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MacBook Updates Rumored To Include Glass Trackpad

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unfounded-speculation dept.

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."

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  1. Yeah... by Wiarumas · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...but can it run Linux?

    God, sorry people.

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  2. How Did This Make It To The Front Page? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Outside of the tiny niche Apple fanbase no one cares.

    Are there really so little open source/Linux news stories out there that these filler type stories need to take the place of real open source news?

    This place is turning into nothing more than a marketing blog.

    1. Re:How Did This Make It To The Front Page? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      In fact, Apple related stories have been FAR MORE prominent on Slashdot than Lin-sux stories. CmdrTaco himself switched to Macs from Lin-sux almost immediately after OS X was released, and has never looked back (like most smart people who use OS X instead of Lin-sux). In addition, open sores may be common on slashdot (heh heh), but it is closed source software along the likes of OS X, Photoshop, etc that elicit the most in depth coverage here, owing in no small part to their superior security, stability, and features compared to the open sores competition. Times have changed, people. Open sores and lin-sux were heavily hyped in the early 2000's but quickly ran out of steam as Apple and even Microsoft outpaced the idiot open sores/lin-sux developers with a superior development methodology. Suck it fanboys.

  3. A little KY will help with that! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Smooooooooth!

  4. So does this one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So does this one come with Cancer? Or is still that a secret too? *cough*

    The cult of the Fapple is falling down!!

    (Moderators: Unsure? Yes, this is a troll. Can you see it because I'm trolling as HARD as I can (yes, this is a Aqua Teen reference))

  5. eco friendly by shatterpoint · · Score: 0, Troll

    eco-friendly, what exactly does this mean? I know, lets buy the new apple its 'eco-friendly' then we'll pop over to wal-mart and buy tons and tons of garbage and put it into those little white plastic bags that litter the landscape. buying an apple to be 'eco-friendly' is ignorant. The places these things are made aren't eco-friendly and have not desire to be. They want the white guilt money. Oil is used in every step of the manufacturing process, but here we've got ourselves thinking since parts of it don't contain oil its oil free. These are the same yuppy retards that think the "hybrid" vehicles or hydrogen vehicles will "save the planet". It'll take a lot of energy to MAKE the energy to run these things. The planet will be here LONG after you and I are gone.....and after humans have gone. You want to alleviate that white guilt? go pick up the wal-mart bags...you'll be doing a bigger service than merely buying a "eco-friendly" PC

  6. I don't get it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really, I don't.

  7. Re:I don't get it... by Beyond_GoodandEvil · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gore isn't saying everyone needs to cut their energy consumption down to zero, he's saying people need to make an effort to be carbon-neutral, and he's making that effort himself.
    By flying on a private plane to do so, but it's ok b/c Gore is rich and can afford indulgences^H^H^H^H^H err, offsetting carbon credits.

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