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August 25th, 2008

2008 MacBook Pro concept

Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 5:00 am

Categories: Hardware, Rumor, MacBook Pro

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Blu-Ray, Notebooks, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

The MacBook Pro is due for a re-design, this much we know. But is this the new professional notebook from Apple?

2008 MacBook Pro or clever fake?

The picture above surfaced in an a Digg submission purportedly of a “new ad” (a version also appeared on NeoWin) and is hosted on an anonymous pictures hosting site, so I wouldn’t hold my breath. But it does resemble some pics that were posted on MacRumors forums thread earlier this month.

Some people find the more rounded MBP design to look cheap, but I like it. I’d like it more if it shipped with a Blu-Ray drive though.

The conventional wisdom is that the MBP update will be released on 16 September 2008. The logic is that it’s the Tuesday right after Apple’s current Back-to-School promotion ends and it falls within the third quarter when Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer alluded to a “product transition.”

Is this the 2008 MacBook Pro?

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Update: As clindhartsen noted in the TalkBack the “ad” is actually a concept created by halfwayglad on DeviantArt…

Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here.
  • Talkback
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RE: 2008 MacBook Pro or clever fake?
Unfortunately we can't see beyond what is on top, keyboard/trackpad area, front and right side so what total ports are there or not cannot be determined from just these images.
I don't real opinion... (Read the rest)
Posted by: phatkat Posted on: 08/26/08 You are currently: Logged In | Log out
Quick Note... clindhartsen   | 08/25/08
Don't know, but we will find out on 9/16 nucrash   | 08/25/08
I'll go for fake Ken_z   | 08/25/08
RE: 2008 MacBook Pro or clever fake? clindhartsen   | 08/25/08
RE: Blu-Ray Arm A. Geddon   | 08/25/08
Hope it's not jorjitop   | 08/25/08
RE: 2008 MacBook Pro or clever fake? cruzdude   | 08/26/08
RE: 2008 MacBook Pro or clever fake? phatkat   | 08/26/08

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