New MacBooks, "Brick" explained

As we suspected, postulated,posited, conjectured, and hopped, Apple has announced today that they will indeed be refreshing their notebook lineup for this fall. Looks like the 13" MacBook and the 15" Pro will get a full makeover and new graphics adapters. While the 13" White MacBook will remain, but with an upgraded chassis and a lower price tag. The 17" Pro will stay pretty well the same but with a larger hard drive et al. I'll be interested to try out the new trackpad as soon as I get a chance.

yea, but I want to know if this is dual dvi or just some stupid name for a 30" display connector...

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z...newest#overview

I mean, the macbook pros have 2 graphics cards. They should be able to support dual dvi out... Anyone know? I need clarification...

I wonder why the 17" Macbook pro wasn't upgraded to the new form factor, seems strange

That is strange indeed... My guess is they would have had to create an entirely different machining process and that would have been prohibitively expensive. Also, I would bet the 17" model doesn't have nearly as many sales as the 15". So, it will be interesting to see what they do with the 17" model...

Will they phase it out or update is soon?

It looks like it has a usb plug as well, and it's price ($99) suggests that it's more than just a cord, but it does say it is to dual-link dvi, which makes me think it should work for any dl-dvi monitor.

Yeah, no dual monitor output. Its the same exact video out that the Air has.

so, whats the difference in dual-link and dual output? I think thats a bit misleading to say the least...

I guess we'll have to wait for a 3rd party company to put out a product to take advantage of the two graphics cards. It should be possible. My only concern at that point would be the temperature created from running both graphics chips at once.

You guys need to check out the notes from the keynote

@Engadget
"10:57AM Q: What's up with the 17-inch?
A: Tim: It's being refreshed today as well."

To the best of my knowledge the dual-graphics cards aren't designed to run as you are suggesting. There has been some speculation as to if the system is running a HybridSLI solution, though there hasn't been any word yet. In the end though, it's going to have to be a USB-based solution, like the ones that are out now. Since the port itself only supports driving a single monitor at a time (Technically, two if you count the internal video.)

I imagine that USB could either be a monitor hub, or perhaps conversion chipset power?

I'm not sure what you're getting at, flippy. The Apple website says that the dual graphics adapters are meant to run one at a time. the 9400 runs when you want better battery life, and the 9600 runs when you need better graphical performance. Maybe I missed something?