Thinking Rationally: No Aluminum MacBooks

Well, after I bought my MacBook yesterday, my router decided to die, so it’s gone for now, so I’m using some random connection from around here for now. Nonetheless, the MB is still awesome

Anyway, new entry, “Thinking Rationally”…

New MacBooks in September with a MacBook Air aluminum design? Rumored and believe by hundreds thousands, but where did these rumors come from and how reliable is it? Well, let’s see…

1.) Graphic designs. People who make products how they, not Apple, see them. 
2.) Personal desire. If thousands of people are in a forum wanting aluminum on MacBooks (I hate the thing, I can’t see why anyone would want it on, but that’s a different story), somehow a rumor is going to come up with aluminum on MacBooks with a theory like “everything else is aluminum, why not MacBooks” and such forth which are very questionable points. The iMacs for example are featuring a MacBook style aluminum (anyone ever notice how the iMacs and MacBooks look alike and the MacBook Pro’s and the Mac Pro’s look alike?) If that point is brought up, it could be argued that the MacBook’s won’t change into an air like design
 3,) Supply shortages. Yes, there are going to be new MacBooks, we all know that, the only question is when, and supply shortages don’t necessarily explain what they may include. 

Why do I like the plastic design? Well…

• It’s simple and elegant. The design on the MacBook is actually newer than the one of the MacBook Pro, and you can clearly tell the difference between a MacBook and an iBook, but the MacBook Pro, aside from the web cam, latch, and track pad, (all of which apply in the MacBook to iBook revision in addition to moving the speakers, a new keyboard, and other various changes) the differences are hard to notice from the PowerBooks. 
• It’s durable and doesn’t dent. My 2003 PowerBook doesn’t have enough scratches and dents on it to be noticeable from a few feet away, but if you get a good look, it’s dented up a little bit. 

Well, maybe I’m just turned off on the idea of aluminum, but there is a good chance that we are just looking at a processor update. 

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New Toys

A $1099 MacBook with a $100 Printer (yes, I got the printer regardless of my previous views) and a $300 iPod Touch all for $999, pretty awesome and it’s better than my employee discount. 

Sorry for the blurry pictures

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How to Get New MacBooks [updated]

Many people have been wondering how to get new MacBooks without losing the current promotion (free iPod). The printer one is always going on, however, the iPod isn’t. And how can you without having to worry about waiting for the next update when for all we know it could just be a new processor? Well, you can’t have a new MacBook and the iPod, but this will help you pick. 

On September 15th, the last day of the promotion, get a MacBook and iPod and don’t open either nor file for the rebate. Now, wait until September 29th. Chances are you’ll know what the update will include, and if you don’t feel it is worth losing your iPod, then return your computer for no restocking fee. If you think it’s just something stupid, open it up and enjoy your new computer . Even if you don’t need the iPod, if you sell it on eBay or Craigslist, you can get $250 off of your new Mac in addition to the 50-200 off the educational discount. 

Personally, I should be buying a new MacBook tomorrow with a free iPod (not even going to worry about the printer, I could get one on black friday for less than the sales tax here). I mean, the printer deal sucks isn’t exactly worth it, but the iPod deal is awesome, how could anyone resist a free touch? 

Assuming all goes well, I’ll post pics of my new MacBook and touch tomorrow as well as an OS X Genius exclusive how-to-get-the-cash-for-a-mac guide.

An update: Most of you could probably careless, though my craigslist buyer didn’t pull through, though nonetheless, I’m having someone come over and look at it tonight. Assuming that they are interested and buy my older PowerBook, I should have a new MacBook tomorrow, otherwise I’ll have to repost it and find someone else. Either way, tomorrow or not, I should have one before the end of August. 

When I do buy it, expect some cool pictures and such. I’ll be keeping my other PowerBook, but the older one has to go. It will be a pretty cool experience, I have been considering it every year, but kept thinking, oh, my PowerBook is fine for what I need to do, but with the rebate being online, I’m finally giving it. 

iPod and MacBook, here I come

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MacBook Aluminum Casing: Leaked?

So, is this future MacBook casing? Or just another photoshopped version of the air?

Well, I can say for certain this is from the same source as the pro casing leak came from, so I can’t say for certain it is either true or fake.

As the hinges are exactly the same and it looks just like the air, there is no question about how legit the content is, and in my professional opinion it is a fake. Apple isn’t going to make a new MacBook Air that looks exactly like the air for $600 less unless they cripple it to make the Air be better, even if the MacBook is still thicker (and we learned from the iBooks that crippling a notebook for sales of a higher ended product doesn’t work). 

Then why are so many people interested in the photo and wouldn’t go well with a thicker computer? Because people would like a brand new MacBook. But really, chances have it leaning toward a PhotoShopped air. But consider, the air has the same screen size, is readily available, and all you have to do is remove the air text, thus forcing me to believe that it is most likely fake.

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