@Keebler: my first 2 1/2 repairs...

CYST!

@Johnny Chimpo and @Anomynoose: I'll go for the kill... That's what she said!

CYST!

The blackbook there is my favorite out of the line. I must hold onto it longer now that it seems that there will be no more black model. :S

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

@Collins1: slightly larger footprint...

bpapa9013

@Mark Wilson: Nice! I hit a homer on that one. Now that I think about it, I've seen that table in other posts, and it is just the chairs.

CYST!

did anyone notice they kicked off alt and brought back option on the keyboard?

revolution-inc

@Mr.Purple: I agree. This is just a huge gap that they created between the pro and the regular model. Just when you thought that they were creating a mini-Pro out of the Macbook, they took away a vital part.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

This is awesome. Slightly thinner with the same footprint.

A revolution. Best. Sizemodo. Evar.

Collins1

Well, it looks a *little* larger than it did last year.

(That better? Heh.)

jamstigator

Thank god they got rid of the laptop clasp button. They're really annoying on the MBPs.

Keebler

@Anomynoose: He never said what "kind" of movies...

pdditty

Which one is the new one? The black one? I can't tell.

MichelleDatsun

@CYST!: Hey, that's Jason's old lady's house you're talking about there!

Mark Wilson

"Minor improvement on the MacBook Pro dimensions."

Adding a quarter inch in width and in depth, plus 0.1 pound is considered an improvement? Oh yeah, forgot the 0.05" removed in thickness...

t1t0

@Mr.Purple: looking at what's topping the box office, it looks like it's harder to make movies period.

Anomynoose

@unkpku is: That really is disturbing...

bpapa9013

@Johnny Chimpo: agreed. also, how heavy does it feel in the hand? does it produce a lot of heat? does it come with a protective rubber casing?

Anomynoose

@Anomynoose: very relevant post. it's important to know how big it feels in your lap.

Johnny Chimpo

Holy Shit! $10,000 worth of laptops!

unkpku is

Lack of firewire is a serious problem for me. It is now much harder to edit movies.

Mr.Purple

for the love of michael, someone make a statement about size that i can that's-what-she-said-icize it.

Anomynoose

I have a BlackBook but the new Macbook looks VERY thin!

sean.piggott

@s7arbuck: If by "good" you mean "like a cafeteria tray" then yes it looks good!

bpapa9013

Ywn...

sfokevin

@1st2nd3rd4th: You really need to add "FIF" to the end of your name...

bpapa9013

the new macbook actually looks good

s7arbuck

Awesome, its now 78% easier to break when you accidentally sit on it! AWESOME!

bpapa9013

Do you live in an old ladie's house?

CYST!

rad

1st2nd3rd4th

Gizmodo should change its name to MACmodo, cut the MAC crap, I come here get the latest on ALL different types of tech, not just Apple and all their bullshit products. BTW I own an iphone, Mac, and a Windows PC. Before any stupid fanboys attack. I am not fanatical about any one company or gadget, I am in the CE industry and like knowing about all the latest products coming out.

AviGoldsboro

@sfokevin: "Comment disemvoweled"? Looks more like the letter "a" just got sent to a penalty box.

bosskev

I don't understand Apple's switch to all aluminum. I thought the aluminum casing interferes with wireless signals?

ripfire

@billin: it's hard not to read all the mac stuff when 90% of posts on here at apple and mac related at the moment.

he has a valid point - there is way too much mac shit about right now.

I've got nothing against the apple product range (except quicktime and itunes, damn they suck ass), but enough is enough already. I don't want, nor shouldn't have to wait two days just to see something other than another apple fucking mac.

POINT SERVED AND FUCKED!

shade-black

@lpranal: Don't mess with my emotions. Actually, that'd be cool, but I have my doubts about black metal aluminum. The problem is that when it gets dings, it won't just show some shiny black like the plastic Macbook. It'll show bright stripes of grated aluminum, like a giant metal iPod nano.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

@CYST!: Mine just started going out one me. What did it cost to get it repaired?

PCLoadLetter

@Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references: They need to do something to shake up the new designs. All the same aluminum is sexy, but there just needs to be something special.

mmm... 17" black chrome macbook pro... /drool

lpranal

@AviGoldsboro: Seriously, what was the point of you posting that waste of words? "Cut the MAC crap"? Are you saying Gizmodo shouldn't post any articles about Mac stuff? I can understand if you want Gizmodo to post even more about non-Mac stuff, but you can piss off if you want them to cut out their Mac coverage. If you're uninterested in the Mac articles, just don't read them - what's the big deal?

billin

@supercollider: and why is the timestamp on it earlier than that of the blog entry? twilight zone, dude.

