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New MacBook Pros To Sport Light Peak Technology

Posted by Soulskill on from the obsoleting-your-dongles dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Over the past few years, Apple has systematically upgraded the base level MacBook to a level where the difference between the Pro and consumer models were arguably becoming negligible. That's about to change. Apple will reportedly introduce a completely re-designed MacBook Pro this April that will borrow features from the recently released MacBook Air. The new Pros will reportedly come with an SSD and Light Peak technology, a transfer protocol capable of 10 Gbps both up and down. Light Peak, jointly developed by Intel and Apple, will reportedly be an Apple exclusive at first."

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  1. Fantastic by binarylarry · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple customers will subsidize the adoption of this technology, so I can buy a similar laptop in 6 mos for much cheaper.

    Thank you Steven Q Jobs! :)

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    1. Re:Fantastic by darthdavid · · Score: 3, Funny

      My macbook runs OSX. Which means that beneath the covers it runs a variant of BSD linux.

      it runs a variant of BSD linux.

      BSD linux.

      Get out. Turn in your geek card at the door, hang your head in shame and leave.

    2. Re:Fantastic by paimin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dude, you're just digging yourself deeper. Hand in the card.

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  2. SSDs - when will TRIM come to OSX by speculatrix · · Score: 3, Funny

    linux and windows have TRIM, so when will OSX have it?

  3. Re:There's still hope by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do you want to plug your kid into a cable? And just which type do you use?

    An umbilical serial bus cord, obviously.