With Apple’s hootenanny in Cupertino just a day away, the fact that Apple is releasing new laptops has officially become the worst secret ever kept. Even Apple’s gotten into the fun, accidentally leaking a support PDF for the “MacBook/MacBook Pro (Late 2008).”
The document in question, which has since been removed, doesn’t have many details to spill about the new models, focusing only on what it takes to replace the display on the computers, including reinstalling the AirPort card (News flash! New MacBooks will have wireless networking!).
But this all seems kind of…suspicious, doesn’t it? I mean, it’s almost too easy. An invitation spelling it out? A leaked support document? Photos all over the Interweb, purporting to be of the new aluminum case design? There’s only one possible answer.
My theory? Steve Jobs has gone full-on evil supervillain. Tired of the endless speculation about his health, Steve’s been spending the last several months quietly retrofitting Apple’s Town Hall so that it boasts a retractable floor that can slide away at a moment’s notice, dumping the assembled crowd of press and analysts into a swimming pool populated with piranhas and laser-toting cyborg seals.
It’s times like this that I’m glad I couldn’t scrape together the airfare.
It's times like this I wish I could scrape together the money for a new MacBook!
I have to agree with you, I think there will be some surprises at this event. It seems unlikely that Apple could talk about just notebooks for a full length event. If you consider that its unlikely the Air will get major changes, they're not going to fill the whole even talking about re-designed mac books and macbook pros. There's definately something else going on here.
Here it is!! YOU the MACFAN saw it first right here!!
Exclusive LEAKED IMAGE of new MacBook/MacBook Pro!!! The future is here with a touch of retro!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Macintosh_portable.jpg
Oh, MacSleuth, you made me smile.
Even Barak Obama is looking forward to the Apple media event...
"It's a plan that begins with one word that's on everyone's mind, and it's spelled J-O-B-S," he told the crowd.
Taken woefully out of context from a BBC article earlier today. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7667772.stm