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Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

boomersooner9133 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:44:39 EST

@ slingblade: i didnt know that the mbp had front loading cd drive, it just seems like an awkward location (pictures mbp sitting on lap, trys to put dvd in but cant) i guess thats why i bought a mb

boomersooner9133

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

GumbyJump — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:31:04 EST

@DirkusMaximus:

Email him yourself. Steve Jobs has an email address publicly listed, and yes, the emails do get read and responded to if they choose to do so.

GumbyJump

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

superdemon — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:52:19 EST

bordering the screen with black increases the perception of contrast in the screen, thus making the whole product look better. apple has been doing this to every one of their products lately.

superdemon

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

ScotSax17 — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:25:31 EST

Not a bad design if you ask me, as an HP owner I'm rather fond of the glossy black with the silver (even though the silver is plastic)

Now...here's the part where I throw out baseless, yet not unrealistic assumptions.

Unified Macbook line (No more "Pro" no more white plastic) with 13, 15, and 17 inch models
"Extention Models" with iPod names
-MacBook nano (ultraportable)
-MacBook touch (tablet)

ScotSax17

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

imTheKing — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:27:11 EST

@strider_mt2k: stop being so hard on yourself.... hahah

imTheKing

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

nycGRAEME — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:50:26 EST

a second button for easy right clicking...for the love of god please!

nycGRAEME

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

strider_mt2k — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:38:13 EST

I think it's pretty, but what do I know.

strider_mt2k

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Curves — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:26:48 EST

I am still holding out for Stainless Steel. It goes with everything in any sitation. And so shineyyyyyy!

Curves

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

mangochutney — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:10:30 EST

@Kaiser-Machead: "Now, I can see the 13" macbook pro. If that came out, I'd so get that shit. Discrete graphics and better firewire options, and hopefully the same HDD accessibility. I'm so there."

So would I!

mangochutney

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

CultofMac — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:22:30 EST

My side aches with laugher as I write this. Words cannot express how obviously wrong the rumor mills are. Maybe Apple slipped up last time, but it doesn't mean they'll make the same mistake again. Just wait, MacWorld draws near.

Gizmodo.com, have you ever commented on your OWN website with an iPhone? It fucking sucks. Nice blog regardless.
If you fix the page's current configuration, therefore normalizing it's operabiiity with iPhone, I will be happy to comment more.
-Steve

CultofMac

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

calaverasgrandes — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:19:43 EST

uh, is that an old HP (the kind that the latch breaks on) or a current Viao? Seriously. Apple should motor on up to the Sony store in SF and check out the future as sony sees it. I would much rather spend too much on one of those (sub)notebooks. Heck I dont doubt that it would get me laid! carbon fiber on the back of the 1/4" thick screen. Weighs what 2.7 lbs? Apple has nothing as cool. The brushed metal thing was old 2 years ago. the black macbook looks less sexy than a thinkpad t60.
where sony and Apple both fail is this whole idea of white notebooks. Everybody hates white people. Why would they want white notebooks? Both of them get dirty and show stains too easy. And they are always yelling at their kids in public.

calaverasgrandes

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Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:58:36 EST

Wow! They're recycling guns into Macbooks?!!
Who said Apple wasn't green?

Btw, I think someone ran over that iPod in the picture.

Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

ch3m1st — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:06:39 EST

1st, that photoshop render is really old. and speaking of old:
the macbook pro design is really old. it's the same basic look overall since the aluminum powerbook g4 came out close to 3 years ago. sure it got thinner, added a camera, and got a heck of a lot faster over the years, but it looks the same... seriously apple, you redesigned the macbook, you redesigned the imac, it is beyond time for the mac book pros.

ch3m1st

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM! — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:05:22 EST

That's not a picture of it, it's just a rendering...

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM!

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

mrlibrary03 — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:05:07 EST

@Sheemo44: Not everyone has to look at the keys when they type :P

mrlibrary03

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Brian Sexton — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:45:50 EST

I think MacBook Pros (or MacBooks Pro, if you prefer) are ugly as they are now with those hideous silver keys, so I would like to see their appearances updated the next time their specifications are updated. Of course, color and overall appearance is not as important as functionality, so what I would really like to see is a multi-button trackpad option, even if it were only available with build-to-order systems. HDMI output would be nice too.

