Sources: latest MacBook Pro photo is the real deal

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  • Reply 101 of 105
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rosstheboss View Post


    what's "...the Internet Wednesday..."?



    Ross, are you from the USA? Otherwise, if you are used to British or Australian English, it's an American thing...



    They drop the "preposition" or something (who knows, I never paid attention to grammar I was into Literature at school with all its delightful artistic license)...



    So in the US, they say, "Apple is announcing new products to launch Wednesday, according to Senior VP..." etc. etc. instead of "Apple is announcing that new products will be launched on Wednesday..."



    In the US the say "Take action by writing your senator..." instead of "Take action by writing to your senator..."



    So the sentence on AppleInsider in British and Australian English would have been written as "A photo of a mysterious notebook leaked on the Internet on Wednesday is indeed one taken of Apple's...."
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  • Reply 102 of 105
    amac4meamac4me Posts: 282member
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    Originally Posted by nvidia2008 View Post


    The MacBook Pros should have HDMI. If there is a HDMI to DVI cable that can drive 30" Cinema Display, then... no need for mini-DVI, DVI ports on MBP, just HDMI...???



    New Cinema Displays would be nice. Looking forward to Tuesday, can't wait!
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  • Reply 103 of 105
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,720member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nvidia2008 View Post


    Ross, are you from the USA? Otherwise, if you are used to British or Australian English, it's an American thing...



    They drop the "preposition" or something (who knows, I never paid attention to grammar I was into Literature at school with all its delightful artistic license)...



    So in the US, they say, "Apple is announcing new products to launch Wednesday, according to Senior VP..." etc. etc. instead of "Apple is announcing that new products will be launched on Wednesday..."



    In the US the say "Take action by writing your senator..." instead of "Take action by writing to your senator..."



    So the sentence on AppleInsider in British and Australian English would have been written as "A photo of a mysterious notebook leaked on the Internet on Wednesday is indeed one taken of Apple's...."



    Actually, we say it both ways.
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  • Reply 104 of 105
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    Originally Posted by melgross View Post


    Actually, we say it both ways.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nvidia2008 View Post


    Ross, are you from the USA? Otherwise, if you are used to British or Australian English, it's an American thing...



    They drop the "preposition" or something (who knows, I never paid attention to grammar I was into Literature at school with all its delightful artistic license)...



    So in the US, they say, "Apple is announcing new products to launch Wednesday, according to Senior VP..." etc. etc. instead of "Apple is announcing that new products will be launched on Wednesday..."



    In the US the say "Take action by writing your senator..." instead of "Take action by writing to your senator..."



    So the sentence on AppleInsider in British and Australian English would have been written as "A photo of a mysterious notebook leaked on the Internet on Wednesday is indeed one taken of Apple's...."



    The USA and United Kingdom. Two countries divided by a common language.
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  • Reply 105 of 105
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by melgross View Post


    Actually, we say it both ways.



    Ah... Interesting... Here in the colonies (well, okay, some ex-colonies) of the British Empire and in the Motherland, we say it only *one* way.



    Minor issues though, knowing English is good, but alas the finer points of English on a global scale aren't as important as learning Mandarin, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic...
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