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[ME86]

Mac Nano
• Redesigned Mac–Mini
• Half the height as its predecessor
• Now has an anodized aluminum shell.
• 2.2GHz and 2.4GHz Santa Rosa chips
• 32GB flash solid state drive (64GB build-to-order option, also option for 160GB conventional HDD)
• On sale at MacWorld, ships February

Mac Pro
• Based off the Penryn chipset
• Dual 2.8 GHz Penryn Xeons standard
• 2GB of RAM standard
• 320GB HDD standard
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Graphics standard
• Blu-Ray build-to-order option for an extra $400

MacBook Pro
• Mobile Penryn Chipset
• 2.4GHz and 2.6GHz Speeds
• 17” gets LED backlighting
• 15” gets a build-to-order higher resolution similar to the 17” model
• Keeping the 8600M GT graphics, but upping the video memory to 256MB and 512MB
• Black anodized aluminum option similar to the iPod classic
• On sale at MacWorld, ships February

Cinema Displays
• Built in 2 megapixel iSight camera
• Same resolutions
• LED backlighting
• All support 1080HD
• New Prices : 20”: $399; 23”: $599; 30”: $1,249
• On sale at MacWorld, Available at MacWorld

MacBook Nano
• Ultraportable Mac
• Same screen resolution and size as the current MacBooks; 13” at 1280×800
• 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz low voltage Core 2 Duos
• Low end model to feature a 32GB SSD and the higher end to have a 64GB SSD
• $1,499 and $1,999 Respectively
• No Optical Drives
• Intel Integrated Graphics
• 10 Hours of Battery Life
• On sale at MacWorld, Available at MacWorld

iPhone
• SDK Available at MacWorld
• Developers can sell their signed apps from iTunes starting in March
• New software includes Multimedia messaging, video recording with the camera, and an eBook reader
• iPhone games available from the iTunes store
• 3G iPhone announced (looks similar to the existing model)
• iPhone available in more countries

iTunes & iPod
• iTunes 8 released along with Movie Rentals and eBooks
• Software update for iPod Classics and Touches to support eBooks

Front Row 3.0
• All Leopard compatible Macs will be able to use it
• Support for the iTunes Store
• eBook Reader
• SDK for 3rd Parties to make plugins
• Can be controlled via Apple Remote, iPhone, or iPod Touch
• iCal, Mail, and Safari integration

MacTouch
• New product not in the MacBook family
• Two 9″ multitouch-sensitve widescreens, both at 1280 x 854
• Innovative, minimalist, two-way folding/sliding, dual-screen, multi-position design with magnetic clasps. Inspired by the paperback book, but thinner, more flexible and surprisingly tough.
• No optical drive or mechanical HDD, uses a SSD drive.
• Will run most existing OS X apps when in dual screen mode; 2nd screen becomes keyboard and touchpad
• iPhone-ish springboard when in single screen mode
• Multitouch sensitive version of iPhoto
• Bluetooth, 802.11b/g, USB2.0, optical/analogue audio in/out, built in speakers & microphone.

http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/01/05/macbook...creen-mactouch/

Hm, some of it seems pretty plausible.


But I would like to know, how black is the black iPod classic? I've seen renders of it, but I've never seen it in person, and if it's a nice dark black I'd might actually think of purchasing a MacBook Pro instead of a MacBook, that is of course only if that rumour is true.


And, I lol'd at the MacTouch, that's all I can say.

[Hurtful Goat]

It isn't really that black, if I remember correctly (saw a floor model in Best Buy once). I remember noting it's definately a grayer color than the old black iPods. It's kinda similair in color to truck bed liner.

[HylianHeroX]

*Hopes for TouchBook*
Multitouchbooks would be nice.... Like that's ever going to happen... D:

[unwelc0med]

i want a laptop. badly. i might beg my parents for a mac. and beg. and beg. probably like iphone nano. it can make one whole call before being recharged. or ipod micro, which can hold one song. (SNL joke)

[Mario583]

inbrHuelen10.

[Scrambles]

Hey CSS is only a few days away who knows what could happen?

[Mario583]

Also, San Francisco - A U.S. patent granted to Apple on Thursday seems to support reports that the company is working on an ultramobile PC to compete with Microsoft and its hardware partners in that market.

The patent filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office defines "a docking area configured to receive a portable computer," according to the filing. Apple and the legal firm of Van Pelt, Yi and James LLP filed the patent application on July 3, 2006.

According to the patent, the docking station will serve as a monitor for a portable computer and also enable connections between data lines and devices and the portable device when it is docked in the station. It also will enable the portable device to communicate with the docking station using Bluetooth and IEEE 80.2.11 wireless connections.

Rumors have been swirling that Apple is working with Intel to use a new generation of ultramobile processors as the basis for a new line of devices, but so far the companies have not confirmed that. Microsoft released a Windows-based ultramobile PC platform code-named Origami in 2006, and some of its hardware partners, including Sony and Samsung, have released devices based on the OS. So far, the devices have not garnered widespread interest from customers.

Apple's interest in an ultramobile PC would make sense based on the popularity of its iPhone device, which was released last June and was widely hailed as the best gadget of 2007. The iPhone has a user friendly interface with the ability to check e-mail and surf the Web, so it would not be a stretch for Apple to move into the market for devices that fall somewhere between the iPhone and notebook computers.

Apple did not reply to requests for comment about the patent Thursday.

[HylianHeroX]

Hopefully they declare that they will cease to be a company.

*Hiss**Rawr*D:
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[ME86]

Hopefully they declare that they will cease to be a company.

Hopefully they'll declare that they'll make a reasonably priced Mac Pro that can run Crysis on very high settings at 60 FPS. |:


liek o noes

[The Free Man]

Hopefully they declare that they will cease to be a company.

Hopefully they'll declare that they'll make a reasonably priced Mac Pro that can run Crysis on very high settings at 60 FPS. |:


liek o noes

Not if they keep putting 7300GTs in them.

Quad SLI 7300GTs. :^D

Meaning the performance of half a 8600GT.....