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MacBook Updates Rumored To Include Glass Trackpad
CWmike writes to tell us that Seth Weintraub has been hearing some interesting rumors surrounding the next iteration of Apple's MacBook line. "I have been hearing some interesting things about Apple's upcoming line of portable computers. The talk amongst insiders on the new MacBooks is kind of scattered but here's a summation of what I've heard: The new models are thinner than current MacBook and MacBook Pros and slightly more rounded, taking design cues from the MacBook Air; the trackpad is glass, multi-touch and uses gestures. The screen isn't multi-touch; the body is manufactured out of one piece of aluminum. Eco-friendly, yet sturdy. Manufacturing process is completely different; the release date will be in the last weeks of September."
Ah, you accidentally looked over the fact that it runs on new Ego(TM) power, not electricity. Common mistake.
The plastic sticker on the box. It wasn't tested on animals, contains zero trans fats and opposes the war in Iraq.
Why, so you can glance up and down constantly to see what you're doing, and then curse occasionally as you press the wrong spot on the trackpad and open several programs at once?
Apparently the materials used to make the Air are relatively environmentally friendly
Duh. It's made of air
Quantum hacker.
Why would you want what you payed for? Don't you enjoy being robbed? I think that the shinyness of MacBook compensates for its lack of pwnage.
Here, you dropped this:
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There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
Not necessarily, he could be a monkey.
What makes this "eco-friendly"?
Al Gore is on their board of directors... therefore everything they make is automatically considered to be eco-friendly...
Just like Al Gore's giant house w/ huge power consumption bills... b-b-b-but I was spending that power on computing climate models to prove what horrible polluters American's are!
I think they made a typo.
Ego-friendly*
I hope under the glass trackpad there's a little display just like the iPhone's.
Presenting the new smitty97 MacBook Touch.
I don't think The Librarian would post AC.
Hell is other people's code.
It's not made of dolphins.
You can thank your sig for inspiring this:
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The superior solution is obviously the clit mouse.
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
New, more eco-friendly version! Doesn't come with a box or plastic sticker!
Actually you'll want a chainmail case.
Ook?
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
Or maybe it was the beginning of a program.
%$#@&*(@%$#
_Now_, over an hour after I post, I see the capitalization error. ARGH.
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The harddrives in old MacBooks were lubricated with Dolphin oil. It's one of those things that makes a Mac different from a PC. Shit, now I may as well buy a Dell.
It's the only way for Mac users to keep up with the confusion that Windows users experience when dealing with all those extra mouse buttons.
Round corners reminds me of the old joke;
Q;Why do they make macs so big?
A: So mac users cant put them up their asses.
Q: Why do macs have round corners?
A: Just in case they manage the above!
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It would seem a bit of an overkill to run all /. posts through pylint, though.
-- don't discount flying pigs until you have good air defense