- Photos published by engadget are indeed stolen photos and showing a MacBook Pro 15”. According to our information, the MacBook will almost look identical even though port numbers and options will be different (as well as no speaker grid)
- As we reported it before, the trackpad is now very similar to the one found on the iPhone, a touch sensitive glass plate, no click button anymore, but a “tap click” function.
- Some Pro users might not like it, but apple will drop matte display, for all-glossy models, as all MacBook will now feature a glass plate “á la iMac” in from of the LCD panel which will ALL be LED backlighted!
- Apple will not unveil a 17” model this evening. Information are conflicting about the future of the 17” MBP, for the time being the current model will remain available on the apple Store. In the past, Apple already unveil new MBP 15” and only unveiled the 17” when the required LCD display became available.
- MacBook Pro 15” models will be immediately available, and corresponding MacBook sould be unveiled before the end of the end (tomorrow or on Friday)
- As we reported earlier, all MacBook will have their video powered by NVidia solutions, and as we announced too, it will sport by default the GeForce 9400M, even MacBooks, and the MacBook Pro will have an additional discrete GPU the GeForce 9600, bring a boost of performance when required. This is an evolution of NVidia Hybrid SLI® technology (current version, new version to be announced tomorrow as we reportedit). Such notebook will be able to fully benefit from the forthcoming GPU power aware Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
- The MacBook Air design and specifications should not be strongly modified, the entry level will feature a 120 GB HD, while a BTO SSD of 128 GB will noz be offered (probably at a premium price).
What about prices?
- Prices should remain identical despite bring entirely new design, case and hardware.
- Both MBP models will be priced at 1999 and 2499 USD, and CPU clock speed should remain unchanged with frequency ranging from 2.4 to 2.53 GHz (most likely to preserve battery lifetime, even though Centrino 2 platform provide a much better power management).
- MacBook will be available in 2 models:
* 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HD: 1299 USD
* 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HD: 1499 USD
- Last but not least, Apple will maintain the entry level MacBook priced at 999 USD to offer a less than 1000 USD model.
