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    New, Even Smaller Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Whispers New iMacs to Us

    Rumor: New Plastic MacBooks Arriving with Refreshed iMacs?

    Rumor: New, Thinner iMacs Rolling Off Factory Lines, With Mystery Features and Maybe Blu-ray

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    Image of madog madog
    10/02/09

    In reply to New, Even Smaller Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Whispers New iMacs to Us
    Unless this keyboard is truly innovative (which could mean they bought/borrowed someone elses idea, though I'm not saying Apple always does that nor is it it just them) then it could be cool. Otherwise, I find their current Bluetooth keyboard somewhat small and worthless in a cute way. I love the laptop style keys (and have always preferred them), but the keyboard makes me yearn for the their previous plastic, white, and full-sized BT keyboard.

    The fact that they completely replaced them and didn't offer a full sized option of the aluminum one is ridiculous; but then again is Apples style.
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    Image of ctthoqqua ctthoqqua
    10/02/09

    In reply to New, Even Smaller Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Whispers New iMacs to Us
    Useless. The *current* Bluetooth keyboard is too light and tiny to use in your lap. It absolutely requires a hard, flat surface or it's nearly impossible to touch-type on it.

    What we need is a Bluetooth version of the longer keyboard, numpad included. It's much easier to stabilize on your lap.
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    10/02/09

    @ctthoqqua: I use my Bluetooth Apple keyboard in my lap just fine. I'm a computer science major and I frequently type lines and lines of code on it whilst reclining in a relaxing position. No complaints here.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/02/09

    In reply to New, Even Smaller Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Whispers New iMacs to Us
    Guys, I'm proud of you. A vague filing for a wireless peripheral from Apple and you didn't find some way to make it about the Apple Tablet? Kudos, guys. Kudos.
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    10/02/09

    In reply to New, Even Smaller Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Whispers New iMacs to Us
    ...so?
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    Image of Earthslide Earthslide
    10/02/09

    @blash: So stop wasting comment space. Go read people magazine or something.
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    SysRq promoted this comment Earthslide was starred Earthslide was unstarred
    Image of SysRq SysRq
    10/02/09

    @Earthslide: We're paying for comment space now?
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    Image of madog madog
    10/02/09

    @SysRq: Paying with your eyes!
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    Image of Kid_slickarus Kid_slickarus
    10/02/09

    In reply to New, Even Smaller Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Whispers New iMacs to Us
    I have the current Mac keyboard, and even though its pretty slick, I can't see it getting much smaller and still being comfortable to type on. I'd love to be proven wrong, but we'll see.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/28/09

    In reply to Rumor: New Plastic MacBooks Arriving with Refreshed iMacs?
    So that means that this current MB will be the very last that has a pop-n-swap battery. C'est la vie. People are already adjusting. My question is: Will it keep FW400 to distinguish it further from the Pro, or will it get the 800 along with everything else? Aside from the shell and other goodies, the current Macbook is surprisingly close to the 13" Pro, sporting the exact same graphics. The addition of SD would be most welcome, but I have this nagging feeling that they'll keep it out, along with an LED display.

    I would like to see the Macbook get a proper rigid magnesium shell, and ditch the glossy white and bring back the matte black. It'll be tougher, stain resistant, more scratch resistant and more rigid, which means no goldarn cracking along the corners or assembly lines. That won't happen I'm sure, but one can wish.

    A thinner, lighter Macbook also makes me wonder about the Air. The current 13" Macbook Pro is already extremely close to the Air in stature, and then beats it handily in just about any other task. If the Macbook does likewise and is even cheaper, would there even be any market left for that?
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 09/28/09 9:49 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    09/28/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: they need to upgrade the graphics in the unibody 13" if they're going to keep calling it "pro", IMO.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/28/09

    @lostarchitect: I agree. Problem is that they're probably keeping the discrete out of both the 13's and lowest end 15" to keep their margins high while shaving the price.
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    Image of puffnstuff puffnstuff
    09/28/09

    In reply to Rumor: New Plastic MacBooks Arriving with Refreshed iMacs?
    As I sit here typing on my cracked macbook all I have to say to this is...
    Do not want!

    Oh and why the hell did they get rid of the blackbook?
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    Image of PeterQC PeterQC
    09/28/09

    @puffnstuff: hum, don't you know Apple will repair your cracked MacBook, no questions asked since it's a confirmed defect?
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    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    09/28/09

    @PeterQC: Yeah, I can confirm this. Got my blackbook fixed last weekend :D

    I still do not want, because the 13" pro now interests me a lot more than the giant pros used to, but hey, an updated design with better battery life sounds pretty nice to me.
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    Image of hivedestruction hivedestruction
    09/28/09

    @PeterQC: This is quite true. My black MB had the chipping and I took it in. They replaced the entire top, trackpad, keys and all. Not to mention they replaced the battery that was just worn out. Highly recommend taking it in.
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    Danny Allen promoted this comment hivedestruction was starred hivedestruction was unstarred
    Image of Tito Tito
    09/28/09

    @PeterQC: If you buy a car and you have to get it fixed 4 times during the warranty, will you rebuy the same model/make?

