Apple validates 13-inch LED backlight units ahead of ultra-portable

Apple validates 13-inch LED backlight units ahead of ultra-portable

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Unfortunately, DigiTimes is not the best source of Mac news . But if true, this is good news!

 

you know, i can't help but point out that the macbook is a 13 inch screen...

 

Well, that means the MacBook will be getting LED-backlit screens soon then!

Or maybe this will be a new class. Like the 13.3-inch MBP, with aluminum and more power, while they also keep the MacBook as another 13.3-inch notebook.

 

Isnt this that 13.3 inch macbook pro that we all want?

 

Exactly my thought. This points as much towards a MB screen update as it does to a new MBP, maybe even more so. Apple has already announced their plan to change all displays over to LED and I would think the ultraportable MBP would come in under 13". Maybe more like 12, but who knows.

 

Here is the thing: I am more and more thinking about a smaller notebook with power; my issue is that they have very poor resolutions (at best 1280x800, 1240x786). Can it be possible to squeeze a much higher resolution onto these screens?

if so, then I will not wait for the MBP upgrade to a smaller nm chip (Montevino or Nahelem) chip

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ditto !

I am surprised that this news has everyone convinced that a new hypothetical ultra-portable mbp is coming. If anything the most obvious thing is an updated LED screen for the current mb... something people were saying would arrive in november, but never did.
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Or maybe... Mac Tablet?

 

Well, considering that the chassis sizes of 12" and 13" notebooks are very similar, they could easily put out a 13.3" ultraportable thats under an inch thick and weighs right around 3.5lbs. I'm not saying thats what they are going to do; I am just saying that its not really probable that the ultraportable will be 12". It would also simplify the screens, they could use the same ones for the MB and MBSlim/ultraportable.