From: RobertB 

In article ,
 "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:

> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> news:missinglink-496FAC.11063125122006{at}news.barkto.com...
> > In article ,
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
> >
>   >>
> >> one can rest on one's laurels and let the competition catch up - only
> >> several more weeks till the Macworld Expo though and hopefully they'll
> >> announce more than the expected HDMI displays.   - keeping my fingers
> >> crossed for the rumored ultra thin Macbook Pro
> >
> > How thin is thin? The current slate of MacBook Pros are about 3/4 inch
> > thick from what I last saw. Not as heavy as the older  models  also. My
> > friend just bought a refurbed MacBookPro, a coreduo model. Very nice
> > machine.
>
> I haven't seen any site that gives any measurements - just the words ultra
> thin and ultra portable and shipped sometime in 2007
> http://www.macosrumors.com/20061210-1A.html
>
>
> We can unequivocably confirm that such an ultraportable Macintel laptop
> exists -- not only that it exists, but that recent rumblings on the
> grapevine have been unusually close to the mark.
>
> The key mission of the "Thin" project was to scale down the
size of Pro
> features without compromising them. The Thin is intended to be the fastest,
> most feature-rich ultraportable laptop on the market.
>
> Without further ado, here are the specs we have been told to expect based on
> exhaustive recon from trusted sources in Cupertino and Southeast Asia:
>
>     * "Macbook Thin" -- spec-wise, primarily a variant of
the Pro family but
> will probably be branded as separate from the standard *or* Pro MacBook
> families. Shipping name is unconfirmed.
>     * 12-inch widescreen display, 1280x800 resolution.

OK. It's a 12-inch screen though. If that's not a problem, this might be
what you're looking for.

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