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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / May 2006Bigger MacBooks ahead?
The PDF title of the manual for the newest Mac is "MacBook 13-inch User Guide (Manual)". Does this indicate that a 15-inch MacBook is in Apple's super-secret product pipeline? I don't think so, but I found it a bit curious. >The PDF title of the manual for the newest Mac is "MacBook 13-inch User >Guide (Manual)". Does this indicate that a 15-inch MacBook is in Apple's >super-secret product pipeline? I don't think so, but I found it a bit >curious. Or an 11 inch?  SignatureChris. >> The PDF title of the manual for the newest Mac is "MacBook 13-inch User >> Guide (Manual)". Does this indicate that a 15-inch MacBook is in Apple's >> super-secret product pipeline? I don't think so, but I found it a bit >> curious. > > Or an 11 inch? I think eventually they will go back to 12 and 14. Almost all the complaints I have heard are from people who want it smaller. 13 seems to be the size that makes no one happy. I could live with a 14 going from a 15 but not 13. > I think eventually they will go back to 12 and 14. Almost all the > complaints I have heard are from people who want it smaller. 13 seems to > be the size that makes no one happy. I could live with a 14 going from a > 15 but not 13. Highly unlikely. Like it or not, Apple has gone to a 16:10 widescreen aspect ratio for all its displays. A 12 inch screen at that ratio would be a little cramped vertically, and it wouldn't reduce the footprint all that much. The 14 inch iBook had the same number of pixels as the 12, they were just bigger. The 13.3 inch MacBook has 94% as many pixels as the last 15 inch PowerBook G4 model. It looks like Apple has consolidated its laptop line to three models. According to Apple's press release, the MacBook "completes Apple's Intel-based portables lineup and replaces both the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook." <http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/may/16macbook.html> If the MacBook's 1280 x 800 isn't enough for you, you'll have to go to the Pro 15 -- with a hefty jump in price. That price gap _might_ leave room for a 15 inch MacBook at some future date, but I don't think we'll see any other sizes. > The PDF title of the manual for the newest Mac is "MacBook 13-inch User > Guide (Manual)". Does this indicate that a 15-inch MacBook is in Apple's > super-secret product pipeline? I don't think so, but I found it a bit > curious. This makes no sense. Why not just buy a MacBook Pro if you need an Apple laptop with a 15" screen? > > The PDF title of the manual for the newest Mac is "MacBook 13-inch User > > Guide (Manual)". Does this indicate that a 15-inch MacBook is in Apple's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > This makes no sense. Why not just buy a MacBook Pro if you need an Apple > laptop with a 15" screen? It's got extra components and features that you don't particularly need and hope you won't have to pay for in a larger MacBook Amateur. Not that I expect one, but that's why I think someone would want one. Signature"Congurutulation!!!" - The subject line on some spam I received recently. I have no idea what it means, but it's such a cool "word" (by which I mean pronouncable sequence of letters) regardless. |
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