Partly due to boredom, and partly due to lack of more important news, I've taken the time to read the extremely thorough coverage of the new Macbook Pro, due to officially come out in a matter of hours. I don't expect much from these type of events and I know that the hype around Apple is almost always (it wasn't in the case of iPhone, hence "almost") hugely exaggerated, but if the rumors are true, this time even I am underwhelmed.
What's described over at Daring Fireball - and it seems to be an accurate description - is some cosmetic changes to Apple's laptop line. Yes, that's right: nothing important has changed at all - the Air didn't get a second (or third) USB port; Macbook Pros still have pretty much the same CPUs inside; the screen is still glossy (yuck); hard drives in the Air and the 17'' Pro have been updated, and the new Pro has a better (but still not top of the line) video card. That's it: that's all. Unless, of course, you're really, really stoked about that black keyboard and aluminum finish and no-button trackpad (I'd like two buttons, not one, and not none at all, thank you). I'm not.
It's a laptop, folks. Those come out every day.