Brian Sexton

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TJ — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:34:10 EST

I realize this photo has nothing to do with the article but I thought I'd just point out that if the pic is any indication of the future of Apple design the next "Hi I'm a Mac..." ads should feature twins. That taste in the back of my mouth? Digested Chinese.

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Roflgoat — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:30:09 EST

@Kaiser-Machead:
Which Lumberg?

Roflgoat

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

zombo — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:29:01 EST

Yeah, Hiii... That looks soooo PC. I hope it doesn't end up looking like this rendering. I'm holding out on a new Mac Pro until I hear the announcements next month, and I hope it's not fugly like this concept.

zombo

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

chonnes — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:49:49 EST

From a design point-of-view, I could see Apple doing something like this to complete the theme set by the iPhone and iMacs. However, from an aesthetic POV, I don't like it. There's nothing compelling enough about the design to pump my 'nads. They can do MUCH better.

chonnes

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

vicsells — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:35:34 EST

I actually like that 'cliche' brushed aluminum look. And I don't even have a macbook pro yet

vicsells

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

dysthymia — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:26:20 EST

@nocar: nicely worded.
just adding, I think shiny black is the new black, but like everything, looks better than its functional. I have to clean my black macbook at least once a week because i leave fingerprints and grease all over after few days. Wrong type of shiny black.

dysthymia

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Johnny Chimpo — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:22:33 EST

love the black but not the 'oreo' look; the double color look is weak.

Johnny Chimpo

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

ToasterGlove — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:18:53 EST

I think there is a lot of credibility to the idea that completely new MacBooks will be coming out early 2008. First, the story that apple is buying 13.3 inch LED screens. Second, the sightings of white and black brushed aluminum apple laptops on their campus. Third, ATI has announced it has developed hybrid graphics chips that combine an integrated GPU and a stand-alone GPU and allow the user to switch between the two depending upon battery/processing needs. Finally, the current MacBooks haven't seen a FULL redesign since their release. These suckers are ripe for change and all the signs are pointing to it.

I think MacWorld 2008 will see new computer displays, new Mac Pro desktops, and the ultra-portable macbook pro 12inch laptop. I think we will have to wait a bit longer for the MacBook redesign, but it is certainly coming first half of 2008.

What do you guys think?

ToasterGlove

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

jc5680 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:15:22 EST

oh, and AAPT, definitly the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists

jc5680

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

jc5680 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:14:05 EST

THAT PICTURE IS NOT WHAT THE STORY IS TALKING ABOUT. It is just a comp put together by someone else, the story says a gunmetal version was spotted. Nothing about a picture.

jc5680

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

discounteggroll — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:03:15 EST

that is absolutely hideous. I am certified as an AAPT (if you don't know what that means...read on, if you do, HOLD ME TO MY WORD)

I will seriously shave my head in recognition of such ugliness. Only time will tell

discounteggroll

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bears?!? — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:00:42 EST

@DirkusMaximus: I'm surprised no one else saw that. It's obviously a MacBook Pro with a black coating around the keyboard and screen area. Look at the keys and look at the speakers that you can actually see. There's too much space between the side of the computer and the keyboard.

bears?!?

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:56:58 EST

@DirkusMaximus: You get 100 points for the Office Space Lumberg reference.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

DirkusMaximus — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:53:41 EST

Umm... guys... that's a 'shop. It's also not from the source. I've noticed that the Giz writers occasionally put a semi-related pic on a article to grab your eyes without noting that it's not DIRECTLY related. (Giz editors: might want to make a point of taking care of that in future articles. kthx.)

That said, it's a pretty sexy 'shoop. I really wish Apple would have a contest for photoshoppers to design their next product. As I remember, there was a flash drive company that did this, and there was fairly decent response. With the rabid fanboi following Apple has, I'm pretty sure there would be some incredibly hawt designs submitted. Make the Grand Prize something pretty major like.. oh, 10 of the product for you and your friends, and they'll even have professional design studios signing up for the contest pro bono.

I know he never reads this, but if any Apple types are reading this, please copy/paste this to His Royal Steveness and ask him to pretty please get on this idea. M'kay? That'd be greeaaaaat.

