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More Apple Notebook Details: Clickable Glass Trackpad, GPUs, Pricing
Tuesday October 14, 2008 03:34 AM EST; Category: MacBook Pro, MacBook
Written by arn
Mac Rumors
Daring Fireball confirms the leaked MacBook Pro photos from earlier
this evening and adds some intriguing details about the new notebook.
Specifically, Gruber confirms that the new MacBook Pros will have
"buttonless" trackpad which is made of glass. However, it appears the
entire trackpad is one large button:
The new trackpad is similar to the Air’s, in that it is bigger and
supports additional multi-touch gestures. But unlike the Air’s, the
MacBook Pro’s new trackpad is made of glass, and is a button itself.
You just press and it clicks.
In addition, he confirms what some have suspected -- that the new
MacBook Pro is not available in matte-finish, only glossy. There will
be no new 17" MacBook Pro immediately available, and it's unclear
when/if it will be revised. The existing 17" model will still remain
on sale but with increased storage/RAM options.
Gruber also confirms that regular MacBooks will be revised and that
Engadget's footnote is wrong. The MacBook will contain the same
buttonless trackpad and similar case design as the new MacBook Pros.
MacBook Airs will be updated with a larger 120GB hard drive and
larger 128GB SSD option. He also confirms our report about an $899
24" LED Apple Cinema Display.
CPU speeds are expected to remain about the same across all models,
however, the MacBooks will benefit from improved graphics performance
with built in NVIDIA 9400M GPUs. MacBook Pros will also contain a
dedicated 9600M GT GPU, which should provide a large performance
benefit as we've previously detailed.
Finally, Gruber addresses the pricing confusion from today. Apple
apparently will only be offering two new MacBook configurations
- $1299: 2.0 GHz, 2 GB memory, 160 GB disk
- $1499: 2.4 GHz, 2 GB memory, 250 GB disk
The existing $1099 2.1GHz MacBook model will apparently remain to
fill a $999 price slot but will not have the advantages of the new
machines. Gruber was the first to accurately predict the October 14th
announcement date for the new Apple notebooks.
Regards,
Eugene
On 14/10/2008, at 4:32 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:
So Kyle
As our school has just been told by SGIO that we should order an
iBook and data projector replacement for the ones that were stolen,
are you predicting a revised MacBook tomorrow? :-))
It looks like a nice outcome from the robbery!
Reg
On 12/10/2008, at 3:16 pm, Kyle Kreusch wrote:
Egadget
Apple "Notebook" event is on, October 14th!
<http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/09/apple-notebook-event-is-on-
october-14th/>
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Apple schedules laptop event for Oct. 14; leaked photos abound
<http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/09/apple-schedules-laptop-event/>
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