We’ve just been tipped off with some very interesting information about the MacBook Pro on Apples website. The images are quite clearly of a Photoshopped PowerBook G4. This is obviously nothing amazing I’m sure many companies do it but this goes together with the rumour that the MacBooks weren’t quite ready for the MWSF Keynote.
Open the image above in big mode and check out the IR port, notice it lacks a refelction…
Once again the IR port looks just like a circle stuck in with Photoshop and those ports down the side, are they squint?
Let us know what you think, are we off out rocker?
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Jon Maddox
20th January 2006, 14.53 pm
I dont mean to burst your bubble, but almost all product shots these days are 3d renders. ESPECIALLY Apple’s.
Its just to easy to get the 3d model usually already made from the cad dept for manufacturing and wrap a texture around it.
This allows for wayyyyy better angles for photography. Its easier and i’d imagine cheaper. And we know how Apple loves those angles
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andee
20th January 2006, 16.37 pm
Yes, I agree with you… the IR looks like it was added, there is no reflection as you point out and in the bottom photo the perspective is off – it is too skewed if it is really a perfect circle as indicated in the first shot. As for the rest of the image, I think it looks pretty accurate. The iSight looks good – slightly tipped in and good reflection. Also, the case is visibly thinner – the DVD and side inputs are closer to the bottom of the casing. I also noticed that the vent slots are gone as well (front right side) which I hope is accurate, as the current vents are a bit harsh on bare skin. So, maybe this isn’t a current Powerbook altered but a prototype MacBook Pro with a IR port added?
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Anonymous
20th January 2006, 16.45 pm
You are off your rocker.
Who cares if the images are shopped? This is a standard practice in all marketing departments. They either take a previous model’s picture and update it with photoshop to make it look like the newer model (to save time and money) or retouch the hell out of an actual photo to make it look a lot sleeker and cleaner than the product really is.
I don’t know why you’re expecting to see a reflection in the IR port… it’s such a tiny spot that there probably was not a light aimed at the camera through its reflection angle. Or the IR window may be frosted on the surface. Or the photos were probably taken on a really dark stage. I don’t see anything wrong with the ports on the side (they’re shown at a rather weird angle, so maybe that’s affecting your perception).
Personally, I don’t think that these are real photos at all. To me, they look more like 3D renderings. Check out the apple logo on the top of the first picture. Apple and many other companies do this with the “glamour shots” of all their products all the time.
In which case, yeah, they would be forgeries, but not the kind that you think.
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Alex (Proprietor)
20th January 2006, 18.03 pm
A very valid point.
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Albert Einstein
21st January 2006, 01.50 am
rocker? don’t you mean ROKR?
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Todd
24th March 2006, 07.35 am
im gonna have to say that IR Port on the front is the absolute most HIDEOUS photo shop job ive ever seen.
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