Apple Sub Notebook Hints: External Optical Drive, MultiTouch Trackpad?
MacRumors has heard reliable confirmation about some features in upcoming Apple notebook due at Macworld San Francisco 2008.
A Mac sub-notebook is indeed expected to be coming at the Macworld and, as rumored, will not come with an internal optical drive. This omission is presumably due to Apple's ongoing efforts to reduce the size of their laptops. Instead, Apple is said to be offering an external optical drive with the sub-notebook. This detachable external drive would allow customers to read/write from CDs or DVDs as usual, but would allow users to leave this extra bulk at home when on the road.
Apple is also said to be introducing more than one notebook revision at Macworld. What combination of Sub-Notebook, MacBook or MacBook Pro remains unknown, but we've heard that at least one of these new notebooks will incorporate a multi-touch trackpad. The possibility of a multi-touch trackpad has been suggested by both rumors and published patent applications but has not previously been explicitly confirmed.
Macworld Expo kicks off on January 15th, 2008 with Steve Jobs' keynote address.
A Mac sub-notebook is indeed expected to be coming at the Macworld and, as rumored, will not come with an internal optical drive. This omission is presumably due to Apple's ongoing efforts to reduce the size of their laptops. Instead, Apple is said to be offering an external optical drive with the sub-notebook. This detachable external drive would allow customers to read/write from CDs or DVDs as usual, but would allow users to leave this extra bulk at home when on the road.
Apple is also said to be introducing more than one notebook revision at Macworld. What combination of Sub-Notebook, MacBook or MacBook Pro remains unknown, but we've heard that at least one of these new notebooks will incorporate a multi-touch trackpad. The possibility of a multi-touch trackpad has been suggested by both rumors and published patent applications but has not previously been explicitly confirmed.
Macworld Expo kicks off on January 15th, 2008 with Steve Jobs' keynote address.
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54 months ago
hm. sounds like an interesting set up that will have a lot of people whining.
54 months ago
hm. sounds like an interesting set up that will have a lot of people whining.
And others rejoicing. ;)As much as I don't need an ultra-portable, it'd be horrifically tempting.
54 months ago
hm. sounds like an interesting set up that will have a lot of people whining.
i'll be the first whiner. sounds impractical to me. buuuut i won't be buying one, anyway.
54 months ago
hm. Maybe it will be time to replace my 12" powerbook. No word on what the price will be yet though?
54 months ago
Um, made a pit stop while the gf is changing to go out, and the dork (me) checks macrumors... Happy New Year! Hope 2008 is the year of the Apple Subnotebook, but Happy New Year is more important! Back to the celebrations...
54 months ago
As always I take this with a "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude, but if true, my 12" PB is about ready to be retired.
New laptop, or plasma TV? Decisions, decisions.
New laptop, or plasma TV? Decisions, decisions.
54 months ago
If it is powerful, has sufficient storage capacity, good battery life (PLEASE), and is physically something I would be able to use size wise for college I will be picking one up. My disc drive on my current computer is only used when I rip CDs these days, so I welcome the external optical drive. Sounds great to me, as long as you don't have to pay a boat load of money extra for it (which I unfortunately could see Apple doing... :() MacWorld Expo '08 cannot come soon enough!
54 months ago
I would love to replace my 12" pb. If this thing isnt super expensive sounds like something I'd be interested in.
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