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Top Apple Rumors, Bricks, Low Price, NVIDIA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-macbook-is-broken dept.

Vigile writes "With the news that Apple will be releasing new MacBook products on October 14th, speculation has begun on what exactly those new products will be. Tips of a manufacturing process involving lasers and a single 'brick' of aluminum are catching on, as is the idea of a sub-$1000 netbook-type device. More interesting might be the persistent rumors of an NVIDIA chipset adoption that would drastically increase gaming ability, allow MacBooks to improve their support for OpenCL and take advantage of the new Adobe CS4 software with GPU acceleration. Will NVIDIA's ailing chipset business get a shot in the arm next week?"

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  1. Hooray for NVIDIA by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 5, Funny

    God knows that gaming graphics is the only reason left why I'm still hanging on to the PC platform...

    1. Re:Hooray for NVIDIA by spazdor · · Score: 5, Funny

      <shatner>"For, the, love, of, God, man, use, a, comma!"</shatner>

      --
      DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. LEAK! This year's "ONE MORE THING" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple will announce that due to the financial crisis, they've been able to purcase Iceland. However, it will be rebranded as iCeland. Steve Jobs was apparently very fond of their homogeneous population.

    1. Re:LEAK! This year's "ONE MORE THING" by Gewalt · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't think I've ever heard Bjork described as "homogenous" before.

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      Modding Trolls +1 inciteful since 1999
  4. Or put another way by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple will soon be selling pre-bricked laptops.

  5. Re:I'll buy apple... by MacColossus · · Score: 4, Funny

    SNOW Leopard comes out next year. Start saving your pennies. :-) http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/

  6. Re:Mac vs. PC vs. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 by hendrix2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    One need only follow this simple chart.

  7. Re:I'll buy apple... by jazuki · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll buy apple... ...when leopard freezes over!

    SNOW Leopard comes out next year. Start saving your pennies. :-)
    http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/

    Are you trying to explain the joke? Or announcing you didn't get it? ;)

  8. Whippersnappers! by Jabbrwokk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Keyboard AND Mouse? Duke Nukem 3D? That's not old-school! Why you young pups, I remember when mouselook was just a crazy gleam in a programmer's eye. You think aiming sucks with an analog stick? Try using the freaking number pad.

    And I remember REAL old-school first person shooters, the ones where we ran around the backyard pointing sticks at each other going "pew pew" and arguing over who got hit first.

    I guess I should add "get off my lawn."