New MacBook Pro to be built with Liquidmetal: Pro and Air to be combined

April 26, 2012 | Filed under: Business | Posted by:

There are several interesting reports that suggest that the new MacBook Pro 2012 will be built with Liquidmetal. Reports also suggest that Macbook Pro and MacBook Air may be combined

MacBook Pro 2012 seems to be very close. Its release date hasn’t been made clear by Cupertino based technology major Apple, nonetheless there is every reason to believe that its launch is not very far off.

There are rumors that suggest that Apple is planning to combine MacBook Air with the increased power of MacBook Pro. This will bring out a revolutionary product that will be portable, but will come with increased power.

Now there are several other interesting rumors that when combined, bring out the whole truth. A report while detailing the new material with which the forthcoming MacBooks will probably be manufactured with says that lightweight Liquidmetal is more solid, though it is lighter and scratch-resistant than the existing aluminum unibody.

Meanwhile a report while detailing as to what Liquidmetal is says, “Liquidmetal’s revolutionary class of patented alloys form the basis of high performance materials utilized in a broad range of military, medical, luxury, consumer, industrial, and sporting goods products. By working with Liquidmetal, the design of your product will be of the most innovative design and possess superior performance. Our amorphous metal alloys will enhance your product design while redefining the strength paradigm simultaneously”.

The Cupertino based tech giant Apple is reported to have an exclusive agreement with Liquidmetal Technologies to use the material since 2010. But so far its usage has remained negligible and the only thing Apple has produced with this material is a SIM ejection tool. As per rumors, the rear panel of the upcoming iPhone 5 is to be solidified with the Liquidmetal. In the meantime another report in a leading Apple blog suggests that the forthcoming MacBook Pro will come loaded with Intel’s third generation Ivy Bridge chips and USB 3.0 ports. The first thing is almost predictable and it is expected that MacBook Pro will be the first device to hit stores with the Ivy Bridge microprocessor, which Intel has officially announced a few days back. But we need to wait a bit more to allow things to become clearer regarding speculations about Lequidmetal.

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  • Ken

    Failure to use hyphens properly:

    Cupertino based technology major Apple would have been a lot clearer (and it would have been correct) if you had written Cupertino-based technology major Apple. That’s what hyphens are for.

    It’s wise to obey the rules for hyphens so the reader doesn’t have to scan the sentence twice to understand it. Punctuation can make a big difference: a high-level platform is a programming language, while a high, level platform is a treehouse.

    Bad word choice:

    In this context, “major” is not a noun. Maytag is not a “washing-machine major,” and Volkswagen is not an “automobile major.” Sam Smith, on the other hand, could be an English major. Your sentence would have been clearer if you had used an appropriate noun, such as leader or heavyweight or giant or something like that.

  • tim

    Ken,

    just stop.

  • Paul

    @Ken
    As an English teacher you would assume that I would side with your argument. However, English is an ever evolving language. More and more words are being changed and the use of hyphens etc are being altered.
    Many publication companies chose to drop hyphens. There is also the apostrophe war that has been going on for years – and it has even gone under questioning as to whether it should still be taught in school.

    Your argument on the use of (or lack of) the hyphen becomes invalid because in the context of the sentence structure it makes sense. If you had to do a double take then you are no longer reading the article for interest but instead in a more critical way, purposely looking for errors.

    I will agree that the ‘major’ does not make sense in this context.

    If you wanted to be more critical there is also the issue of lack of commas.

    However, this is an article about Macbook air/pro – the information given makes sense. Had this been a submission for an English assignment, then this person would have to re-write their submission!

    So, to summarise, stop being so over critical on the grammar etc and read it for what it is!