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'Brick' MacBook Pro leaked in up-close spy shot?
http://www.engadget.com/ 2008/ 10/ 08/ brick-macbook-p...
Filed under: Laptops Since we heard those "Brick" rumors the other day, the mill has been all but silent... until now. It's hard to tell exactly what we're looking at here, but damned if this doesn't look like some fancy new MacBook Pro carved out of a single piece of metal (except for those sides, so, there goes that theory). We'll let you make your own decisions after giving this the once over, but if this is what Apple has in store for us, our curiosity is definitely piqued.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Close-up shot of MacBook Pro ‘Brick’?
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/08/close-up-shot-of-macboo...The Internet rumor mill seems to be stating that Apple’s big secret, the Brick, is really a new manufacturing process. Who knows what exactly we are looking at above, but it appears to be a MacBook Pro chassis cast out of a single piece of something - hopefully some sort of metal but it kind of looks like shinny plastic. It kind of makes sense that if the codename is ‘brick’ the upcoming MBP’s would be built, well, like a brick. Still, we’ll leave the speculating to you.
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New MacBook spy shots?
http://www.9to5mac.com/macbook-brick-spyshotNew MacBook spy shots? Wed, 10/08/2008 - 13:26 — Quincy Pince-Nez Engadget thinks it might have found the next MacBook Pro in this spy shot. Looks pretty good to us - One piece of Aluminum, check. Laser cut speaker holes? Check. Notice how much smaller those are than current Macbook Pro speaker holes. Also, we notice that these things are somehow getting even thinner than the width of a USB port. Click here for more insightful analysis :P
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New MacBook Pro Rumor Control [Apple]
http://gizmodo.com/5060751/new-macbook-pro-rumor-controlEarlier this week we reported on a rumor about a new "secret" manufacturing technology by Apple. Supposedly code-named "brick", this "revolutionary" process would carve a MacBook shell out of a single block of aluminum. Business Week echoed the unconfirmed information, quoting the usual analysts and citing an Apple patent, implying that the rumor may be true. Today, Engadget published an alleged spy-shot claiming that it looks like a "fancy new MacBook Pro carved out of a single piece of metal." But does it? And does the Apple patent prove anything about this fabled process? Here's the photo that Engadget thinks is the MacBook Pro made out of a single piece of metal, passed through a Shadows & Highlights and the Levels tool in Photoshop: Clearly, there's a seam between the top plate and the side plate. Maybe you can argue that the seam is a design feature, but then why bother going with a process that is designed to eliminate seams? A process that, according to the analysts quoted by Business Week, is "very time-intensive" and "expensive"? The original rumor even points out to a completely new factory, which seems to me suicidal in the middle of a recession. On the other side, the seam may be an effect of the plastic that is on top of the cover, and the top of the laptop may indeed be carved out of a single piece of aluminum. But even if we assume that it is a piece of plastic on top, there are other things to consider in this story. Business Week argues that the manufacturing technology will allow for a completely new look in the MacBook family. Indeed, when I first heard about the rumor I imagined a wild new shape. Something completely rounded—like the iPhone—in which the componentes would magically slide in and out. However, the case we are seeing above, while elegant and simple, is not that radically different from what we are seeing now in the MacBook Air or current MacBooks Pro. Instead of having a three-dimensional shape holding the components and ports with a flat lid on top—like we have right
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MacBrick Pro revealed! Maybe!
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/08/macbrick-pro-reveal...Cut from a single "brick" of aluminum, purportedly, the new MacBook Pro is a sculpture: it exists in the marble, waiting to be cut free by the chisel. Or the laser. You know. From this shot, which appears to have a seam between side and top, it rather appears the whole brick thing refers to laser-cutting the MacBook Pro's new, thicker keyboard panel to get it to match in the style used on the MacBook and desktop keyboards (and by Sony). If this speculation is true, and I dearly hope it isn't, "brick" is the most absurd lot of hype the universe has seen since the first crusade. Or the Amiga CDTV. You know. Nonetheless, it looks nice. The crap photo is convincingly mundane, no? Update: Gizmodo exhaustively explores this very line of thought. Source [via MacRumors]
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Photos: Is This the MacBook 'Brick'?
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/photos-is-this.htmlThese "leaked spy shots" come by way of Chinese forum site Elesson, and purportedly show the new MacBook Brick, carved as the rumors go from a single block of aluminum. Both Engadget and Gizmodo point out that the largest shot shows a seam in
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Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/08/today-at-boing-boing-21...Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, there was a Spy Calculator; a wooden safe like something from Myst; a giant ball made of vinyl records; a rugged handheld computer from Motorola; and a bizarre marble-spitting automaton. John saw a toilet in the shape of a
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Security Briefing: October 9th
http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2008/10/09/security-briefin...Today, your news fix is being brought to you by the Liquidmatrix Security Digest Intern Jackie. Dave and I are both getting slammed with work and this help is great. Look forward to more feature pieces from both Dave and I with some support on the news
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Photos: Is This the MacBook 'Brick'?
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/photos-is-this.htmlThese "leaked spy shots" come by way of Chinese forum site Elesson, and purportedly show the new MacBook Brick, carved as the rumors go from a single block of aluminum. Both Engadget and Gizmodo point out that the largest shot shows a seam in
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Apple invites press to 14 October notebook event
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2363Apple invites press to 14 October notebook event Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:26 am Categories: Hardware, MacBook Pro, MacBook Tags: Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady Engadget posted the invitation to a
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Brick Update: Possible Leaked Photos, Price Points
http://theappleblog.com/2008/10/09/brick-update-possible-lea...A number of photos of what are supposedly new MacBook and MacBook Pro aluminum cases have begun to surface. Yesterday, Engadget posted a picture of a MacBook Pro case in keeping with rumors of a new production process. The photo originated at a Chinese
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A Peek at Apple's 'Brick' Laptop?
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007904.htmlThe FaMACtics are at it again as rumors are circulating that the leaked photograph above may be the new MacBook Brick casing. Since the picture surfaced on Endgadget, and was later traced to this Chinese-language website, bloggers the world...
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Photos: Is This the MacBook 'Brick'?
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/photos-is-this.htmlThese "leaked spy shots" come by way of Chinese forum site Elesson, and purportedly show the new MacBook Brick, carved as the rumors go from a single block of aluminum. Both Engadget and Gizmodo point out that the largest shot shows a seam in
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Price List Leak Suggests $800 Notebook Mac
http://cultofmac.com/price-list-leak-suggests-800-notebook-m...All over the place this morning is the latest image of a rumored new Apple laptop. But here at Cult HQ, were more interested in The Inquisitrs claim that the new line-up will include a $800 notebook. Single piece of aluminum or not, a notebook that
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Leaked Photo of the Brick MacBook Pro?
http://www.notebooks.com/2008/10/08/leaked-photo-of-the-bric...This photo is supposedly the next MacBook Pro. Made out of a single brick of Aluminum, the new MacBook Pro has a chicklet-style keyboard like the MacBook and MacBook Air. Rumors are flying that the new MacBooks will be announced on October 14. Its tough
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