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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:37:11 +0000

[...] Approximativement une heure après avoir été publiée sur Nowhere Else, la photo du nouveau MacBook Pro commençait à apparaître dans les pages de certains sites/blogs de référence comme par exemple Engadget, Wired ou All Things Digital. [...]

By: Michael Long

Michael Long — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:24:06 +0000

“Also missing is the magnetic latch that is standard on all MacBook Pros.”

They’ve been in the process of dumping that for years, first in the MacBook, then in the Air. I expect all of those nasty looking slots, latches, and buttons to disappear in the very near future.

By: Charles Miller

Charles Miller — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:23:32 +0000

Short answer, no it isn’t.

The rumour being “confirmed” here is that the trackpad of the new Mac laptops will be an iPhone-like multi-touch display surface. Hence the photo shows the dock appearing in the touchpad: presumably some kind of mouse gesture allows you to switch apps.

Here’s an experiment: take an iPhone, turn it on, and hold it at that angle. Can you see anything remotely discernable on the screen?

Also missing is the magnetic latch that is standard on all MacBook Pros. The shot above is just a MacBook Air photoshopped thick enough to add a DVD slot.

By: Rob Menke

Rob Menke — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:01:12 +0000

The reflection on the trackpad shows the dock, yet the actual screen does not show the dock.

My money is on “fake.”

By: Michael Long

Michael Long — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:27:41 +0000

Dump the internal DVD drive and go external as they did with the Air. Use the extra internal space for an eight-hour swappable battery.

Add an external “docking port” connector, and don’t require the user to be an engineer to swap hard drives.

Do all of that and I’ll be there on day one…