When the current design first came out I was in awe, blown away by the clean lines. Now, I think the design has become somewhat dated, while the exterior still holds up quite well, the interior is showing its age. I personally feel it's time for a complete redesign.
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Ugly MBP???? Time for a redesign?
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You look at a mock-up with a drink warmer and small cosmetics vanity mirror on either side of the trackpad and then tell me you don't agree with me!
is there a person in the world that likes to look at the freakin plastic dots around a ugly dell laptop screen. Sure they keep the screen from pressing against the keyboard, but guys, its been how long ?...lets try to step outside the box and think of something else.
until you can find something that annoying on the MBP, dont start to call the macbook pro ugly.
walk down your local mall and take a glance at a dell at their cool little kiosks .. now thats ugly
i could go for a redesign but still right now its design is awesome.
until you can find something that annoying on the MBP, dont start to call the macbook pro ugly.
walk down your local mall and take a glance at a dell at their cool little kiosks .. now thats ugly
i could go for a redesign but still right now its design is awesome.
well, how else would a person know if there's intel inside?
Well hey, in that case I think all the new Dodge trucks should have a huge sticker on the side that says "Hemi Inside"
I was actually getting bored with my 17" MBP. I recently sold it for a black MB and so far so good. I'm finding that this thing does 90% of what my MBP did at half the cost.
can't beat that.
can't beat that.
ive had a few complements of how awesome my MBP looks and the design is over 6 years old when the G4 powerbooks were launched. think about that one.
Ever wonder why in movies when a person is shown using a notebook 9 times out of 10 its a MBP...... Aesthetically they are the best out there (along with performance of course)
I'm not sure which movies you watch, but I almost never see MBPs in cinema. And in either case, what appears in which film has far more to do with sponsorship than it has to do with aesthetics. Budweisers don't appear so often in movies because they're Just That Great, but because people make deals for these things ahead of time. Of course, it's fun to pretend the MBP is Just That Great that directors can't help but put it in films they make.
Look out for them...there are tons of Macs on TV and in films...
Personally, I like the current design, but think Apple could improve it...
I'm a big fan of Weird Al. Fortunately for me, the OP is Wierd Al, which means he is like one of the typo websites that take you to x-rated stuff, spyware, or crappy "parked" pages. I'm not a fan of Wierd Al at all.
My old notebook has a label on it that says:
For Comfortable and Safe use, please consult the Safety and Comfort Guide.
I hate it with a passion.
That's the point exactly. This case is 6 years old and it's STILL making people drool and winning over switchers. My girlfriend is a Windows user and was strongly considering getting a Mac after I showed her how it worked and because she thought my Powerbook G4 Albook was awesome looking. Ultimately she bought a vaio instead because the macbook pro was too expensive and she didn't like the way the macbooks look. The Albook design is 6 years old and STILL strongly attracting people to want one.
Think about that.
Ugly?
I don't think anyone could ever call it ugly, and i'm sure it couldn't get much better than it is at the moment, my 12" powerbook is still better looking than any other non-apple laptop.
I hope when future MBPs come out they don't fiddle too much with how it looks. I guess maybe the latch is all they could change.
I don't think anyone could ever call it ugly, and i'm sure it couldn't get much better than it is at the moment, my 12" powerbook is still better looking than any other non-apple laptop.
I hope when future MBPs come out they don't fiddle too much with how it looks. I guess maybe the latch is all they could change.
Yeah design is great.I love it. I also have MB and its not coming even close to MBP. iSight is 1.8MP but ichat refuse to acknowledge it....Well maybe next leopard update or next after next will change it.
will change it.
It is my opinion that almost every other laptop making company designs their laptops in such a way that they automatically look really old after about 6 months (if they did not to begin with, at least), to make sure that their existing customers feel the need to upgrade. The only exceptions to this rule seem to be Asus, Sony and Dell's M1330.
That isn't the case with Apple's laptops. My 4.5 year old 12" PowerBook still looks to the Apple-uneducated as if it is brand new and expesive. That is a good thing.
Anyway, while it would be nice to see some small improvements to the MacBook Pro like the magnetic latch, the user replaceable hard drive and the newer keyboard style, the current design is great, and changing it just for the sake of changing it would be a bad idea.
That isn't the case with Apple's laptops. My 4.5 year old 12" PowerBook still looks to the Apple-uneducated as if it is brand new and expesive. That is a good thing.
Anyway, while it would be nice to see some small improvements to the MacBook Pro like the magnetic latch, the user replaceable hard drive and the newer keyboard style, the current design is great, and changing it just for the sake of changing it would be a bad idea.
Having just sold my new MBP, i think a redesighn is needed the latch has to go as well as they keyboard.......
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I have this feeling that the original poster means hardware-wise? Not that I even would agree with him on that account.
Can't see how it would be design-wise!
