New Macbooks: Details

Next Tuesday, 14th October, there will be an Apple Event in Cupertino at 10AM PST. The subject is “believed” to be new Macbooks…

Invitation send by Apple

In this post you’ll find all known facts and rumors about the next Macbooks. It will summarize what you can expect.

Macbook

For the first time, the consumer line of notebooks will have an aluminum enclosure. It will have the same amount of ports and the new multi-gesture trackpad like on the current Macbook Pro and Air.

Of course it will also get the usual upgraded processor,… but there is also a possibility that the current gpu from Intel in the Macbook will be replaced by the yet to be released Nvidia. This should give a minor performance boost.
The price is said to be more “competitive” so it could drop to $999 or below.

Macbook Pro

After 5 years of basically the same design, Apple is updating its high-end notebooks.
The next Macbook Pro wont use the current latch to open it, but the magnetic system like the Macbook and Macbook Air have and it will also have the new keyboard.

As you can see in the picture, all the ports seem to be placed on the left side. If this is true, there will be even less ports (from left to right): MagSafe, Ethernet, Firewire 800(backward compatible), 2 USB, 1 Micro-DVI and audio in and out.

If you enlarge by clicking the spyshot, you may notice that except for the edge of the plastic cover, there is no seam on the edge/corner of the Macbook Pro. This may be because of the new rumored manufacturing process which could make the Macbooks cheaper to make.

Just like with the Macbook the price may drop, to about $1899 or below.

Macbook Air

Sources suggest that the hard drive and processor will be upgraded. This is alot less certain than all what’s listed above but it’s worth mentioning anyway.