    I know I wouldn't. Who cares if it's fixed free of charge. It is hardly convenient.
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    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    09/28/09

    @Tito: It's cosmetic and it's hardly super incovenient to be without it for a day. While I understand and agree with your point, it's happened once to me in two and a half years. One day out of my life without my laptop didn't really kill me and I've enjoyed the time on it enough to make up for the cosmetic crack. That being said, I'd still go for a aluminium Macbook if I were in the market but cracking four times is definitely not the norm, hell, cracking once is still likely not the norm. Whoops, I also meant to point out that you don't need to get it fixed, it certainly doesn't detract from using the laptop.
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    Edited by Tiger-Fever at 09/28/09 4:39 PM Tiger-Fever was starred Tiger-Fever was unstarred
    Image of Leonce Leonce
    09/28/09

    In reply to Rumor: New Plastic MacBooks Arriving with Refreshed iMacs?
    Another white craptop that will start cracking and getting blemishes within 2 years of owning one. I've heard too much bad things about the white MacBook to even think of wanting one.
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    Image of marythegr8 marythegr8
    09/28/09

    @Leonce: Yes, I love apple and my white macbook - but really the white plastic feels like a step back.
    And yes my wrist rests did crack.
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    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    09/28/09

    @marythegr8: Please tell me you took it in? Apple replaces them no questions asked, I took mine in on an opening weekend for the Apple store in my town and literally had it back in less than a day.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    09/28/09

    In reply to Rumor: New Plastic MacBooks Arriving with Refreshed iMacs?
    come on apple, keep this trend of lowering prices
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/28/09

    In reply to Rumor: New Plastic MacBooks Arriving with Refreshed iMacs?
    I always liked the look of the old plastic macbooks better. I'm just not really a fan of the aluminium of the new ones.
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    Image of LordNige LordNige
    09/28/09

    @tande04: I more a fan of the new aluminium ones, the trackpads are awesome. Two people I know with white polycarbonate macbooks have hairline cracks or plastic chipping off due to the screen closing
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/28/09

    @LordNige: I had heard at one point that the process of making white plastic lends itself to more structural problems. It was just in a comment section so I didn't put much weight behind it, but the guy that was saying it seemed to have his facts behind.

    Anyways there are always other options there. Black for example. But also higher quality plastics and composites.

    Plus I'm sure that new macbooks (even out of plastic) would have the new track pads.
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    Image of JeffEd JeffEd
    09/25/09

    In reply to Rumor: New, Thinner iMacs Rolling Off Factory Lines, With Mystery Features and Maybe Blu-ray

    I know it's not the best source for accurate apple news, but I was researching Skype's phone plans yesterday and they have this image on their home page (mac home page I'm guessing). I actually went to the Apple Store website thinking that there had been an announcement for a new iMac model today. As it turns out they don't currently sell anything that looks like this.
    Now, I realize this is probably just some icon designer having a little creative liberty, but if you look on the rest of Skype's website their mac icons are pretty accurate to actual computer models, for like color, proportion, button placement and so on.
    So I know it's not really much but I figured there was someone else out there that might find it interesting.
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    SysRq promoted this comment JeffEd was starred JeffEd was unstarred
    Image of SysRq SysRq
    09/29/09

    @JeffEd: That's very interesting. However the one thing that makes me think this isn't accurate (I'm willing to accept that Skype may have updated their icons based on some knowledge leaked from Apple) is that the wallpaper of that particular iMac is Leopard, while all of the Macs on Apple's website are sporting Snow Leopard wallpapers. Just a thought.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    09/24/09

    In reply to Rumor: New, Thinner iMacs Rolling Off Factory Lines, With Mystery Features and Maybe Blu-ray
    My bets in FM radio!
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    Image of madog madog
    09/24/09

    In reply to Rumor: New, Thinner iMacs Rolling Off Factory Lines, With Mystery Features and Maybe Blu-ray
    I'm betting that they'll have no new features anybody wants, but rather new features Apple thinks you need. Like a built in robotic hand that bitch slaps you every time you touch the keyboard.
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    Image of CamilleAhriman CamilleAhriman
    09/24/09

    In reply to Rumor: New, Thinner iMacs Rolling Off Factory Lines, With Mystery Features and Maybe Blu-ray
    noooooooo
    i just fucking bought one.
    crafty fucks
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    cletar promoted this comment CamilleAhriman was starred CamilleAhriman was unstarred
    Image of cletar cletar
    09/24/09

    @CamilleAhriman: Me too. I feel your pain.
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    Image of shorty6049 shorty6049
    09/24/09

    @CamilleAhriman: NEVER buy an apple product, the next version is almost always less than a year away...
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/25/09

    @CamilleAhriman: Next time before buying an Apple product refer to this.

    [buyersguide.macrumors.com]
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    09/24/09

    In reply to Rumor: New, Thinner iMacs Rolling Off Factory Lines, With Mystery Features and Maybe Blu-ray
    If Blu-ray does finally become a reality for Apple, then it should appear in the notebook lineup within a year, and I will finally be able to get the MBP I've been dreaming of for the last 2 years.
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    Image of SpudMills SpudMills
    09/24/09

    @G-Ram: It'd better include the ability to burn Blu-ray video goddamnit! I'm sick of taking HD footage and only being able to burn DVDs.
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    G-Ram promoted this comment SpudMills was starred SpudMills was unstarred
    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    09/24/09

    @SpudMills: Whoa. Please explain this to me. I was under the impression that you can't play things in HD if they are not on an HD compatible format. If there is a way for me to burn my HD movies to a DVD and still watch them in HD on my PS3 please tell me how!
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    Image of SpudMills SpudMills
    09/28/09

    @G-Ram: No, if you're burning to DVD, your burning to standard def for DVD, which is 720×480 (the 480 is the rows, just like HD can be 720 or 1080). Your movie burning software is downsampling the HD video to 480.
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