Dreadful MacBook Pro Rumor Photo Does The Rounds

Posted by Rob Beschizza, July 7, 2008 9:21 AM | permalink

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大改款 MacBook Pro 即將登場... ?! [Apple.tw via MacRumors]

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#1 posted by scaught , July 7, 2008 9:27 AM

I like this one because it's particularly vague. Once a new or even revised macbook hits, there will be cries of "IT WAS REAL!!"

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#2 posted by claud9999 , July 7, 2008 10:18 AM

If we ignore it, perhaps it will go away?

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#3 posted by Clay

, July 7, 2008 10:47 AM

I see no reason to doubt that this is, in fact, a real production sample from China.

I also see no reason to expect, given the context, that the manufacturer has any connection at all with Apple.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , July 7, 2008 10:50 AM

The apple logo is rotated 90 degrees from what you would see on a notebook. This appears to have a portrait orientation, like an iphone, tablet/slate, newton, etc.

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#5 posted by arkizzle , July 7, 2008 12:17 PM

#4.. no it isn't.

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#6 posted by Merkin , July 7, 2008 3:06 PM

Pardon my ignorance or apparent blindness, but what's the difference between this and the current design? What am I supposed to be looking at?

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#7 posted by Justin Ried , July 7, 2008 8:11 PM

This is the first time I've ever actually visited a site using the .pro top-level domain. I remember hearing about it years back, but never realized that ICANN approved it and rolled it out...

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#8 posted by Secret_Life_of_Plants , July 8, 2008 1:55 AM

I have had Macs / Apple computers for 18 years, but I really cannot make heads or tails of what I am looking at here. I cannot believe this is a real product from Apple.

Did this object fall off a roof? Why are there worm holes in that Apple? Does it fold up or is that the abdomen and thorax of some larger segmented thing? Is that a black leather 80s sofa in the background? Who framed/crop this awfully ambiguous picture? Is this a hoax e.g. "Does the rounds"? Hmm.

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#9 posted by Anonymous , July 8, 2008 6:41 AM

#6 has it right. What, exactly do we think we are looking at?

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#10 posted by Shad Bolling , July 8, 2008 10:56 AM

For more information on what this "possibly" is, see the MacRumors article (in the original post "[Apple.tw via MacRumors]").

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#11 posted by Neuron , July 8, 2008 6:45 PM

Dreadful MacBook Pro Rumor Photo Does The Rounds

I can't figure out which word it is that "dreadful" is modifying.

Oh wait, it's "photo".

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#12 posted by arkizzle , July 10, 2008 6:19 AM

It's showing (real or not) the empty top and bottom shells of a MBP, laid out flat, not a complete product.

The holes in the apple look like standard attachment holes where, for instance, a secondary plastic apple logo might be attached to the shell.

The bottom half of the casing is significantly shorter in length than a standard MBP, leading to the suggestion the there is a third part to the casing, eg. a full-width battery compartment lid.

No opinion of it's realness.