MacBook Pro prototype spotted with 3G modem

By on Aug 15, 2011 at 10:35 PM
Rumor August 15, 2011

Apple has yet to release a MacBook with an integrated 3G modem, but that doesn’t mean the company hasn’t toyed with the idea. A 2007 15-inch MacBook Pro has surfaced on eBay with a built-in 3G antenna and a SIM-card slot. The seller says he or she originally purchased the 3G-capable MacBook Pro “for parts,” from a former Apple engineer and said “it was immediately clear this was no normal MacBook Pro.” The machine’s SIM card slot is still recognized by OS X 10.6.8 Leopard but the seller has been unable to get the data connection working properly, and noted that “it’s entirely possible it never worked.” The high bid for the one-of-a-kind MacBook Pro was $11,211.11 at the time of this writing. Read on for a few more images.

[Via MacRumors]

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  • sirpaul

    11k? For that I could buy 11 high end laptops that have 3G antenna and DO work. Fake bids I bet.

    PS lawsuit coming.

    • sirpaul

      Ha.

      From eBay:

      This listing (140592419961) has been removed, or this item is not available.Please check that you’ve entered the correct item numberListings that have ended 90 or more days ago will not be available for viewing.

  • http://twitter.com/Goosicus Tess Bailey

    Is this really “news,” I mean this is a laptop from 2007, had it been a 2011 computer it would be something to note, but now it just like hmm, ok big deal. Almost a twitter musing at the most.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, looks like crap.

  • Anonymous

    It’s gone!

  • http://MobileGenius.wordpress.com JM

    This would be something that gets me to buy another laptop…but oh well. I want a high end notebook with a built in connection.

  • Lechero

    this was on macrumors like 3 days ago

    • Warrentotheg

      No doubt. And yet we still clicked the link here. Sad face.

  • Anonymous

    So a MacBook from 2007 that may or may not have a factory spec 3G modem is somehow news?  And LOL at actually needing an external antenna.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TNFAP4QNA2QKV4UI3VHOMCPVHE Dan Higgins

    I just paìd $22.85 for an ìPad 2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Canon EOS Rebel Camera that we got for $38.78 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $625 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.còm

  • Slangin’Da’Thang

    It was pulled by Ebay at Apple’s request about the time the auction hit 70 grand.  You sure won’t see ANY crappy PC laptop hit that type of money even if you duct taped  a space shuttle to it.  

    Every single one of you Apple haters are like “semen and strawberries….I hate strawberries”…. so that pretty well wraps that up, ya bunch of pole smokers…

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