MacBook Announcement Expected on Tuesday

wwhsgrad2002 writes "Both ThinkSecret and Apple Insider are reporting that Apple could hold a press conference as early as Tuesday, May 9th, to announce their new line of MacBooks. The laptop will be the Intel-based successor to the company's popular iBook line. The 13.3-inch widescreen MacBook is expected to sport Core Duo processors from Intel Corp and pack novelties such as a completely magnetic latching system, built in iSight video camera, and MagSafe power adapter. Additionally, each MacBook is expected to come bundled with Apple's Front Row and PhotoBooth software applications. A coding glitch with Apple's Web site has all but confirmed the MacBook moniker for the new consumer laptop."

magnetic latching system threat to your floppies

[Ohreally_factor]

And by floppies, of course, I am referring to your testicles. Be very careful when snapping your mac book shut if you aren't wearing pants.

this is news?

[mapkinase]

... and on this Tuesday Apple made announcement that they will announce on Saturday the date of the next announcement about their laptop.

Re:magnetic latching system threat to your floppie

[jb.hl.com]

If you had your testicles in between the keyboard and the lid when you shut the machine, then I'd be very worried.

Re:magnetic latching system threat to your floppie

[Anonymous Coward]

how else do you cum on a chick's face?

Re:Video computer game on tv

[Anonymous Coward]

If you're gaming most of the time at college -- hey!

      Are you my brother?!

      Mom says she isn't paying for you to play... or read Slashdot.

      Get back to your studies!

Re:magnetic latching system threat to your floppie

[Anonymous Coward]

Print outs.

Re:Why not just wait until Tuesday...

[gEvil (beta)]

Do you have any idea how far away Tuesday is?!?

Re:Duh, MacBook

[MustardMan]

They do seem to be moving away from the brand of 'power'

Holy shit, you mean to tell me now that they no longer use powerpc chips, they are moving away from the power brand? God damn, mod parent +100 insightful.

As far as your speculation that they might just stop updating the pro desktop lines... WTF? Seriously, there's nothing else to say but WTF.

Re:Will Apple ever release a sub-notebook?

[feepness]

It would be nice if Apple was less focused on the US car driving market and considered releasing a sub-notebook (

Yeah! And they could call it the Newton!

Re:Video computer game on tv

[LnxAddct]

The Intel i9XX vid cards are actually pretty impressive. If you can look past the shared ram, they can definitely go up against a pretty modern ATI or Nvidia card.
Regards,
Steve

Re:magnetic latching system threat to your floppie

[jb.hl.com]

Laminated, obviously.

I work at Apple and can confirm..

[eebra82]

I work at Apple and can confirm that there will be Intel processors in this line-up of notebooks. Hope this valuable information helps.

coding glitch or viral marketing?

[superburger]

"coding glitch" Maybe. Maybe not. Perhaps it's subtle viral marketing- let the nerds think they've spotted an error in the apple shrine / website and create excitement over the product.

Perhaps Jobs is sitting in his execs chair reading /. stroking his white cat and laughing manically as his latest plan comes together.

Re:magnetic latching system threat to your floppie

[d4nowar]

So that means its safe sex. Right?

Re:MacBook

[wootest]

At least it's better than MacBook Con. ;)

Re:Transition from PowerPC to Intel (yes, AGAIN)..

[Jacob Moogberg]

Actually, it's not a Rosetta chip. It's a Rosetta stone. For some reason, Apple decided to put a small engraved stone inside every Intel Mac. This stone is read by a very tiny scribe that lives inside the computer and translates instructions on the fly for the processor. The scribe gets bored after a couple of hours, hence the inclusion of the iSight camera on top of the screen of most of their new models to allow him to get a view of the outside world, like a periscope, and the lackluster performance of the Mac mini: the scribe can see nearly nothing, which makes him angry. He has to move to the IR receiver for the remote control to watch something else than a hard drive or his personal stone.

color of the cat

[Gary W. Longsine]

I'm guessing the cat is black. Otherwise you would see white cat hair on his black turtleneck sweaters at the keynotes.

Re:First hand experience of macs

[Anonymous Coward]

We use Macs and PCs. On the whole, I find PC users to be ignorant and useless, and Mac users to be arrogant and annoying.

I have to have time for both, but I wish I had time for none...

Re:MacBook

[Ohreally_factor]

Well, even MacBook Con would be better than the MacBook Wii.

Re:MacBook

[wootest]

And be rather pungent.