Gizmodo has “stumbled” onto an alleged MacBook Pro photo that shows off nothing all that new, with the exception of one obvious port. Currently present on the leaked photos are USB ports, FireWire ports, and all the other standard fare ports you’d expect to find on MacBook Pros these days. But, instead of the Display Port being a display port, it has a lighting bolt for its icon. Gizmodo, as well as many others, are speculating openly that it could be Intel’s Light Peak technology making its debut in the new machine.
Light Peak has been marketed as a “one port to rule them all” kind of solution. It’s expected that Light Peak will replace USB, FireWire, SCSI, SATA, and PCI Express in the future, but is it also being used as Apple’s display port? There’s also some rumors floating around that Apple will refer to Light Peak as Thunderbolt moving forward for marketing purposes.
New MacBook Pro Specs also leaked?
Fscklog believes they have the spec list for the new 13-inch MacBook Pro. Included:
- 2.3Ghz Sandy Bridge Dual-Core Intel Core i5 Processor with a 3MB L3 Cache
- 4GB of DDR3 RAM clocked at 1333MHz
- A 320GB hard drive
- a 13.3-inch diagonal LED backlit display with a 1280×800 pixel resolution.
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 RAM.
- An integrated FaceTime-HD camera
- An 8x Superdrive
- And all the ports we mentioned above.
So what do you think? It’s not much of an update if this all turns out to be true. We didn’t really expect new casings made of liquid metal, but a small part of me hopes that there’s still an SSD option.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
Article Via Gizmodo, MacRumors
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LikeSo how do these features translate into benefits for the customer? Most people buying a 13" MBP don't even push the current Core 2 Duo processors. None of this is exciting.
The most important benefits to the current 13" MBP is Unibody design, size/weight, and battery life. Those are the 3 things that Apple will focus on. Those things are what really matter, not processor speed and i/o.
I'm sure an i5 proc is coming but only as long as it can keep the current 10 hour battery life or best it. The machine also needs to get lighter in weight. This is clearly a benefit to everyone.
The only under the hood technology that I'm interested in is SSD/Flash Storage. The benefits are clear with the MB Air. They need those same benefits in a MBP.
Remember Apple build's stuff based on a list of benefits, not features. There is a difference.
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LikeOK. The question is... How the hack I'm going to connect my external LCD display to this wannabe LightPeak port (which looks absolutely same as MiniDisplayPort - that's the reason I think it's fake)? Not to mention, the LP connector looks more like USB connector than MiniDP... See here...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/sep...
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LikeAnd see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNoF1SWtSg (specially 2:13)
So with LP laptops we will get rid off Ethernet port, FW port, MiniDP port and USB ports with let's say 3-4 LP connectors.
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LikeOK. I must admit I was wrong. And it's backward compatible with MiniDP. Heh... But in that case it's not based on that Light Peak optical cable Intel was showing everywhere. What a bummer... :(
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LikeI really with the mbPro would redesign to be "lighter" like the mbAir - mainly so I can more easily carry it around and blog from bed.
But then again, when it comes time to edit videos, the power of the mbPro shines way brighter than that of the mbAir.
Definitely not happy that the light peak port is the same as the mini display - that's relatively weak sauce.
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Likei5 is highly capable, but not exactly a stunner either. No i7 option?
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