Flickr user Sandy’s Shots! claims this photo came from an Apple employee. The black border on the screen replicates the image rumored to have been spotted earlier this month in Germany, and there appears to be some speculation about a glass trackpad and the dock that seems to be reflected – embedded? – therein.
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24 responses to “New MacBook Pro – Leaked Photo or Fake?”
This pic is pretty stale news now. However, it would be a nice update aesthetically.
I don’t see how Apple could include the dock on the track pad without making said track pad useless. It’s a neat idea but impossible to implement.
Not sure about the dock-on-the-trackpad thing, but I think this pic looks pretty real and would match the iMac look, I think this aesthetic makes sense for Apple.
Did you realize that the “glass” trackpad is reflecting a dock? The dock is hidden on the screen. Maybe it’s David Blane’s MacBook?
Did you realize that the “glass” trackpad is reflecting a dock? The dock is hidden on the screen. Maybe it’s David Blane’s MacBook?
Not impossible. People swore it was impossible to put a consumer-friend GUI on top of an industrial grade OS like UNIX but here we are with Mac OS X.
It would be quite probably for Apple to shift the dock to an iPhone like touchscreen and built in options to toggle.
The true challenge would be for the end user to avoid drooling, dribbling and fondling the poor thing to death. :)
Heck, I could photoshop something into that. macbook air corners, airbrush the dock onto the trackpad area, and take a blurry screenshot of a dock-minimized desktop. Black finish? pull off an imac.
Also, like Nik said, the dock on the trackpad would be VERY tricky counter-intuitive to use, while simultaneously limiting how many things can fit in the dock.
I’ve had this picture on my harddrive for over half a year, i’m pretty sure this is fake
gizmodo covered this a while ago:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008…
The multiple vanishing points shows that it’s a fake.
Let me say this, if there is going to be a dock in the trackpad, its going to be useless without stacks for applications…
Safe to say this image has been Photoshopped…
totally fake. the apple logo on the dude’s shirt wouldnt be backwards. OOOPS!!