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All the hype and prognostication around Apple ‘s allegedly forthcoming MacBook Pro refresh pivots on twobullet points: thinner frames and higher-resolution screens. Thenew laptops — initially said to resemble the MacBook Air in terms of the latter's tapered body, now said to be more of an existing box-frame shrink — are supposed to give us more power (with less expenditure)by way of Ivy Bridge as well as more to appreciate, screen-wise,while delivering all of that in a lighter, slimmer package. But what if all the talk about "Retina" qualitydisplays turns out to be media-misled or pipe dreaming bunkum? Whatif, at WWDC next week , Apple unveils new MBPs with industry standard laptop screens? ( MORE: Apple-Guessing: New MacBook Pro 13-inch Wanted More than 15-inchModel? ) Engadget just put up a screen of what resembles a leaked product listing for theforthcoming 13.3-inch MBP, snagged from WeiPhone , which suggests Apple's going with a classic 1280 x 800pixel screen instead of something roughly twice that. The wholething could be a fake, of course, and that some of the other specsappear to align with parallel rumors may just mean the prankstercould pass an elementary "how to collate media gossip"test. But what if it's not a fake? Would new MBPs absentultra-high-resolution displays be a gigantic letdown? Putting higher-resolution screens on laptops would make them morevaluable to imaging specialists, it's true, but it'shard to see the average consumer really noticing, much less deeplycaring, about higher pixels-per-inch counts. For starters, ultra-HDscreens wouldn't offer more in the way of screen real estate(nor would we want them to — have you ever played around atsomething like 1920 x 1080 without asset scaling on a 15-inchscreen?). No, Apple would instead have to upscale its interface artto make it look like you're running at conventional resolutions,proportionally speaking, while benefitting from the higher, crisperPPI count. In fact recent updates to OS X Lion that, among otherthings, double icon resolution have led many to assume it'sall part of a not-so-secret Apple plan to bring ultra-HD to thelaptop masses. But what if Apple just released thinner, lighter, more powerfulMBPs? Would that be such a letdown? Beauty's in the eye ofthe beholder, sure, and I can't say an even larger iPad-likescreen wouldn't be impressive to an ordinary user like me ata purely aesthetic level, but if I'm thinking practically, myinclination to buy one wouldn't hinge on something sofunctionally trivial. (To be fair, Apple could always demonstratesome new OS X-related technology at WWDC that torpedoes everythingI just said about functional superficiality.) Something else that bothers me: the way the media takes a rumorlike this, spots something that suggests the rumor may be false,then writes about it as if not satisfying the media's possibly fabricated conditions wouldbe Apple's fault. Is Apple (or any company) responsiblewhen the media gets it wrong? Shouldn't we take it on thenose, not Apple, when we hype anonymously sourced information thatturns out to be incorrect, come showtime? Something's screwywhere the folks stoking the propaganda engine are blaming therumor's object when reality fails to pony up. If these nighlegendary MBPs do appear at WWDC and they don't have ultra-HDdisplays, I suggest consumers train their animus on us, not Apple, for wasting everyone'stime the past half-year. By the way, there's a third possibility here that noone's mentioned: Apple could simply be planning to make thelarger MBPs ultra-HD while leaving the 13-inch models unchanged.But my guess is this ad really is a fake. Look at two of the otherbits and bobs on that listing: a 5400 RPM hard drive (not solidstate) and a DVD drive (as opposed to its absence, as stronglysuggested by prior rumors). I know, citing one rumor to dispelanother is no less suspect, and it's just as possibleApple's planning to offer alternative "with" or"without" versions. I'm basing my skepticismabout this "listing" on conventional wisdom thatmainstream laptops in 2012 are poised to lose optical drives andshift to solid state storage, and that , coupled to Apple's history of embracing changes like thisahead of, or at least in sync with, the curve. MORE: Report: After the New MacBook Pros, New Core i5, i7 Apple iMacsIncoming. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Multi Touch LCD Monitor Manufacturer , Portable Interactive Whiteboard for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Multi Touch LCD Monitor.
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