Anomynoose

@AviGoldsboro: i can't wait 'til giz has a way to digg comments down.

there have been a few news articles here about how to not show mac news. they post the articles before just about every apple event.

MobileMilitia

Why was this guys commenting ability enabled in the first place? He had no previous comments.. Weird.

supercollider

@t1t0: Amen.

eblingmis

@CYST!: i don't get it.

anyway, johnny, it definitely looks really hard and i hear it can run all night.

Anomynoose

@AviGoldsboro: yeah! and even though gizmodo does this kind of coverage for any significant event regardless of the company hosting it, i so totally agree with this guy! i mean giz should so totally post all the other tech news going on today! like, i heard becky just got her braces off and like loves to smile!

Anomynoose

MBP never needed to get smaller. The MB is sexy as shit.

CYST!

@revolution-inc: They didn't, it's just printed really small on the option key. It's never been the primary text. Also, taking a second look, the command leaf logo is now at the bottom of the key, in line with the text, which now only reads "cmd" rather than "command". And the expose logo on F3 now has a filled-in look, with more windows open. Now it has 3 windows open, and there is just a box with three smaller boxes within. The new keyboard has a box, filled in, with 6 non-filled windows within.

Sam.Nerd144

@frigg: i wish all babies were like macbooks. stable, virus-free, quiet, sturdy, made out of aluminum, etc.

Anomynoose

does the volume go to 11?

aeroworks

@shade-black: Prior to the flurry of posts surrounding the MacBook announcements, here were the list of articles on Gizmodo:

- 1942 Philco Radio Violated Upgraded Into Mac Mini Media Center [Mods]
- Weird Combo of the Day: Face Wash Comes with Free Earbuds [Weird Combo Of The Day]
- Electric Surgery Knife Sets Patient's Throat Ablaze [Electric Knife]
- Inkjet-Printed Adhesive Sensor Strip To Measure Soldiers' Blast Exposure [Military]
- Toshiba Portégé R600 Ultraportable Holds Its Own on Worst Notebook Launch Day Ever [Laptops]
- DriveAssistT Saves Cellphone Addicts From Themselves [Cellphones]
- iBeer Creators Sue Coors Over iPint App in Battle of the Dumb Beer Apps [IPhone Apps]
- Defective Nvidia Graphics Cards Confirmed in Desktops [Nvidia]
- Last Minute Photos Show MacBook Pro 2008 Curviness [Apple]
- Stylophone iPhone App Will Add Much-Needed Kraftwerkian Essence To Your Life [IPhone Apps]
- This Week in Blu-Ray: Jason Chen Goes South Park on Indy [Blu-Ray]
- This Week in VUDU: 70 Movie Update [Movies]
- Howl Tissue Pillow, for When You Need to Wipe Up Hot, Sticky... Snot in Bed [Wrong]
- Turn Your BlackBerry Curve or Pearl Into a Shiny Storm In One Easy Step [BlackBerry]
- Warner Bros. to Offer DivX Downloads [DivX]

Doesn't exactly look like a Mac overload to me, let alone "90% of posts" or that you have to "wait two days just to see something other than another apple fucking mac."

billin

[www.shopping.hp.com] i would still but this!

biofreak

@ripfire: Aluminum interferes with cellular signals. Wifi takes a slight hit, but not too much.

cyberwiz01

I'd still like it to be lighter. It doesn't have to get MB Air light, but halfway there would be nice.

5.5 lbs is almost the weight of a human baby at birth.

frigg

@Mr.Purple: I'm missing firewire on the macbook too.

frigg

@CYST!: Specs: MBP, 2.4 Intel, 2 Gb Ram, NVidia 8600GT-M

CYST!

@AviGoldsboro: hmm... I thought there was a non Apple Gizmodo page?

G-stylez

@shade-black: Sorry I have to say you guys are n00bs! There is an apple free gizmodo link how about you bookmark it just before a known apple event, or forever.

Chriswifvanilla

@PCLoadLetter: Apple Care, my friend. It has to be fixed too, because the hinges after time warp the screen/ case. I tried NOT sending it off the second time, but it started to get fucked.

Apple Care for that one computer has saved me SO much money, it is unreal. I they have had to replace (after 4 repairs, each) 2 computers now. This one now is on it's 3rd repair for the disk drive.