DirkusMaximus

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bobdobbs — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:39:37 EST

I'm so looking forward to paying too much for this. America, land of bountiful credit, and overpriced, beautiful notebooks that will love you forever, do your bidding, and never talk back. Unlike women.

bobdobbs

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

morcheeba — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:38:50 EST

gunmetal, like the border of the ipod touch? Sounds reasonable.

morcheeba

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

imTheKing — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:31:33 EST

@longshot: are you poor too?

imTheKing

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

longshot — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:28:43 EST

heh, now it just looks like a laptop. You'll stop looking like douches now! Isn't that what you want?

longshot

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Windhawk — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:55:03 EST

Apple will seriously f*ck it up by pairing the beatific deamon goddess with really crappy integrated graphics. (They really want you to buy the Pro.)

Windhawk

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

dna — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:51:05 EST

Who needs to carry a 13" laptop around in a briefcase when I already have 13" neatly tucked away in my pants?

dna

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:45:55 EST

Now, I can see the 13" macbook pro. If that came out, I'd so get that shit. Discrete graphics and better firewire options, and hopefully the same HDD accessibility. I'm so there.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

92BuickLeSabre — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:45:42 EST

@PGGIZ: No kidding. I hope this is fake. Why would Apple want their PCs...oops, see, it's already happening.

92BuickLeSabre

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:42:28 EST

Can the two-tone, and can the latch button. I like the current macbook design, and I like the fact that there are no holes or hooks and a button necessary to open and close the clamshell. Macbook < Macbook Pro in terms of case design.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

rexdot — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:39:35 EST

awww there's a button to open it? I like to pry my MacBook open.

rexdot

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

clevin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:35:24 EST

apple's QC is horrible, these machines look nice from outside, but for what I have experienced, it has hardware problems 3 times more often than my old compaq. Jesus, apple should offer 3 years warranty for the price its asking now, instead of 1 year.

clevin

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

akaufman815 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:34:54 EST

All of you people saying it does not look good you are all idiots. This is obviously not the actual laptop apple is releasing it is just a photoshop.

akaufman815

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

CEOself — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:33:31 EST

This news is so hot it's NSFW.

NSFW is registered trademark of Fark.com. This comment in no way implies I'm a part of or have any affiliation with Fark.com)

CEOself

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Oakland510 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:23:34 EST

damn, does it still have that sharp edge? I know I know, splitting hairs.

Oakland510

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Justyman — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:23:28 EST

you guys do realize that the picture above is not the one spotted on campus right? thats an old photoshopped pic from a while back...

Justyman

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

jcraig — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:17:56 EST

gahh, must…get…rid…of…plastic…housing. please make this

jcraig

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

OMG! Ponies! — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:16:46 EST

Gunmetal is so....2002. I smell fakery.

OMG! Ponies!

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

DJJS — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:15:10 EST

Hmmm fake? idk.. Classic Ipod on the backround.. ?

DJJS

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

slingblade — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:12:28 EST

@boomersooner9133: macbook pros have the optical drive in the front. your pt?

slingblade

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

boomersooner9133 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:09:17 EST

why is the cd drive located in the front. doesnt seem logical

boomersooner9133

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

jaymac — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:08:48 EST

Oh. Shit. Uh, I think I'm gonna wait on getting that new MacBook for Christmas...

jaymac

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

kumuasata — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:06:29 EST

That is SEX.

kumuasata

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

j4sk868 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:04:35 EST

@PGGIZ: seriously. But we will see at MacWorld.@thistle.john: I was kidding. It will ship with 10.5

j4sk868

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nocar — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:03:06 EST

Black is the new black.

nocar

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

Sheemo44 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:58:13 EST

wow, by the end of the day you wouldnt be able to see the keyboard with all the fingerprints that are gonna be on it.

Sheemo44

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

thistle.john — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:57:28 EST

its a drop in disk

thistle.john

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

PGGIZ — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:56:57 EST

doesn't look good, why is apple copying hp now? fail

PGGIZ

Gun Metal Aluminum MacBooks Spotted at Apple Campus

j4sk868 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:08 EST

So it doesnt ship with 10.5? lol

j4sk868