At least I hope not.
Macrumors has the scoop on an set of pictures showing us the alleged new MacBook case in a new material; heat dissipating aluminum. Those of us previously burned (literally) know that first-gen Apple products are better avoided. For every iPhone there are TiBooks (hinges), iBooks (logic boards and batteries) and Aluminum PowerBooks (heat, sodimm slots, screens).
Now that MB and MBP thermals are sorted out – BAM! we get a new form factor. Why not a subtle tweak? A MacBook with LED backlit 16:9 screen, HD iSight (2 MP, big deal), HDMI port, Blu Ray option and a x4500 graphics would be sweet enough. Call it the MacBook HD.
Likewise, give me a similarly bumped MacBook Pro HD with similar (but beefed up) specs and I would be happy. No need to re-invent the wheel especially as your competitors are still scrambling to catch up on design and are shut-out from teh true Apple gem; OS X.
Intel’s delay on Montevina has screwed all the PC makers up. BTS selling season is either going to be late if consumers wait, or folks will just take advantage of great deals on Santa Rosa books. Besides, its all small bumps until next summer when Nehalem mobile platform is shipping in notebooks.
Now is not the best time for a new form factor. Next year brings a computing revolution in Nehalem and (maybe) Larrabee. Better to wait.
