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2KEEEVV8Y1NFI
Well-
The entire MacbookPro line will be refreshed in March. There is really no good reason to refresh before that- it is currently the fastest Vista laptop right now, and a refresh will tick off folks who just got one for xmas. At most, a speedbump or price drop. The Macbook thin will likely come in January. Maybe a Macpro update.
@KenC, the current iMac is NOT gunmetal grey. Gunmetal grey is a dark grey with a bluish tint. The iMac’s metal parts are natural aluminum in color, since it is made out of, ahem, naturally colored aluminum. .. naturally.
@Paul, that “silver stuff” on the back of some iPods is called stainless steel.
I currently have a 12″ PowerBook that turns three in Jan ’08. In general, I like Apple’s current MacBooks, but I’m not a fan of either their white or black color. When Apple releases a 13″ MacBook (Pro) in aluminum, I will be happy to be one of the first people to buy it.
As for buying a system before Macworld, Macs make great gifts, so why not. But if you were buying for yourself, you probably would want to wait ’til after Macworld, unless whatyou want was refreshed within a few months before MW, though the Intel iMacs in ’06 were a big surprise.
“reporting additional sightings of an unfamiliar MacBook model floating around Apple’s Cupertino-based campus”
I read about these things in “Project:Bluebook”…
wait, maybe it was a book of blue pics that was a project of mine.