MacBook Updates Rumored To Include Glass Trackpad

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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:12PM from the unfounded-speculation dept.

CWmike writes to tell us that Seth Weintraub has been hearing some interesting rumors surrounding the next iteration of Apple's MacBook line. "I have been hearing some interesting things about Apple's upcoming line of portable computers. The talk amongst insiders on the new MacBooks is kind of scattered but here's a summation of what I've heard: The new models are thinner than current MacBook and MacBook Pros and slightly more rounded, taking design cues from the MacBook Air; the trackpad is glass, multi-touch and uses gestures. The screen isn't multi-touch; the body is manufactured out of one piece of aluminum. Eco-friendly, yet sturdy. Manufacturing process is completely different; the release date will be in the last weeks of September."

MacBook Updates Rumored To Include Glass Trackpad

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Re:I don't get it... (Score:5, Funny)

by martinw89 ( 1229324 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:18PM (#24373333)

Ah, you accidentally looked over the fact that it runs on new Ego(TM) power, not electricity. Common mistake.

Re:I don't get it... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:19PM (#24373339)

The plastic sticker on the box. It wasn't tested on animals, contains zero trans fats and opposes the war in Iraq.

Re:An iPhone screen for a trackpad? (Score:5, Funny)

by LordKaT ( 619540 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:29PM (#24373489) Homepage Journal

Why, so you can glance up and down constantly to see what you're doing, and then curse occasionally as you press the wrong spot on the trackpad and open several programs at once?

Re:I don't get it... (Score:5, Funny)

by etnoy ( 664495 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:35PM (#24373577) Homepage

Apparently the materials used to make the Air are relatively environmentally friendly
Duh. It's made of air

Re:How about adding A bigger screen and video card (Score:1, Funny)

by BalmyBrute ( 1322643 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:35PM (#24373585) Homepage

Why would you want what you payed for? Don't you enjoy being robbed? I think that the shinyness of MacBook compensates for its lack of pwnage.

Re:I don't get it... (Score:3, Funny)

by DaveV1.0 ( 203135 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:36PM (#24373597) Journal

Here, you dropped this:
L

Re:I don't get it... (Score:4, Funny)

by Coopjust ( 872796 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:44PM (#24373749)

Here, you dropped this:
Not necessarily, he could be a monkey.

Re:I don't get it... (Score:3, Funny)

by ethanms ( 319039 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:45PM (#24373753)

What makes this "eco-friendly"?
Al Gore is on their board of directors... therefore everything they make is automatically considered to be eco-friendly...
Just like Al Gore's giant house w/ huge power consumption bills... b-b-b-but I was spending that power on computing climate models to prove what horrible polluters American's are!

Re:I don't get it... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:45PM (#24373761)

I think they made a typo.
Ego-friendly*

Re:An iPhone screen for a trackpad? (Score:4, Funny)

by vslashg ( 209560 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:54PM (#24373889)

I hope under the glass trackpad there's a little display just like the iPhone's.
Presenting the new smitty97 MacBook Touch [wikipedia.org].

Re:I don't get it... (Score:5, Funny)

by Bovarchist ( 782773 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @04:04PM (#24374071)

I don't think The Librarian would post AC.

Re:I don't get it... (Score:4, Funny)

by nategoose ( 1004564 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @04:12PM (#24374195)

It's not made of dolphins.

Re:I don't get it... (Score:3, Funny)

by Quattro Vezina ( 714892 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @04:20PM (#24374321) Journal

You can thank your sig for inspiring this:
from ego import * Jobs.ego = Ego() while True: jobs.ego *= 2

Re:Glass trackpad? (Score:5, Funny)

by mrchaotica ( 681592 ) * writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @04:22PM (#24374363)

The superior solution is obviously the clit mouse [xkcd.com].

Re:I don't get it... (Score:3, Funny)

by Shade of Pyrrhus ( 992978 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @04:59PM (#24374925)

New, more eco-friendly version! Doesn't come with a box or plastic sticker!

Re:Tough one... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @05:05PM (#24375007)

Actually you'll want a chainmail case.

Re:I don't get it... (Score:5, Funny)

by moosesocks ( 264553 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @05:12PM (#24375139) Homepage

Ook?

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @05:37PM (#24375505)

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Re:I don't get it... (Score:2, Funny)

by Quattro Vezina ( 714892 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @05:41PM (#24375577) Journal

%$#@&*(@%$#
_Now_, over an hour after I post, I see the capitalization error. ARGH.

Re:I don't get it... (Score:3, Funny)

by tmalone ( 534172 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @05:45PM (#24375643)

The harddrives in old MacBooks were lubricated with Dolphin oil. It's one of those things that makes a Mac different from a PC. Shit, now I may as well buy a Dell.

yes! (Score:4, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) * writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @06:23PM (#24376319)

It's the only way for Mac users to keep up with the confusion that Windows users experience when dealing with all those extra mouse buttons.

joke (Score:4, Funny)

by Falconhell ( 1289630 ) writes: on Monday July 28, 2008 @06:35PM (#24376511) Journal

Round corners reminds me of the old joke;
Q;Why do they make macs so big?
A: So mac users cant put them up their asses.
Q: Why do macs have round corners?
A: Just in case they manage the above!
(-:

Re:I don't get it... (Score:3, Funny)

by kigrwik ( 462930 ) writes: on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @10:04AM (#24384401)

It would seem a bit of an overkill to run all /. posts through pylint, though.

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