Comments on: Wild rumors for next-gen Apple Macbooks include new design, glass trackpad

By: bo0gzz

bo0gzz — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:53:58 +0000

SEEMS COOL BUT ITS PROLLY PHOTOSHOPED =/

jus like dat 3g iphone w/ ichat . . ii was gettin my hopes up for dat nd was LET DWNN when it dropped >:o its da sameee shittt!

By: DAt Boi

DAt Boi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:52:27 +0000

man that dude is GEY..

By: H.N.I.C.

H.N.I.C. — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:55:19 +0000

HOLLA! K gets todays “GAS FACE AWARD”! LOL

As for the mac”K” boo”K”, if its true and the image here is somewhat close to the truth, its not bad.
not sure if i like the speakers in that spot, but still nice.

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:04:52 +0000

you guys do realize this is a mockup based on a rumor…..

and if you don;t like coverflow i’m sure you can switch the view, same as you can now. they are not changing the OS just maybe the trackpad.

By: borg

borg — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:56:24 +0000

ug macs are overpriced allthough i hate windows vista, there are lesser expensive alternatives to mac, such as ubuntu which has the same layout of mac since there both linux OS’s ones open scource and one is locked down tighter than a Ferengis wallet

By: nick

nick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:12:49 +0000

as things always do err…. sorry let me use my spell checker…..

ass things alwayz du

By: Shadowself

Shadowself — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:38:56 +0000

@ MadMike

Historically, films were *not* shot in 16:9. They were typically in 4:3 or 1.85:1 or 2.39:1 or 2.76:1. The “HDTV standard” of 16:9 is nowhere in that list. Even the new digital cinema standards are not 16:9, but are 256:135. Forcing any of these original film aspect ratios into 16:9 either cuts off something or gives the typical black bars.

I do prefer the 16:10. This allows me to have menus and stuff above and/or below the full 16:9 HDTV standard window. I can always tell the output to an external monitor to be a 16:9 format for display of just film or other imagery of that format on that external device while keeping my screen with the menus visible.

By: cj

cj — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:29:31 +0000

i agree that the 16:9 ratio will be much better than the current one, but the keyboard buttons look like they’d be difficult to type on.

also, if there’s a glass trackpad like in the picture, and cover flow shows up on it, what if you don’t want cover flow?

cool, yes. practical, don’t think so.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:10:56 +0000

oh yeh u forgot that the price will go ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

By: nick

nick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:05:10 +0000

if this HAIRsay is troo then thats pritee dope!!

the idea of basically an ipod touch integrated into your track pad makes perfect sense to run smaller apps (address book, ical, itunes,etc) from the trackpad while leaving the screen free for apps that require its full display like aperture office etc.

makes perfect sense of for the evolution of what apple is doing…more sense than doing a full multitouch screen… i find the idea more of a novelty than practical to make the whole screen mutiltouch when you only need mutitouch in a small area for certain small apps really.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:18:43 +0000

They better release it before school starts or else they’ll lose a lot of students.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:01:23 +0000

Am I the only one who doesn’t use cover flow? I don’t find it useful, and certainly wouldn’t want this.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:00:37 +0000

uh, wrong thread? Or is that canadian humoUr?

By: b

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:49:48 +0000

Oh Canada Canada Canada… Starting to become really annoyed with blackberry!!! I want my WORKING BOLD!

By: Sindre Fjeldstad

Sindre Fjeldstad — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:33:59 +0000

That’s one sweet machine.

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:31:02 +0000

good and good, i like these ideas. hope they get put into play.

By: chill_out_K

chill_out_K — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:15:43 +0000

K: Pot, kettle, black. You’ve got some punctuation issues in your posts.

But who cares? Its two bad but it’s naught thee end uv duh wirled.

By: jared eldredge

jared eldredge — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:11:13 +0000

geez, and i thought heresy was in intentional joke… you know for the apple ‘believers’

By: Maclover

Maclover — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:10:04 +0000

Seriously. It’s just one word.
And hearsay is correct.
It means information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate. In other words, a rumor.

By: MadMike

MadMike — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:56:34 +0000

K:
Give the guy a break. One fucking word. Stop being so serious.

By: K

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:48:42 +0000

Again, HEARsay, not HEREsay

HEAR, as in, can you HEAR me now.

Not HERE, as in, how the F did you get HERE without possessing basic grammar skills.

By: K

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:37:54 +0000

You guys really should invest in a spell checker and thesaurus.

Heresy: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

HearSAY: Hearsay is a legal term referring to the use of out of court statements as evidence.

By: yode

yode — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:29:07 +0000

SHENANIGANS

By: MadMike

MadMike — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:28:03 +0000

I like the 16:9 idea. 1920×1080 instead of 1920×1200. Sure its less, but a lot easier when I hook my MBP to the TV. Now just if they can shoot movies in 16:9.

It’s funny. We have 4:3 and they shoot movies in 16:9. We move to 16:9 and then they CHANGE IT AGAIN. It’s like, WTF can I use my entire television please without some fucking black bars?

Anyway, I’m just happy with a plain old MBP with some newer guts. The LED backlit screen is great.