Apple has released new editions of their MacBook and MacBook Pro lines. As you can see, they’ve taken on the iMac look with the black edging around the display. They’ve also done away with the latch on the Pro for the easier magnetic closure. One big thing is the absence of a button under the trackpad. Instead, the trackpad has been given the ability to act as the button.
One curious omission is the the Firewire 400 port. Apple has elected to not include it at all. Check out their website for more details.
Well, not exactly. Take a look at this picture of the locker of Tennessee Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck. You’ll see a MacBook Pro and a Playstation 3 among other things.
This is potentially an ad for the new MacBook Pro. I am particularly interested in this, as it is what I use. I cannot vouch for it’s veracity, so we’ll see if it’s real.
There won’t be much of this in the coming days, but I have some interesting non-iPhone news. Electronista has this interesting story. With the launch of the MacBook Air, there’s being a lot of talk about when Solid State Drives (SSD) will become commonplace in computers. Even though it appears to be a ways off, traditional hard drive makers are downplaying the usefulness of SSD’s. Fujitsu’s VP of business devolopment, Joel Hagberg, actually goes to great pains to explain how the perceived benefits of SSD’s are exaggerated. He says his talks with high-end users has shown the promise of faster response time and greater battery life to be overblown.
I’m really interested to see how this plays out. I’d love to have all SSD’s. Even if the speed and battery life were comparable, my laptop would seemingly run a lot cooler. Anyone who uses a MacBook Pro is well aware of how hot it can run, which causes the fans to sound like the computer is ready to launch into space.
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