I am not hard on them, either. I have other computers that have lasted for ever. After the first one got replaced, I stopped taking it places as much and it turned to my desktop, pratically. It still needed an assload more repairs. Now I use this one like I should and it is good case-wise. The DVD drive has gone out twice, though. Weak.

The good thing is that I will never have to buy another computer. Every year Apple pays for a new MBP for me at my inconvenience.

This is started out a titanium-book g5.

CYST!

more mac..

kemosabee

@cyberwiz01: @ripfire: Bluetooth also gets a huge hit. That's the complaint with Apple's Bluetooth Mighty Mouse and the current MBP (and soon the MacBook, too).

Sam.Nerd144

@AviGoldsboro:

Go to other site.

vgart

Why the drop from 2.1GHz to 2Ghz?
Actually at the price point, it should be 2.2Ghz

marcus1060

@shade-black:
ummmmm
NO

when a company COMPLETLEY redesigns their premier product and has a huge event about it... it think that yea, it deserves the full attention for a day, so calm down pal.

mths

@Sam.Nerd144: If the antenna's are inside the lid, then they are partly behind glass.. maybe a good thing?

sos10

@bosskev: why did he get disemvoweled?

unkpku is therefore i am

Bigger MBP footprint isn't an improvement to me...it's supposed to get smaller and lighter NOT bigger and heavier by a tad.

The thinner case hardly justifies it.

CutePuppyz

@Anomynoose: And user-friendly.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

@sfokevin: Pwn's ugly cousin?

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E n' Cookie references

@mths: I'd also like to add that not only is it major redesigns of a big companies products, but they are also items many people use, and are popular in the media. I mean, what gadgets do you guys really want to read about instead..a TV review? perhaps PC laptop reviews (which are posted BTW)? perhaps coverage of major PC events? Fujitsu and HP dont exactly have big product redesigns every few years of items known for aesthetic appeal. Perhaps a USB humping dogs/robot?

Most of the gadget reviews/gadgets here have nothing to do with me, but I dont bitch about it, I read them anyways...Mostly because I like gadgets.

redkamel

@AviGoldsboro: A major tech company did a huge product-line revamp yesterday. This major tech blog is entitled to go crazy about it for a day or two, as far as I'm concerned. You don't need to read every post, you know.

grant0

@AviGoldsboro:
AMEN

mrxcel

@unkpku is therefore i am: agreed. no need for the disemvowelling. you guys let people go on rants elsewhere in this post about excessive mac posting and gizmodo being a bunch of mac fanboys, only to have people stand up for you. then you follow it up by disemvowelling someone for showing that they're not impressed by things that really aren't all that impressive (see my post buried in a thread further up for more detail on that) while he wasn't even being hostile or even a straight up apple hater.

you're not exactly helping your case, gizmodo.

stre

@redkamel: i'm not anti-apple or even complaining about the coverage, but you seemed to make an argument against the coverage here. these product redesigns are primarily that: redesigns. sure, they make the obligatory performance enhancements, but they're not exactly earth shattering. this is evidenced by the fact that we see sizemodos and an ooh-ahh piece on the new case, but the specs for the things are tacked onto the anouncement with no comment.

and the multitouch glass trackpad? should we all be tripping over ourselves with praise for taking the iphone interface (sans display, no less) and plopping it into a laptop? if so, our standards for being impressed (at least by apple items) has really fallen. i can only imagine the adoration we'll see when cut and paste get added to the iphone.

now, all this being said, those that are complaining about the coverage are idiots. it's been relatively tame this time around by comparison to some of the events over the last couple years (though 14 posts related to the event still seems a bit excessive when you consider the content of the event), and no one's forcing anyone to read the apple posts.

stre

@bpapa9013: This just gets MORE exciting!!

Collins1

@frigg: Gawd I wish.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@t1t0:

I'm sorry to brust your bubble, but in fact the new pro is smaller. Basic Math people:

Old Pro: 14.1 (9.6) (1)=135.36

New Pro: 14.35 (9.82) (.95)=133.87

You better start making numbers instead of guiding by common sense, .05 less in thickness is more (in percentage) than the increment in the other dimensions.

luisaugusto

Did anyone notice that Apple no longer includes a VGA adapter with the new MBP? Boo!

VitaCaiti

no fw 400!!! on either..baa

CarltonEuryale

I took out a credit card when I first heard there would be a macbook refresh this year. I was looking to replace my old HP laptop with a nice new macbook to use for my live music performance. Their omitting firewire has made the laptop useless to me, and as a student I can't afford a macbook pro. Fix that, Apple.

AaronAgelaus