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Engadget: 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro with non-removable battery rumored for Macworld
CNET News - Apple: Rumor: Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro in the works
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop: Rumor: MacBook Pro 17" with a fixed battery, mini with FW800
Gizmodo: Macworld 2009 Rumors Round-Up [Apple]
Mac|Life all RSS Feed: Rumor: 17-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini are Coming
17-inch unibody MacBook Pro with non-removable battery rumored for Macworld
Engadget —
... considering the lameness of non-removable batteries. We'll know for sure on Tuesday at the keynote. Update: Apple Insider is now independently confirming the imminent arrival of the unibody 17-incher, and also corroborating the fixed internal battery theory. Read - Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro to go Unibody, sans removable battery (Silver-Zinc replacement?) Read - 17" Unibody MacBook Pro with Non-Removable Extended-Life Battery? Read - Sources: 17-inch MacBook Pro, NVIDIA Mac mini due shortly ...
Rumor: Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro in the works
CNET News - Apple —
It appears Apple is getting ready to expand its MacBook Pro lineup. The Mac maker plans to unveil a 17-inch MacBook Pro, possibly as early as this week at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, according to a report on AppleInsider. Like the 13- and 15-inch models, the 17-incher is expected to sport a unibody construction. But unlike those smaller models, the new MacBook Pro will have a fixed internal battery, much like the MacBook Air's battery setup, according to the report. The site also reported that we can expect a Mac Mini makeover that will include the ...
Rumor: MacBook Pro 17" with a fixed battery, mini with FW800
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop —
... needs would invest nearly $3,000 in a laptop with a battery that cannot be swapped additional runtime or not. It's unlikely that a fixed design could offer 2x battery life that could easily be had by having an extra battery on hand. Apple might have been able to pull this off with a MacBook (and that's a very iffy "might"), but with its flagship professional machine? A collective "No way" practically shook Ars' Orbiting HQ out of its orbit. AppleInsider has since " confirmed " these rumors, but until Phil Schiller hands us one to personally inspect, you can consider us ...
Macworld 2009 Rumors Round-Up [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... MacBook Pro 17: Another strong rumor this weekend has been the possibility of a new MacBook Pro 17-inch model. The new flagship (literally flagship, as you can probably sail the Atlantic on top of one) will have the same looks of ...
Rumor: 17-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini are Coming
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
macbook AppleInsider has confirmed with their super-secret sources that Apple will be introducing a 17-inch unibody Macbook Pro that will include a battery situation similar to that of the MacBook Air. The not user-replaceable battery is allegedly going to sport an additional 50% battery time. Both the MacBook Pro and MacBook contain user replaceable batteries, while the MacBook Air's battery needs to be replaced by Apple, or via removing the screws holding the battery in. In addition to a new MacBook, Apple is expected to introduce the ...
Oh crystal ball, what will Macworld Expo 2009 bring?
The Apple Core —
... how Phil Schiller performs during the keynote address under the hot glare of 6,000 calculating, judging eyeballs. This is Phil’s job interview for the CEO position, isn’t it? That being said, here’s a rundown of what Apple is likely to announce here on Tuesday… Mac mini – (517 days old, 188 day average update) – The odds-on favorite to grace the stage Tuesday is a new Mac mini that will include a Mini DisplayPort, Mini DVI connector, FireWire 800 port, and Nvidia MCP79 GPU. (Tip: AI ) Previously rumored specs about the ...
Zinc Different
Digital Daily —
... on the street, has it that Tuesday’s Macworld keynote address will see the introduction of the “17 MacBook Pro that was omitted from ...
RUMOR: Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro with fixed internal battery, new Mac mini coming Tuesday
MacDailyNews —
... Jade reports. "Additionally, AppleInsider can also confirm that a similarly-timed makeover to the Mac mini will see the diminutive desktop adopt chipsets from NVIDIA's MCP79 platform," Jade reports. "In addition to sporting both a Mini DisplayPort and a Mini DVI connector, it's now also rumored that the new Mac mini will see the addition of a FireWire 800 port and a fifth USB port, with the legacy FireWire 400 port going away," Jade reports. More details in the full article here .
New Apple Mac Mini Photo Leaked
Cult of Mac —
... well as its recently-introduced Mini DisplayPort and swapping out a FireWire 400 port for the newer FireWire 400 connection.
“This is the second picture of a Mac mini seen by AppleInsider with such a port makeup, the first of which we were asked not to publish,” the news site told readers Friday. The first photo was described as a prototype from late 2008.
In January, AI reported the new Mac mini would offer both video connections and an NVIDIA chipset.
A MacRumors user known only as ‘monthly,’ supplied ...
Is This the (Rear) Face of the New Mac Mini?
TheAppleBlog —
... While it may conflict with some rumors, it also agrees perfectly with some others, including predictions made much earlier by AppleInsider based on reports by “people familiar with the matter.” It is hard to deny that the picture, bearing exactly the hardware details outlined by AppleInsider in their January articles, doesn’t strike one as just a bit more genuine as a result. For what it’s worth, AppleInsider also claims the new photo depicts the exact same device as they had seen in a previous picture, which they were compelled not to ...
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