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Oct 14th Apple Event: What You Should Expect to See and What’s Not Likely

Apple sent out invitations to members of the media on Thursday, October 9th with the tagline “the spotlight turns to notebooks,” inviting them to a special event to be held on Tuesday, October 14th, at 10am on Apple’s Campus in Cupertino, California.

Rumors about everything from a tablet to a new manufacturing process have been swirling for some time now, but chances are that the event won’t hold anything out of the ordinary. Aside from new Macbooks/Pro’s and overhauled case designs respectively, wild rumors and speculation of a Macbook touch, or a multi-touch glass trackpad are most likely inaccurate. Below is a list of what we can expect to see from the event, and what most likely won’t be getting mentioned.

What we expect to see:

• Macbook Pro – new keyboard, overhauled case design, refined (major inspiration from Macbook Air), SSD options, magnetic latch, reconfigured ports, black bezel around the screen, possible aspect ratio changes, possible increased multi-touch gestures, possible larger trackpad

• Macbook – overhauled case design, move to aluminum, possible addition of multi-touch gestures to trackpad, possible larger trackpad, reconfigured ports, general attempt at a more high-end feel

• Macbook Air – briefly mentioned, spec updates, overall performance increase, storage boosts, possible but unlikely case refinements, possible price reduction

Across the board:

• Aggressive price points
• Unified look across entire notebook line (Aluminum)
• Standardization of parts for easier production
• LED’s

Probable:

• Inclusion of NVIDIA chipsets, specifically targeted towards reduced power consumption
• Ramp up of LED inclusion/production

Not Likely:

• Tablet notebook, multi-touch netbook
• Blu-Ray integration
• multi-touch glass trackpad
• re-introduction of 12″ G4 powerbook (comparable model)
• unification of entire notebook line (as in calling them all macbook’s and dropping the “pro”)
• LED keyboard
• iLife and iWork updates

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